LITTLE FREE ROCK - 1st UK PRESS Transatlantic 1969 VERTIGO SWIRL JIMI HENDRIX

	£		156
	$		207

LITTLE FREE ROCK  -  

TRANSATLANTIC 
TRA 208

1st UK Press 1969 

Machined first press matrices ending A1 B1

Little Free Rock was an English late 1960s psychedelic hard rock trio from Preston in Lancashire, England. It featured Peter Illingworth (lead guitar and vocals) (born 21 July 1943, Inglewhite Road, Longridge, Lancashire) (formerly with David John and the Mood who recorded with Joe Meek), Paul Varley (drums) (later with Arrows) and Frank Newbold (bass and vocals). They began performing covers of The Who, The Creation ("Making Time" appeared on their album) and Tomorrow, but were soon doing mainly their own compositions.

The band performed regularly at the Roundhouse Sunday Night Implosion events and had numerous residencies at the Marquee Club. As well as performing all over Belgium, continental trips included the Star-Club in Hamburg, the Essen Jazz and Blues Festival, and festivals in Frankfurt, San Tropez and Santa Margarita de la Costa in Italy.

They changed their name from Purple Haze to avoid confusion with the Jimi Hendrix single.

Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac) joined the band for a short period, but the recordings were never released.(Wiki)

LITTLE FREE ROCK - ORIGINAL 1969 EARLIEST UK 1ST PRESSING -  ULTRA RARE THIS RECORD IS FANTASTIC & ULTRA RARE!  I HAVE PLAYED THE ALBUM IN FULL AND THE SOUND QUALITY WAS GREAT!!! THIS ALBUM BARELY SOLD 2000 COPIES, HOW MANY WOULD HAVE SURVIVED??? 

!!!!A VERY HARD FIND!!! Most have been bought up by collectors!! This is hardly offered these days as an original first press!!

Vinyl: VG++ to EX.  A sensational find and just lightly played!!! I have played this in FULL twice over> The replay is ASTOUNDING!!! I first played for a general listen and a second time for a more detailed observation on my very revealing Technics/Linn Sondek/ Rotel/ B&W system. A couple of wispy hairlines on each side can be seen under a strong light source. One of them looks like a very thin scuff, but it is so thin and shallow that you cannot feel it. None of the wispy hairlines affect the audio in any way. Fantastic songcraft!! A personal favourite of mine and I am very glad to be able to report that this is a fine slab of vinyl without any problems at all and as such worthy of inclusion of any great prog collection. A name on one label. Outstanding audio delivery in all respects with a crystal clear, deep, rich, warm and detailed sound and on playback at a loud volume (which is how I always listen to my LPs prior to listing and it's always an immense pleasure to return to this one) there is barely any surface noise. This is a beautifully clean pressing (and I must emphasise again how difficult it is to find a copy which plays this well). The whole LP sounds absolutely great , no groove-wear and no distortion and is very strictly graded a strong EX for audio without anything untoward, barely any static or crackle at all - great copy!! Of course, NO skips, NO jumps, NO ticks.

Sleeve: VG.  A laminated sleeve which does have some creases around the edges. The spine is 100% legible. There is a sticker near the top right front, also some indentations of a few names. This is an album that is rarely seen these days. The very last time I have come across this was on a record fair at least ten years ago. I wonder if I will ever come across another copy now ...

***This is a unique prime investment opportunity!!! Finding this album in any condition at all is nearly impossible!!! This is  a great and seriously collectible super album!!  You will buy into a piece of  prog core history.*** 

 nity!!! Finding this classic album in any condition at all is nearly impossible!!! This is  a great 

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