BATTERED ORNAMENTS"MANTEL-PIECE"1969 HARVEST-1ST PRESS

	£		480
	$		636

ATTENTION PROGRESSIVE ROCK/JAZZ-ROCK FUSION,HARVEST LABEL AND RARE LATE 1960s LP COLLECTORS AND UPGRADERS!!

HERE IS A ONCE IN A BLUE MOON CHANCE TO OWN ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER AND RARELY SEEN UK ALBUMS OF 1969!

THE BATTERED ORNAMENTS

 "MANTEL PIECE"

HARVEST SHVL 758 STEREO-THERE WERE NO MONO VERSIONS MADE OF THIS LP!

THE VERY FIRST PRESSING WITH NO EMI BOX ON THE LABELS AS ON LATER REPRESSES-SEE PHOTO #3 FOR PROOF SHOWING SIDE A LABEL-BOTH LABELS HAVING NO WRITING,STAINING,SPINDLE WEAR OR FADING-SHARP,CLEAR PRINT!!!

THE GRAMOPHONE CO.RIM TEXT! 

ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING PROGRESSIVE ROCK BANDS WHOSE TWO ALBUMS ARE REALLY TOUGH TO FIND ON ORIGINAL UK ISSUES IN 2010 ESPECIALLY IN AS AMAZING CONDITION AS THIS EXAMPLE THAT HAS PROBABLY ONLY BEEN PLAYED A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THEN STORED AWAY CAREFULLY FOR AROUND 41 YEARS!

AND SO HERE IS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 

AN ORIGINAL UK EMI PRESSED 1ST ISSUE FROM 1969 ON THE HARVEST LABELS WITH A-2/B-2 MATRIXES AND THE PATENTS APPLIED FOR WHITE INNER SLEEVE(+I HAVE ADDED A HARVEST INNER FROM ABOUT A YEAR LATER AS A BONUS)AND HOUSED IN THE LAMINATED GATEFOLD COVER WITH THE DATE CODE 6911 AT THE BACK SIGNIFYING NOVEMBER 1969.

COVER PRINTED BY ERNEST J.DAY AND CO.LTD.

THIS LP HAS REMAINED INSIDE THE COVER FOR MUCH OF THE LAST 41 YEARS AND THE DISC HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED WITH JUST ONE ULTRA FAINT SURFACE MARK ON ONE TRACK ONLY VISIBLE IN STRONG LIGHT!

GLEAMING SURFACES WITH THAT"JUST PRESSED"LOOK,NO SCUFFS,COVER REMOVAL HAIRLINES,NO SIGNS OF DUBIOUS CLEANING! 

THE COVER HAS A COUPLE OF ULTRA TINY EDGE CREASES,BUT NO SPLITS,NO STAINING,NO RIPS,NO WRITING,NO REPAIRS etc!

EASY TO READ BLACK TITLE/ARTIST PRINT +

A THICK SPINE THAT HAS NOT BEEN SQUASHED DOWN! 

NO NASTY SMELL OF CIGARETTE SMOKE,NO DAMPNESS OR MUSTY SMELLS EITHER!

FANTASTIC UPGRADER QUALITY!!!!!!!!!! 

JUST ONE PREVIOUS OWNER IN JUST OVER 40 YEARS WHO PROBABLY ONLY PLAYED IT A COUPLE OF TIMES ON TOP EQUIPMENT! 

This pressing HAS FANTASTIC SOUND with hardly any surface noise WHATSOEVER even BETWEEN TRACKS!

DECENT STEREO MIXES WITH PLENTY OF BASS! 

THE DISC IS EASILY IN VERY NEAR MINT CONDITION BUT ACTUALLY SOUNDS MUCH NEARER TO MINT CONDITION!

COULD BE A GREAT INVESTMENT!

YOU ARE UNLIKELY TO FIND A BETTER COPY EVER AGAIN-CHECK OUT YOUR EXISTING COPY IF YOU HAVE ONE,THIS COULD BE A FANTASTIC UPGRADER OPPORTUNITY! 

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SO TO HELP YOU DECIDE AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUNGER COLLECTORS:

MUSICALLY THE BATTERED ORNAMENTS WERE INITIALLY FORMED BY TRUMPET PLAYER,PETE BROWN WHOSE FIRST GROUP,THE FIRST REAL POETRY BAND INCLUDED JOHN McLAUGHLIN.THE OUTFIT WERE APPROACHED BY CREAM AND PETE BROWN WENT ON TO CO-WRITE SONGS WITH JACK BRUCE SUCH AS "I FEEL FREE"AS RECORDED BY CREAM,THE SUPERGROUP THAT FEATURED ERIC CLAPTON,WHO IS USUALLY CREDITED FOR THE SONGS THAT PETE BROWN CO-WROTE WITH JACK BRUCE!

