JIMI HENDRIX "BAND OF GYPSYS" WITHDRAWN PUPPET SLEEVE BRIAN JONES, TRACK 2406002
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THE ORIGINAL WITHDRAWN
JIMI HENDRIX "BAND OF GYPSYS"
1970 UK RELEASE TRACK 2406 002 SUPER
VERY RARE AS VERY SOON AFTER RELEASE THE SLEEVE DEPICTING BRIAN JONES AS ONE OF THE PUPPETS, WAS WITHDRAWN DUE TO BRIAN'S EARLIER DEATH...AND REPLACED WITH A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT COVER.
THE OTHER PUPPETS DEPICT JIMI HENDRIX, JOHN PEEL & BOB DYLAN.
Track used album cover art which proved controversial, as they had done with Electric Ladyland.It depicted unflattering puppets or dolls that resembled Hendrix, Brian Jones, Bob Dylan, and John Peel huddled next to a drab, corrugated backdrop. The significance of posing the three with Hendrix was not evident as they had no known association with the Band of Gypsys nor the group's material. Hendrix was an admirer of Dylan and recorded some of his songs;Jones, who died the year before, had participated in a recording session for Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower" (a Dylan composition); and Peel hosted BBC's Top Gear radio show when Hendrix performed there in 1967. Jeffrey remarked, "If ever there is an award for the worst taste album cover it must go to this". Responding to public pressure, Track later replaced it with a photograph of Hendrix performing at the August 1970 Isle of Wight Festival.
THE VINYL IS GRADED AS VG+
THE RARE 'PUPPET' SLEEVE VG+ *ONLY VG+ DUE TO HAVING A LITTLE TAPE RESIDUE ON TOP & BOTTOM EDGES ( OFTEN APPLIED AT TIME OF PURCHASE TO STRENGTHEN EDGES) HARDLY NOTICEABLE.
AS STATED A VERY RARE RECORD THAT IS CURRENTLY BOOKED AT £200 IN RRPG 2016
FREE UK RECORDED DELIVERY
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