David Wiffen At the Bunkhouse Coffeehouse original 1965 Canada private folk LP

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1,051

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This Auction Features: The rarest most desireable Canadian folk/ acoustic record ever. David Wiffen Live at the Bunkhouse Coffeehouse, Vancouver.
This record was produced in minuscule quantities (100) and sold by David himself. Later on David would become one of Canada's greatest songwriters, and release 2 major label recordings that have become classics. By the early 70's, people like The Byrds  & Tom Rush were covering his songs, but in 1965 David was putting together his debut record using exacto knives and masking tape!
This copy has the original tape on the top edge, but nothing else (so essentially separated) it has the original price (maybe written by David?). Vinyl is a sold VG+/VG++ (side 2 has a couple scratches that make light pops, I've added a sound clip of the 2 songs most affected).

David Wiffen's first album, released in 1965 in a limited pressing of 100 copies, has become Canada's most valuable folk recording and is the Canadian Holy Grail of Folk Recordings. The album features Bob Masse cover artwork and suitably has recently sold for $2,600.00. David Wiffen would become one of Canada's greatest songwriters. 
Born in England, Wiffen moved to Canada at the age of 16. He started his music career with appearances at the Village Corner club in Toronto. After that he hitch-hiked across Canada where he ended up working at a Calgary coffeehouse. 
In 1965 he was invited to perform at Vancouver's Bunkhouse with an ensemble of other musicians for a live album and when none of the other acts showed up the recording was continued. The result was Wiffen's first solo album 'David Wiffen Live At The Bunkhouse'. 
He then joined The Pacers who were soon offered a recording contract in Montréal. Wiffen joined the group as they headed to Québec but when the deal fell apart, Wiffen moved onto Ottawa where he joined the folk act The Children. 
The act featured several of Canada's most prominent future artists such as Bruce Cockburn, Sneezy Waters (aka Peter Hodgkinson), and Richard Patterson (The Esquires) among others. 
In 1966 another Vancouver folk trio, Three's A Crowd, played the Le Hibou Coffee House in Ottawa where Wiffen met them and was subsequently asked to join the band along with Children drummer Richard Patterson and bassist Comerie Smith from Toronto. Wiffen had also been spotted by executives of Fantasy Records during a Three's A Crowd gig at The Bitter End in New York and was signed to a solo recording deal. His eponymous debut was released in 1971 and produced two hit singles. 
TRACKS Side One: 1) Four Strong Winds 2) Slice Of Life 3) Since I Fell For You 4) Abilene 5) Don't Think Twice 6) Mule Skinner Blues
Side Two: 1) Courtin' In The Kitchen 2) You Don't Know My Mind 3) Blue 4) Times Are Getting Hard 5) Four In The Mornin' 
A note about my grading - I have sold hundreds of records on eBay over the past 16 years (many in excess of $500), and have never had a return or negative / neutral feedback based on condition. I always try to undergrade so that you - the buyer - are pleasantly surprised when it arrives! If you have any queries about condition of a particular record please ask (as early as possible) and I will do my best to answer all questions.

Condition: Record is in approx VG+ / VG++ condition. Sleeve condition is as described above and / or as seen in scan!

Here is a rough outline of my grades for records (I am quite strict on my grading, you can see by my feedback and comments...):

Mint: New or sealed (if not sealed then I opened it myself...)
NM: Played just a few times, like new.
Ex, Exc or Excellent: A record that has been played a handful of times and has been very well taken care of. No audible scratches to speak of, maybe a pop or two.
VG++: A very decent used record, a few pops and/or some very light scratches but very acceptable.
VG+: A very good used record but with light scratches that are more noticeable during the listening process.
VG: A record that has scratches, pops and is starting to show some serious wear.
Fair / Good: Many scratches, writing on cover, a useable but rough record.
Poor: unplayable or nearly so, filler copy - I would only sell a very rare record in this condition.

Please check my other auctions for more items - I ship Globally and am happy to combine items to save you $$$ on shipping costs whenever possible. I will be listing a LOT of lp's and 45's in the coming months and am happy to hold purchases and ship them out in bunches to save on Canadian Postal costs...

Insured Shipping (with tracking) for this very rare record: To USA $25.00 air, to Canada $20.00. (Fed Ex / Purolator to Europe / Asia etc $60.00 to Europe, Asia, UK, Australia etc). 

I will ship anywhere in the world. Shipping turnaround is usually about 4-5 days (I ship once or twice a week).

A note about my shipping times: First - this item is coming to you from Canada, 'nuff said. I ship items once or twice per week, and while many packages ship in a day or two, occasionally a package may take a few more days before it leaves my hands. You will always be thrilled with the condition and packaging, but if you are looking for this item to arrive YESTERDAY - I may not be your guy. That said I make all attempts to get your item out safely securely and promptly - I have been on eBay since it began and have 10's of thousands of happy trading partners!
Any questions? Please feel free to ask.

On 23-Jan-13 at 17:19:33 EST, seller added the following information:

The italicized biographical information on Wiffen was grabbed from the excellent website "The Museum of Canadian Music" www.mocm.ca and was written by Robert Williston.

I had meant to credit, but somehow the credit line was missed. Sorry!