Northwind - Sister Brother Lover UK Regal Zonophone

	£		200
	$		265

Northwind - Sister, Brother, Lover

1ST UK PRESS- REGAL ZONOPHONE 1971
****VERY SCARCE SOLE ALBUM - RARELY SEEN FOR AUCTION*****
SLRZ 1020

MATRICES: YCARX 79 -1  and YCARX 80-1

 A REALLY HARD TO FIND PROG GEM ,PURE QUALITY ON PAR WITH T2 AND GRACIOUS!
+++  ONLY THE SECOND ORIGINAL I HAVE EVER SEEN IN TWENTY YEARS+++

ELUSIVE PROGMONSTER!!!STUNNING SONGCRAFT!!!AN INSPIRATION TO MANY SUBSEQUENT TOPACTS!!!IT IS TRULY PERPLEXING WHY NORTHWIND DID NOT MAKE THE BIG LEAGUE!!!

!!!!AN EXTREMELY HARD FIND!!! A few hundred (rumoured to be around 300) were ever pressed of this fantastic prog/psych album. It is hard to understand why this never sold in larger numbers.

In all my years this is only the second time I have come across this PROGMONSTER of which only 300 are rumoured to be about. ...Rare ... anyone?? When did you last see this on Ebay?? 

The musical style is hard to pin down. It has fantastic vocal harmonies reminiscent of CSNY. Delicate progressive folk with melodic electro-acoustic nostalics songs, well structured compositions with sometime melancholic feel but frequently a more energetic progressive texture as in the dragging "Acimon And Noiram" of 6.15 minutes with a very pleasant guitar work and an intense melodic edge. "Castanettes" it's a very good rythmic rock blues effort with good electric guitar solos. "Sweet Dope" it's a very nice melodic ballad as "Bystadin" with some more weast coast sound style. Whilst side 1 is a great listen, side 2 is in a different league altogether with some timeless compositions and you just want to keep coming back to them. MAGICAL ........  Best tracks for me were "Guten Abend" and "Peaceful". You have to hear these to believe it ... Only known to a few select collectors. The quality just oozes out!!!!! 

Sensational sound quality, I have played this through in its entirety and it was a great joy!!! NO skips or jumps. NO clicks or crackle, this is really a stunning heavy glossy jet black vinyl .  Inspected under an intense lightsource and angled.

       Vinyl: VG+ to the eye but the audio is a very strong EX!! A sensational find!!! I have played this in FULL twice over> The replay is ASTOUNDING!!! I first played for a general listen and a second time for a more detailed observation. There are NO jumps NO skips NO sticks. There are a couple of hairlines on each side but they do not have any impact on the stunning audio.  I am very glad to be able to report that this is a fine slab of vinyl without any problems at all and as such worthy of inclusion of any great prog collection.

      Sleeve:  VG++. Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. The front of the sleeve is beautifully textured. It has minor creases near the corners near the circle of the disc. The spine is fully legible. The reverse has three flipbacks and a small name in the dark field near the righthand side bottom.  The edges have light scuffing. Considering this is a matt sleeve it has stood the tooth of time wonderfully well.

This is a unique investment opportunity!!! This is in the top 20 of prog's rarest albums!!! Rarer even than T2's stunner!! Probably the rarest on this label.

 This is  a great and seriously collectable super album!! 

Labels: NM!!! Unbelievable!! Still like it was bought all those years ago.

Important : International Postage. This will be sent via Signed For service or Airsure service depending on the destination country. A different courier like UPS or DHL might be used for certain countries. This will be sent fully insured!! Packaging will be thorough and substantial with two additional stiffeners on each side and the disc separated from the sleeve to prevent scything.

UK postage: if over GBP 200.00 this will be sent out via Special Delivery. This will be fully insured for GBP 7.50.