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Offered for sale is an original copy of This is Kreed!, the privately pressed 1971 U.S. album by Minnesota band Kreed.
The album title is “Kreed!” on the front cover and labels; but it’s listed as “This is Kreed!” on the back cover.
About this copy: This copy of This is Kreed! is a 1971 U.S. mono pressing on the Visions of Sound label.
All copies of this privately pressed LP were mono; there was no stereo issue.
The cover is VG++, with slight foxing on the top and bottom edge and a small 1/2″ (1 cm) tear on the back cover near the mouth.
The cover has no writing or holes, and the seams are fully intact.
The disc is VG+ on side one with a couple of light marks on the first track and on the second half of the last track
Side two is M-. The record is quite clean and clearly has had little play. It also sounds quite a bit better than the recordings we’ve found on YouTube.
Note: The labels are actually light green in color, though they appear white in the photos.
An exceptionally nice copy of a very rare garage/psych LP and the only copy we’ve ever seen.
Background: Released in 1971, This is Kreed! was the first and only album by the band of the same name.
The band consisted of five classmates from the St. James School for Boys in Fairbault, Minnesota.
The material consists of all original tunes except for a cover of “In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida,” listed simply as “Vida” on the label. There’s some interesting fuzz guitar on that track.
The LP was privately pressed, likely for friends and family. Estimates are that there may have been as few as 100 copies pressed.
We found a quote from guitarist Nigel Coff on the Web:
The Band Kreed was formed in 1970 at a Prep school. In Faribault, MN. We played some local gigs– mostly for the local schools of St Mary’s School for Girls and Shattuck’s Military School, along with our own School ST JAMES SCHOOL which is no longer in existence. We practiced in our dorm basement and our newly built gymnasium. Musicians on the album are as follows: Dave Cannon Lead Vocals, Dean sack on Drums, Nigel Coff on Guitar, John Didier on Piano/Organ; Reed Boyd on rhythm guitar and Doug Parent on Bass guitar. Nigel Coff was from England, and came to St James because his guardian was a teacher at our School and our bands director. We had a loyal fan group and we were encouraged to raise funds to record an album… well, the rest is ‘garageband’ history!
You can listen to “In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida” here:
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Country of origin: | U.S. |
Size: | 12″ |
Record Label: | Visions of Sound |
Catalog Number: |
DC 71-56 |
Year of Release: | 1971 |
Format: | Mono |
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