NEIL YOUNG After The Goldrush"1970 UK 1st PRESSING EX+
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£ 39
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Aug 26, 2011
Sold Date
Aug 16, 2011
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NEIL YOUNG After The Goldrush"1970 UK 1st PRESSING EX+
NM MaCNEILL G/F w/2 RSLP LYRIC POSTERS - GREAT COPY
NEIL YOUNGAfter The Goldrush
UK REPRISE (RSLP 6383) *COMPLETE* FIRST ISSUE (August 1970) OF NEIL YOUNG'S CLASSIC "After The Goldrush" LP
DELIVERING CRYSTAL CLEAR, BRIGHT AND WARM AUDIO THROUGHOUT - LOVELY COPY
PRESSED ON QUALITY HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL WITH THE FIRST DARK TAN REPRISE LABELS
FIRST (and earliest) MATRIX SET: RSLP 6383 A1 - * H / RSLP 6383 B1 - * H (machine stamped)
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: A/1 and I/1 (etched)
THE ALBUM IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT GATEFOLD COVER "Printed and made by MacNeill Press Ltd., London, S.E.1" WHICH HAS A FACTORY SEALED LEFT SIDE EDGE AND THE RSLP CATALOGUE NUMBER PRINTED ON THE SPINE, THE BACK AND ON THE INSIDE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL FOUR PANE LYRIC POSTER - THERE ARE 2 COPIES INCLUDED - ONE PRINTED ON TEXTURED PAPER, ONE ON SMOOTH PAPER (they both carry the RSLP catalogue numbering the bottom corner)
AND THE ORIGINAL WHITE POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE WITH UK PATENT NUMBER AND 'FOREIGN PATENTS PENDING' TEXT PRINTED IN BLUE
In the 15 months between the release of Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere and After the Gold Rush, Neil Young issued a series of recordings in different styles that could have prepared his listeners for the differences between the two LPs.
His two compositions on the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young album Déjà Vu, "Helpless" and "Country Girl," returned him to the folk and country styles he had pursued before delving into the hard rock of Everybody Knows; two other singles, "Sugar Mountain" and "Oh, Lonesome Me," also emphasised those roots. But "Ohio," a CSNY single, rocked as hard as anything on the second album.
After the Gold Rush was recorded with the aid of Nils Lofgren, a 17-year-old unknown whose piano was a major instrument, turning one of the few real rockers, "Southern Man" (which had unsparing protest lyrics typical of Phil Ochs), into a more stately effort than anything on the previous album and giving a classic tone to the title track, a mystical ballad that featured some of Young's most imaginative lyrics and became one of his most memorable songs.
But much of After the Gold Rush consisted of country-folk love songs, which consolidated the audience Young had earned through his tours and recordings with CSNY; its dark yet hopeful tone matched the tenor of the times in 1970, making it one of the definitive singer/songwriter albums, and it has remained among Young's major achievements.
Side 1: Tell Me Why / After The Goldrush / Only Love Can Break Your Heart / Southern Man / Till The Morning Comes
Side 2: Oh Lonesome Me / Don't let It Bring You Down / Birds / When You Dance I Can Really Love / I Believe In You / Crippled Creek Ferry
LABELS: EXCELLENT+
Clean, bright and unmarked labels with light/moderate spindle traces
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT++
The vinyl surfaces still retains their original deep, glossy sheen and are unmarked save for some wispy light hairlines which have no audio consequence
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT++
Sensational audio delivery on these original issues with a deep, rich and warm yet sharp, vibrant and detailed sound and my careful play-check at loud volume revealed no major audio issues of note - no scratches, no loud clicks/pops, no evident groove-wear or distortion and no surface noise to speak of. A very nice copy indeed which plays beautifully throughout and probably surpasses it's EX++ audio grading
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Again, a superb example - clean and unmarked with no rubbing or ring and practically unworn edges and spine - where all text is clear and bold
POSTER/INSERT: EXCELLENT+/NEAR MINT
The (2) original (RSLP) four panel large lyric poster are clean and unmarked.
The smooth one is perfect, the textured one has a light nick to one of the folds
INNER SLEEVE: EXCELLENT+
The original issue white poly-lined inner is clean with no splits - just some age-related discolouration
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444 (GS 6.2 (444))
