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I bought a copy recently and the chap I bought it off knew the history and the people who produced it, thought you might find this snippet of information interesting...

Larry Allen was from Greensburg, PA. Jerry Reed, who owned the label, had 1000 copies pressed. 500 as Larry Allen and 500 as L. Allen. It was released in the fall of 1965.

Jerry got frustrated because the record didn't sell and at the time he had an old car that he was junking, and he threw around 900 copies of the record into the trunk to be crushed and remelted.

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I bought a copy recently and the chap I bought it off knew the history and the people who produced it, thought you might find this snippet of information interesting...

Larry Allen was from Greensburg, PA. Jerry Reed, who owned the label, had 1000 copies pressed. 500 as Larry Allen and 500 as L. Allen. It was released in the fall of 1965.

Jerry got frustrated because the record didn't sell and at the time he had an old car that he was junking, and he threw around 900 copies of the record into the trunk to be crushed and remelted.

Ouch!!

Love it.

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I bought a copy recently and the chap I bought it off knew the history and the people who produced it, thought you might find this snippet of information interesting...

Larry Allen was from Greensburg, PA. Jerry Reed, who owned the label, had 1000 copies pressed. 500 as Larry Allen and 500 as L. Allen. It was released in the fall of 1965.

Jerry got frustrated because the record didn't sell and at the time he had an old car that he was junking, and he threw around 900 copies of the record into the trunk to be crushed and remelted.

Pete theres a bit about this in theres that beat in the pittsburg article,real name larry namee,done in 1/2 hr fom writing to recording

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DID IT HAPPEN?

DID THEY GO TO THE CRUSHER??

If I remember correctly I sold a copy I had to Trev Thomas and his amazing sideburns!!!

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it's a pitty the 1,000 didn't get to the crusher :thumbsup: imo

I got rid of the record because I thought it sounded awful. Then I heard it out again and thought it sounded great, and last time I heard it played out it sounded awful again. So just can't make up my mind on this one. Had a conversation with Ady Croasdell once about whether there were two different versions under the different names which would explain why it can sound good or bad but don't think that is the case, a record that just doesn't work sometimes, wierd.

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I bought a copy recently and the chap I bought it off knew the history and the people who produced it, thought you might find this snippet of information interesting...

Larry Allen was from Greensburg, PA. Jerry Reed, who owned the label, had 1000 copies pressed. 500 as Larry Allen and 500 as L. Allen. It was released in the fall of 1965.

Jerry got frustrated because the record didn't sell and at the time he had an old car that he was junking, and he threw around 900 copies of the record into the trunk to be crushed and remelted.

Which would mean 100 copies of the record would be left in existence? Sounds quite a small amount compared to the copies that have probably surfaced over the past 20 or so years. :thumbsup:

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A monster record late 70's at Clouds up here in the Scottish Lowland for a Mr J Rogers, one of the many tunes being broken here at the time!! :rolleyes:

Sure there is a story about a couple of copies being found in Hippy shop near University, any truth Jolly or Urban Myth being told to us young kids at the time!!

Hate the record now, but it sounded the business at Clouds, happy days!!

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Yeah organ. It's the bit that isn't singing, piano or drums.

Tried these Simsy?

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:thumbsup:

Godz

Hopi ear candles - saw some of those when I went to have my acupuncture this week. Definitely needs them seeing as the organs the most prominent part of the record apart from the piano intro!

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Yeah organ. It's the bit that isn't singing, piano or drums.

Tried these Simsy?

post-1918-1174165247_thumb.jpg

:thumbsup:

Godz

Ear Candles?... Now I've Seen It All On Soul Source What's Next Navel De-Linting?

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Stop Press.

As it appens I have just been down to my local shop and F++k Me I have found an acetate of an Irish singer and its another version of the L Allen called cant we Walk It Talk it Over.

Wow what a dancer, I am loading up a snipet on MP3 now.

Fcuk me - value? :thumbsup:

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about 150 UKP...theres an interesting artivcle about this 45 and others out of the Steel City in the latest "Theres The Beat" fanzine. Recommended lecture.

More like £300 for the L. Allen and £350 for the Larry Allen, Marc.............

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