Hank Wangford – Hank Wangford on vinyl LP. VG. 1980 UK country debut from Gram Parsons associate. Ships from Germany.
About Hank Wangford
A VG condition vinyl pressing of the self-titled 1980 debut from Hank Wangford, the stage persona of English physician and songwriter Samuel Hutt, whose route into country music ran through a real friendship with Gram Parsons.
Hank Wangford is the self-titled debut album by Hank Wangford, released in 1980. Hank Wangford is the country and western persona of Samuel Hutt, a British physician who adopted the character in the late 1970s after years working around the edges of the music industry, including a formative connection to Byrds member Gram Parsons. This listing is a VG condition vinyl pressing from a Berlin based eBay seller.
- Who is Hank Wangford
- About this debut album
- The Gram Parsons connection
- Pressing details and buying advice
In Brief
- Artist Hank Wangford is the stage persona of Samuel Hutt, an English physician turned country and western songwriter.
- Release Hank Wangford came out in 1980, a private UK pressing marking his self-titled debut.
- Background Hutt studied at St John’s College, Cambridge, and worked as a doctor before fully adopting the Hank Wangford persona.
- Gram Parsons connection Hutt’s path into country music was shaped by a meeting with former Byrds member Gram Parsons, whose wife needed medical attention.
- This copy Very Good (VG) sleeve condition, shipped from Berlin, Germany.
Hank Wangford – Hank Wangford (LP, VG)
Vinyl LP, UK Country
Very Good condition vinyl pressing of Hank Wangford, sold by a Berlin based eBay seller with 100% positive feedback.
Pressing Specifications
Who Is Hank Wangford?
Samuel Hutt, born in 1940 in Welwyn Garden City, England, studied at St John's College, Cambridge, before pursuing an unusual dual career as both a physician and a musician. His earliest writing credit came in 1965, contributing to a Sarah Miles single, and by 1968 he had recorded as Boeing Duveen & The Beautiful Soup, adapting lyrics from Lewis Carroll. It was Ewan MacColl, the influential folk singer, who lectured a young Hutt on the importance of staying true to his own musical roots rather than simply appropriating other cultures' music, a lesson that would shape his eventual embrace of the deliberately theatrical Hank Wangford persona in the late 1970s. Hutt has described the character candidly: Hank is a good smoke screen, he can do things I can't do, he's my clown, adding that he actually had more of an identity crisis being Sam Hutt than being Hank, because Hank is a fool.
About This Debut Album And The Gram Parsons Connection
Hutt's path toward country music was shaped by a formative real-life encounter with Gram Parsons of The Byrds, whose wife required medical attention, a chance meeting between the doctor and one of country-rock's most influential figures. That connection helped set Hutt on the path toward fully adopting the Hank Wangford persona, and by 1980 he released this self-titled debut album, a genuinely rare private UK pressing that blended earnest country and western songwriting with the character's inherent theatrical wit. Hutt went on to release a long string of further albums as Hank Wangford across subsequent decades, including Cowboys Stay On Longer, Stormy Horizons and, as recently as 2020, Holey Holey, remaining an active performer well into his eighties.
- VG condition, a well kept vintage pressing
- A genuinely rare private UK pressing debut
- A fascinating real-life connection to Gram Parsons of The Byrds
- Earnest country songwriting delivered with genuine theatrical wit
- Not a sealed or mint copy
- Niche appeal outside British country and cult singer-songwriter collectors
- Fixed shipping cost from Germany
What is Hank Wangford by Hank Wangford?
It is the self-titled 1980 debut album from Hank Wangford, the country and western stage persona of English physician Samuel Hutt.
What condition is this vinyl copy in?
The sleeve is graded Very Good (VG).
Who is Hank Wangford?
The stage name of Samuel Hutt, a British physician who adopted the theatrical country and western persona in the late 1970s.
What is the Gram Parsons connection?
Hutt met Byrds member Gram Parsons after his wife needed medical attention, a real-life encounter that helped shape Hutt’s path into country music.
Does this listing ship outside Germany?
The seller is based in Berlin and lists a fixed shipping cost; check the current listing for up to date international shipping options and rates.
Where To Buy This Pressing
Should You Buy This Copy?
- A genuinely unusual debut from a doctor turned country and western performer
- VG condition vinyl pressing with a real Gram Parsons connection
- Best suited to fans of British country and cult singer-songwriter debuts
Hank Wangford marks the start of a genuinely eccentric and long-running musical career, and this listing offers a VG pressing from a highly rated German seller.