The Manchester Mob - Bony Maronie At The Hop - Parlophone R5552 - Freakbeat
  £   27
  $   35

 


£ 27 Sold For
Feb 1, 2013 Sold Date
Jan 25, 2013 Start Date
£   20 Start price
3   Number Of Bids
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Description

Freakbeat Supergroup

This is an original promotion copy of The Manchester Mob's 7" Parlophone single R 5552

'Bony Maronie At the Hop' b/w 'Afro-Asian'

Released on 13 January 1967 - only one owner!

The A side of this single is a superb fusion of two rock 'n roll classics with some great guitar work making it a really good freakbeat 45. 

What makes it unusual is the band line-up including Graham Gouldman (later 10cc); John Paul Jones (Later Led Zeppelin); and Clem Cattini (Famous session man for Joe Meek amongst others). It also has the unusual feature of having the A and B side labels reversed making it an even more rare example.

Here's a YouTube link if you're unfamiliar with the A side:

Bony Maronie At the Hop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INin6z798mc

I've owned this single from new - amazingly - since it was given to me amongst a box of promotion copies of singles in 1967. I was always a bit of a hi-fi nut so I can absolutely vouch for the fact that it's been well looked after and played on reasonable equipment - probably only played half a dozen times.  It comes in the original Parlophone sleeve.

Not being a dealer I'm not familiar with the conventions for grading the condition.  However as you can see from the pictures the sleeve is clean and in good condition with no writing or pen or pencil marks, and although it has a couple of minor scuffs at the left hand side it has no other significant marks or tears. 

The record itself has no visible blemishes at all that I can see.  The label is clean and virtually unmarked, once again with no writing, pen or pencil marks.  The centre is intact and the spindle hole is perfect. The playing surface has no visible scratches and looks as good as new. The reproduction quality is about as good as it got from a 1967 vinyl single pressing - it's never going to be CD quality, but pretty good nevertheless.  There's no audible scratches or crackles other than the usual surface noise that you'd get with any new vinyl record.  The lead in and play out grooves are clean and glitch-free. 

I believe this is as close as you'll get to a mint condition original copy of this very rare single.

This record was not a hit so demos and stock copies are very hard to find.

I'm happy to mail worldwide so if you want a price quote for p & p please contact me.  Likewise if anyone has any questions I'm happy to answer.

Peter

 

 

 




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