CRESSIDA - Self Titled. 1970 Orig. STUNNING N.MINT
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CRESSIDA
'CRESSIDA'
ORIGINAL 1970 1ST PRESSING UK LP
UK VERTIGO 'SWIRL' LABEL - VO 7 847 904 VTY
MATRIX NUMBERS: (847904 1Y//1 420/ 847904 2Y//1 420 )
STAMPER NUMBER: (111 6/11 6)
A TOP COPY, RARLEY SEEN LIKE THIS!!!
THE MEGA RARE AND EXTREMLY COLLECTABLE
1ST PRESS UK LP BY CRESSIDA.
THIS STEREO LP BEING THE BANDS
1ST ALBUM TO BE RELEASED IN THE UK,
THE ALBUM ON OFFER HERE
IS AN ESSENTIAL 70s PROGRESSIVE ROCK MASTERPIECE!!!
Cressida were an Excellent band, in the Early-British progressive rock style of Beggar's Opera, Cirkus and Spring. They released two classic albums and, next to Spring, Cressida was probably the best example of this style. Their sound is mostly dominated by the most beautiful and atmospheric Hammond-organ sound you can imagine. There's of course also some mellotron here, but it's much less dominant than the organ. And the vocalist reminds me quite a lot of Richard Sinclair. Most of the 12(!) songs on the album are great, but especially tracks like "Cressida", "Home and Where I Long to Be", "One of a Group" and "To Play Your Little Game". All these beautiful tracks prove that progressive rock doesn't necessarily have to be complex and challenging to be very enjoyable. But a track like "Depression" showed that the group could handle time-changes and excellent solo-parts very well too. Overall, this is a wonderful album and one of the best examples of Early-British progressive rock.
It surpasses most other bands of this style, like Cirkus, Moody Blues and Barclay James Harvest. Cressida was with no doubt one of the best bands on the legendary Vertigo-swirl label.
THE RECORD IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION,
IT HAS HAD VERY LITTLE PLAY AT ALL,
IT LOOKS CLEAN, WITH A BRIGHT MIRROR SHEEN.
HARD TO SEE UNDER BRIGHT LIGHT,
THERE ARE A VERY FEW,
LIGHT AND VERY FAINT PAPER TRACES.
THE LABELS ARE ALSO IN SUPERB CONDITION,
THE RECORD COMES IN IT'S ORIGINAL POLYLINED 'VERTIGO' INNER SLEEVE
IN NEAR MINT CONDITION.
THE UNLAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION,
THERE IS SOME VERY SMALL HAND WRITING 'AS NEW £1.25' INSIDE GATEFOLD,
BOTTOM RIGHT HAND SIDE.
HARDLY NOTICABLE, THERE IS A SMALL 'YELLOWING' RESIDUE LEFT OVER
FROM REMOVAL OF CELLOTAPE 4CM (NO TEARS)
TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER, BACK OF SLEEVE,
AND 2CM (NO TEARS), TOP EDGE INSIDE SLEEVE.
THE EDGES AND CORNERS ARE SHARP,
WITH NO SPLITTING TO THE SPINE,
AND IT HAS ALSO BEEN LOOKED AFTER.
A VERY RARE AND COLLECTABLE RECORD
AND NOT OFTEN SEEN IN THIS CONDITION!!!
THANKS FOR LOOKING
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