MACHINE GUN CO MIKE COOPER-1972 JAZZ ROCK FUSION LP-EX

	£		20
	$		26

MACHINE GUN CO. WITH MIKE COOPER

RARE 1972 JAZZ ROCK FUSION LP

This is an auction for a rare original 1972 UK LP by Mike Cooper & The Machine Gun Co. Tough to find 1972 UK 5-track stereo LP on the collectable Dawn label.

A departure from the folk Americana of Coopers previous efforts Cooper and his Machine Gun band a name that suggests both an influence in Jimi Hendrix and Peter Brotzmanns free-jazz group explores musics outer regions.

• Artist - Mike Cooper & The Machine Gun Co.
• Title -  The Machine Gun Co. With Mike Cooper.
• Format - Free Form Jazz / Avante Garde / Jazz Rock Fusion.
• Label / Cat # - Dawn DNLS 3031 Stereo.
• Year Of Release - 1972.
• Grade: Vinyl - The LP is in Excellent condition. The lightest of scuffing seen under strong light. Play very well. Superb! 
• Grade: Sleeve - Very Good condition. Some corner and edge wear.

Tracks

1. Song For Abigail
2. The Singing Tree
3. Midnight Words
4. So Glad (That I Found You)
5. Lady Anne

In the early 1970s, working with record producer Peter Eden for Pye/Dawn Records, he recorded four solo albums which chronicle, through his own songwriting, a shift from pure blues through to free jazz. Collaborating with jazz, improvising and avant-garde musicians, in particular South Africans Dudu Pukwana, Harry Miller, Louis Moholo and Mongezi Feza, Zimbabwean composer and arranger Mike Gibbs and British saxophonist Mike Osborne he produced perhaps some of the first rogue folk. For the last of these albums he formed the band Machine Gun Company with Geoff Hawkins on sax, Alan Cook on keyboards, Les Calvert on bass and Tim Richardson on drums. A group that mixed rock, folk and free jazz. Cooper moved to live in Spain briefly before returning to the UK to record a fifth album, Life and Death in Paradise with Harry Miller, Mike Osbourne and Louise Moholo for Tony Hall's short lived Fresh Air label. He moved to live in Germany, Spain and France shortly after its release. 30 years later these recordings, along with those by Wizz Jones, Roy Harper, The Incredible String Band and Davy Graham have inspired the recent 'New Weird America' or 'Free Folk' explosion in the U.S., with Thurston Moore and Jim O'Rourke from Sonic Youth and the No-Neck Blues Band.

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I always use Record Collector gradings as follows:

MINT

The record itself is in brand new condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality. The cover and any extra items such as the lyric sheet, booklet or poster are in perfect condition. Records advertised as Sealed or Unplayed should be Mint.

EXCELLENT

The record shows some signs of having been played, but there is very little lessening in sound quality. The cover and packaging might have slight wear and/or creasing.

VERY GOOD

The record has obviously been played many times, but displays no major deterioration in sound quality, despite noticeable surface marks and the occasional light scratch. Normal wear and tear on the cover or extra items, without any major defects, is acceptable.

GOOD

The record has been played so much that the sound quality has noticeably deteriorated, perhaps with some distortion and mild scratches. The cover and contents suffer from folding, scuffing of edges, spine splits, discolouration, etc.

FAIR

The record is still just playable but has not been cared for properly and displays considerable surface noise; it may even jump. The cover and contents will be torn, stained and/or defaced.

POOR

The record will not play properly due to scratches, bad surface noise, etc. The cover and contents will be badly damaged or partly missing.

BAD

The record is unplayable or might even be broken, and is only of use as a collection-filler.

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