The Kinks

My apologies for skipping over WCF 719 & 720, which had somehow vanished from the master list I keep on my lap top although they are still on the main list I compiled for the blog.

Kinks Rare

Kinks Rare b

Kinks Rare det 2

That is a rather shocking amount of track information for a WCF title.

Below: Alternate version with only one insert with track list. As these came with blank white labels it must be a later “economy” version.

Mid-Western USA: ca. mid-1971, making it the first Kinks underground release but not their first bootleg. Not as easy to find compared to the pirates WCF compiled for the Who, Instant Party (736) and Who Unreleased (27).

A 1 Act Nice And Gentle – Non-US B-side to “Waterloo Sunset” 45, 1967
A 2 This Man He Weeps Tonight – B-side to Shangrila, non-US 45, 1969
A 3 Mr. Pleasant – 45, 1967
A 4 King Kong – B-side to “Plastic Man” non-US 45, 1969
A 5 Creeping Jean – B-side to Dave Davis non-US 45 “Hold My Hand”
A 6 Plastic Man – see # 4.
A 7 Lincoln County – Dave Davies non-US 45, 1968
B 1 Polly – B-side to “Wonderboy” 45, 1968
B 2 Mindless Child Of Motherhood – B-side to the non-US 45 “Drivin'”, used as B-side to “Lola” in the US in 1970
B 3 She’s Got Everything – B-side to “Days”, a 45 released only in a handful of countries in 1968
B 4 Berkeley Mews – B-side to “Lola” in most countries except the US
B 5 Hold My Hand – see # 5.
B 6 There’s No Life Without Your Love – B-side to “Lincoln County” 45

K&S 001 to 010 – Introducing THE WHO “RAW” &amp ‘TALES FROM THE WHO’; JEFF BECK ‘BECKELECTRIC AT THE O’KEEFE – WHITE LIKE ME’ Plus: Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie and The Kinks

February 17, 2014

Beck, Jeff, Bowie, David, Dylan, Bob, GLC label (1970s), K&S Records, Led Zeppelin, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones

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“Inevitably. Hot Wacks was not the product of some dispassionate observer but someone who had been getting his own hands dirty. Kurt Glemser was already dipping into the mire at the time of Hot Wacks IV. K (as in Kurt) & S Records’ first release, a collection of live Led Zeppelin recordings, had appeared at the beginning of 1976. In the grand tradition of copycat bootleggers, Sin City Social was a shoddy mix’n’match drawn exclusively from TMQs Bonzo’s Birthday Party, Three Days After and Blueberry Hill.” [Heylin, Bootleg, p. 131]

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Discussed in depth here

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Previously discussed here.

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And in blue:

The ‘insider joke’ – and it took me a while to get this as well – is that the title is an alternative spelling for “Hurrah!)”.

A K&S original release, the Who recorded at Maple Leaf Gardens on 11 December 1975. Unfortunately, not a great sounding source tape to start with and since then surpassed by the CD releases presenting the complete show. One thing’s for sure, The Who tended to always put on a good show in Toronto.

Side 1: I Can’t Explain / Substitute / My Wife / Baba O’Riley / Squeeze Box / Behind Blue Eyes
Side 2: Dreaming From The Waist / Boris The Spider / Magic Bus

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As hinted at by the label shown, above, this title was also issued by TMoQ as part of their deluxe 820x series – and this time with a famous William Stout cover design:

BECK-FAST already has its own post on another blog: http://rockonvinyl.blogspot.de/2011/01/jeff-beck-beckfast-1976-ex-bootleg.html

Another review: http://www.collectorsmusicreviews.com/jeff-beck/jeff-beck-okeefe-master-wardour-045/

Link to concert review: http://www.dustyhat.com/images/Concert_Tix/Reviews/JeffBeck75.pdf

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006: DAVID BOWIE ‘IN AMERICA’ – 100 copies on red PVC pressed from original TMoQ plates; does anyone else find it strange that “IN PERSON” was not ordered as well?

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007:

100 copies on red wax from original TMoQ plates.

And then there was yet another re-issue on mult-color wax, reminiscent of the Mushroom series:

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008: ROLLING STONES ‘BURNING AT THE HOLLYWOOD PALLADIUM’ – 100 copies only.

“Q: Was it just Dub & Ken that you knew from that world or did you also get to meet Kurt Glemser (your drawing of Mick Jagger was used on the K&S version of ‘Burning At The Hollywood Paladium’), John Wizardo, Andrea Waters, the Rubber Dubber guy or any of the other bootleg producers from that era?

W. Stout: I met a few of the other bootleggers, usually at the Hollywood Record Swap Meet in the Capitol Records parking lot. For the most part they were pretty sleazy and seemed untrustworthy. This intuitive feeling was borne out when the other bootleggers started stealing TMOQ’s recordings and putting them out on their own labels. Meeting them made me glad I was working with “Ken” and Dub. I don’t think I ever met the Rubber Dubber — but I bought his records. I don’t think I ever heard of Kurt.

Q: Did anyone else approach you to do work for them?

W. StoutI think the other bootleggers were too intimidated by “Ken” and Dub to ask me to do covers for them. It was probably perceived of as a “turf” thing.”

The copy shown below reached GBP 1220 at auction in March of 2011.

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009: LED ZEPPELIN ‘BLUEBERRY HILL’ – 150 pressed from the EV666-664 plates and either because they felt it looked better with labels or these just happened to be available: With TAKRL and 1970’s GLC labels. The copy shown here sold for $1,325.00 in January of 2014. K&S may have done mostly copy jobs but they certainly increased nicely in value in many cases.