Billy Green – Stone (Orig Film Soundtrack) 1974 Australia Stereo 12" LP Vinyl
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Billy Green – Stone (Original Film Soundtrack)
Original 1974 1st Australian Stereo Issue 12" LP Vinyl Record. Warner Bros. Records (Green)In fantastic original condition.
The gatefold cover is - Very Good. Moderate edge wear, light surface wear, excellent inside
The vinyl record is - Excellent. Very light, inconsequential marks.
The labels are - Near Mint.
The audio is Near Mint.
Stone.The Australian cult classic movie.
The ride kicks off at a political rally in the Domain in Sydney, where a politician pledging to do something to curb pollution is assassinated with a long-range rifle.
The assassin thinks bikie, Toad (Hugh Keayes-Byrne) has witnessed the crime. It is a reasonable assumption, given the frazzled, double denim-clad dirtbag appears to be looking his straight at him, but the killer has no way of knowing Toad is utterly wasted on acid and tripping balls.
One by one the Gravediggers – a group of Satan worshipers, who live in a fortress by the sea (naturally) – get picked off.
The police fear an outbreak of gang-related crime if they don’t get to bottom of who’s behind it thus the arrival of Stone (Ken Shorter, who played a strike-breaking scab in 1975’s Sunday Too Far Away. He is reluctantly embraced by the Gravediggers and poses as one of them, instructed to “ride at the back and keep your spanners off our moles”.
After a neatly plotted first act, the storyline becomes hazier and haphazard, with a number of creatively-framed riding scenes topped off by a savagely amoral ending.
This may go some way in explaining why response from critics at the time was mixed at best, though the film’s status as a watershed production is indisputable. Stone became the first widely distributed movie to deal with the Australian bikie experience, and does so with a great deal more authenticity than American pictures such as 1953’s The Wild One and 1969’s Easy Rider. Its genuineness was no doubt partly a result of Harbutt and his crew working in collaboration with the Hells Angels.
Despite what seem like crazy touches – including a character with an eye patch called Dr Death – Stone was hailed by bikers as an honest depiction of their lifestyle.
The audience never left it, and to this day the film is endlessly rewatched by fans – among them Quentin Tarantino, and even inspired appreciation societies.
Made on a budget of $195,000, Stone collected about $1.5m at the local box office (which, adjusted for inflation, is just under $10m) thus becoming one of the most profitable Australian films released.
To mark its 25th anniversary in 1999, more than 30,000 motorcyclists gathered in Sydney to celebrate it and recreate its famous funeral scene, featuring a casket transported on the open road.
This scene is one of a number of once-seen-never-forgotten moments: strange and perversely iconic, made at a time when a new breed of devil-may-care film-makers were not so much breaking the rules as defining new kinds of extremities. (The Guardian Review)
A1
Cosmic Flash Arranged By [Strings], Conductor [Strings] – Peter Jones (6) Lyrics By – Sandy Harbutt A2
Septic A3
Undertaker A4
Race A5
Amanda A6
Klaude Kool And The Kats B1
Toadstrip B2
Grave Diggers B3
The Death Of Doctor Death B4
Toad B5
Pigs B6
Stone B7
Do Not Go Gentle Lyrics By [From The Poem: Do Not Gentle Into That Good Night] – Dylan Thomas
- Recorded At – T.C.S. Studios
- Manufactured By – WEA Records Pty. Limited
- Distributed By – WEA Records Pty. Limited
- Banjo – Charlie Gauld
- Bass – Barry Sullivan
- Didgeridoo – John Matthews (4)
- Drums – Graham Morgan
- Engineer [Sound] – John French (3)
- French Horn – Alex Grieve
- Guitar – Billy Green
- Harp – Jim Conway
- Percussion – Geoffrey Hales
- Photography By – Chic Stringer
- Piano – Peter Jones (6)
- Producer [Produced By] – Billy Green
- Saxophone – Col Loughnan
- Synthesizer [Moog] – Andy Cohan
- Viola – Isabel Morse
- Violin – Romano Crivici
- Vocals – Doug Parkinson
A few words about condition.
Grade &
score out of 100
GRADING
Mint is a Rigid Band - The next Four Grades are all Narrow Bands, that slightly widen as the condition gradually deteriorates - Good is still Good, but there is a rapid widening of the Grade Bands, as the condition deteriorates over the last Four grades.
MINT
100
The record itself is in brand new condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality.
The cover and any extra items such as the lyric sheet, booklet or poster are in perfect condition.
Only graded on records that are sealed or clearly unplayed.
NEAR MINT
97 to 99
EXCELLENT
90 to 96
The record shows virtually no signs of having been played, there is no lessening in sound quality.
The cover and packaging might have the slightest of tiny defects.
The record shows some slight signs of having been played, but there is very little, (if any) lessening in sound quality.
The cover and packaging might have very slight wear.
VERY GOOD PLUS
80 to 89
VERY GOOD
69 to 79
The record shows signs of having been played, but there is very little lessening in sound quality.
The cover and packaging might have slight wear, light creasing.
The record has obviously been played many times, but displays no major deterioration in sound quality, despite noticeable surface marks and the occasional light scratch.
Normal wear and tear on the cover or extra items, without any major defects.
This is an above average used record, that has been well looked after.
GOOD
56 to 68
The record has been played so much that the sound quality has deteriorated, but the record will still play through, and it will not be a completely unpleasant listening experience, even at the bottom of this grade (56).
The cover and contents may suffer from folding, scuffing of edges, spine splits, discolouration, etc.
FAIR
41 to 55
The record is still playable but has not been cared for properly and displays considerable surface noise; it may even stick, skip or jump.. This is starting to be an unpleasant listening experience at the top of the grade (55) and will not be a pleasant listening experience at all by the end of it (41).
The cover and contents will be torn, stained and/or defaced.
POOR
25 to 40
The record will not play properly due to scratches, bad surface noise, etc.
The cover and contents will be badly damaged or partly missing.
BAD
0 - 24
The record is unplayable or might even be broken, and is only of use as a collection-filler.
The Sleeve is non existent (0) or what is left, is only just recognisable.
A few words about postage.
Within Australia, the best value for multiple purchases is a 5KG satchel, where as many as 15 to 20 LPs can be posted for $22.00 registered post. (well packed in a box, inside the satchel)
My Policies on postage are simple.
The user pays.
I package well.
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