BIG STAR #1 Record / Radio City 1978 UK STAX 1st PRESS 2LP MINT
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Oct 12, 2021
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BIG STAR #1 Record / Radio City 1978 UK STAX 1st PRESS 2LP MINT
BIG STAR#1 Record / Radio City
1978 Stax (SXSP 302) FIRST UK PRESSING
UK issue of the first two Big Star LPs. First UK release
A BEAUTIFUL COPY WHICH HAS SEEN LITTLE USE AND PLAYS LIKE NEW
PRESSED WITH THE PURPLE/WHITE STAX LABELS
MATRIX NUMBERS : STX 3021 A-1 / STX 3021 B-1 / STX 3022 A-1 / STX 3022 B-1
THE RECORDS ARE HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FULLY LAMINATED "GARROD & LOFTHOUSE" GATEFOLD COVER
COMPLETE WITH THE TWO ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVES DATED APRIL/MAY 1978
The quintessential American power pop band, Big Star remains one of the most mythic and influential cult acts in all of rock & roll.
Led by the singing and songwriting duo of Alex Chilton and Chris Bell, the Memphis-based group fused the strongest elements of the British Invasion era -- the melodic invention of the Beatles, the whiplash guitars of the Who, and the radiant harmonies of the Byrds -- into a ramshackle but poignantly beautiful sound that recaptured the spirit of pop's past even as it pointed the way toward the music's future.
Although creative tensions, haphazard distribution, and marketplace indifference conspired to ensure Big Star's brief existence and commercial failure, the group's three studio albums nevertheless remain unqualified classics -- the polished but muscular studio sound of 1972's #1 Record, the leaner and tougher guitar-based attack of 1974's Radio City, and the hallucinatory swing between beauty and desperation of what would become known as Third.
Their impact on subsequent generations of indie bands on both sides of the Atlantic is surpassed only by that of the Velvet Underground
Side 1: #1 Record
Feel
The Ballad Of El Goodo
In The Street
Thirteen
Don't Lie To Me
The India Song
Side 2: #1 Record
When My Baby's Beside Me
My Life Is Right
Give Me Another Chance
Try Again
Watch The Sunrise
St 100/6
Side 1: Radio City
Oh My Soul
Life Is White
Way Out West
What's Going Ahn
You Get What You Deserve
Side 2: Radio City
Mod Lang
Back Of A Car
Daisy Glaze
She's A Mover
September Gurls
Morpha Too
I'm In Love With A Girl
LABELS: NEAR MINT
All four labels are clean and unmarked with just one or two light spindle traces
VINYL Visual: MINT
All surfaces are unmarked and shine like new
VINYL Audio: MINT
Plays as-new throughout with nothing to fault.
No clicks, ticks or pops and beautifully clean
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
As crisp, clean, sharp ad fresh as the day it was made with a deep gloss to the laminate with just some soft creases.
All edges and spine are unworn and the cover still creaks when opened
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Tracked)
*IMPORTANT NOTE FOR EU BUYERS: If EU members are buying multiple records please add them to your basket THEN request total from me so I can create ONE order (and apply post discount) and not multiple orders which will have to be posted separately with no postal discount
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £25.00 (International Tracked)
DUE TO THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES I WILL ONLY BE POSTING ONCE A WEEK ON FRIDAY
Combined Post: Additional records £1 (UK) £2 (Europe including Russia) £3 (International)
Guarantee: All records are unconditionally guaranteed (including sealed and/or unplayed) and I will offer a complete, no quibble refund upon return of the item should you not be pleased with it in any 1292 (GS 8.3.6 (1292))
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