2022 ltd repress on lilac colour vinyl
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SCLP007 GRANNIE - GRANNIE (1971,UK)
Track Listings
Disc 1
1Leaving
2Romany Refrain
3Tomorrow Today
4Saga of the Sad Jester
5Dawn
6Coloured Armageddon
Numbered Limited Edition, 500 copies, LILAC VINYL, Variant Die Cut Gatefold, 2 Inner Sleeves, Insert.
Grannie has become acknowledged as one of the masterpieces of British Rock, with original copies now hitting a £7000 + value. Hampered by the lousy SRT production, Phil Newton's killer guitar and brilliant compositions shine through to create that rarest of vinyl entities, an LP where every track is a killer. LILAC VINYL, NUMBERED 500 ONLY, DIE CUT GATEFOLD AND INSERTS. (Note - The sleeve is a variant of the standard vinyl edition)
2 printed inner sleeves, insert. first ever legal reissue with permission of Phil Newtons family and Heir, the copyright owners. Sleevenotes by band members and family.
a masterpiece of progressive rock, heavy yet melodic, dominated by phil newtons brilliant guitar playing and songwriting. remastered sensitively to retain the power of the original which was lost in all the previous pirated editions. the record collector edition was unofficial. 6 perfect songs ranging from the melodic charm of dawn and leaving, to the fab riffs of saga of the sad jester. a string of mishaps destroyed a career that should have seen grannie the equals of stray and wishbone ash. instead the world is left with one lp, badly mixed in 1971 by amateur srt engineers, and a legacy of just six songs on one of the most cohesive, consistent and masterful lps of the early seventies. one of the only uk private lps that may attain classic status alongside Argus and Led Zep IV.
Originals have sold for over £5000.
This is a particularly deluxe edition with die-cut sleeve, inner sleeves and special art work
British acetate and private pressing LPs dating from 1965-78, the most valuable LPs that exist
manufactured in Sainted Albion on the legendary EMI presses where all the original Beatles LPs were pressed. we use as many environmental principles as possible, eg no shrinkwrap. textured gatefold sleeves.
this is the third batch in an ongoing series of over 100 scheduled super rare and unknown archive recordings of British underground LPs. all have restored audio striking a balance between cleaning up often unique yet battered original recordings and retaining the power and authenticity of the original sounds witnout heavy compression, restoration by Reynolds, at craftsman level.
priced as competitively as possible to allow street level access to million pound prog behemoths.
(note - cover artwork is subject to minor changes in typography ]
