THE BUMPS-7" 45 RPM ODE TO A TOAD Vinyl Record GARAGE BAND-Promo Folder w/6 Pics
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THE BUMPS 7" 45 RPM Record "ODE TO A TOAD" Washington State 1960's GARAGE BAND
Promo Folder with 6 Promo Pictures
Side 2 is a song called "Shining".
I know the term is overused, but this definitely is a rare item....a promo pack for the WA State 1960's garage band, The Bumps.
I'm selling this for a friend of mine who was a musician in Seattle and "bumped" shoulders with these guys. They played the same circuit at the same time, so I'm sure this is how he acquired this promo pack.
Promo Pictures: It includes an open folder with the record inside and 6 promo pictures. The pictures are on thin paper and not your normal thicker, Kodak type photo paper. The pictures include one individual picture of each band member and two group shots. The pictures are in very nice condition.
Record: The record is in excellent condition. I haven't played it to test it, but visually it may have never been played. In the photos I see dust spots that appear as white specs, but these are not scratches. Also, there is a small black dot on side 2, on the label. It looks like an ink spot from the printing process. Minor, but wanted to mention it. The record sleeve has some minor wrinkles on it.
Folder: There are also minor wrinkles on the folder, which are visible in the pictures. The front of the folder has sketched images of each band member. The back of the folder has a collage of pictures of the band and the inside of the folder has a flap to place the pictures and record. Inside also has "Bumps" and the Walrus logo printed on the flap.
Please view all photos as they show condition well. Email me with any questions.
Here is a write-up about The Bumps:
“HAVE YOU EVER BEEN BUMPED?”
...was the slightly naughty marketing slogan used back in the 1960s by a Northwest teenage rock ‘n’ roll band: The Bumps. Formed by veterans of a few earlier local combos – including Seattle’s Valients and Oak Harbor’s Checkers – these dudes, like a thousand others, initially modeled themselves after the region’s top dogs: Tacoma’s pioneering rockers, the Wailers. This meant honking out plenty of rockin’-R&B instrumentals, plus “Louie Louie,” at their weekly teen-dance gigs. Formed in ‘65, the Bumps – Larry Richstein (guitar), Gary Walsh (keyboards), John Cleaver (sax/vocals), Bob Greer (bass), and Robert Van den Akker (drums/vocals) – rocked fabled spots like Parker’s Ballroom, Lake Hills Roller Rink, Lynnwood Roller Rink – and even the Green Lake Aqua Theatre where they (along with the Sonics, Merrilee & the Turnabouts, and Don & the Goodtimes) competed in the 1966 Northwest Battle of the Bands Championship.
As the Bumps rose through the ranks they also had opportunities to open shows for touring pop stars like the Beach Boys and The Standells. The times were a’changin’ and the Bumps were among the vanguard of bands playing new local psychedelic-scene venues like The Happening, The Trolley, and The Bummer. In May, at the very dawn of 1967’s Summer of Love, their classic debut 45, “Please Come Down” / “Baby Blue,” was released by Piccadilly Records (a label run by Jerry Dennon who’d issued the Kingsmen’s “Louie Louie” back in ’63). The fuzz-spiked original “Please Come Down” – a plea to some druggy gal who was “flying on wings no one can see” – was coupled with a Dylan gem. As the band bumped along, they cut five more singles while their personnel shifted: one drummer, Steve Moshier, moved on to join the Sonics.
Hometown: Monroe, WA
Years Active: 1965 - 1969
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