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What's on offer?: Almost without the need for introduction, here we have a SIMPLY SUPERB NUGGET from the BRITISH R&B scene - particularly as this copy is an ORIGINAL FIRST UK DEMO PRESSING!!!

 

A SIMPLY ESSENTIAL DISC FOR TRUE BRITISH R&B FANS and 60s COLLECTORS IN GENERAL!

 

Artist: MANFRED MANN

(Alexis Korner, The Rolling Stones)

A-side: Cock-A-Hoop

B-side: Now You're Needing Me

Label: HMV POP 1225 (UK Original DEMO)

 

Matrices: 7XEA 20337-1N/7XEA 20338-1N

Stampers: 'KT' at 12 o'clock, 'JR' at 3 o'clock

 

A TRULY RARE EXAMPLE WITH A FANTASTIC HERITAGE - EVERY COLLECTOR'S DREAM!!

 

Here we have the truly legendary British R&B combo MANFRED MANN with a hen's-teeth rare DEMO pressing of their second UK 45!!!  The coupling of Cock-A-Hoop and Now You're Needing Me represented a marked shift from the groups debut instrumental pairing of Why Should We Not and Brother Jack.  This time around both performances strongly feature the vocals and harmonica of PAUL JONES.  Recorded at Abbey Road Studios in September 1963 and released the following month, the personnel line-up was MANFRED MANN (piano, organ), PAUL JONES (vocals, harmonica), MIKE VICKERS (sax), TOM McGUINNESS (bass) and MIKE HUGG (drums).

Jones, in common with ERIC BURDON, had guested with ALEXIS KORNER'S BLUES INCORPORATED during that group's appearances at the now legendary Ealing Club and The Marquee Club in Oxford Street.  Paul was also rather friendly with BRIAN JONES and KEITH RICHARDS and, in fact, was invited (pre the involvement of MICK JAGGER) to be the first vocalist for THE ROLLING STONES!!!!  

Comfortably the touhest of the Manfred's discs to find in this format, this pre-release DEMO with EARLIEST POSSIBLE STAMPERS came from the collection of the late CHARLES FOX; a Jazz critic who for many years lodged at the house of the legendary ALEXIS KORNER. So, whilst there is no way of knowing for sure, it is perfectly plausible that this disc was once sent to/owned by Alexis and then subsequently found its way into one of Charles' boxes by mistake??? Who knows......

So, bid now to win this gem or, after the auction has ended, you can sit back in your chair and wonder how you managed to such a MONSTER BRITISH BLUES R&B RARITY pass you by!!! Ask yourself when you honestly expect to see another one of these come up for sale in such AWESOME shape??!!

  Use the Auctionplayer to hear for yourself just how fantastic "Cock-A-Hoop" truly is!!!

 

As you'll see from the photo, this is unconditionally guaranteed to be the ORIGINAL 1963 UK 1st DEMO pressing made with a 4-prong pushout centre, so you can forget about having to settle for one of those dodgy so-called "limited re-pressings" (many of which are actually bootlegs) that are flooding the market.

 

A TRULY fantastic double-sider, any fan of Manfred Mann, the British Blues and R&B scenes or 60s music in general will simply have to have this item in their collection!!!!

Grade (labels): The classic white DEMO labels with large red A are in AWESOME condition; absolutely NO wear and just one very feint spindle trail!!!  The item was sourced from the collection of the late-CHARLES FOX (a long-time friend of ALEXIS KORNER and a lodger at Alexis' house in London!!!) Of course, this gem would have been one of the first copies to have emerged from the pressing plant and intended for promotional use!!!

Grade (vinyl): Very strictly graded at EXCELLENT, the platter sits perfectly flat on the turntable and the playing surface just has non-sounding surface marks.  Of course, with the hyper-sensitivity of modern styli and amplifiers, any lucky winning bidder would need to accept the likelihood of a 51 year-old hunk of vinyl producing a touch of static here and there.  Good luck in finding another one of these nuggets......... they just do NOT turn up that often!!!!

 

Grade (company bag): This fantastic gem is housed within its period-correct, HMV 'Special Rush Copy' straight-top bag in superb shape!!!  The bag is, in itself, rather a rare gem!!!

 

Why buy?: This is an absolute MONSTER of a BRITISH BLUES R&B gem and always so incredibly sought-after in this condition!! Truly a KILLINGLY RARE 45 and VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND like this, don't miss this incredible example as it might be your only chance to buy an ORIGINAL 1963 UK 1st DEMO pressing of "Cock-A-Hoop" by Manfred Mann!!!

 

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