BONZO DOG DOO-DAH BAND The Doughnut in Granny’s Greenhouse RARER UK 68 MONO LP

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Artist or Band: BONZO DOG DOO-DAH BAND

Album Title: The Doughnut in Granny’s Greenhouse

Producer(s): Gus Dudgeon & Gerry Bron

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: We Are Normal; Postcard; Beautiful Zelda; Can Blue Men Sing the Whites; Hello Mabel; Kama Sutra.

Side 2: Humanoid Boogie; Trouser Press; My Pink Half of the Drainpipe; Rockaliser Baby; Rhinocratic Oaths; Moustachioed Daughters.

Label/Format: Liberty, original blue format with matt textured surfaces.

Label Conditions: Both very clean, fresh and attractive with only light, very few, fine and faint spindle marks and no wear around the hole area.

Catalogue Number: LBL 83158

Mode / Speed: Mono / 33.3 rpm. PLEASE NOTE: the cover has the stereo LBS prefix, but the record is mono.

Warps: Few vintage records are ever perfectly ‘flat’, so some slight or very gentle arm movement is normal. If any record I offer has more than that, I will mention it, and it can be assumed all I offer should track without issues, even on budget turntables.

Weight of this Record: 131 grams.

Country of Manufacture: England

Rarity: Moderately scarce, first issue mono copies are rarer, especially those including the book.

Original Year of Release: 1968

Matrix Nos: LBL 83158 A//6 420 1 1 1 & LBL 83158 B//2

Musicians: ‘Legs’ Larry Smith, Neil Innes, Rodney Desborough Slater, Roger Ruskin Spear, Vivian Stanshall, David Stamford.

Brief Info: The second Bonzo’s album following in the same footsteps as their ‘Gorilla’ debut classic. More zany, very British satire and humour, now with an added psychedelic edge, this another gem from the masters of the art. This vintage mono record has moderate inner sleeve dulling on side two, but this has no affect on the sound at all. In fact the record plays superbly throughout. This copy has the stereo prefix catalogue number, but that apart, is identical to the mono version. So clearly this is not for visual purists, but those who want a complete copy – as this includes the large and elusive book – this is a great copy to play and enjoy to near maximum. It appears hardly played, and the reason why the inner sleeve dulling has occurred, as it had probably not been removed from its cover for decades.

Cover Grade and Format: EXCELLENT: or very close to. An unlaminated gatefold format, the front being single thickness card. Printed and made in England by MacNeill Press Ltd, London. As stated, this is a stereo dedicated cover with the stereo record catalogue number (LBS). That apart, it’s the same. This includes the Philips style inner sleeve and the large format book.

Cover Front: A very wear-prone gatefold cover, this one has fared well overall. The single thickness card front has minimal traces of rubbing or wear, and only a mere couple of half moon type surface creases that hardly show. Any tip rubbing or edge thickening minimal and no sticker issues. This uncompromising front looks very impressive and has possibly the least wear I have seen on an original cover.

Cover Back: Small tip rubs and one tiny tip crease, a few fine edge hairline surface creases and few others. The main surface again impressive and hardly worn, again the graphic is superb. The lack of ring wear is rarely seen on such covers.

Cover Inner Gatefold: Little wear again, so impressive inside as well. Any hints of handling light.

Top Edges: Straight and flat and very close to parallel, these edges have thickened a little, seen viewed end-on. The actual black fold has avoided rubbing.

Bottom Edges: As above, but the fold has patchy quite light rubbing, this rarely avoided on the storage edge.

Right Edge(s), and Type: The thin front remains quite sharp with any thickening light. The back storage edges are neat, the inner one still very sharp, the outer one has thickened, but only fairly lightly so. All are guaranteed untrimmed or enhanced.

Spine and Text: Again, this spine is made with single thickness card, hence vulnerable and quite fragile. It remains quite solid, straight with little compression but some patchy tilt. Folded square, so the edges meet up very closely together. The text remains solidly intact and virtually all present, also nicely centred as-seen, any letter clipping little and light. Also this retains deep unfaded colour, and so often with magenta type, it can almost fade away completely with exposure to sunlight. This has simply been avoided and is a great bonus.

Corners: Light to moderate tip rubs with only the odd tiny dink and tiny tip crease. Fine to very fine shape generally retained.

Cover Summary: A strong all-round example of this quite fragile and unforgiving 1960’s cover, one that will prove difficult to find much better. If the stereo details are not an issue with a mono record, it should please many collectors.

The Inner Sleeve: NEAR EXCELLENT: only marked down for natural discolouration of the paper which moderate. It has two crisp undamaged window circles, the polylining still quite clear and intact. Just one corner crease and all edges fully intact with no repairs.

The Book: EXCELLENT(++): a large 12 page black and white book with little to fault bar a couple of tiny staple holes near the bottom left corner. I have no definitive explanation to why they are there, my best guess is an ‘accident’ in manufacture as the pages are held together by two staples in the spine which are solid and unloosened. They penetrate all pages from front to back, but are tiny. All pages, including the covers are clean, fresh and uncreased. This in superb condition and quite a rare find these days. It was only included with the earliest copies.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: EXCELLENT: in terms of surface marks caused by usage. This a subjective grading as side two has moderate inner sleeve surface dulling. This is dull patterning caused by the inner sleeve’s polylining that ‘sweats’ over the years causing it to adhere to the record’s surface. This a very common trait of these Philips inner sleeve. But this dulling has NO affect on the sound whatsoever, as is usually the case unless really severe. This dulling is quite comprehensive on the side two surface, it is seen more under light, but this has no real hiding place. So this record is not for visual purists, but if sound is the priority, this mono copy delivers. Quite a heavy pressed copy with minimal plays on all the evidence with any usage surface marks few, very light and faint as seen critically under bright light. No penetrating stylus scratches, viewed in average room light, barely anything even registers in that respect. Visually a fine record that should please many collectors who are not concerned about the inner sleeve dulling.

Album Played For Grading: Yes. [I play ALL records I offer before submitting to Ebay, also the record is played in its entirety unless clearly stated otherwise. I do NOT play snippets or joining grooves to check for sound quality and quietness – I play from the beginning to end via clinically revealing equipment, all listed further down.]

Sound Quality and Audio Grading: This superb album plays even above it’s high visual grading with hardly anything to fault. Offering strong, distortion-free sound, all frequencies are sharp and clear – sound quality is very high with a wide dynamic range and very detailed sound. Any surface sounds are minimal indeed and this is an exceptional clean pressing with no tracking issues*. Few available copies will outperform this early mono pressing significantly I feel sure. Both channels are clean and sharp when played on a standard stereo system. I am certain this record has been played very lightly and carefully handled and nothing spoilt my pleasure when play-grading it. It could prove difficult to find significantly better and can be highly recommended for content and sound.

* As played-graded on a high-end Linn LP12 Sondek turntable with Ittok Mk II arm and Ortofon Quintet Black moving coil cartridge tracking at 2 grams. Records are a ‘contact’ format, and few will avoid the odd minor sound blemish.

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