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Vinyl: Frunk "If at first..." 33 1/3rd RPM Vinyl Record Album (UPDATED LISTING)

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456.55 USD
21 May 2013
14 May 2013
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Frunk "If at first..." 33 1/3rd RPM Vinyl Record Album (UPDATED LISTING)
This is an original pressing of "Frunk", an all girl band from the very early 1970's. This is a new, never played or been out of the sleeve, 12" 33 RPM stereo record. This is one of an estimated 10 records left from the original pressing of 100.The vinyl is perfect, the sleeve not so. It has a few dings and minor marks, but after all it has been in storage for 43 years. If you have any questions, or require more pictures, please e-mail me, I'll be happy to provide. I fixed the front photo laying down, I found the tool to rotate it. Thanks for looking.LISTING UPDATES AS OF 5/13/13: There was a tremendous interest in the album. We have gather more information and we are passing it along: I spoke with the girls this past week. WE all agree the album was released in the Summer of 1972. There are 8 additional copies available and we believe the initial pressing was 25 records, not 100. We have also located the original Master as received from Frankford-Wayne Recording Labs at 212 N. 12th St. in Philadelphia PA. I have also located the original master tape on which I recorded all of the sessions, then mixed them down via a TEAC 4 channel mixer, to the final set. The record was recorded on a Teac 3340 10 1/2" reel 4 track recorder. The tape is exactly as it was when it was delivered to the pressing company. If you would like details of how the record was created and the group formed: Back in 1971 I was just getting into serious electronics and high end audio was my current compulsion. I was living in Haddonfield and I build a recording studio in my basement. One day my sister in law and her friends were visiting and I was playing “500 miles”, Peter, Paul & Mary in the studio and they came in and started singing. It sounded interesting, so I suggested we record.Over the next few weeks we recorded many takes on my Teac 3340 4 channel recorder. As there was no karaoke in those days, I dubbed the girls voices over the original music from the turntable.Eventually we got “acceptable” material. I mixed it all down and created a 10” reel with the master on it (which I still have) and took it to Frankfort Recording Labs at 212 N. 12th St in Philly and had 25 copies made. We created covers, pasted them up and poof! We had a record. I gave the girls each a few copies and asked if they could sell them (for $5 each to help off set the cost of the project. I think my Mom bought the only copy sold).Fast forward to the present.I am sitting around with nothing to do and decide to upload a bunch of stuff onto eBay. I had always wanted to try and sell the album. So I listed it for a $99.00 opening bid.Two days later I get a call from a guy in CA telling me he has been searching eBay since 2002 looking for a copy of the album. He has a friend that has a copy (yes, it is an original record) and they both “love” it. (Hard to believe). He asked me if I was “associated” with the album. . . You could say that. Any additional questions, please e-mail me. Thanks for looking.