SEALED LP VAN MORRISON “A Period of Transition” on WB no bar code DR. JOHN WOW

$

34

Artist:  VAN MORRISON

Title:   “A Period of Transition”

Label:   WARNER BROS. ~ WB 2987. 

Year:  1977

Condition: 

NOTE:  This album came to us STILL SEALED in original factory shrink wrap as part of the estate of a shop owner who maintained a personal collection of fine vintage LPs, many of them sealed. 

This LP is STILL SEALED in original factory shrink wrap.  Shrink wrap is clean and fully intact, except a couple tiny breaks along the bottom seam and at two of the corner tips.  There is a very small deletion/cutout notch on the top seam near the left corner.  There are two tiny breather holes in the shrink wrap on the front panel running vertically.

This one does not turn up often, and rarer yet to see one that is still sealed.

Track Listing: 

Side One:

• You Gotta Make It Through the World
• It Fills You Up
• The Eternal Kansas City

Side Two:

• Joyous Sound
• Flamingo Fly
• Heavy Connection
• Cold Wind in August

Review: 

“Titles rarely come as explicit as A Period of Transition, a record Van Morrison released three years after Veedon Fleece, an uncommonly long period of inactivity for this prolific artist.  It was his longest rest, before or since, and in many ways, he emerges from a cocoon here, leaving behind the lushly dark introspection of Veedon Fleece for a mellow, good-natured R&B-flavored singer/songwriter sound that may turn introspective but never feels dark -- it's warm, welcoming, infused with spirituality and humor.  Still, like any period of transition, this is somewhat tentative and uneven, with its best moments being, at best, minor masterpieces.  Yet there's a charm to the album Morrison and co-producer Mac Rebennack have made, a laid-back organic feel that may not be exciting but it's inviting -- all the more so when it's seen as the transitional effort it is.”

(courtesy Stephen Thomas Erlewine, allmusic.com.)

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