LOU REED Berlin 1973 UK RCA 1st PRESS UNPLAYED/MINT
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£ 40
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Aug 24, 2012
Sold Date
Aug 14, 2012
Start Date
£ 22
Start price
5
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Great Britain
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LOU REED Berlin 1973 UK RCA 1st PRESS UNPLAYED/MINT
w/TEXTURED LYRIC INSET - STUNNING SOUND QUALITY
LOU REEDBerlin
UK RCA (RS 1002) FIRST PRESSING (October 1973) OF LOU REED'S SENSATIONAL, IF SOMEWHAT HARROWING "Berlin" LP
STUNNING COPY - POSSIBLY NEVER BEEN PLAYED AND REMAINING UNTOUCHED SINCE 1973
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE GLOSSY ORANGE RCA LABELS
MATRIX: RS 1002 - A - 1E / RS 1002 - B - 2E
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT SLEEVE PRINTED BY “Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd., England”
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL LYRIC INSERT (RS 1002) PRINTED ON BOTH SIDES OF TEXTURED PAPER
AND THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE WITH BRITISH PATENT NUMBER AND "MADE IN ENGLAND" PRINTED IN BLUE
Transformer and "Walk on the Wild Side" were both major hits in 1972, to the surprise of both Lou Reed and the music industry, and with Reed suddenly a hot commodity, he used his newly won clout to make the most ambitious album of his career, Berlin.
Berlin was the musical equivalent of a drug-addled kid set loose in a candy store; the album's songs, which form a loose story line about a doomed romance between two chemically fueled bohemians, were fleshed out with a huge, boomy production (Bob Ezrin at his most grandiose) and arrangements loaded with guitars, keyboards, horns and strings (the session band included Jack Bruce, Steve Winwood, Aynsley Dunbar, and Tony Levin).
Lou's vocals are both precise and impassioned - "How Do You Think It Feels," "Oh, Jim," "The Kids," and "Sad Song" -- are powerful, bitter stuff
An incredibly impressive LP which sound even better now than it did back then
Side 1: Berlin / Lady Day / Men of Good Fortune / Caroline Says (I) / How Do You Think It Feels / Oh, Jim
Side 2: Caroline Says (II) / The Kids / The Bed / Sad Song
LABELS: MINT
Clean, bright, fresh-fresh labels with no spindle traces or signs of use
VINYL Visual: MINT
Pristine playing surface - unmarked and like-new
VINYL Audio: MINT-
As this copy has seen little/no use my play-check at loud volume confirmed the sound quality to be stunning throughout - crystal clear, clean, loud and incredibly immediate.
There is the occasional, isolated click present - but as I did not pro-clean this copy (as it looks so pristine) a clean by yourself will be beneficial (I prefer NOT to clean records unless it's absolutely necessary).
This is an absolutely stunning piece of work and it's one I really cannot recommend highly enough
SLEEVE: MINT
Clean, sharp and fresh
INSERT: MINT
The textured paper lyric insert is untouched
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: 1st Class: £4.50 (recorded delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £12.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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