LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

• 180g black vinyl in hand numbered flipback sleeve with 12pp full colour booklet, plus 7” record in picture sleeve
• Originally issued in 1969
• Hand-numbered flipback cover
• Bonus 45 with picture sleeve, featuring both sides of his rare 1966 single
• Large-format 12pp full colour booklet
• Detailed notes and rare photos
• Essential for Hammond organ lovers

Having made several classic 45s with The Soul Agents (whose singer was briefly Rod Stewart), Don Shinn taped his remarkable debut album in London’s Lansdowne Studios in December 1967. Featuring his explosive organ (a clear influence on the young Keith Emerson) and outstanding guitar from Paul Hodgeson, it’s one of the first progressive albums ever recorded, and has its first official reissue here, fifty years after its first release. It comes complete with detailed background notes, rare images and two jaw-dropping bonus tracks from 1966.

Track Listing:

Side One

• Pits Of Darkness
• Temples with Prophets, introducing; Monophonic Intrerlude for Pianoforte No. 1

Side Two

• A Minor Explosion
• The Jolly Dance
• Hearts of Gladness, introducing; Monophonic Interlude for Pianoforte No. 2

7 inch;

Side One

• A-Minor Explosion

Side Two

• Pits of Darkness