Sold Date: January 10, 2014
Start Date: January 3, 2014
Final Price: £160.00 (GBP)
Bid Count: 11
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WESTWIND LOVE IS... A Rare Chance To Buy A UK Issue Of This Rare And Very Hard To Find LP The Last Copy Of This To Sell On E-Bay Came In A Damaged Sleeve And Made £282  (Search Item No  190923514836 For Details) ----------------------------- FULL CONDITION REPORT BELOW, PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE BIDDING ------------------------------



By the time British group Westwind's debut album Love Is came out in 1970, its kind of clean-cut, cheery pop-folk had passed out of fashion around the time the Seekers broke up a couple years previously. Listening to it several decades later, of course, it doesn't matter whether this was done in 1966 or 1970. It might be slightly twee, but it's actually pretty good, melodic stuff that does indeed strongly recall the Seekers' mid-'60s records at times in its smooth male-female harmonies. It's also similar to the Seekers in its mixture of early-'60s coffeehouse folk with more modern pop sensibilities, both in the songwriting and the production, which adds some strings and orchestration (though barely any folk-rock) to the acoustic guitar and voices. "Love Is a Funny Sort of Thing" in particular sounds like something that could have been a hit (yes, for the Seekers, not to overdo the comparison) in the mid-'60s. Some of the songs are a little weak in their innocuous, almost sugary sweet quality, which at their worst seem almost as though they might have been tailored for a children's TV show. But others are quite buoyant -- "Rosemary" and "Home Is Where My Heart Is" are other standouts -- and they do get in a more serious, dramatic mood with "Robin Hill." On the whole, there's much more quality (and, sometimes, rhythmic drive) to the songwriting, singing, and arrangements than is common in totally obscure folk albums such as this. 
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ORIGINAL 1970 UK ISSUE ON PENNY FARTHING LABEL

ALBUM PLAYS  THROUGH BOTH SIDES ON MY STEREO WITH NO SKIPS OR JUMPS, THERE IS HOWEVER  A FEW MINOR CLICKS AND BACKGROUND NOISE DURING QUIETER SECTIONS, SOUND QUALITY WILL BE IMPROVED IF VPI CLEANED.

BOTH SIDES STILL RETAIN A NICE SHEEN WITH NO DEEP SCRATCHES OR MARKS, JUST THE LIGHT SURFACE MARKS YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM VINYL OF THIS AGE.

BOTH LABELS ARE UNDAMAGED WITH LIGHTEST OF SPINDLE MARKS.

LAMINATED SLEEVE HAS JUST A COUPLE OF SMALL CREASES TO THE FRONT AND REAR LAMINATE.

VERY LIGHT RING WEAR TO FRONT AND REAR.


LIGHT CORNER WEAR TO SLEEVE.




GOOD CLEAN READABLE SPINE ALONG ENTIRE LENGTH.




NO SPLITS TO THE EDGES








ALL IN ALL A VERY GOOD PRESENTABLE COPY OF THIS EXTREMELY RARE ALBUM, I EXPECT THIS TO FETCH A GOOD PRICE BUT IT IS TO BE SOLD WITH NO RESERVE.
JUST A QUICK NOTE TO THE PEOPLE WHO ALWAYS ASK, THERE IS NO "BUY IT NOW" AND I WILL NOT END THE AUCTION EARLY.
HAPPY BIDDING AND GOOD LUCK.