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AN AROUND-THE-WORLD GUIDE TO STRING DRIVEN THING VINYL RECORD, CDs & MEMORABLIA WE WANT TO BUY...
We will buy or trade most CDs, vinyl LP, 7”, 12” records and memorabilia from most countries, especially the following...
UK
vinyl LP, 7" vinyl, CD album, red vinyl, blue vinyl, clear vinyl...
USA
vinyl LP, red vinyl, blue vinyl, clear vinyl, promo vinyl LP, promo 12" vinyl, promo CD album...
ITALY
7" vinyl, red vinyl, orange vinyl, clear vinyl...
Top release decades
1970s, 2010s, 1990s...
Top music labels
Charisma, OZit, Dandelion, Concord, BBC TS...
Top barcodes
811702015526...
Top catalogue numbers
CAS1070, CAS1097, CAS1062, CAS1112, CB.215, CB223, CN1895/S, CB247, CB.203, CB.195...
Top titles
String Driven Thing, The Machine That Cried - 1st - EX, The Machine That Cried - 1st, Please Mind Your Head - EX, It's A Game, Keep Yer Hand On It - 1st, Please Mind Your Head, Keep Yer Hand On It - EX, String Driven Thing - 2nd, Overdrive...
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A FEW OF THE ITEMS WE WANT...
 | STRING DRIVEN THING String Driven Thing (Extremely rare 1970 UK
12-track debut stereo LP, front laminated flipback picture sleeve. More
people have heard about ths album than have seen one, as it was a
pressing of just ninety nine copies CON-S1001)
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Tracklisting: This album is normally found, when found at all, in fairly near to destroyed condition. Even then it would cost you three figures.
Pressed in a very limited run of just ninety nine copies to avoid UK purchase tax, most copies of this album have long since bitten the dust or passed into private collections.
Needless to say, this is the first copy of this that we have ever seen and it's a beauty too.
The band at the time consisted of Chris Adams, Pauline Adams & John F. Mannion. Chris Adams wrote all the songs, which were recorded at Sutton Sound Studios in London.
Sounding like a combination of The Byrds & The Pretty Things more psychedelic moments, with an injection of Australian era Bee Gees, most of the album is acoustic although there are interspersions of flute, brass, Fuzz Guitar, strings, Sitar & even a Mellotron. The three voices blend beautifully together & bind the compositions into something that is hard to believe is a self financed debut album.
Condition:
The sleeve is front laminated and made by our old friends Garrod & Lofthouse.
The laminate is sharp and bright and free of major creasing. There is a little scuffing evident at the very ends of the corners and a miniscule amount at the opening, but that's it. The spine is clearly readable.
Turning over, there is a little shelfwear evident at the very edges of the flips where the laminate finishes, but even there, nothing to write home about.
The unlaminated back shows very little in the way of shelfwear at all and all text remains clearly readable and free from wear.
By the looks of things, this may have been pressed by CBS, although there are no obvious clues. The labels, rather than the fairly plain affairs that usually adorn presses of this time are fairly elaborate psychedelic designs in Orange, Peach & Silver. These remain clear, bright & free from writing.
The vinyl matches the rest of this package, remaining excellent with little sign of play. We have playtested the entire album, partly to make sure that it played as well as it looked & partly to satisfy our own curiosity, having never heard this early version of the band before.
There is a curious light mottling effect on the vinyl, source unknown, but it's certainly not 'poly rash' as it never had a poly inner. It also has no effect on playback.
There is almost no noise between tracks at all. There is no burring, nothing to affect the sonics, just a couple of light clicks & a bit of sibilence during the last track of the second side that you really have to listen for. This may have been a result of the bass guitar being rather high in the mix for the last track on a side, leading to stylus stress trying to track cleanly. Nevertheless, this remains an amazing copy that sounds near brand new.
Given that only 99 copies of this LP have ever existed, to find a copy like this is a once in a lifetime thing. It was for me and I doubt that I'll ever see another. I am certain that I will never see another looking as good as this.
An unbelievable copy of one of the rarest British Psyche/Folk albums out there !
Tracklisting:
July Morning
Say What You Like
Magic Garden
Wonderful Places
I Don't Wanna Wake Up
City Man
Another Night In This City
That's My Lady
Catch As Catch Can
No More You And I
Lie Back And Let It Happen
One Of The Lonely People |  | STRING DRIVEN THING String Driven Thing (1972 US 10-track LP in
gatefold picture sleeve with a small deletion sawcut on the spine. The
picture sleeve shows light general wear and the vinyl is in Excellent
condition with only light signs of wear CAS1062) |  | STRING DRIVEN THING Please Mind Your Head (1974 UK
9-track LP on the 'Mad Hatter' Charisma label, including
Overdrive, Mrs O'Reilly & Black Eyed Queen, picture sleeve.
The picture sleeve shows minimal wear & the vinyl looks
barely played CAS1097)
Tracklisting: A1 Overdrive
A2 Without You
A3 Josephine
A4 Mrs O'Reilly
A5 Man Of Means
B1 Black Eyed Queen
B2 Keep On Moving
B3 Timpani For The Devil
B4 To Know You Is To Love You |  | STRING DRIVEN THING String Driven Thing (1972 UK 10-track
large 'madhatter' Charisma label LP with A1/B1 matrices,
gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve [VG+] has some faint
cosmetic age wear with a tiny thumbnail split in the back
opening & thevinyl is Excellent with very few signs of play
CAS1062)
Tracklisting: 1. Circus
2. Fairground
3. Hooked On The Road
4. Easy To Be Free
5. Jack Diamond
6. Let Me Down
7. Very Last Blue Yodell
8. My Real Hero
9. Regent St Incident
10. There You Are |  | STRING DRIVEN THING It's A Game (1976 UK Charisma label 7"
vinyl single with intact four prong centre, also including Are You
A Rock And Roller. Issued in a plain die-cut paper sleeve, the
vinyl appears in excellent condition with just light evidence of
play CB.215)
Tracklisting: 1. It's A Game
2. Are You A Rock And Roller |  | STRING DRIVEN THING String Driven Thing (Mid 70s UK issue
of the 1972 10-track LP on the small 'Madhatter' label,
gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve & vinyl are Excellent to
Near Mint with minimal signs of wear or play CAS1062)
Tracklisting: 1. Circus
2. Fairground
3. Hooked On The Road
4. Easy To Be Free
5. Jack Diamond
6. Let Me Down
7. Very Last Blue Yodell
8. My Real Hero
9. Regent St Incident
10. There You Are |
AWARDS WE WANT TO BUY
We always require Gold, Silver, Platinum and Multi-Platinum awards
on most artists - official B.P.I., R.I.A.A., I.F.P.I., C.R.I.A., S.N.E.P. etc. certified
or genuine in-house variants from around the world. We also need Ivor Novello, B.M.I.,
ASCAP etc. publishing awards, plaques, trophies, certificates and citations.
MEMORABILIA ALWAYS REQUIRED:
Programmes; concert tickets; original concert posters; invites; handbills &
flyers; promotional posters, standees, mobiles, displays & other P.O.S. material;
press kits, boxes & sales presenters; award discs; tour crew jackets & other
clothing; tour itineraries; promotional jackets, t-shirts & other clothing;
original artwork, proofs, colour separations, cromalins, bromides, etc; interesting
paper items, promotional gimmicks & most other memorabilia needed. Also buying:
original film posters; movie press books & press kits; cinema programmes; premiere
invites & programmes; promotional clothing & other items.
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