TOMORROW, MY WHITE BICYCLE, ORIG UK PARLOPHONE 7" 1967

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Apr 18, 2007 Sold Date

Apr 8, 2007 Start Date

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Description

RARE ORIGINAL U.K. PARLOPHONE 7"

Brilliant original Psychedelic 60's single

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, NOT THE NAZARETH COVER VERSION

Earliest Matrix Numbers

Artist: TOMORROW
A Side: MY WHITE BICYCLE
B Side: CLARAMOUNT LAKE
Label: PARLOPHONE
Catalogue No: R 5597
Matrix Nos: 7XCE 18938-1 / 7XCE 18939-1
Year: 1967

Tax code K T embossed either side of centre hole on B Side.

Line Up

Steve Howe: electric and acoustic guitars
Keith West: vocals
John "Junior" Wood: bass guitar
John (Twink) Alder: drums

Tomorrow (previously known as The In Crowd and before that as Four Plus One) were a 1960s psychedelic rock band who received critical acclaim and support from DJ John Peel who featured them on his Perfumed Garden radio show.

The band released two singles, one of which, "My White Bicycle" was later successfully covered by heavy rock act Nazareth, and as a novelty record by 'Neil the Hippy' (Nigel Planer) of The Young Ones TV series. According to drummer John 'Twink' Alder, the song was actually inspired by the Dutch Provos, an anarchist/situationist group in Amsterdam: "they had white bicycles in Amsterdam and they used to leave them around the town. And if you were going somewhere and you needed to use a bike, you'd just take the bike and you'd go somewhere and just leave it. Whoever needed the bikes would take them and leave them when they were done".

Tomorrow singer Keith West is perhaps better known as a participant in Mark Wirtz's Teenage Opera project that gave him a solo hit single "Excerpt from a Teenage Opera (Grocer Jack)" and brief commercial success. Guitarist Steve Howe later joined progressive rock band Yes, whilst Twink joined The Pretty Things on their concept album "S.F. Sorrow" before forming The Pink Fairies.

The vinyl is in beautiful Near Mint condition and plays superbly.

The labels are clean and bright on both sides, no scuffs, writing or stickers, no bad wear around the centre hole. Centre is completely intact.

Record comes in original 7" Parlophone sleeve in excellent condition.

THIS IS A RARE RECORD, WHICH IS VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND AND TO GET ONE IN SUCH SUPERB CONDITION IS A TRUE OCCASION

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