Formed in January 1969, Humble Pie quickly emerged as one of the most electrifying rock acts of their era, a supergroup built from genuine pedigree. Fronted by Steve Marriott, the powerhouse vocalist and former Small Faces frontman, and anchored by a young Peter Frampton fresh off his "Face of '68" status with The Herd, the band was completed by hard-hitting drummer Jerry Shirley and ex-Spooky Tooth bassist Greg Ridley. Together, they forged a sound that was equal parts heavy blues, hard rock, pastoral folk, and psychedelia — sophisticated in the studio, ferocious on stage. As Safe As Yesterday Is, their debut for Immediate Records, arrived on 1 August 1969, reaching No. 32 in the UK charts and immediately earning critical acclaim for its ground-breaking blend of styles, recorded at Olympic and Morgan Studios with renowned engineer Andy Johns.
What makes this pressing historically significant goes beyond the music. Unknown at the time of release, the original master tape disappeared en route from Olympic Studios in London to the mastering studio in New York. In a panic, a well-worn listening copy tape was used to cut the LP, resulting in the flat, muffled sound that horrified the band upon hearing the finished record. Andrew Oldham's Immediate Records, already in financial difficulty, could not afford to withdraw and replace it. By March 1970, the label had entered liquidation, its master tapes lost or stolen, and As Safe As Yesterday Is vanished from record store shelves, its true master tape never recovered. This limited edition gold vinyl pressing of 1,000 copies represents one of rock history's most compelling lost-tape stories, now available in a format worthy of its legend.
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Limited to 3 individually numbered copies.
