![]() ![]() A track from his second studio album Frampton's Camel. A true "Phenix" from the ashes.Ĭheck out the guitar in action in bottom clip, as Peter Frampton gives a live performance of the song "Lines on My Face". Access to Mike’s personal blog that features open and active conversations, discussions, reviews. (Preorders excluded.) Access to our limited ‘Preowned Vinyl’ inventory. GOLD Members will: Receive 10 off of all in-stock vinyl, sleeves & accessories. The footage of which can be viewed in the first video clip below.Īfter receiving a few repairs at the Gibson Custom Shop, the '54 Les Paul is now back on the road with Peter Frampton, three decades after it presumably met a fiery end. If you are not a member, please purchase a membership here to view this page. With the guitar in hand, Valentina and Kabbara flew out to meet with Frampton to return it to him in person in Nashville, Tennessee. A negotiation that would continue until November 2011, when facing some financial difficulties, he finally agreed to part with it for a reported fee of close to $5,000. Or so it appeared.Īmazingly, Donald Valentina, a Curacao customs agent who repairs guitars in his spare time, recognised Peter's Les Paul, when a local unnamed guitar player brought the battered guitar to him for a set-up (The details of how he came to own it via the burning wreckage are yet to be fully disclosed).Īfter Valentina had noticed the unusual three pick-up configuration coupled with the various burn marks, while knowing the history of the guitar, he suspected that this might be Frampton's Les Paul.įor the next few years, Valentina, along with Ghatim Kabbara of the local tourist board, tried to convince the guitarist to sell the instrument. The guitar that had become such an important part of his career was gone forever. Peter and the '54 graced the cover of the later, to create an image that is arguably one of the most recognisable of the 1970s.įrampton's partnership with the instrument looked to have come to an abrupt end during a tour of South America in 1980, as the Les Paul was thought to have been destroyed in a cargo plane crash near Caracas, Venezuela, that tragically killed all on board. Fast delivery, full service customer support. Band: Humble Pie Album: Lost and Found rock blues concert hippie classic 1970s. Description: Excellent condition 1972 LP original press double vinyl record. The guitar would rarely leave Peter Frampton's side for the next decade, featuring on some of Rock's most memorable and multi-million selling recordings including Humble Pie's Rock On and Frampton Comes Alive. Shop Electronics' Humble Pie Orange Blue Size 33 Vinyl Records at a discounted price at Poshmark. By the end of the set, Peter was so impressed with the guitar that he offered to buy it on the spot, however, incredibly and generously, Mariana insisted that Frampton accept it as a gift. This prompted Mark Mariana, (a fellow musician, and fan of Frampton) to suggest that Peter try out his modified 1954 Les Paul Custom, and loaned to him for the following nights performance. After recently switching from a Gibson SG to an ES-335, feedback from the hollow-bodied Gibson had plagued him throughout the band's opening show. Marriott produced the album and it was the first album recorded in Marriott's newly built home recording studio Clear Sounds, in a converted barn at Beehive Cottage, Moreton, Essex.In 1970, while performing a run of shows at the Fillmore West in San Fransisco with the band Humble Pie, guitarist Peter Frampton wasn't having the best show of his early career. Įat It was the band's seventh official album release and their fifth for A&M Records. Įach side of this double album is different: side 1 features Steve Marriott penned rock and roll side 2 has classic R&B covers side 3 is a collection of acoustic Steve Marriott songs side 4 features Humble Pie live in concert at Green's Playhouse in Glasgow, Scotland. Town and Country (recently made available in America as a double-album, Lost and Found). Matthews chose Billie Barnum to be missing member of the Blackberries. No Upper-Crust Pretensions for Humble Pies Steve Marriott. When Marriott asked them to perform on tour with Humble Pie, Sherlie Matthews declined due to other commitments, including her two children and her husband. Fields chose Clydie King and Sherlie Matthews (both previously with Raeletts) to become the Blackberries and flew to London. During the recording of Eat It, he had been in touch with Venetta Fields and asked her to find two other women to help her out. Steve Marriott had been talking to the group about having backing singers from early on. Released as a double album, it peaked at number 13 on the US Billboard 200, number 34 in the UK Albums Chart, and number 9 in Australia. Steve Marriott's Clear Sounds home studio, (Essex)Įat It is the sixth album by English rock band Humble Pie, released in April 1973 through A&M Records. ![]()
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