HELP YOURSELF Beware the Shadow LP 1972 UK 1st Press UAS 29413 RARE PROG MONSTER
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1ST UK 1972 UNITED ARTISTS LABEL PRESSING OF THE 3RD LP BY HELP YOURSELF:
"BEWARE THE SHADOW"
THIS IS THE VERY FIRST ISSUE OF AN ALBUM WHICH BARELY SOLD OR GOT MUCH ATTENTION 41 YEARS AGO!
IF YOU LIKE THE SOUND OF SOFTER PROGRESSIVE ROCK SUCH AS THE EARLY 1970s FLEETWOOD MAC,SPOOKY TOOTH,BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD AND THE LIKE,YOU WILL ENJOY THIS LP FROM 41 YEARS AGO!
THE BAND'S 1ST LP WAS MORE FOLKY/COUNTRY TINGED BUT THIS 3RD ONE IS MORE"HEAVIER" ON SOME TRACKS WITHOUT BEING TOO HEAVY!
SOME FABULOUS DREAMY GUITAR SOLOS!
THICK VINYL UNITED ARTISTS UAS 29413.
A1U B2U MATRIXES.
+A GLOSSY COVER.
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR AN ACURATE GRADED ORIGINAL 1ST PRESSING OF THIS GEM OF A RARE LP-THIS COULD BE THE ONE FOR YOU!
IN MINT CONDITION-WITH GLEAMING SURFACES AND HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE WHATSOEVER!
CHECK OUT MY FEEBACK FOR OTHER ITEMS!
NO JUMPS/NO STICKS etc!
TONS OF BASS AND WARMTH!
NOW HERE IS SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL!
AN ORIGINAL 1ST EDITION(1972)OF THE RARELY SEEN ALBUM ISSUED ON THE UNITED ARTISTS LABEL .
THE BAND WERE GENERALLY OVERLOOKED DESPITE BEING APPLAUDED AND ENCOURAGED BY PETE TOWNSEND,STEVE MARRIOT AND OTHERS.THEY FEATURED AT THE 1972 GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL,WORKED WITH MEMBERS OF THE FELLOW WELSH BAND,MAN,INDEED MAIN MEMBERS,MICHAEL MORLEY AND KEN WHALEY JOINED MAN LATER IN THE DECADE.
THE LPs THEY RELEASED ESPECIALLY THIS ONE,CAME OUT WHEN THERE WAS A TIDAL WAVE OF INTERESTING PRODUCT ALL VYING FOR ATTENTION.DESPITE BEING ON A MAJOR LABEL ,SOME RADIO AIRPLAY AND EXCELLENT MUSIC PAPER REVIEWS,THE LPs WERE POOR SELLERS AND ARE EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND!
I CANNOT RECALL HAVING THEM BEFORE AND IT WILL BE A LONG TIME UNTIL OTHER COPIES ARE OFFERED FOR AUCTION AGAIN IN SUCH SUPER CONDITION, SO DON'T MISS OUT!
BAND MEMBERS ON THIS LP:MALCOLM MORLEY/RICHARD TREECE/PAUL BURTON and DAVE CHARLES.
A MAGNIFICENT EXPERIENCE THAT MUST HAVE BLOWN MANY MINDS AWAY BACK IN 1972 WHEN THE MAJORITY OF EQUIPMENT USED RUINED ANY COPY WITHIN JUST A COUPLE OF PLAYS.DON'T FORGET THOSE PARTIES WHERE SUCH LPs WERE PLAYED AND ENDED UP LEFT LYING AROUND WITHOUT A COVER OR ON A TURNTABLE TO WARP AND ATTRACT DUST AND DIRT,SPILLAGES,SCUFFS,SCRATCHES etc etc.
ALSO IN 1972,MANY STEREO LPs WERE RUINED ON MONO ONLY EQUIPMENT!!!
HARDLY ANYONE THOUGHT LONG TERM VALUE AND VERY,VERY FEW WOULD PLAY SUCH MUSIC IN THE SAME CAREFUL WAY THAT CLASSICAL BUYERS WOULD.THIS COPY IS THE EXCEPTION!!!!!!!!!!!!
ANY FAN OF BRITISH PROGRESSIVE ROCK OR COLLECTOR OF THE HELP YOURSELF ALBUMS WILL WANT THIS AND ESPECIALLY AS A FIRST EDITION-I CAN'T RECALL EVER FINDING A COPY FOR YEARS,-JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER COPY FROM AN EQUALLY LONG TERM EBAY SUPPLIER OF TOP QUALITY VINTAGE ROCK!
NOT ONLY THAT, I HAVE A TRULY AMAZING SELECTION OF MORE ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING PROGRESSIVE ROCK LPs ENDING SHORTLY BEFORE THIS LP ENDS.ALL HAVING JUST ONE PREVIOUS,CAREFUL OWNER!YOU REALLY MUST CHECK OUT MY EBAY LIST FOR MORE DETAILS AS WELL AS MY FEEDBACK!
MOST OF THE OTHER HELP YOURSELF LPs ARE ON AUCTION FROM ME,ENDING WITHIN 15 MINUTES OF THIS ONE,SO LOOK OUT!!!
THIS IS A LOVELY VINYL PRESSING.
This is a THICK PRESSING different to the LATER THINNER pressings from later years with LATER label designs.
Copies of this album were sold in minimal quantities and so how many SURVIVE AS A FIRST EDITION??
THERE IS AMAZING BASS AND YET STILL CRISPNESS OF SOUND!
Vinyl is still the best way to hear PROGRESSIVE ROCK AND ALWAYS WILL BE!
GREAT SOUND!
MORE BASS THAN CD!
BID WITH TOTAL CONFIDENCE!!!!
Vinyl is MINT!!! unplayed condition with NO marks , scratches or blemishes visible , even when held undr a strong lamp ,NO very tiny faint hairlines!!! Jet black mirror like surfaces with that just pressed look!!!
There is just the odd very minor spindle wear and Lovely labels!!
The Glossy cover has some tiny corner bumping , other than that virtually MINT!!! with NO laminate creasin whatsoever!!! The spine is perfectly straight and clearly legible
Comes 100% complete with the beige UA company inner in EXCELLENT unsplit condition !!!
NO WRITING/NO REPAIRS/NO TEARS/NO STAINS etc
MOST TURN UP WITH MAJOR WEAR!
Don't forget GENUINE 1st pressings in nice conditions are getting hard to find!
DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF NON PAYING BIDDERS !!!! EBAY MEMBERS WITH LESS THAN 10 FEEDBACKS MUST EMAIL ME PRIOR TO BIDDING OTHERWISE ALL BIDS WILL BE CANCELLED !!
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