FAIRPORT CONVENTION "Liege & Lief" UK 1st PRESS Nr MINT

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  FAIRPORT CONVENTION "Liege & Lief" UK 1st PRESS Nr MINT 1969 PINK LABELS, UNMARKED VINYL , SUPERB LP, TOP COPY
FAIRPORT CONVENTION
Liege & Lief

ORIGINAL UK ISLAND (ILPS 9115) FIRST PRESSING (December 1969) OF FAIRPORT CONVENTION'S OUTSTANDING "Liege & Lief" LP - THEIR THIRD RELEASE IN LESS THAN A YEAR! AND CONSIDERED BY MANY AS THE GREATEST BRITISH FOLK/ROCK ALBUM EVER MADE - AND IT'S IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION - THIS COPY LOOKS AND SOUNDS COMPLETELY UNPLAYED - THE LABELS ARE PRISTINE WITH NO SPINDLE MARKS OR SIGNS OF USE AND VINYL SURFACES ARE UNMARKED AND SHINE LIKE-NEW - FABULOUS COPY - THEY REALLY DON'T COME MUCH BETTER THAN THIS

PRESSED ON QUALITY MID-WEIGHT VINYL WITH THE FIRST ISSUE PINK ISLAND LABELS WITH WHITE i LOGO
MATRIX: ILPS 9115 * A//1 19 2 / ILPS 9115 * B//1 11 1
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Printed and made by the E. J. Day Group, London and Bedford" WITH FACTORY SEALED LEFT SIDE EDGE
AND COMES COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLYDOR COMPANY POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE DATE CODED '119' (November, 1969)

In the decades since its original release, more than one writer has declared Fairport Convention's Liege & Lief the definitive British folk-rock album, a distinction it holds at least in part because it grants equal importance to all three parts of that formula.
While Fairport had begun dipping their toes into British traditional folk with their stellar version of "A Sailor's Life" on Unhalfbricking, Liege & Lief found them diving head first into the possibilities of England's musical past, with Ashley Hutchings digging through the archives at the Cecil Sharp House in search of musical treasure, and the musicians (in particular vocalist Sandy Denny) eagerly embracing the dark mysteries of this music. (Only two of the album's eight songs were group originals, though "Crazy Man Michael" and "Come All Ye" hardly stand out from their antique counterparts.)
Liege & Lief was also recorded after a tour bus crash claimed the lives of original Fairport drummer Martin Lamble and Richard Thompson's girlfriend; as the members of the group worked to shake off the tragedy (and break in new drummer Dave Mattacks and full-time fiddler Dave Swarbrick), they became a stronger and more adventurous unit firmly committed to fusing time-worn folk with electric instruments while honouring both.
And while Liege & Lief was the most purely folk-oriented Fairport Convention album to date, it also rocked hard in a thoroughly original and uncompromising way; the "Lark in the Morning" medley swings unrelentingly, the group's crashing dynamics wring every last ounce of drama from "Tam Lin" and "Matty Groves," and Thompson and Swarbrick's soloing is dazzling throughout.
Liege & Lief introduced a large new audience to the beauty of British folk, but Fairport Convention's interpretations spoke of the present as much as the past, and the result was timeless music in the best sense of the term.

Track Listing:
Side 1: Come All Ye / Reynardine / Matty Groves / Farewell, Farewell
Side 2: The Deserter / Medley: The Lark In The Morning - Rakish Paddy - Foxhunters' Jig - Toss The Feathers / Tam Lin / Crazy Man Michael

LABELS: The labels are pristine - clean, bright and unmarked with no spindle traces or signs of use
VINYL Visual: The vinyl surfaces still retain their original deep, like new glossy sheen and are completely unmarked
VINYL Audio: Outstanding - a beautifully recorded album (impressively produced by Joe Boyd who keeps the production very simple and true to the bands sound) and on playback at a loud volume (which is how I always listen to my records prior to listing and its always a great pleasure to return to this one) there are no scratches, no jumps/sticks, no surface noise and no loud clicks/pops - there are a few minor light static 'ticks' but these are non-intrusive and the only thing preventing me from giving this a full MINT audio grading otherwise, a beautifully clean press with silent run-ins and track divisions and with the quieter passages playing as beautifully (and quietly) as you could wish for. The whole album plays throughout to just about the highest possible standard with great clarity, no groove-wear, no distortion (it's possibly never been played), sounds stunning and is critically graded NEAR MINT for audio - fabulous copy
SLEEVE: The original matt gatefold sleeve shows little signs of wear/rubbing and is crisp, sharp and fresh - critically graded an EXCELLENT++ very fine example indeed

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