THE GHOST WHEN YOU'RE DEAD - ONE SECOND 1970 ORIG UK
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Time for a little clear-out as I am running out of space! Here are some rare very rare LP's that I am clearing out as I will never listen to them!…..Happy Bidding!!
Artist: THE GHOST
Title: WHEN YOU'RE DEAD - ONE SECOND
Cat No: GEMINI GME1004
Matrix Numbers: A/2, B/2
Origin: UK
Year: 1970
STEREO
Comments: GENUINE ORIGINAL AND RARE UK PSYCH MONSTER WITH LAMINATED FRONT SLEEVE. RRPG 2010 £250!
Condition:
Sleeve: VG/EX (laminated front, readable spine, some laminate creases)
Record: VG/EX (plays without skips and with fantastic sound)
TRACKLISTING
When you're dead/Hearts and flowers/In heaven/Time is my enemy/Too late to cry/For one second/Night of the warlock/Indian maid/My castle has fallen/The storm/Me and my loved ones.
Some info about this psych classic
Ghost formed in Birmingham in the late sixties. They started out playing a heavish sort of blues-rock before they met up with singer Shirley Kent who'd already recorded two tracks on a charity EP, The Master Singers And Shirley Kent Sing For Charec 67 (Keele University 103) in 1966. Paul Eastment had earlier played in Velvett Fogg.They recorded their album at the end of 1969, spawning their first 45 at the end of the year. When You're Dead was a strong song with a clear US West Coast influence. It was hardly Chart material, though, so predictably sales were poor. The album came out in January 1970. There's a clear contrast between the folk pieces that Shirley Kent sings on like Hearts And Flowers and Time Is My Enemy, which in style recall Sandy Denny's heyday in Fairport Convention, and the blues-rock numbers contributed by the rest of the band, of which For One Second sounds the strongest. Also worth checking out is the powerful Too Late To Cry. The album has now become a major collector's item, partly on account of its rarity but also on account of the breadth of its appeal to fans of both blues-rock and folk.
The band returned to the studio in Spring 1970 to record I've Got To Get To Know You. Another track from their album, For One Second, was put on the flip, but when the 45 failed to sell the band slowly began to fall apart. Shirley Kent left to pursue a solo career and eventually released an album in 1975, Fresh Out, under the pseudonym Virginia Tree. I haven't heard it but it's reputedly folkier than Ghost's output and featured former band members Paul Eastment and Terry Guy on three of the tracks. After Kent's departure, the remaining band members soldiered on for a while using the name Resurrection but this later incarnation of the band didn't make it onto vinyl.
I OFFER A FULL REFUND IF YOU ARE NOT HAPPY.
I WILL OBTAIN PROOF OF POSTAGE BUT WILL NOT ACCEPT LIABILITY FOR LOST OR DAMAGED PARCELS. EVERYTHING LEAVES ME AS DESCRIBED IN THE AUCTION.
GRADING
Mint = Hardly or un-played, as new condition.
Excellent = Signs of being played but great sound quality and minor wear of cover etc.
Very Good = Been played and as expected for age but overall sound and cover have no major defects.
Good = Played a lot and there is some deterioration of sound. Scuffed edges and splits etc on cover.
Fair = Playable but with skips/jumps. The cover is damaged or seen better days.
Poor = A collection filler until a better one comes along, don’t expect much.
POSTAGE: Single LP’s only.
U.K. - £3.50 recorded (£1 each additional item thereafter.)
EUROPE. - £7.50 signed for (£1.50 each additional item thereafter.)
U.S.A. & RoW – £10.00 signed for (£2.00 each additional item thereafter.)
KEEP LOOKING AS I WILL BE LISTING A LOT OVER THE COMING MONTHS AND SAVE ME TO YOUR FAVORITES!
