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1981 reissue.

Gatefold cover with long seam split!

An Electric Storm is justly renowned among techno boffins as one of the first albums to fuse pop and electronic music before the advent of the Moog synthesizer. But you don't have to be versed in the language of sine waves and oscillators to enjoy this mostly delightful and hugely inventive album. For although the White Noise were almost exclusively composed of virtuoso knob twiddlers and tape splicers moonlighting from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, luckily they were no slouches when it came to penning a decent tune. There's also anarchic humor at play on the manic "Here Come the Fleas," which contains more edits in its two minutes than the whole of Sgt. Pepper's.Yet it's the retro-futurist textures that still grab the ear most. These are sounds that will be familiar to anyone who knows the soundtrack of Forbidden Planet or the early series of Doctor Who, but they had never before been deployed in the service of pop music, nor have they since. And whereas the Moog would supplant all of these primitive, time-consuming techniques of sound generation and manipulation within the year, it also destroyed much of electronic music's spirit of adventure in the process. How could you boldly go where no man had gone before when your sound universe was suddenly overlaid by tram lines and route maps? So although most of the songs that make up the first half of An Electric Storm are pretty much your standard-issue polite British psychedelia (the somewhat embarrassing United States of America-style orgy of "My Game of Loving" aside), the way they're dressed up still sounds innovative decades later. Sometimes songs dissolve into bleeps, whooshes, and gurgles that hurtle between your speakers, but compared to the extended guitar and organ solos that were common currency at the time, they are the very essence of restraint. That said, restraint was put to the sword on the final two tracks, the 12-minute "The Visitations" and the seven-minute "The Black Mass: An Electric Storm in Hell." The former is a decidedly spooky "Leader of the Pack"-style drama with a supernatural twist. The biker, having departed this life, attempts to make one last attempt to cross over and console his grieving beloved, only to fall agonizingly short. If you can suspend your disbelief -- and persuade yourself that the biker's departing spirit doesn't sound like a cappuccino machine -- it's spine-tingling stuff that you won't dare listen to with the lights off. Which is more than can be said for the concluding track, a would-be satanic jam session botched together in a hurry to meet Island's suddenly imposed deadline.

Formed in Los Angeles in 1965, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band was considered by many to be Calfornia's answer to the Velvet Underground. The group created psych/rock music that was both fragile and dreamy. 'Part One' (the band's second LP!) was originally released in 1967 on Frank Sinatra's Reprise Records. Though band leader Bob Markley and his companions didn't achieve the fame or notoriety of other bands from the area, they have nonetheless achieved cult status among collectors. For the first time, this legendary records gets reissued in MONO, with sound from the original master tapes.

Formed in Los Angeles in 1965, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band was considered by many to be Calfornia's answer to the Velvet Underground. The group created psych/rock music that was both fragile and dreamy. 'Part One' (the band's second LP!) was originally released in 1967 on Frank Sinatra's Reprise Records. Though band leader Bob Markley and his companions didn't achieve the fame or notoriety of other bands from the area, they have nonetheless achieved cult status among collectors. For the first time, this legendary records gets reissued in MONO, with sound from the original master tapes.

180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL
FIRST AND FINAL STUDIO ALBUM BY BRITISH PSYCHEDELIC ROCK
BAND VELVETT FOGG

LIMITED EDITION OF 750 INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED COPIES ON
TRANSLUCENT GREEN & WHITE MARBLED VINYL

Vinyl with scuffs, hairlines and a couple of deeper marks. Cover with spine damage

Cover slightly yellowed.

Japanese pressing without OBI!

Seam split.

Sticker on label.
Record is close to VG+.
Cover with faint ring wear and seam split.

Record has surface marks and light scratches. Cover has ring wear. Orange RCA label.

Vinyl close to VG+

Vinyl with a couple of scuffs and hairlines. Cover with creasing

Japanese pressing with Obi.

Red Translucent Vinyl.
Inlcludes booklet.
Box set is missing.
Original black printed inner sleeves included.

Stamp on label.

Record has many hairlines and a few superficial scuffs.

With poster

“You can’t beat the classics” and in the Northern Soul world, no label is more renowned than Mirwood. The Sheppards ‘Stubborn Heart’ has been played since the early days of the scene but is still a guaranteed floor-filler.

Its flip ‘How Do You Like It’ has also picked up many spins in more recent years. As is our habit, to distinguish from the originals, we have changed the label colour - this time we’ve gone for a fetching purple and gold.

Japanese pressing without OBI! taped spine

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing. Cracked corner.

MGM Pressing.
Record has some hairlines and a few superficial scratches.

Cavity-causing Cordovox-driven 1969 girl-group garage! A delightful romp through 'Oye Como Va,' 'Proud Mary,' 'Walkin' The Dog,' 'Son Of A Preacher Man,' their chicle sticky original title track, and so much more! Cordovox organ, trumpet, bass, drums, congas, and tambourine! Not a guitar in sight! Out of sight! Pressed on cloud white vinyl!

Scranton Pressing.
Cover with seam splits.

Shelley Pressing.

Record has some hairlines and a few superficial scratches.

Small light scuffs on both sides.
Cover lamination is peeling.

Japanese pressing without OBI, with insert.

Small writing inside gatefold.
OBI not included.

2012 reissue. Still sealed with hype sticker.

Just one word to say: Essential!

Just one word to say: Essential!

Still sealed with hype sticker. 2012 reissue.

Still sealed with hype sticker. 2018 reissue. tiny wear

Spine is torn. Vinyl is Close to VG+. Numbered reissue. Swedish Contract Pressing.

Scranton Pressing.

Note: INCOMPLETE!
Disc 2 Side C&D only.
Record has some hairlines and a few superficial scratches.
Writing on label.
Ships in a brand new plain sleeve.

Numbered 1973 reissue: A151010. Japanese pressing without OBI. No pin-ups, with folded poster. Vinyl has a bit of foxing on the matrx runout and the cover has yellowing. Overall copy close to VG+.