PEBBLES Vol 1- 1979 TEST PRESSING SET WITH INCREDIBLE ARCHIVAL MATERIALS- LP

THIS ONE IS ALL ABOUT THE EXTRAS, KIDS! CHECK THIS OUT. SEE IMAGES FOR DETAILS

(1)WOW!!  THE ORIGINAL FILING, FEB 1978, SIGNED BY GREG SHAW, FOR THE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FOR THE BOMP STORE! (STORE OPENED IN 1977, GREG PROBABLY DIDN'T GET AROUND TO FILING FOR A WHILE, IF I KNOW HIM, AND I DO.)THIS ALONE IS WORTH THE PRICE OF THE SET. HISTORICAL STUFF. SEE IMAGES.

(2) PRINTED OUT WORKSHEET FOR A VOLUME OF INDIANA PEBBLES, TITLES HE WANTED FOR THE RELEASE AND ALTERNATES. WITH GREG SHAW'S HANDWRITING, PROBABLY LATE 80S,   OBVIOUSLY NEVER CAME OUT. ALEC PALAO NEVER HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT IT, SO MUST NOT HAVE GOTTEN TOO FAR.

(3) A TYPED SHEET WITH NIGEL GRAINGE'S SUGGESTIONS FOR NUGGETS VOL II!

(4) GLOSSY PHOTO OF GREG SHAW

(5) ORIGINAL CONTACT SHEET FROM A PHOTO SESSION AT BOMP RECORDS CIRCA MID 70S

(6) MIMEOGRAPHED PAGE, (CERTAINLY GREG COMPOSED THE LIST AND DID THE PRINTING ON HIS MIMEO MACHINE) LISTING RECORDS GREG SHAW WAS SELLING ON BEHALF OF LESTER BANGS, PROBABLY AROUND 1970.

(7) 4 PAGE PROMO SHEET , LOTS OF INTERVIEWS WITH GREG FROM MID THE MID 70S, COVER PAGE WRITTEN BY GREG, FROM OUR FILES.

(8)  WHO PUT THE BOMP CHECK FROM 1973 SIGNED BY GREG SHAW!

 THESE ARCHIVAL MATERIALS ARE TAKEN FROM THE BOMP FILES, SOON TO BE DONATED TO A MUSEUM. BUT WE WANT TO SHARE SOME OF THEM WITH YOU GUYS! We've tossed in some fun stuff for you.

RARE! Test pressings are the white label copies issued to the record label in advance of the actual pressing , there are normally only 5 of these made. Get a piece of history.

HERE'S WHAT YOU GET IN ADDITION TO THE ITEMS LISTED ABOVE :

ORIGINAL 1979 RAINBO TEST PRESSING (AIP 5016 ) PLUS  PINK COVER THAT WAS USED ON THE FIRST MASTERCHARGE PRESSING

ALL PACKED IN A HEAVY 13x13 poly envelope with UNIQUE ARTWORK CREATED FOR THIS SET, SEE IMAGE,

 PEBBLES VOL. 1 is now a legitimate anthology of rare and vintage garage rock singles from the style's 1960s heyday. The point of the PEBBLES compilations has always been that they take it as given that the listener is familiar with the best-known works in the style, such as the Count Five's "Psychotic Reaction." So these tracks are filled with the more obscure and often downright unhinged, like the Elastik Band's "Spazz," one of the most incoherent and bizarre singles ever released by a major label, or the Outcasts' apocalyptic study of disaffection, "I'm In Pittsburgh (And It's Raining)." This makes PEBBLES VOL. 1 an excellent second step into the garage rock underground. Charity Stafford