Sold Date: August 28, 2018
Start Date: August 21, 2018
Final Price: $20.00 (USD)
Bid Count: 1
Seller Feedback: 109
Buyer Feedback: 59

I found this really interesting record at the estate sale of a local classic rock music collector I had gone to high school with in the 70’s. Apparently, this is a test pressing from the soundtrack of the Carlo Ponti movie “Blow up” from 1966. Each side of the record has two songs on it, one of which,”Psycho Daisies”, was written by Jeff Beck. The Yardbirds are billed on the label as “ Metropolis Blues Quintet “, which must have been the bands name in the movie. The sleeve is just a mimeographed black and white paper folded inside a clear vinyl sleeve. The record itself looks like brand new! I don’t think this was ever intended to sell, and I don’t think it was ever played. The serial numbers are PRO 4447 ST . With the record was a old photograph of The Yardbirds. After a lot of digging I was able to place the picture. It was taken at the Grande Ballroom in Michigan in 1968, not long before the band broke up for good, and Jimmy Page moved on to start Led Zeppelin. I have no idea who took it or if it was ever published. I have also listed several other cool pieces from the same sale, so please check out my other auctions.

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