Beautiful Female Vocal MIRIAM BACKHOUSE Gypsy Without A Road Mother Earth UK lp

	£		108
	$		142

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The auctioned item it's one of the rarest progressive album in the world at moment and one of the rarest lps in our catalogue.

graded EX-/EX for the strictest Record Collector magazine grading system

label: the original Middle Earth label  MUM 1203 of 1977 it's in great conditions without visible wear on it and also around the centre hole I can't see a single mark so it's an EX for a severe grading system.
cover:the cover it's laminated on the front and there's not serious wear just 2/3 superficial creases of the lamination across the spine of about 1 half centimeter so hardly noticeables and a little dirty on the back . It's possible to see a very beginning of partial ring but basically depend to how the light come in the lamination. I fell that give a lower grade than EX- would be too conservative.
vinyl: the vinyl it's in great shape with  his brilliancy totally intact. . No noises, crackles, marks...just one scuff maybe ...pressing it's excellent so between tracks I can't hear noises. This is a close to mint copy but I have personally played some times so can't be considered so but at least an EX for sure
review: Surfing in the net this is a review that seems to me appropiate "In January 1977 she was able to record her first full album, produced by Saffron Summerfield. Unusual for a folk album it also featured mellotron on one track. It was also recorded with double tracking.Participants were Julia and Brian Etheridge on vocals, first and second violin, string arrangements, string and bowed bass, mellotron, 12-string guitar, electric bass and piano arrangements. Miriam sung the lead vocals and played viola and six string nylon guitar. Stephen Deltt played bowed and birowed dulcimer and Jock Cummings played percussion This was a very unique recording, and one of the best albums based upon traditional music, due to the strong emotional depth in singing, and the beautiful string and vocal arrangements. But even when sparsely arranged, every track remains essential. For instance, I can not think of a better version than “Long Lankin” even when this is only voice and nylon guitar, and a double bass rhythm, and bits of percussive dulcimer. Her voice penetrates deep. A funny, equally brilliant song is “Nasty Spider” (by Jeremy Taylor), like entertaining storyteller, this is sung as if being a little child. “John Riley”, starting powerfully with vibrating double bass is another winner of interpreting a traditional. If all folk was like this I wouldn’t have to hate it so often for there are too many interpreters who repeat patterns and think this is traditional music. At least you’re able to separate the wood from the forest, Miriam said. I cannot agree more. In her forest of expressions you can get lost easily, without feeling lost." This is a record that rarelly turns up and the vinyl it's virtually Mint. Don't miss! Sorry for the minimum bid but unfortunatelly I can't loose my investment and this is a correct auction very different the many "pushed up" auctions I see all around! Please open very well your eyes!

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