Virginia Astley From Gardens Where We Feel Secure ROUGH 58 UK 1st + inner 1983
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Virginia Astley From Gardens Where We Feel Secure Rough Trade ROUGH 58 UK 1st press Vinyl, LP, housed in a printed inner sleeve and released in 1983.
The vinyl appears to have been lightly played and is in great shape. It played through beautifully on my stereo - no stick or jump. It is housed in a printed inner sleeve which is also in great condition - no rips or writing. The sleeve has some slight dappling and a mark to the front, but it is otherwise in good condition - again, no rips or writing. The spine is intact and legible. Matrix / Runout Side A : ROUGH 58 A2 Matrix / Runout Side B : ROUGH 58 B1 BiLBO TAPE ONE
From Gardens Where We Feel Secure is the debut album by English musician Virginia Astley, issued on 29 July 1983 on her own label Happy Valley Records and distributed by Rough Trade Records.
The album is an instrumental collection of tone poems that describe the cycle and mirror the moods of an "indolent" summer day. It is notable for its structure, moving from dawn to dusk, and its use of natural sound effects, over which co-producer Russell Webb recorded Astley's improvised playing.
From Gardens Where We Feel Secure peaked at number four on the UK Independent Albums chart. Prior to the album's release, two of its tracks, "A Summer Long Since Past" and "It's Too Hot to Sleep", were issued on the 12" edition of Astley's single "Love's a Lonely Place to Be".
Stewart Mason review for AllMusic "Almost entirely instrumental, save for a few wordless vocals on "A Summer Long Since Past," and featuring little instrumentation besides Astley's piano and some subtle woodwinds, the album is a lovely 35-minute meditation built around field recordings Astley made of the ambient sounds of the rural English countryside. This description makes the album sound much more twee and insubstantial than it actually is; however, Astley is no mere ambient noodler. These nine songs are melodically rich and varied; mood pieces in the truest sense of the term."
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