GRAHAM NASH Songs for Beginners RARER ORIG UK 1971 NR EX ATLANTIC PLUM LP+INSERT

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Artist or Band: GRAHAM NASH

Album Title: Songs for Beginners

Producer(s): Graham Nash

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: Military Madness; Better Days; Wounded Bird; I Used to Be a King; Be Yourself.

Side 2: Simple Man; Man in the Mirror; There’s Only One; Sleep Song; Chicago; We Can Change the World.

Label/Format: Atlantic, original first issue orange and maroon (plum) format that have matt, quite smooth surfaces.

Label Conditions: Both clean, fresh and attractive with moderate spindle marks but no wear around the hole area. Although a few more alignment marks than I would like to see, this clean record plays superbly with very little unwanted, it proved a joy to play-grade.

Catalogue Number: 2401011

Mode / Speed: Stereo / 33.3 rpm.

Warps or Lateral Movement: Assume all records I offer have no significant warping or lateral movement to cause sound or tracking issues. All should play fine even on budget turntables.

Weight of Record: 119 grams.

Country of Manufacture: England

Rarity: Moderately scarce as a UK first issue.

Original Year of Release: 1971

Matrix Nos: 2401011 A//1 1 5 & 2401011 B//1 1 1 4

Musicians: Graham Nash – vocals; guitar all tracks, piano, organ, paper and comb, tambourine; Rita Coolidge – piano, electric piano, backing vocals; Jerry Garcia – pedal steel guitar; Neil Young – piano; Dorian Rudnytsky – cello; Dave Mason – electric guitar; David Crosby – electric guitar; Joel Bernstein – piano; Bobby Keys – saxophone; David Lindley – fiddle; Sermon Posthumas – bass clarinet; Chris Ethridge – bass; Calvin ‘Fuzzy’ Samuels – bass; Phil Lesh – bass; John Barbata – drums, tambourine; Dallas Taylor – drums; P.P. Arnold, Venetta Fields, Sherlie Matthews, Clydie King, Dorothy Morrison – backing vocals.

Brief Info: The first solo album by former Hollies member Graham Nash. Issued when he was a member of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and when all those artists had issued their own solo albums, this sold reasonably well in the UK. With backing of the highest quality, and some excellent songs, this proved a triumph, especially following his recent breakup with Joni Mitchell. This a very fine UK first issue that plays impressively clean, and includes the often elusive lyric insert sheet.

Cover Grade and Format: EXCELLENT(–): a single unlaminated format with matt lightly textured surfaces. Printed and made in England by MacNeill Press Ltd, includes the original 1971 date-coded Philips style inner sleeve and lyric insert sheet.

Cover Front: Most wear on this fragile cover is on the top front fold edge which is light to moderate and patchy. It is very fine and attractive apart and not one easily found without often heavy wear and rubbing. The main area of the front still generally clean, still fresh with little other rubbing and avoiding creasing, fading and sticker issues.

Cover Back: The back is impressive with any blemishes few, very light and faint, again hardly any trace of creasing. The lack of ugly ring wear is a major plus for this one.

Top Edge: Straight with light to moderate patchy rubbing.

Bottom Edge: Again straight with moderately light rubbing, but this on a very pale to white surface, so this registers little in real terms.

Right Edge(s), and Type: Mostly sharp with any thickening little and light. Record enters on this edge.

Spine and Text: Solid, straight with minimal compression, the ends are pinched in manufacture. The text is mostly intact with just a couple of small rubs on the title and traces on the catalogue number as-seen.

Corners: Any tip rubs quite small and light, very fine shape retained with no major knocks.

Cover Summary: A strong example of this quite fragile and wear-prone 1970’s UK-made cover, one that could prove difficult to find much better. This album often included the American imported cover and UK ones are not as easily found a you may think. With just enough rubbing on the edges to politely remind of age, this still attractive item should please many collectors.

The Inner Sleeve: EXCELLENT: arguably better, but the retailer wrote the catalogue number on both sides on the left top corner areas – a common trait of the time when albums were often stored without the record inside the cover. A Philips original inner with the date-code 0571 (May 1971) and Patent numbers: 800513 & 973939. The paper lightly discoloured with age but minimal creasing, two crisp undamaged window circles and the polylining still clear. All edge folds naturally intact.

The Lyric Insert: MINT(–): an original UK made graphic/lyric sheet printed both sides. This almost as-made with hardly anything to really fault. Clean and fresh with crisp edges, no tears and hardly any hint of creasing. A quite elusive insert often missing.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: NEAR EXCELLENT: arguably better. A very fine visual copy that is very clean with equally fine shine and solidly pressed. A copy probably played several times, but mostly with due care on all the evidence with any surface marks very light, mostly wispy and faint as seen critically under bright light. No penetrating stylus scratches, viewed in average room light, little even registers. Visually a fine looking original that should please many collectors.

Album Played For Grading: Yes. [I play ALL records I offer before submitting to Ebay, also the record is played in its entirety unless clearly stated otherwise. I do NOT play snippets or joining grooves to check for sound quality and quietness – I play from the beginning to end via clinically revealing equipment, all listed further down.]

Sound Quality and Audio Grading: This quality first solo album plays even above it’s high visual grading with little to fault – a tiny brief few very light ticks on side two and little else at all – these really are minimal indeed and few original copies of this at times quiet album will have fewer blemishes. Offering strong, distortion-free sound, all frequencies are sharp and clear – sound quality is very high with a wide dynamic range and very detailed sound. Any surface sounds are minimal indeed and this is a very clean pressing with no tracking issues* or inherent pressing noises. Few available copies will outperform this original first pressing I feel sure. Little of any real note spoilt my pleasure when play-grading this lovely record. It will prove very difficult to find significantly better and can be strongly recommended.

* As played-graded on a high-end Linn LP12 Sondek turntable with Ittok Mk II arm and Ortofon Quintet Black moving coil cartridge tracking at 2 grams. Records are a ‘contact’ format, and few will avoid the odd minor sound blemish.

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