SAM GOPAL Escalator £695 1969 STABLE RECORDS UK PSYCH LP Motorhead Lemmy!

Here is the original very rare LP by Sam Gopal called `Escalator` released on the obscure Stable Records Label (SLE 8001) set up by Simon Stable and distributed by B&C Records the label existed between 1968 &1969 and only released a few records. This LP is very sought after due to it featuring Ian Willis (better known today as Lemmy of Motorhead) who wrote most of the album in one night, it came in a deluxe `Textured` gatefold sleeve with Silver/Black label. This was the bands only release and a copy sold in 2014 for £695. If you find an original at a decent price it quick you might not find another! Why not subscribe as I post regularly! Side 1 1. Cold Embrace 2. The Dark Lord 3:22 3. The Sky Is Burning 7:06 4. You`re Alone Now 9:33 5. Grass 13:12 6. It`s Only Love 17:15 Side 2 1. Escalator 21:12 2. Angry Faces 25:10 3. Midsummer Nights Dream 28:26 4. Yesterlove 30:40 Sam Gopal (also called Sam Gopal's Dream) were an underground British psychedelic rock band. The band was named after its founder, Sam Gopal, born in Malaysia. From the age of seven, he played tabla, a northern Indian percussion instrument, which replaced drums in the band. The first line-up was Sam Gopal on tabla, Mick Hutchinson on guitar, Pete Sears on bass guitar and keys, and later towards the end, Andy Clark on organ and vocals. On 28 April 1967, the band performed at The 14 Hour Technicolor Dream, a UK Underground event organised by the International Times at Alexandra Palace. Other performing bands included Pink Floyd, The Pretty Things, Savoy Brown, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Soft Machine and The Move. Sam Gopal's Dream played at the UFO Club (their first show), The Electric Garden in Covent Garden (later to become Middle Earth), The Roundhouse, and Happening 44. They later played the Christmas on Earth Show at Olympia in London with Traffic, Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd. Jimi Hendrix later sat in with the original Sam Gopal's Dream at London's Speakeasy Club. After the original Sam Gopal Dream band broke up in 1968, Sears went on to session work and formed his own band Giant, while Hutchinson and Clark recorded three albums as 'Clark-Hutchinson'. Sam formed a new line-up which included vocalist-guitarist 'Ian Willis' (better known as Lemmy), Roger D'Elia and Phil Duke. The album Escalator was recorded in late 1968 and released in March 1969. Lemmy went on to be the bassist of Hawkwind and, in 1975, the founder, singer and bassist of Motorhead. Escalator is the only album by the Sam Gopal band, released in 1969 on the small Stable Records label. This video focuses on a rare vinyl record, identifying the original 1st rare pressing or the rarest version of the record, also the prices it sold for and features photos of labels and covers of the original record, subscribe to our channel if you love rare vinyl records #vinyl #collecting #records #rare