DR STRANGELY STRANGE - Kip Of The Serenes 1st Press UK ISLAND VERTIGO UPGRADE

	£		266
	$		353

DR STRANGELY STRANGE -

Kip of the Serenes

ILPS 9106

UK 1st PRESS 1969 

Machined matrices:  A//1  B//1      

      Produced  by JOE BOYD for WITCHSEASON PRODUCTIONS

engineered by VICTOR GAMM at SOUND TECHNIQUES

design by DIOGENIC ATTEMPTS LTD

printed and made by ERNEST J. DAY & CO. LTD, LONDON

the rarest and best UK major label acid psych folk LP

absolutely unique and quintessentially British/Irish

easily one of the hardest UK albums to find in top shape, rarest Island album, rarer even than any by Nick Drake

ONE OF THE VERY BEST AND MOST MEMORABLE ALBUMS EVER ISSUED FROM THE TINY AND TOTALLY UNDERGROUND ACID FOLK GENRE WITH MASSIVE PSYCHEDELIC INFLUENCES

JOE BOYD CHAMPIONED AND NURTURED THIS BAND VIA HIS LEGENDARY WITCHSEASON PRODUCTION HOUSE, LIKE ALSO NICK DRAKE FOR EXAMPLE.

A FINER SET OF QUIRKY, RUSTIC, MYSTERIOUS, BURIED AND HAUNTING SONGS COULD ALMOST CERTAINLY NOT BE FOUND, THEIR VERTIGO ALBUM IS ALSO WELL WORTH CHECKING OUT!!

STRANGELY STRANGE BUT ODDLY NORMAL

DR. DIM & DR. STRANGE

ROY ROGERS

DARK-HAIRED LADY

ON THE WEST CORK HACK

A TALE OF TWO ORPHANAGES

STRINGS IN THE EARTH AND AIR

SHIP OF FOOLS

FROSTY MORNINGS

DONNYBROOK FAIR

The absolute rarity of this album is not to be underestimated. It hardly ever surfaces nowadays. This is an absolutely gorgeous slab of early quality ISLAND vinyl which is in splendid EX condition!! This has a lovely deep glossy sheen!! Hauntingly beautiful songcraft!!! Immense quality psych folk album that ticks all the right boxes and incredibly hard to find. I have twenty five years experience in grading. It doesn't get much better than this!!

FIRST ALBUM OF THIS SUPERBAND THAT HARDLY SOLD AT ALL BUT IS NOW VERY SOUGHT AFTER BY PROG CONNOISEURS

A CLASSIC FOLK/PROGRESSIVE LP THAT SHOULD BE IN EVERY QUALITY PROG/FOLK COLLECTION - if you cannot buy this you should at least try and get a re-issue and enjoy!

The surfaces display blazing factory-fresh gloss without any hairlines under an intense light.

the audio is supreme, no static or clicks!!!

Please, also have a look at my other prog and psych albums on sale this week.

ELUSIVE PROGMONSTER!!!! VINYL IN A UNIQUE EX+ CONDITION!!!

!!!!AN IMPOSSIBLE FIND!!!GORGEOUS EX+!!! A few hundred of the LP were ever sold!!! This is SOOOOOOOOOOO very rare!!!!!

BACK IN 1969 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED, IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS - AS A RESULT IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!! 

****ELUSIVE PROGMONSTER!!!****PERPLEXING SONGCRAFT!!!***AN INSPIRATION TO MANY SUBSEQUENT TOPACTS!!!***

!!!!A VERY HARD FIND!!! Most have been bought up by collectors!! This is hardly offered these days!!

In all my years this is only the third time I have come across this PROGMONSTER. Immensely scarce and probably the hardest album to find on Island!! Sensational sound quality, I have played this through in its entirety and it was a great joy!!! NO skips or jumps. NO clicks or crackle, this is really a stunning heavy glossy jet black vinyl .The audio is impeccable. Inspected under an intense lightsource and angled.

Vinyl: EX++ .  A sensational only lightly played vinyl (2 or 3 spins)!!! I have played this in FULL twice over> The replay is ASTOUNDING!!! I first played for a general listen and a second time for a more detailed observation. There are NO hairlines or marks. Fantastic songcraft!! A personal favourite of mine and I am very glad to be able to report that this is a fine slab of vinyl without any problems at all and as such worthy of inclusion of any great prog collection.  Of course NO jumps/clicks/skips etc.

Sleeve: EX+.  A very thin matt sleeve that is very vulnerable indeed, it will deteriorate by just even looking at it. This one is a great example without any creases or smudges, no writing. no tears. The spine has light wear but is still legible. Straight edges and a nice crisp opening. It will be very hard to better this one. An archive copy.

***This is a unique prime investment opportunity!!! Finding this album in any condition at all is nearly impossible!!! This is  a great and seriously collectable super album!!  You will buy into a piece of  psych/prog core history.*** 

Labels: EX+!!! Unmarked. These are the very desirable pink/black/orange bulls eye labels. Light spindle traces only. I doubt we will see this again in a hurry! Please look at the pics.This still has the correct Island light blue inner with pink print.

             This is a unique investment opportunity!!! The next psych album to go completely through the roof. Finding this album in any condition at all is nearly impossible so late in the day. Get this while you still can. This value of the album is only going to go one way ... up and up ... until it will be totally unavailable at all for a reasonable price.

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