PNEUMANIA I Can See Your Face Oak Records R.G. Jones Morden 7" vinyl single rare

Sold Date: July 24, 2017
Start Date: July 14, 2017
Final Price: £1,930.00 (GBP)
Bid Count: 29
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PNEUMANIA "I Can See Your Face" Oak Records R.G. Jones of Morden 7" vinyl single incredibly rare 1968

Track details in photos above.  Plays perfectly.  There is the original owner's name (C.J. Quayle) written in the middle (see photo) with another name (hard to see though) below.  An acetate of this same single recently sold for £965.00!
Please ask if you have any questions. Written and performed in 1968 by Pneumania of the Epsom College Sixth Form, Surrey.
The 'B' side is a cover of "All Your Love" as featured on the John Mayall Eric Clapton Bluesbreakers LP.
I will combine items to save you postage, where possible. I'm sorry it looks a little dusty in the photos, but a vinyl cleaner cloth would take away what shows under the camera lens.

On 17-Jul-17 at 09:11:27 BST, seller added the following information:

I'm uploading 6 more photos in view of the high bidding on this. I bought this from Epsom College schoolboy C. J. Quayle in 1968 (or maybe 1969) while still at school with him. I played it at the time, but then not for about 45 years until this week when I tested it.  It sounds really vibrant and alive to me and there are no skips or jumps (and I personally can't hear any scratches).  On the lead in, with the volume up, there are the faintest typical vinyl crackles before the song starts.  Please do ask me if you have any questions or want more details - especially about the condition of the vinyl.
I read on a website that Al Dickenson was the lead guitarist and Keith Middlemas was the vocalist of Pneumania.  To my ears the B side cover of "All Your Love" is better than the 1966 Bluesbreakers version - sorry if that offends anyone!  "I Can See Your Face" can be heard on YouTube.
I will post this Special Delivery to the winning bidder.

On 17-Jul-17 at 09:21:03 BST, seller added the following information:

Please pay promptly as it will need to be posted the day after bidding ends due to my work commitments.

On 22-Jul-17 at 17:23:24 BST, seller added the following information:

Thanks very much for your reply and question.  I'm holding the Pneumania single right now: the A side "I Can See Your Face" is very clean and unmarked in appearance, except for a tiny mark near the inner edge of the vinyl and in the photos it's close to the word ALL of ALL RIGHTS OF THE MANUFACTURER ... - I can't feel it with the tip of my finger though nor hear it.  I played the single recently (on an average quality turntable) and it played through really nicely - no jumps or scratch sounds.  In fact I recorded it to a cassette which I've been playing a lot to check the sound (rather than wear out the vinyl).  Same for the B side, the cover of Otis Rush's "All Your Love" in that it sounds really good too, though the visual appearance is not quite so clean as the A side - however I can't feel any imperfections when I gently touch the couple of scuffs (inaudible I'm sure) which I suspect are due to the record being put back in its sleeve after being played in the past.  I agree the the song "I Can See Your Face" compares favourably with other better known singles of the same era and I can still remember the band playing this and other songs on the school stage when they were in the upper sixth.  Really good guitarist and I wonder what happened to them all.