Slade : Merry Xmas (The Penthouse Club Invite) version

I had a great week digging down south recently and amongst all the 7″ goodies I found was rarest Slade 7″ flexi-disc. It was originally given to specially chosen guests as an invite to a party they held at The Penthouse Club in White Horse Street, Mayfair, London on December 19th. It is now long closed down, but it was here at the club owned by Bob Guccione, creator of Penthouse magazine that Slade held their 1973 Christmas party, just a week after their classic song Merry Xmas Everybody was released. It has specially recorded verses for the guests sung inbetween the familiar chorus, I assume ‘Created by Jimmy’ as mentioned on the label is band member Jim Lea, but there is so little info out there on this flexi and this is the first time it’s been available to hear in over 50 years.

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