NEU "Neu" 1972 DEBUT LP UK UA 1st PRESSING

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NEU "Neu!" 1972 DEBUT LP UK UA 1st PRESSING FULLY LAMINATED PINK SLEEVE w/UA BEIGE INNER

NEU
Neu!

HERE WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT, UNITED ARTISTS (UAS 29396) FIRST PRESSING OF NEU's STUNNING DEBUT LP, "Neu!"
ONE OF THE MASTERPIECES IF NOT THE MASTERPIECE OF THE WHOLE KRAUTROCK GENRE - GREAT STUFF AND HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Fresh after leaving Kraftwerk in the fall of 1971 for what they perceived to be a lack of vision, guitarist Michael Rother and drummer Klaus Dinger formed their own unit and changed the face of German rock forever -- eventually influencing their former employer, Florian Schneider of Kraftwerk. The 1974 album Autobahn was a genteel reconsideration of the music played here.
Dinger's mechanical, cut time drumming and Rother's two-note bass runs adorned with cleverly manipulated and dreamy guitar riffs and fills were the hallmarks of the "motorik" sound that would become the band's trademark.
On "Hallogallo", which opens the disc, the listener encounters a timeless rock & roll sound world. The driving guitar playing one chord in different cadences and rhythmic patters, the four-snare to the floor pulse with a high hat and bass drum for ballast, and a bassline that is used more for keeping the drummer on time than as a rhythm instrument in its own right.
These are draped in Rother's liquidy, cascading single note drones and runs, so even as the tune's momentum propels the listener into a movement oriented robotic dance, the guitar's lyrical economy brings an aesthetic beauty into the mix that opens the space up from inside.
The tense ambient soundscape of "Sonderangebot" balances things a bit before the slower-than-Neil Young "Weissensee" opens with a subtle industrial clamour and opens up into a lyrical exploration of distorted slide guitar aesthetics with an uncharacteristic drum elegance that keeps the guitar in check.
"Im Glück" tracks a restrained, droning path through the textural palette of the guitar, treated with whispering distortion and echo.
All hell breaks loose again on Dinger's "Negativland" as an industrial soundscape eventually gives way to a bass and guitar squall as darkly enticing as anything on Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures.
It's really obvious now how the JD's sound was influenced by this simply and darkly delicious brew of noise, bass throb, percussive hypnosis, and an oddly placed, strangely under-mixed, guitar.
Rother's style had as much to do with not playing as it did with virtuosity, and his fills of open chords, stuttered cadences, and broken syntax provided a much needed diversion for the metronymic regularity of the rhythm section. Rother didn't riff; he painted a mix with whatever was necessary to get the point across. His mannerisms here are not to draw attention to himself, but rather to that numbing, incessant rhythm provided wondrously by Dinger.
Neu's debut album still sounds ahead of its time.

MARTIX: UAS 29396 A-1 / UAS 29396 B-1
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/A and 1/M (in the batch of the first 1200 pressed)
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL SINGLE DEEPLY LAMINATED (AND GLOSSY) SLEEVE WITH LINER NOTES BY DAVE BROCK (HAWKWIND) DATED IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER 'HH/UP/72'
COMES COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL BEIGE UA INNER SLEEVE (now a bit of a rarity in its own right)

Track Listing:
Side 1: Hallogallo / Sonderangebot / Weissensee
Side 2: Im Gluck / Negativland / Lieber Honig

LABELS: The labels are CLEAN and BRIGHT with NO unwanted marks/writing and only a handful of light spindle traces
VINYL Visual: The surfaces have their original DEEP, GLOSSY SHEEN with a few superficial light marks which have little audio consequence (see detailed audio assessment below)
VINYL Audio: The audio is CRYSTAL CLEAR, RICH, WARM and VIBRANT. Unbeatable depth and clarity on these first presses simply not found on later issues. There are NO scratches, NO sticks or jumps but a (tiny) mark at the end of "Im Gluck" gives rise to a few clicks otherwise, the album plays to a very high standard with very little surface noise and SUPERB AUDIO CLARITY. Graded EXCELLENT(-) for audio. NOT over-graded in ANY way as I use STRICT RECORD COLLECTOR grading standards (please refer to my feedback and 'about me' page). A VERY FINE FIRST PRESSING INDEED.
NOTE: As common with the first pressings the heavy drum beats on "Hallogallo" sometimes cause a sharp sound (almost like a click) on the beat - this is a pressing flaw and I have heard this on most original presses of the record and I personally do not find it at all intrusive but of course the LP is fully guaranteed so if you cannot live with this 'flaw' a return/refund would be no problem
SLEEVE: The fully laminated and DEEPLY GLOSSY original sleeve is also in EXCELLENT condition with just some light surface rubbing but very little wear to the edges or spine where all text is CLEAR and BOLD
The original UA inner sleeve has NO splits and is in great condition

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