PETE BROWN THEN PROVIDED MATERIAL FOR THE GRAHAM BOND ORGANISATION AND SHORTLY AFTER THE BATTERED ORNAMENTS WERE FORMED WITH THE FIRST LP"A MEAL YOU CAN SHAKE HANDS WITH IN THE DARK"BECOMING ONE OF THE FIRST RELEASES ON THE NEWLY FORMED EMI UNDERGROUND/PROGRESSIVE ROCK MUSIC LABEL,HARVEST,WHICH REMAINS PROBABLY THE MOST KEENLY COLLECTED AND BEST RECORD LABELS OF THE ERA AND GENRE.

LATER RELEASES ON THE LABEL FROM BIG NAMES SUCH AS PINK FLOYD,BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST,DEEP PURPLE ETC WOULD BE MASSIVE SELLERS BUT THE BATTERED ORNAMENTS TWO LPs WERE NOT BIG SELLERS WITH HARDLY ANY EXPOSURE AND LITTLE IF ANY RADIO PLAY.

THEY WERE DELETED WITHIN A COUPLE OF YEARS AND ALTHOUGH I HAVE NO IDEA OF ACTUAL SALES,I WOULD SUGGEST NO MORE THAN A FEW HUNDRED COPIES,OF WHICH HARDLY ANY SURVIVE,MOST REMAINING IN THE COLLECTIONS THAT WILL NOT BE SOLD FOR MANY YEARS TO COME!

BEARING IN MIND THE HUGE NUMBER OF ALBUMS ISSUED AT THIS TIME WITH THE INDUSTRY PAYING LESS ATTENTION TO SINGLES-REMEMBER THE HUGE PROFIT ON ALBUM SALES AND THE MUSIC PRESS GIVING MORE ATTENTION TO THE WONDERS OF LONG PLAYERS,MANY RECORD SHOPS WERE CONFUSED AS TO WHAT TO"RISK"STOCKING ONLY ORDERING SELECTIVE ITEMS, IT IS NO WONDER THE MORE OBSCURE LPs SUCH AS THE GEM I HAVE HERE FOR AUCTION RARELY TURN UP AND TO GET ONE IN SUCH FANTASTIC CONDITION IS NOT TO BE OVERLOOKED

PLEASE READ ALL THE IN DEPTH GRADING!

THE SECOND LP DOES NOT FEATURE PETE BROWN ALTHOUGH HE CO-WROTE SIX OF THE NINE TRACKS.THE INITIAL RECORDING SESSIONS FEATURED HIS VOCALS BUT DUE TO AN ARGUMENT WITH CHRIS SPEDDING AT MUSICAL ODDS TO THE GROUPS DIRECTION,A REVOLT AS SUCH RESULTED IN BROWN'S VOCALS ERASED AND SPEDDINGS OVERDUBBED!SPEDDING'S VOCALS INFACT PROVED TO BE EXCELLENT AND VASTLY DIFFERENT TO HIS ONE OFF POP/ROCK HIT SINGLE OF 1975"MOTOR BIKIN"!DIFFICULT TO FILE AS IT HAS THE STYLES OF JAZZ,ROCK,BLUES AND EVEN THE LATER KNOWN"WORLD"LABELLING(A STRANGE TERM-AS THE LATE GREAT AND MUCH MISSED DJ AND WIT JOHN PEEL SAID"I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR SOMETHING NOT IN THIS WORLD!!!!"THE MUSIC IS MELODIC AND YET CHALLENGING-TYPICAL OF THE INTERESTING HARVEST LABEL OUTPUT OF JUST OVER 40 YEARS AGO!

PETE BROWN WOULD SOON FORM A NEW BAND,PIBLOKTO WITH THREE ALBUMS RELEASED ON HARVEST(2 IN 1970 AD 1 IN 1977) AND AN ALBUM WITH GRAHAM BOND ON DECCA'S DERAM LABEL IN 1973.

THE LINE UP ON THIS LP IS AS FOLLOWS:

CHRIS SPEDDING(GUITAR/ORGAN/PIANO/VOCALS)

PETE BAILEY(VARIOUS PERCUSSION/VOCALS)

ROB TAIT(DRUMS/VOCALS)

ROGER POTTER(BASS GUITAR/VOCALS)

NISAR AHMAD KHAN(GIBSON MAESTRO/REEDS/FLUTE/VOCALS) 

THE TRACKS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

SUNSHADES

LATE INTO THE NIGHT

THEN I MUST GO

THE CROSSWORDS AND THE SAFETY PINS

STRAGGERED

TWISTED TRACK

SMOKE RINGS

TAKE ME NOW

MY LOVE'S GONE FAR AWAY

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THE LP HAS HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE,EVEN AT HIGH VOLUME - NO NASTY LOUD CLICKS,JUMPS OR STICKS.

