EMERSON LAKE & PALMER: 1970 DEBUT UK ISLAND 1st PRESS - NEAR MINT
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£ 200
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Sep 14, 2015
Sold Date
Sep 4, 2015
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£ 72
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Great Britain
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EMERSON LAKE & PALMER: 1970 DEBUT UK ISLAND 1st PRESS - NEAR MINT
EMERSON LAKE & PALMEREmerson Lake & Palmer
UK ISLAND (ILPS 9132) FIRST PRESSING (November 1970) OF EMERSON, LAKE & PALMERS'S DEBUT LP
ONE OF THE LAST ISLAND RELEASES WITH THE PINK LABEL
JUST A MONTH LATER (in December 1970) THE PINK RIM DESIGN CAME INTO USE
AN OUTSTANDING *NEAR MINT* ORIGINAL COPY WHICH LOOKS BARELY PLAYED
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE PINK ISLAND LABELS
MATRIX NUMBERS: ILPS 9132 A-2U / ILPS 9132 B-1U
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/GH and 1/GH
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT SLEEVE "Printed and made by the EJ Day Group, London and Bedford"
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE WITH “PATENT APPLIED FOR” AND "MADE IN ENGLAND" PRINTED IN BLACK
A lively, ambitious and entirely successful debut album, made up of keyboard-dominated instrumentals ("The Barbarian," "Three Fates") and romantic ballads ("Lucky Man") highlighting all three members' very daunting talents
The album showcased the group at its least pretentious and most musicianly and it shows the beginnings of a dark, savage, imposingly gothic edge that had scarcely been seen before in so-called "art rock," mostly courtesy of Emerson's larger-than-life organ and synthesizer attacks.
Greg Lake's beautifully sung, deliberately archaic "Lucky Man" had a brush with success on FM radio, and Carl Palmer became the idol of many thousands of would-be drummers based on this one album (especially for "Three Fates" and "Tank"), but Emerson emerged as the overpowering talent here
An extremely impressive, powerful debut
Side 1: The Barbarian / Take a Pebble / Knife Edge
Side 2: The Three Fates: Clotho-Lachesis-Atropos / Tank / Lucky Man
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, bright, fresh and unmarked labels - one spindle trace on Side Two, none on Side One - possibly played once and set aside
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both vinyl surfaces shine like-new - unmarked in normal light they display only harmless wispy hairlines under bright light
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Play-checked at loud volume the sound performance is stunning - strong, sharp, deep, warm and incredibly immediate - no audible distractions of any kind - no scratches, clicks/pops or any significant surface noise - the quiet sections of 'Take A Pebble' and 'Tank' are exceptionally clean and the piano parts on 'The Three Fates' show no signs of distortion (which can sometimes be a problem with this first pressing)
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
The edges and spine show some rub but overall this is a fine example with none of the excessive ring commonly found on this thin delicate sleeve
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: FREE (2nd class standard)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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