Genesis - Nursery Cryme - 1971 UK Issue LP on Pink Large Mad Hatter Label EX/EX+

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	$		21

Artist & Title: Genesis – Nursery Cryme

Rare 1971 UK 7-track large pink 'Mad Hatter' label LP with 'B&C Records' credit. The third studio album from the English prog-rock band comes in a textured gatefold picture sleeve with lyrics across the inner spread. Record, sleeve and inner are all in Excellent condition. A very nice play copy of this essential album!
Highly desirable for its A/B matrices and increasingly difficult to find in good condition, this could be a once in a lifetime opportunity to add this superb rarity to your collection at an extremely advantageous price.

Catalogue Number: Charisma ?– CAS 1052

Release date: 12 November 1971

Overall Grade: EX/EX+ (LP/Cover)

Matrix (inscribed): Side 1: CAS 1052 A   Side 2: CAS 1052 B

Large Mad Hatter on pink The Famous Charisma Label
Marketed and Distributed by B&C Records Ltd.
? 1971
Producer John Anthony
Quartet Music
Sleeve: "Manufactured and Distributed by B&C Records Ltd., 37 Soho Square, London, W1. (01734 3932). Printed & Made by Bruin B.V. – Zaandam/Holland"
Scroll logo in sleeve.

This important LP that marks the beginning of Genesis’ classic prog-rock period is hardly ever offered for sale in this condition.

“The Musical Box and Fountain of Salmacis are about as good examples of progressive rock as have ever been written”

This is the extremely rare real thing: a genuine EX/EX+ condition UK first issue. The record is in excellent condition while the cover and inner sleeve are in remarkable, near mint, condition for 42 years of age, without any major defects like scratches, tears, creases, stickers, writing, dog ears, stains or the like. See pics. All items are the genuine originals bought together by me in 1971 not reprints or replacements. The LP is the original UK 1971 stereo LP, which was only played occasionally on top-end audiophile equipment and lovingly cared for.

“Another simply perfect progressive rock recording from early Genesis.”

THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF THIS ESSENTIAL PROG-ROCK ALBUM EVER OFFERED FOR SALE IN RECENT TIMES

Nursery Cryme is the third studio album by Genesis and was recorded and released in 1971. It is the band's first album with drummer Phil Collins and guitarist Steve Hackett, who replaced John Mayhew and Anthony Phillips, respectively, in 1970 and 1971. The five-member line-up of Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Collins and Hackett would remain consistent until the band's 1976 album A Trick of the Tail, when Phil Collins replaced Peter Gabriel as lead vocalist following Gabriel's departure from the band.
Like Trespass, the preceding Genesis album, Nursery Cryme was recorded at London's famous Trident Studios. Trident was one of only a handful of British studios to have 16-track equipment, which was state of the art for the time.
For some time before Hackett's recruitment, Genesis had performed live as a four-piece, with Banks substituting for guitar by playing lead solos on his Hohner "Pianet" electric piano, played through a fuzz box. This technique can be heard on "The Musical Box" and the intro to "The Return of the Giant Hogweed". In addition, the band purchased their own Mellotron Mark II (from King Crimson). Banks employed the Mk. II "three violins" sound in "The Fountain Of Salmacis" and "Seven Stones", while the climax of "The Return of the Giant Hogweed" uses fuzzed Mk. II "combined brass". Rutherford also began using the standalone electronic bass pedal unit Dewtron "Mister Bassman".

This may be your only ONCE IN A LIFETIME chance to own this rare piece of rock history in this condition.

“Along with Foxtrot this album shows Genesis at the peak of creativity.”

What more can I add about this legendary album: it made history and is considered among the top that helped pen the term 'progressive rock'. If Lewis Carroll had written horror stories for children and some musicians had decided to put them to music, "Nursery Cryme" is what they would sound like. The eccentric lyrics, delivered with a child-like innocence by Peter Gabriel, are a bone-chilling experience. And the music, alternating between the melodious and the downright chaotic, is a perfect complement to it. This is the first 'real' Genesis album in my books. As far as I'm concerned, every track on it is a gem.

A fantastic time warp example of this rarity in amazing condition, a true investment grade item - get it while you can!

AND IT MUST SELL IN THIS ONCE ONLY AUCTION

You can read more about this album and Genesis all over the web.

I pack my records professionally in stiff corrugated cruciform record boxes leaving the Vinyl (housed in anti-static bags) outside the Sleeve.

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