Oora - Original 1973 UK Harvest label 8-track LP Incl. Printed Plastic Sleeve

Rare original 1973 UK Harvest LP from magnficent UK psychedelic-hard-blues-rock combo - their 5th album - the last album to be released on Harvest Records.

Vinyl has the generic lime and dark green company labels with left side boxed EMI log and upper 'The Grammophone Co. Ltd....' rimtext.

Vinyl has machine stamped & handwritten matrix information:

Side 1: SHVL 810-A-1U PORKY (handwritten), mother/stampers 1G
Side 2: SHVL 810-B-1U PECKO (handwritten), mother/stampers 1R
This is as such one of the very first copies manufactured - within the first 5 - 600 copies.

Vinyl is housed in a lyric and data inner sleeve with upper cut corners and cut-out opening - placed in a fold out cover and ltimately an outer printed clear plastic sleeve.

Condition: VG (Vinyl and Labels)/VG (Inner Sleeve)/VG+ (Cover)/VG+ (Plastic Sleeve):

Vinyl has has some light and a very few not so light marks marks combined with sleeve wear.
Labels has
Labels Inner sleeve has imprint of vinyl, mildly bend lower corners, a 1" tear fromt upper opening and a 1" lower and 2" side seam split - graded straight VG.

Picture cover has light to some wrinkling in corner areas from mild corner bends - more pronouncd at spine corners than opening corners. Vinyl has gentle outline of vinyl, next to no edge rubbing and corners wear. Cover is easily graded VG+.

PVC sleeve is intact and has the usual slight wear - remarkabe free from age discolouration and with clear readable text and with only very marginal wear to artwork itself - graded upper VG+.

Playgrading:
Vinyl plays and tracks straight. Vinyl plays with a light unobtrusive creackling in the quiet or soundless parts. A mark in track 1, Side 1 and the last track on Side 2 induces less than 5 clicks.
Vinyl plays otherwise great with fine instrument diffentiation, great volume, and fine dynamics.

All in all a copy which has been handled and listed to a lot - not always couscious - and not for the discerning collector. still a fine copy - great sounding and with overall intact and enjoyable artwork.

Tracklisting:

Side 1:
1. Hurricane Man/Rock 'n' Roller
2. Roccococooler
3. Eviction
4. Oh You Crazy Boy!
5. Things On My Mind

Side 2:
1a. Exhibits From A New Museum
1b. Green Lights
2a. Face From A Window
2b. Pretty
2c. Hi-Jack Boogie
2d. Slow Down
3. Capers

Credits:
Edgar Broughton - Lead vocals, guitar, bass guitar on "Hi-Jack Boogie"
Arthur Grant - Bass guitar, guitar on "Hurricane Man" and "Hi-Jack Boogie"
Steve Broughton - Vocals, drums, percussion, guitars, tubular bells, tambourine
Victor Unitt - Backing vocals, guitars, Spanish guitar on "Exhibits From A New Museum", piano, lead vocals on "Oh You Crazy Boy!"

Additional musicians:
Madeline Bell - backing vocals, "Rock 'n' Roller", "Things On My Mind"' & "Face From A Window"
Doris Troy - backing vocals, '"Rock 'n' Roller", "Things On My Mind" & "Face From A Window"
Lisa Strike - backing vocals, "Rock 'n' Roller", "Things On My Mind" & "Face From A Window"
Maggie Thomas - backing vocals on "Oh You Crazy Boy!"
David Bedford - piano on "Green Lights"

Technical credits:
Edgar Broughton Band - Production
Alan O'Duffy - Recording
Rufus Cartwright - Mix
Chris Smith - Sleeve Concept, Design
Steve Broughton - Cover Design
Hipgnosis - Centre Fold Photography
Barney Bubbles - Artwork