BJORK "Debut" 1993 UK 1st PRESSING w/SONGBOOK+POSTCARD

	£		37
	$		48

  BJORK "Debut" 1993 UK 1st PRESSING w/SONGBOOK+POSTCARD LTD 1ST ED (5,000) w/12 PAGE LYRIC BOOKLET - UNPLAYED
BJORK
Debut

HERE WE HAVE A SUPERB, ONE LITTLE INDIAN (TPLP 31) FIRST PRESSING (July 1993) OF BJORK’S OUTSTANDING AND BEAUTIFUL “Debut” LP
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL 12 PAGE PHOTO/LYRIC SONGBOOK INSERT (ISSUED WITH THE FIRST 5,000 COPIES ONLY) AND THE ONE LITTLE INDIAN/BJORK FEEDBACK POSTCARD

THE RECORD IS POSSIBLY COMPLETELY UNPLAYED, MINT CONDITION
THE SLEEVE, BOOKLET & POSTCARD ARE ALL NEAR MINT/MINT

PRESSED ON QUALITY HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL WHICH DELIVERS ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING AUDIO - GORGEOUS, DEEP, RICH LUSCIOUS SOUND
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL TOP LOADING, MATTE SLEEVE, DESIGNED BY "ME COMPANY" WITH BJORK PORTRAIT PHOTO BY JEAN BAPTISTE MONDINO
RECORD MATRIX: TPLP31 A1 (etched “MIKE’S – THE EXCHANGE”) / TPLP31 B1 (etched “MIKE’S – THE EXCHANGE”)
PRESSED IN FRANCE (as were all first press copies available in the UK )

A SUPERB *COMPLETE* FIRST PRESSING OF A BEAUTIFUL LP - SOUNDS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING ON VINYL - AND AS, IN MY OPINION THIS COPY IS UNPLAYED I THINK YOU WOULD BE HARD PRESSED TO FIND ONE BETTER - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Freed from the Sugarcubes' confines, Björk takes her voice and creativity to new heights on Debut, her first work after the group's breakup.
With producer Nellee Hooper's help, she moves in an elegantly playful, dance-inspired direction, crafting highly individual, emotional electronic pop songs like the shivery, idealistic "One Day" and the bittersweet "Violently Happy."
Despite the album's swift stylistic shifts, each of Debut's tracks are distinctively Björk.
"Human Behaviour"'s dramatic percussion provides a perfect showcase for her wide-ranging voice; "Aeroplane" casts her as a yearning lover against a lush, exotica-inspired backdrop; and the spare, poignant "Anchor Song" uses just her voice and a brass section to capture the loneliness of the sea.
Though Debut is just as arty as anything she recorded with the Sugarcubes, the album's club-oriented tracks provide an exciting contrast to the rest of the album's delicate atmosphere.
Björk's playful energy ignites the dance-pop-like "Big Time Sensuality" and turns the genre on its head with "There's More to Life Than This." Recorded live at the Milk Bar Toilets, it captures the dancefloor's sweaty, claustrophobic groove, but her impish voice gives it an almost alien feel. But the album's romantic moments may be its most striking; "Venus as a Boy" fairly swoons with twinkly vibes and lush strings, and Björk's vocals and lyrics -- "His wicked sense of humour/Suggests exciting sex" -- are sweet and just the slightest bit naughty. With harpist Corky Hale, she completely reinvents "Like Someone in Love," making it one of her own ballads. Possibly her prettiest work, Björk's horizons expanded on her other releases, but the album still sounds fresh, which is even more impressive considering electronic music's whiplash-speed innovations. Debut not only announced Björk's remarkable talent; it suggested she had even more to offer.

Track Listing:
Side One: Human Behaviour (4:12) / Crying (4:49) / Venus As A Boy (4:41) / There's More To Life Than This (3:21) / Like Someone In Love (4:33) / Big Time Sensuality (3:56)
Side Two: One Day (5:24) / Aeroplane (3:54) / Come To Me (4:55) / Violently Happy (4:58) / The Anchor Song (3:32)

LABELS: CLEAN and FRESH and UNMARKED with NO evident spindle traces. THIS COPY HAS POSSIBLY NEVER BEEN PLAYED
VINYL Visual: The record has a DEEP, GLOSSY SHEEN. There is some superficial hairlines and some marking on the edge of the vinyl but this have NO audio consequence whatsoever
VINYL Audio: OUTSTANDING audio - CRYSTAL CLEAR, SHARP, POWERFUL and VIBRANT SOUND - STUNNING LP. Plays BEAUTIFULLY throughout to the highest standard with NO groove-wear and NO distortion (I don't think it has EVER been played). Must be graded MINT for audio - GREAT COPY - NOT over-graded in ANY way as I use STRICT RECORD COLLECTOR grading standards (please check my feedback and "about me' page)
SLEEVE: The 1st issue MATTE top loading cover is NEAR MINT with just slight evident record impression - otherwise, AS-NEW
BOOKLET: MINT - Clean and fresh with little sign of ever being handled
POST CARD: MINT


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