THE MANDRAKE MEMORIAL Medium 1969 UK RCA ORIGINAL
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Mar 5, 2020
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THE MANDRAKE MEMORIAL Medium 1969 UK RCA ORIGINAL
THE MANDRAKE MEMORIALMedium
1969 UK RCA (SF 8028) FIRST PRESSING
ORANGE RCA LABELS
MATRIX: X4RS 0578 1 / X4RS 0579 1
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FRONT LAMINATED SLEEVE “Printed in England by Robert Stace”
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE DIE-CUT INNER SLEEVE
The Mandrake Memorial formed in late 1967 when producer/promoter Larry Schreiber was asked to put together a house band for Manny Rubin's downtown Philadelphia club, The Trauma.
The band was widely acknowledged as "blowing off the stage" many of the headline acts they were supposed to be supporting. Mandrake opened for The Doors, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, Moby Grape, and Strawberry Alarm Clock, among others, and appeared on TV with Pink Floyd.
Soon Mandrake was performing college circuit clubs like Boston Tea Party, Psychedelic Supermarket, Electric Circus, New York's Cafe Au Go Go, the Second Fret and The Main Point.
Their first self-titled LP, produced by Tony Camillo and Tony Bongiovi (cousin of Jon Bon Jovi), sold over 100,000 copies, mainly in the Philadelphia, New York and Boston areas. A second LP, Medium was released in early 1969 to similar acclaim.
Side 1:
Snake Charmer (2:45)
Witness The End - Celebration (5:42)
Other Side (3:25)
Last Number (4:31)
Side 2:
After Pascal (6:51)
Smokescreen (5:06)
Barnaby Plum (6:10)
Cassandra (5:26)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean labels with just a few spindle traces
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT
Both surfaces clean with just a few harmless light marks
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT / VERY GOOD
Side One is pretty much perfect but Side Two has some surface and light ticks on the quiet, trippy first track "After Pascal" otherwise the rest of the side plays with little to fault bar the (very) occasional light click. Nothing really, sounds great and a fantastic record
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Crisp, sharp cover with no real wear to the edges or spine.
Nice deep gloss to the front laminate with just some staining which is underneath the laminate (please see close-up photos)
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINERS, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
UK: £11.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £20.00 (International Signed For delivery)
Combined Post: Additional records £1 (UK) £2 (Europe including Russia) £3 (International)
Guarantee: All records are unconditionally guaranteed (including sealed and/or unplayed) and I will offer a complete, no quibble refund upon return of the item should you not be pleased with it in any way
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856 (GS 7.0.20 (856))
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