NOTE : All 45’s have been cleaned and played (except where Mint) to determine an accurate grading as possible ; if anything they have been under-graded to be on the safe side as collectors will always have slightly different interpretations on quality however I definitely feel you can bid with confidence here.
Postage & packing costs for additional singles (within Australia)  is $1.00 each, overseas costs for extra items depend upon weight & destination. …Thanks.

Item : 2 Track single

Artists : Fraternity  

Songs : Why Did It Have To Be Me? / Question

Year : 1971

Issue : Australian pressing – Sweet Peach Label # SP105

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A terrific copy of this debut single from Adelaide progressive blues-rock outfit Fraternity featuring Bon Scott on vocals post Valentines and pre AC/DC.       

Fraternity was formed in 1970 by members of the recently-split legendary 60’s outfit Levi Smith Clefs (among the many founding line-ups of the Clefs at least four significant Australian groups -- Tully, Fraternity, SCRA and Mighty Mouse all had direct links to the band).
At the time Fraternity were without a regular vocalist until Fraternity's bass player Bruce Howe decided to call upon Bon Scott, whose group The Valentines had just disbanded.

The group released two albums and five singles which enjoyed moderate success however, an attempt to find success in the UK was not fruitful and in early 1973 the band changed its name to Fang. By mid-1973 the band had stalled and gradually disintegrated with its members returning home to Oz. Some went on to form the loosely-knit Mount Lofty Rangers with whom Bon Scott recorded a couple of songs before he was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident in early 1974. When Bon had recovered he joined AC/DC while Fraternity later reformed with a different line-up and continued until about 1976.

All of the 5 singles Fraternity released are now serious collectors items and naturally are getting more difficult to pick-up as time marches on.  

This issue is much better than one might expect with both tracks giving a great clean sound. The 'A' side was written by Doug Ashdown with the flip being a cover of the Moody Blues 'Question' (of Balance).

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CONDITION : ~ see 4 photos above
Vinyl : Excellent. No pops or skips. No lead in/out noise. Only lightly played with a few faint marks. Great clean sound throughout with plenty of shine and rated a very strong VG+ which is more than satisfactory for this rarity.

Labels :  Clean A-side. The B-side shows some light wear as per the photo above though no big deal overall.  

Sleeve : Original plain white sleeve in excellent condition.

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POSTAGE COSTS :
To anywhere in Australia is AU$3.00. For extra items costs will depend upon weight and destination however I will do my best to keep the combined total at a minimum.

** 1st class Air-Mail to anywhere else in the world (except South America ; Mexico ; Italy ; Greece and Russian Federation) is AU$7.00.

*NOTE : Shipping Costs for 2 x 45's overseas is AU$8.00.

PACKING INFORMATION :

PACKING INFORMATION :
Records will be packed outside their sleeves and placed in a plastic bag between two strong pieces of cardboard for safe arrival.

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