Steel Mill Green Eyed God Original Uk Lp On Penny Farthing Heavy Prog Psych

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#29787
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401814773076
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$799.00
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24
Auction End date
20 Jul 2019
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New Page 1 RECORD COLLECTOR STEEL MILLGreen Eyed GodOriginal UK LP released on Penny Farthing / Pye Records in 1975.
Vinyl looks black but is translucent when held up to light source.PELS 549 A-1 X E 1 / PELS 549 B-1 X E 1CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PROG / PSYCH AUCTIONS THIS WEEK A band long lost to the realm of speculation, misinformation, and even outright myth, Steel Mill stumped even expert music collectors for a few decades due to a scarcity of reliable evidence documenting the feats, foibles, and verifiable facts of their very existence.
In time, it was learned that the late- 60s roots of the group lay in the South London neighborhood of Wadsworth, where future Steel Mill vocalist and keyboardist David Morris first teamed up with sax and woodwind player John Challenger late of short-lived Decca recording artists the Garret Singers , and, soon after, guitarist Terry Williams, bassist Derek Chandler, and drummer Colin Short -- all three of whom originated in yet another band called Roadrunners.
The ensuing year was spent in constant rehearsal interrupted only rarely by live performances, but a handful of promising demos cut in April 1970 showed that Steel Mill were ready to break the shackles of the Brit blues scene with a few more pensive and eclectic numbers, resulting in a management and production deal.Sessions were quickly booked for the fledgling band temporarily featuring Rumplestiltskin drummer Ricky Rupert Baer to record a single with producer John Schroeder Status Quo, the Shadows, etc.
at Marquee Studios, situated behind the celebrated London venue, where Steel Mill also secured a six-month residency, followed by a performance at the 1971 Reading Festival.
Soon after, the band s debut single, Green Eyed God, was issued by their new label backers, Penny Farthing Records, and eventually peaked at a respectable number 51 on the British charts and an eye-opening number 17 on the German charts.
And so December of 1971 found a slightly reshuffled Steel Mill -- now completed by the rhythm section of bassist Jeff Watts and drummer Chris The Rat Martin -- holed up at London s Delane Lea Studios with Schroeder, busily recording their first album, also to be titled Green Eyed God.
But the fruits of Steel Mill s labours left their label unconvinced, and despite giving the LP a 1972 release in Germany, where its imaginative brand of heavy progressive rock fit right in with local trends, in the U.K.
Penny Farthing decided to bet the band s future on a second, non-album single called Get on the Line, which ironically took the music industry s shady dealings to task.When this failed to replicate its predecessor s encouraging sales performance, the label set the band adrift and an internal schism soon led to the departure of both Williams who felt tempted to explore the rising glam rock craze and Watts.
The remaining members of Steel Mill recruited guitarist Alan Plaice and bassist Danny Easterbrook to fill their slots and briefly soldiered on, but in spite of some impressive opportunities opening for Rory Gallagher s Taste, T.
Rex, and David Bowie in full Ziggy Stardust regalia, their flame had burnt out by August 1972.
Rather inexplicably, Penny Farthing finally decided to release Steel Mill s Green Eyed God album in 1975, long after their demise, but at least that second limited pressing helped keep the group s name alive in cult circles for years to come.Tracks Are :-Side OneBlood Runs Deep Summers Child Mijo And The Laying Of The Witch TreadmillSide TwoGreen Eyed God Turn The Page Over Black Jewel Of The Forest Har Fleur Released on Penny Farthing / Pye Records in 1975Catalogue No.
PELS 549Disc is in VG condition - shows some surface wear - some audible surface noise throughout, particularly during quiet bits noticeable, but I would not say overpowering .
Some clicks and pops, but no deep scratches or major repeated clicking.Sleeve is in VG condition light shelfwear / light creasing at spine edge Please contact me via Ebay Messages with any questions I will try my best to get back to you as quickly as possible.
PAYMENT BY PAYPAL ONLYIF BUYING MORE THAN ONE ITEM PLEASE WAIT FOR COMBINED INVOICE ---------------------------------------------------IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT COMBINED SHIPPING ON ALL 12 RECORDS LPs / 12 SINGLES etc .
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY We offer combined shipping on vinyl records: our shipping rates are listed below.
HOWEVER shipping packages that weigh more than 2kg is VERY expensive.
Therefore we can only offer combined shipping up to a maximum of SIX 6 LPs / 12 records.
Any extra purchases will be invoiced, packaged and shipped separately.Due to the physical logistics of how I can package orders, I will not combine box sets with other items, I will only package them individually---------------------------------------------------------UK POSTAGE RATES FOR 12 RECORDS LPs 10 /12 SINGLES :1 LP 4.25 2 LP 4.25 3 LP 6.50 4 LP 6.50 5 LP 6.50 6 LP 6.50DOUBLES COUNT AS TWOINTERNATIONAL POSTAGE RATES TO EUROPE FOR 12 RECORDS:1 LP 7.35 2 LP 8.65 3 LP 9.65 4 LP 10.45 5 LP 11.60 6 LP 12.40 INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE RATES TO WORLD ZONE 1 USA, CANADA, JAPAN etc FOR 12 RECORDS:1 LP 9.80 2 LP 12.35 3 LP 14.50 4 LP 15.50 5 LP 17.00 6 LP 18.20INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE RATES TO WORLD ZONE 2 AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE etc 1 LP 10.50 2 LP 13.10 3 LP 15.25 4 LP 16.45 5 LP 18.25 6 LP 19.70DOUBLES COUNT AS TWO------------------------------------------------------------- POSTAGE RATES FOR 7 SINGLES CDs: UK: 2.00 then 0.50 each extra.
EUROPE: 4.95 then 0.50 each extra.
WORLD ZONE 1 USA, CANADA, JAPAN etc : 6.00 then 1.00 each extra WORLD ZONE 2 AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND etc : 6.55 then 1.00 each extraDOUBLES COUNT AS TWO---------------------------------------------------COMBINED POSTAGE FOR DIFFERENT FORMATS will be invoiced at my discretion: While I am happy to combine for example one or two 7 singles into one package with 12 records, sometimes it isn t practical like if you want me to combine one 12 record with three or more 7 records .
I do not think that these combinations can be packaged together safely and securely.
Therefore these will be invoiced separately as two packages.
IF YOU ARE UNSURE, please contact me before bidding ---------------------------------------------------Sorry but I am no longer willing to carry combined transactions beyond two weeks of auctions see below .---------------------------------------------------PAYMENTI would appreciate payment within seven days of the auction s end.
If you want to bid on more of our auctions ending a week later please inform me.
I will wait and issue a combined invoice at the close of the second week s auctions.However, I am no longer willing to carry combined transactions beyond two weeks and in these cases would appreciate payment promptly after the close of the second week s auctions.I am sorry to have to introduce these measures I always try to be patient and allow buyers to bid on extra auctions and / or delay payment.
Unfortunately some buyers have been stretching out transactions to unacceptable lengths so I have no option but to limit carried over transactions to two weeks.
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