GENESIS 'SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND' LARGE MADHATTER W/ RARE STICKER '73 MINT-
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>Archive Copy<
Genesis
'Selling England By The Pound'
Charisma, UK, 1973
CAS 1074
AS ENGLISH as progressive rock gets, this is an amazing album from an amazing band. The great thing about the early seventies was undoubtedly the fact that record labels and bands only cared about the music - if it sold, Great. If it stiffed, who cared! Genesis, like so many others at the time, absolved themselves of the pressures to score hit singles by engaging in what was termed album rock. They created a carefully crafted work that exhibited a beginning, a middle and, more often than not, an end to their madness. 'Selling England By The Pound' is a near perfect statement, a record so flawless that it's hard to imagine that at one time it, like Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side Of The Moon', never actually existed except inside the collective mind of its creators.
Sit and marvel at the pulsing beauty of 'Firth Of Fith', 'The Battle Of Epping Forest', 'After The Ordeal' and the 'I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)' and then replace the needle in the grooves and start all over again. Heaven can indeed wait.
This is an amazing copy as it features an original Charisma hype sticker on the top right of the front cover. I've never seen this before.
This auction is part of a fantastic collection of seventies rock which I was lucky enough to acquire. Most of these records were stored with the utmost care and sparsely played. Some were possibly never played or may have been for just a handful of times.
Pressing: Charisma, 1973 - large madhatter label
Vinyl: Nice clean and shiny condition with virtually no signs of use - displays some light spindle marks on labels. Grades as top MINT-!
Cover: Again, only light signs of any use. Issued in a beautifully illustrated cover with mega rare original Charisma hype sticker top right - I've never seen this before and I've been collecting for over 40 years! Sharp corners, no dings, no bends, no ring wear, no split seams and no creases. Just a little ageing spots to rear panel. Grades as top MINT-!
Inserts: Double sided cardboard lyric insert
Matrix:
Side One: CAS 1074 A-4U
Side Two: CAS 1074 B-3U
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