BUMPERS 1970 UK ISLAND PROG SAMPLER w/RARE APOLOGY SLIP KING CRIMSON NICK DRAKE
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BUMPERS 1970 UK ISLAND PROG SAMPLER w/RARE APOLOGY SLIP KING CRIMSON NICK DRAKE
BUMPERSUK ISLAND (IDP 1) FIRST PRESSING (June 1970) OF THE LABEL'S MAGNIFICENT DOUBLE LP SAMPLER
COMPETE WITH THE RARELY SEEN ISLAND SLIP INSERT APOLOGISING FOR THE "imperfect sound reproduction" ON "Cadence & Cascade" DUE TO A MASTERING ISSUE
FANTASTIC COPY - THE CLEANEST SOUNDING COPY I HAVE HEARD
A bountiful double album package rounding up the cream of the UK Island label's 1970 output, highlighting recent releases and anticipating forthcoming ones.
Of all the labels operating in the UK as the decade turned, Island was unquestionably the most adventurous, at the same time as maintaining a stable whose internal logic now seems impeccable.
Leaning towards the folkier side of hard rock, and the bluesier edge of prog - an adventure that allowed King Crimson and Mott The Hoople to rub shoulders with Cat Stevens and Traffic.
Tracks from the Keith Relf/Jim McCarty-era Renaissance, Clouds and Quintessence remind us of a day when even the greatest modern collectibles were just regular new releases.
Today Island ranks among the most collectible British label of the entire era and every track on Bumpers offers a reason why
Tremendous compilation which contains genuine rarities/differing mixes to their standard release versions -
Spooky Tooth’s “I Am The Walrus" has different production to the album version
The version of 'Cadence & Cascade' on Bumpers is a unique, faded-short mix of a song
The Dave Mason track is the B-side to his 1968 single "Just For You"
Free’s 'Oh I Wept' is presented in a mix unique to Bumpers
Clouds "Take Me To Your Leader" is a none LP 7" single
And, when "Bumpers" was released, Nick Drake's second LP, "Bryter Layter" was yet to be issued, so this album contains the first availability of the deeply beautiful, "Hazey Jane"
Here are some specific differences from the first issue vinyl releases (some slight/some major):
Traffic Every Mother's Son - different mix
Bronco - extra electric guitar part played lightly on introduction
Spooky Tooth - the guitar solo at the end has its first eight bars missing
Quintessence - the track is LIVE
Mott The Hoople - extra guitar melody in instrumental bridge section
Blodwyn Pig - runs at slightly slower speed
King Crimson Cadence And Cascade - fades out early and loses last thirty seconds of flute solo
Free Oh I Wept - different vocal take
Nick Drake Hazey Jane - instruments eg. guitar, strings. are panned differently
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE ROUGHLY TEXTURED PINK ISLAND LABELS
MATRICES: IDP 1 + A / IDP 1 + B and IDP + 1 + C / IDP + 1 + D2
THE SET IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Printed and made by the E. J. Day Group, London and Bedford"
COMPLETE WITH THE TWO ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVES BOTH DATED APRIL 1970 ('0470')
Side 1:
?Traffic Every Mother's Son
?Bronco Love
?Spooky Tooth I Am The Walrus
?Quintessence Jesus, Buddha, Moses, Gauranga
?Side 2:
?Mott The Hoople Thunderbuck Ram
?Jethro Tull Nothing To Say
?Jimmy Cliff Going Back West
?Blodwyn Pig Send Your Mother To Die
?Dave Mason Little Woman
?Side 3:
?John & Beverley Martin Go Out And Get It
?King Crimson Cadence & Cascade
?If Reaching Out On All Sides
?Free Oh I Wept
?Nick Drake Hazey Jane
?Side 4:
?Fairport Convention Walk Awhile
?Cat Stevens Maybe You're Right
?Renaissance Island
?Fotheringay The Sea
?Clouds Take Me To Your Leader
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, bright and unmarked roughly textured labels which have lost none of their strong vibrant pink colour and only carry a few spindle traces
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT+
Both records retain their original deep glossy sheen and are practically unmarked.
There are some in-vinyl pressing blemishes common on theses early Island releases but nothing of any audible significance
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT/EXCELLENT/NEAR MINT/NEAR MINT
Great copy and my play-check at volume found practically nothing of note to fault.
Just a couple of ticks on Jimmy Cliff's "Going Back West" otherwise the whole set plays beautifully and was an absolute joy to hear
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT+
The wide spine gatefold cover is clean and unmarked with just a little rub/fading to the edges but all spine text is clear and bold
INSERT SLIP: EXCELLENT
Slightly crumpled but otherwise unmarked and undamaged and very rare to find
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINERS, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
UK: £11.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £20.00 (International Signed For delivery)
Combined Post: Additional records £1 (UK) £2 (Europe including Russia) £3 (International)
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