 AS I SAID ABOVE THE VERY NATURE OF THE MUSIC AND THE ERA USUALLY MEANT IT WOULD BE PLAYED AT PARTIES AND/OR ON AUTOCHANGERS THAT WOULD SCUFF AND DAMAGE LPs IN SECONDS,AND OF COURSE PARTIES MEANT DRINK AND CIGARETTE ASH SPILLAGE OR WORSE!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

A STRICTLY GRADED NEAR MINT CONDITION LP.

SEE MY IMPRESSIVE FEEDBACK FOR SIMILAR LPs MANY BUYING FROM ME AGAIN AND AGAIN! 

A REALISTIC £100 START.THE NEW RECORD COLLECTOR PRICE GUIDE SUGGESTS £200. 

FREE SPECIAL DELIVERY POSTAGE TO ANYONE IN THE UK INCLUDING RECORDED DELIVERY.

EUROPE £5 REST OF THE WORLD £8.

I LISTEN WITH THE TREBLE FULL ON TO DETECT ANY FAULTS.

MY AIM IS THE WINNER WILL GET IT AND CONSIDER IT AS DESCRIBED OR HOPEFULLY BETTER THAN THEY EXPECTED WITH THE OPINION OF MANY THAT THE DISC ITSELF IS NEARER TO MINT THAN NEAR MINT!

PLEASE TAKE SOME TIME TO STUDY MY FEEDBACK AND ALSO NOTE REGULAR BUYERS RETURNING TO ME OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOR MORE KNOWING THEY ARE GOING TO GET CAREFULLY CHECKED ITEMS.

PLEASE SEE ALL OF THE PHOTOS- I TRY TO CAPTURE AS ACURATE  PHOTOS AS MY DIGITAL CAMERA CAN PROVIDE!  

ON OFFER AT A REALISTIC STARTING PRICE OF £100 WITH NO ANNOYING RESERVE!

This is my honest grading!!!

Please see my listening policy below. 

I test on a lightweight pickup of approx 2 grammes and listen with the treble full on and no filtering or mono switch used.As both a collector and dealer,I AM VERY STRICT ON GRADING but DO CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR GRADING PROOF!!!!  

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MORE GREAT  LPs ON MY EBAY LISTS EVERY WEEK!

THIS DEAL MAY NOT BE WITHIN YOUR GRASP AGAIN FROM A RELIABLE SELLER FOR A LONG TIME  TO COME!! THESE ARE THE ANTIQUES OF THE FUTURE WHICH ARE BOUND TO HOLD THE VALUE, IF NOT RISE WHEN OTHER COLLECTABLES ARE DROPPING SUCH AS STAMPS AND OTHER SUCH THINGS!!

I WISH YOU ALL GOOD LUCK!!

MORE GREAT PROGRESSIVE ROCK AND BLUES LPs ENDING FROM ME SHORTLY BEFORE THIS ONE ENDS!

MORE FANTASTIC 1960s/1970s LPs  FROM ME ON  EBAY EVERY WEEK OF THE YEAR!

I OFFER THE HARD TO FIND RECORDS THAT ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED BY OTHER DEALERS!

AS WELL AS THE STANDARD ROCK AND POP+FOLK AND JAZZ ON OFFER FROM ME EVERY WEEK YOU CAN EXPECT ON A REGULAR BASIS QUALITY NOSTALGIA VOCALISTS/EXOTICA/COMEDY/SPOKEN WORD/CULT SOUNDTRACKS/TV AND RADIO THEMES/CLASSICAL AND MUCH MUCH MORE!!!!!

PREFER 45s? NO PROBLEM!MAKE SURE YOU CHECK OUT MY OTHER ITEMS-FRIDAY NIGHTS ARE MY USUAL NIGHTS FOR RARE AND NOT SO RARE 45s.

FINALLY THANKYOU TO THOSE OF YOU WHO DECIDE TO LEAVE ME SUCH WONDERFUL FEEDBACK COMMENTS-IT IS REALLY APPRECIATED!!

HERE IS A RARE CHANCE TO BID FOR ONE OF THE BEST AND HARDEST TO FIND LPs ON THE HARVEST LABEL IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION! ACT NOW!