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  ORIGINAL 1966 FIRST PRESS WITH BACK-FLAP SEAMS

          ---   TEEN-SCENE '60s GODS!  ---
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                 ~~~~ Q'65 ~~~~~

                  "REVOLUTION"

                     

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                HOLLAND - PHILIPS/ Decca QL625363

 

First print with back-flap seams -- plays with excellent audio

Original MONO 1966 BRILLIANT hard blues based teen-scene throb thrill cats who made the scene shakin' the Bo-Diddly back-beat with a remarkable appeal in peak tones of The 'Yardbirds' "Pretty Things," Dutch- "Outsiders," etc....

Based on sheer musical ability, the Q 65 deserved to be at least as well known as the Pretty Things or the Yardbirds. Indeed, the Dutch quintet could have held their own with either of those groups or the Animals without breaking a sweat, based on the recorded evidence, and they also had room for some of the more rocked-out efforts evident in the work of the Downliners Sect. 
Yet the Q 65 have remained one of Europe's best-kept star-caliber musical secrets for more than 50 years. the Q 65 were Frank Nuyens (guitar, vocals, flute), Willem Bieler (vocals, harmonica), Peter Vink (bass), Joop Roelofs (guitar), and Jay Baar (drums), first got together in 1965, in the Hague. The city was known as "the Liverpool of the Netherlands," with a music scene that had been thriving since the end of the '50s.
Instrumental groups, patterned after the sound of the Shadows had been very big at that time. Peter Vink and Jay Baar had been playing in a blues-based band called Leadbelly's Limited before they hooked up with Wim Bieler, Frank Nuyens, and Joop Roelofs to form the Q 65 in February of 1965. The group's professed influences were American soul acts like Sam & Dave, Wilson Pickett, and Otis Redding, yet somehow, when they performed, what they played came out closer in form and spirit to the likes of the Pretty Things, the Downliners Sect, and the Yardbirds than it did to any of those soul acts. They landed a recording contract with Philips Records, their first album "Revolution", was released in 1966. 
This was a strange record for a band professing an admiration of Sam & Dave or Wilson Pickett, a frantically paced piece of punk-style blues-rock with an infectious Bo Diddley beat, screaming, raspy vocals, and a savage attack on their instruments. They issued a 45 from the album "You're the Victor" which made number 11 on the charts in Holland, and rode the bestseller lists for 13 weeks. The B-side, another original called "And Your Kind," was a more low-key, relaxed piece of blues-rock with slightly more of a soulful feel, but also some crunchy punk guitar.
In May of 1966, with the group now primed for success (with a full-time manager working for them), they released their second single, "The Life I Live." This was a catchy sound that built almost bolero-like in intensity. It was a good enough record to get Phonogram's management interested in promoting the group in England, which led to a publicity stunt that was not only a waste of time, but utterly foolish, sending the group to England by boat and having them come ashore in a rubber lifeboat, as though they'd come across the ocean that way. 
Anyway back to the album: "Revolution" :::

Revolution was a powerful blues-rock album that included a snarling rendition of Willie Dixon's "Down in the Bottom," a rendition of Dixon's "Spoonful" that boasted gloriously crunchy acoustic guitars behind a raspy vocal worthy of Howlin' Wolf himself, and a funky version of "Get Out of My Life, Woman," and a handful of originals that were fully competitive with the covers. The highlight, however, is a riveting 14-minute version of Sonny Boy Williamson's "Bring It on Home." The album sold exceptionally well in Holland, a respectable number, and established the group sufficiently to rate a spot playing with the Small Faces, the Spencer Davis Group, the Kinks, and the Pretty Things when they toured Holland. Obviously a world class effort caught on wax, highly recommended and essential for those who dig the sixties "Now Sounds" by likes of the Pretty Things, Yardbirds, Stones, and tough edged Brit Invasion / continental beat-rockers ....

The Life I Live                 

                                    I Got Nightmares
                                   Just Whos In Sight
                                        Mr Pitiful
                                        Im A Man
                                   Middle-age Talk
                 Summer Thoughts In A Field Of Weed
                              Down In The Bottom
                         Get Out Of My Life Woman
                                        Spoonful                

 

CONDITION: The cover: rated: VG++ slight visual past handling, past the 50 years in existence remains in strong condition, the off white color is fragile prone to dirt and wear so that's a bonus when is clean and free from cover wear/soil and damage through past handling)  ... this was a BIG teen scene '60s record overseas and most copies are GONE with the wind having been played to death ... her a survivor with tons of life left::: there are no delete marks, no split seams and no writing  ... VERY collection worthy ...

The vinyl: Rated: VG+ some very light surface marks of bright shiny luster, just play graded this gem and performed fantastic with excellent audio not containing alarming or  distracting surface problems ...  both MONO  labels are free from wear

                            

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

 

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