HEATHER NOVA- GLOW STARS Super LTD 300 Copies Rare UK Butterfly Vinyl LP 1993
$
380
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Description
This is an original print, few of these in existence, only 300.
UK Import code 6816 BFL LP2 PG 281
519-189-1 Gamma Island Big Life
Bar Code- 7- 31451-91891-9
The cover shows some light overall wear. mainly on edges. Slight place where record was shipped in cover on bottom, not through the cover, about 1/2 inch. The cover has a light crease toward spine. On back left upper top corner sticker has been removed.
The vinyl looks fantastic in sunlight, cannot see any imperfections. Under 100 lumen flashlight shows some very light hairlines. The vinyl plays with some crackles,no loud pops, I think this is due to the texture of the music, very light and flowing with Heather's voice. The labels are clean without spindle wear.
I rate this in overall VG condition.
I want you to know this is not perfect but it has been well cared for.
Shipping international is first class registered.
Popsike shows a NM version of this auctioned for 442.00 british pounds, here is your chance to get a nice copy at a much lower cost.
Heather Nova's Glow Stars is the culmination of her Spirit in You and These Walls EPs, showcasing a songwriter in progress. These songs capture a young, inquisitive Nova, but an angry female as well. She's never been one to hide from the sensual aspects of music, and such confidence allows her frustrations of love and lust to be most visible. "Ear to the Ground" and the title track shimmer with sweet acoustic guitars, while tracks like "Bare" and "Spirit in You" prance around dark melodies steeped in hollow dreamscapes. The original studio recordings for "Mother Tongue" and "Shaking the Doll" are equally vexed in self-discovery and social apathy, leaving Nova's passion to rise above the lyrical imagery of each track. Glow Stars, which was written during Nova's early twenties, is almost undaunted because of that. Her presentation on Glow Stars is convincing, yet an internal ache lies underneath.
Tracks
Title Composer Time 1 Bare Nova 4:23 2 My Fidelity Nova 4:20 3 Spirit in You Nova 3:59 4 Shell Nova 4:09 5 Glow Stars Nova 3:07 6 Ear to the Ground Nova 4:39 7 Second Skin Nova 3:47 8 Mother Tongue [Blow Version] Nova 3:24 9 All the Way Nova 1:10 10 Frontier Nova 4:13 11 Shaking the Doll Nova 3:49 12 Talking to Strangers [Blow Version] Nova 3:23 If you are overseas please let me know before buying. I will not ship this everywhere.Biography
The sweetness of Heather Nova consumed the indie rock market throughout the 1990s, and into the new millennium she was a rising star across the globe. Born to a Canadian mother and a father from Bermuda, Heather Frith used singing and music as a means of entertainment during her childhood. She was born in her father's native land on July 6, 1967, and spent the next 16 years of her life aboard a 40-foot boat with her parents, brother, and sister. Her imagination was tested and music was her calling. She incessantly listened to taped records from her mother, later crafting her own songs by age eight. By 14, she was learning to play guitar and was a fan of Neil Young and Jimmy Cliff. Two years later, she and her family returned to the States, where Nova enrolled at the Rhode Island School of Performing Arts and began studying visual arts. One to be taken by a moving image and art itself, Nova shifted creativity into writing music, but music for films. A closet songwriter of sorts, Nova was quick to realize that she could mix her love for film and music for something solid. To make her dream come true, she moved to New York City and adopted her mother's maiden name.
Time spent in the city that never sleeps was short-lived; Nova found herself at home in London by the late '80s and focused on songwriting. A self-titled EP was recorded under her given name, but later released by Rough Trade as These Walls in 1990. Nova was a budding artist and growing confident by the time she issued her first album, Glowstars, in 1993. Coffeehouse gigs across the country attributed to Nova's growth as a performer and Blow, a live effort, followed the same year. The president of Big Cat Records, Abbo, was taken by Nova's innocent lyrical beauty and made her an offer. Nova hooked up with Killing Joke's Youth for her proper global debut, 1994's Oyster. Oyster, which appeared on Sony/Work in the U.S., was dark and sultry, but raw and sexy. The single "Walk This World" was a hit in Europe and she went on to play nearly 300 gigs across the continent for the next two years.
