NIRVANA - ALL OF US 1968 UK 1st Press ISLAND Rough Textured "EYE" label Psych

	£		105
	$		140

NIRVANA -

All Of Us

     ISLAND ILPS 9087

ROUGH TEXTURED "EYE" LABEL

  1st UK PRESS 1968

       Machined matrices

The second album of this legendary duo is a true psyhedelic/progressive classic album!!

Nirvana was created as the performing arm of the London-based songwriting partnership of Irish musician Patrick Campbell-Lyons and Greek composer Alex Spyropoulos. On their recordings Campbell-Lyons and Spyropoulos supplied all the vocals. The instrumental work was primarily undertaken by top session musicians and orchestral musicians - with Campbell-Lyons providing a little guitar and Spyropoulos contributing some keyboards.

Musically, Campbell-Lyons and Spyropoulos blended myriad musical styles including rock, pop, folk, jazz, Latin rhythms and classical music, primarily augmented by baroquechamber-style arrangements to create a unique entity.

In October 1967, they released their first album: a concept album produced by Blackwell titled The Story of Simon Simopath. The album was arguably the first narrative concept album ever released, predating story-driven concept albums such as The Pretty Things' S.F. Sorrow (December 1968), The Who's Tommy (April 1969) and The Kinks' Arthur(September 1969).

Island Records launched Nirvana's first album "with a live show at the Saville Theatre, sharing a bill with fellow label acts Traffic, Spooky Tooth, and Jackie Edwards."

Unable to perform their songs live as a duo and with the impending release of their first album, Campbell-Lyons and Spyropoulos decided to create a live performing ensemble and they recruited four musicians to enable them to undertake concerts and TV appearances. Though hired to be part of the live performance group rather than as band members, these four musicians were also included in the photograph alongside the core duo on the album cover of their first album to assist in projecting an image of a group rather than a duo. However they were not core founding members of the group and within a few months Nirvana had reverted to its original two-person lineup. The four musicians who augmented Campbell-Lyons and Spyropoulos on their live appearances and TV shows for those few months were Ray Singer (guitar), Brian Henderson (bass), Sylvia A. Schuster (cello) and Michael Cole (French horn, viola).

The band appeared on French television with Salvador Dalí, who splashed black paint on them during a performance of their second single "Rainbow Chaser." Campbell-Lyons kept the jacket, but regrets that Dalí did not sign any of their paint-splashed clothes. Island Records allegedly sent the artist an invoice for the cleaning of Schuster's cello.

Following the minor chart success of "Rainbow Chaser", "live appearances became increasingly rare" and the songwriting duo at the core of Nirvana "decided to disband the sextet" and to rely on session musicians for future recordings. Spyropoulos cited Schuster's departure due to pregnancy as the instigator for the band returning to its core membership. Campbell-Lyons also cited the high cost of having the additional members as a reason for their departure. Schuster later became principal cellist of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

In 1968, the duo recorded their second album, All Of Us, which featured a similar broad range of musical styles as their first album.

I have played this in FULL> The replay is ASTOUNDING!!! There are not any jumps, pops or skips. Some light static at the beginning of each side for a few seconds only. Very remarkable for this 1968 vinyl!!! The heavy vinyl with high groovewalls provide a fantastic audio experience with channelling not equalled by the later re-issues. I played this on my Technics turntable with a Linn cartridge and through my very revealing B&W three way speakers!!! A beautiful CLASSIC with supreme songcraft, a joy to listen to!!!!

Vinyl: EX to EX+.  A sublime copy with only a couple of light retraction type mini hairlines. It is indeed megarare now in this kind of condition. A fantastic album that still sounds relevant now but throws you back to a magical time that once was at the same time.  Nothing beats this, the original first press with marvellous sound separation. This is the original first press on the "Eye" label. The vinyl is extremely heavy and solid. These earliest Island presses are the vinyl equivalent of a Rolls Royce oozing quality!! This has not been played much at all as is also evident from the fact that there are no spindle traces to be seen. Needless to say NO jumps, clicks or ticks. This will be a fantastic upgrade for most long time collectors!!

Sleeve:VG+.   Matt sleeve without any damage but some wear.  Light ringwear and spinal wear as well. Light corner creases. One small name on the back but hardly visible. Still a nice enough sleeve and a very rare album indeed!!  No splits,  no marks .

                                   Labels: EX++. No marks writing etc. A small sticker on side A (see pic) . 

This is a unique investment opportunity!!! The next prog album to go completely through the roof. Finding this album in any condition at all is nearly impossible so late in the day. Get this while you still can. This value of the album is only going to go one way ... up and up ... until it will be totally unavailable at all for a reasonable price.

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