MINT SHRINK 1973 ORIG HARD & HEAVY = THE SWEET - BLOCK BUSTER "Little Willy"
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ORIGINAL 1973 FIRST PRESS
FINAL COLLECTION COPY in CELLOPHANE & MINT!
THE SWEET
Featuring Little Willy & Blockbuster
THE SWEET
\ USA - BELL RECORDS - 1125
ARCHIVE - FINAL COLLECTION COPY!
BEAUTIFUL 1973 Original first pressing...STUNNINGLY CLEAN all over still in original factory cellophane = MINT!!!
Contains the rare printed Bell inner sleeve
One of the classic pop music archetypes is the artist who really wants to make "serious", "heavy" music, but gets trapped banging out memorable melody HIT songs because that's what the record company demands. But sometimes that artistic alternate side leaks out anyway, because 45s need B-sides where the band does their thing.
The Lemon Pipers saw themselves as hip acid-rockers (and they actually were), capable of turning out 8-minute lysergic epics, but Kazenetz-Katz only cared about making more "Green Tambourine"s with them. David Cassidy of the Partridge Family used to go on and on about how he was a serious blues musician—a devotee of Hendrix and Albert King—stuck in a teen idol's career. And there's The Sweet, who, on their early breakthrough A-sides are bug-eyed performers of frantic hardrock pop hits written by the great Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, and on their self-written B-sides they became classic underground rock ravers.
This singles compilation mixes the two sides of The Sweet all up and it's GREAT. Addictive even. Turn it up and spend the next day deaf. The Chinn-Chapman songs are the highlights due to their relentless, almost violent, focus on big hooks, but the band's own songs are fine 70s stompers if you give them a chance. Their hard rock song, "New York Connection", potentially gets stuck in your head just as much as the ridiculous, and amazing—Chinnichap hits, "Wig Wam Bam" and "Hell Raiser". The best song written by the band here might be the glittering little psychedelic number, "Spotlight". The gentle, Pretty Things-ish acoustic campfire tune, "You're Not Wrong for Loving Me" is also nice. The first SWEET album was basically a compilation of UK A+B 45 sides for the North American market, and, again, this lp shows two sides of the band. The poppy hits created for them by Chapman and Chinn, and the band-penned b-sides that really rocked out - hard!
Little Willy 3:13
New York Connection 3:35
Wig-Wam Bam 3:03
Done Me Wrong Alright 2:58
Hell Raiser 3:15
Blockbuster 3:12
Need a Lot of Lovin' 3:00
Man From Mecca 2:45
Spotlight 2:47
You're Not Wrong for Loving Me 2:58
CONDITION: The cover: Solid all over, a TOP copy, rated: MINT in factory cellophane ...fresh original colors, no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ... collection worthy rarity ...
The VINYL.: smoooth clear and clean all over, rated: M- a TOP COPY will play fantastic! Both BELL REcords labels are clean
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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