LEAF HOUND Growers Of Mushroom (Once voted the number one
most collectable rock record by Q Magazine, this 1971 UK 9-track LP,
an incredible progressive masterpiece that was criminally ignored
during its lifetime, has since gone on to attain legendary status & quite
rightly so. The album was recorded in one eleven hour session at Spot
Studios in Mayfair, London in late 1970 with Peter Fench on Vocals,
Mick Halls on Guitar, Derek Brooks on Guitar, with his brother Stuart
on Bass & Keith George-Young on drums. The band had previously
been active, with various lineups, as Black Cat Bones. A victim of
circumstances and a sequence of disputes with their management, led
to the band touring Germany with the album still unreleased. Because
of their success on this tour, German label Telefunken released both
the album and a single. On returning to the UK, the album still
remained unissued & the band finally broke up before it was released,
losing the opportunity to promote it, and it disappeared without trace.
Many years later, the album was re-discovered, rightly proclaimed a
classic & people set out to to try to obtain copies, without success.
Seriously bootlegged, as original copies were almost impossible to
obtain, it is suspected that like the Dr Z 'Three Parts To My Soul' LP,
the actual copies sold were measured in handfuls.
This is one of those original
copies!
Unlike the majority of the few surviving
copies, this copy is in spectacular condition with minimal wear to the
sleeve & immaculate vinyl. How it survived in this state is unknown,
but it did & here it is. We are overjoyed to be able to offer it to you
all & can guarantee that there isn't a better original copy on the
planet.
Yes, it's expensive, but good things often are. Miss this
one & there won't be another along like it.
Forever is a
long time to regret not doing something...
Not buying this copy,
if you ever went looking for it, you WILL
regret.
'Growers Of Mushroom', just one
copy, in fantastic condition, ONLY available here!
SKL-R5094)
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Leaf Hound Growers Of Mushroom UK vinyl LP album (LP record)
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| Tracklisting / Additional Info: |
1. Freelance Fiend
2. Sad Road To The Sea
3. Drowned My Life In Fear
4. Work My Body
5. Stray
6. With A Minute To Go
7. Growers Of Mushroom
8. Stagnant Pool
9. Sawdust Caesar
Detailed Condition :-
Sleeve
The sleeve shows just a little light creasing to the laminate in places, with some lift evident at the spine. Far less than is usually seen.
The unlaminated back shows minimal light wear at the edges & all text & the back image are clear to see. Usually this back is found not much short of destroyed, so this really is a bit special.
There is some wear to the corners, but nothing significant. A good EX sleeve, compared to the more usual VG- or worse, when found at all.
Vinyl
The vinyl is beautiful, with just a couple of light cosmetic marks visible on side two that are inaudible during play. Upon playtesting, this classic album still exhibits the rich, full sonics that it did forty years ago. There is just the tiniest amount of burring at the edges during very loud passages, but this is insignificant. Crackle between tracks is almost non-existant. The vinyl is an easy EX/EX+.
All in all, an incredibly good EX/ EX+ copy of this classic album that has defied the hands of time. We are unaware of any copies surfacing so far that are as good as this one, with most being far, far below it in terms of condition.
It's taken us over twenty five years to find a copy in good enough condition to want to offer for sale. We were lucky enough to find this one & it's a gem!
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| Condition : |
This item is in Excellent condition or better (unless it says otherwise in the above description). We buy items as close to Mint condition as possible and many will be unplayed and as close to new as you could hope to find. Irrespective of the source, all of our collectables meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed. Click here for more info. |
| Availability: |
Sold Out - 'Request Next' to get an email if it comes back into stock.
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| Year of Release: |
1971 - 53 years old |
| Artist: |
Leaf Hound (click here for complete listing) |
| Title: |
Growers Of Mushroom (click here for more of the same title) |
| Postage/Shipping: |
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| Format: |
vinyl LP album (LP record) |
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| Record Label: |
Decca |
| Catalogue No: |
SKL-R5094 |
| Country of Origin: |
UK
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| Language: |
Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. |
| Additional info: |
Deleted
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| EIL.COM Ref No |
LFHLPGR518137 (quote this reference in any e-mails, letters, faxes or phone calls to help identify this item) |
| Genres: |
Progressive, Psychedelic
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| Related Artists: |
Andy Fraser, Back Street Crawler, Bad Company, Black Cat Bones, Brian Short, Crawler, Free, Hellhound, Kossoff, Kirke, Tetsu & Rabbit, Paul Kossoff, Paul Rodgers, Rabbit, The Firm (Rock), The Law [Paul Rodgers], Tommy Morrison |
| Complete Stock List: |
Leaf Hound |
| email: |
sales@eil.com to contact our sales team. |
| Alternative Names: |
None |
| To order by phone: |
Call +44 1474 815010 quoting EIL.COM reference number LFHLPGR518137 |
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