Historical Figures And Ancient Heads - 1972 Danish United Artists label 8-track LP

1972 Danish distributed 8-track LP - the eighth album by Los Angeles, Ca., blues-boogie combo - the first album not to feature original member and songwriter Alan Wilson who had died the previous year - substituted with guitarman Joel Scott Hill - featuring Little Richard on 'Rockin' With The King'.

Vinyl has the generic matt black and silver printed company labels with top-left large and stylized 'UN' logo above medium sized capital lettering company name. Labels has 'NCB' copyright info and states 'Made In Denmark.'

Vinyl is housed in an outer laminated gatefod picture cover fabricated by Druckhaus Maack, Lüdenscheld, Germany.

In the 1960ies and start 1970ies it was customary to market vinyl and labels pressed in Denmark in German, UK or US covers.


Condition: VG++ (Vinyl and Labels)/VG+(+) (Cover):
Vinyl is wonderfully lustrous - has almost no signs of play or handling - hardly any sleeve inflicted marks.
Side 1 labels is mint - Side 2 label has two short, simple and, light and superficial spindletraces - obviously an album just tried on a couple of times and then stored. Vinyl and labels are overall graded near mint.

Cover has a little light wrinkling from or along edges - otherwise mint cover centres. Perfect inner spread.
Cover has a very few points of edge wear - next to nothing - slightly pressurized, but easily readable spine - a little opening edge and corners rubbing - overall simply just very nice - graded close to near mint/excellent.

Tracklisting:

Side 1:
1 Sneakin' Around (Jessie Mae Robinson) 4:53
2 Hill's Stomp (Joel Scott Hill) 3:03
3 Rockin' With The King (Richard Wayne Taylor, Skip Taylor) 3:12
4 I Don't Care What You Tell Me (Charles Lloyd)3:55
5 Long Way From L.A. (Jud Baker) 3:06

Side 2:
1 Cherokee Dance (Robert Landers) 4:26
2 That's All Right (Jimmy Rogers) 5:28
3 Utah (Canned Heat) 8:25

Recorded 1971 at Village Recorder in Los Angeles, CA
Mastered at The Mastering Lab, Hollywood, Ca.

Credits:

Canned Heat:
Bob 'The' Bear - Voice (Rockin' With The King, Long Way From L.A., Cherokee Dance, Utah)
Henry Vestine - Lead Guitar
Joel Scott Hill - Voice, guitar (Hill's Stomp)
Adolfo De La Parra - Piano, Arrangements (Long Way From L.A.)

Additional Musicians:
Miles Grayson - Horns, Arrangements (Sneakin' Around)
Ernest Lane - Piano (Sneakin' Around)
Little Richard - Piano, Voice, Arrangement (Rockin' With The King)
Clifford Solomon - Saxophone (Rockin' With The King)
Charles Lloyd - Flute (I Don't Care What You Tell Me)
Kevin Burton - Organ (I Don't Care What You Tell Me)
Harvey Mandel - Lead Guitar (That's All Right)
Ray Bushbaum - Piano (That's All Right)
Joel Scott Hill - Voice (That's All Right)

Technical Credits:
Jim Taylor, Skip Taylor - Production
Baker Bigsby - Recording Engineer
Arnie Acosta - Mastering

Artwork:
Norman Seeff - Cover Photography, Art direction
Clive Arrowsmith - Inner spread photography
Jim Taylor, Skip Taylor - Cover concept
Ted Staidle - Colour effects