CAN Future Days (United Artists UAS 29 505 I) RARE German 1st Pressing EX+
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CAN Future Days (United Artists UAS 29 505 I) RARE German 1st Pressing EX+
RARE German first pressing of Can`s arguably finest hour, "Future Days" on United Artists Records (August 1973).
“When they came back to record Future Days, it was a collective idyllic, sunshiny aura that most informed their efforts. The title track, fading in on the back of seaside ambience and distant accordion, was Can's smoothest production yet, sounding either like they'd successfully amputated the pulse and precision of Ege Bamyasi, added a lush veneer and forged a new kind of pop music, or somehow invented the greatest tropicalia known to man. Damo Suzuki's cooing ("You hide behind a borrowed chase / For the sake of future days") never sounded so alluring, and Can's music had never seemed as sensuous or divorced from gravity. Likewise, the epic "Bel Air" featured Can at their most impressionistic, if not always focused. Czukay once described his band as an "electric symphony group", and the heavily edited and structured "Bel Air" betrays a dedication to long-form statements and an almost painterly sense of blended colors and landscapes." - Dominique Leone, pitchfork.com (2005).
GRADING:
EX COVER with a bit of general wear. Please see photos for details.
- Original German first pressing sleeve with embossed gold lettering.
- Fair amount of edge and corner wear.
- Just about legible lettering ("Can - Future Days") on the spine.
- Two creases to the spine (at bottom).
- Light corner bend on back cover (at bottom right).
EX+ RECORD, played a number of times.
- Visually excellent vinyl on both sides, with impeccable audio reproduction throughout.
- Play-graded at loud volume as MINT- condition.
- Light general hairlining from sleeve removal only. Absolutely no scuffs or scratches at all.
- Very sporadic background crackle on Side Two only; specifically in the ambient "bird-call" section of "Bel Air".
- Beige United Artists Records labels in MINT- condition, with a single tiny, near-invisible spindle line on each label.
- Original German paper inner sleeve in EX++ condition.
- No insert included, sorry.
- The matrix stamps in the run-off grooves read "UA 29 505 A 1" and "UA 29 505 B 1", respectively.
- This issue of "Future Days" is fully certified to be a very first German pressing, released in August 1973.
PLEASE NOTE: Not to be compared with the more-often-than-not substandard vinyl on offer on eBay, this item is in honestly-graded EX to EX+ condition. For more information on the veracity and reliability of my grading, I kindly refer the prospective buyer to my feedback comments and 100% seller rating.
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