EAGLES "Eagles" 1972 DEBUT LP UK ASYLUM 1st PRESS NM
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£ 53
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Dec 23, 2010
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Dec 13, 2010
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EAGLES "Eagles" 1972 DEBUT LP UK ASYLUM 1st PRESS NM
G&L GATEFOLD (upside down photo) w/INNER, GREAT SOUND
EAGLES
Eagles
ORIGINAL UK ASYLUM (SYTC 101) FIRST PRESSING (August 1972) OF THE EAGLES' DEBUT LP - IN BARELY PLAYED CONDITION - DELIVERING CRYSTAL CLEAR, DEEP, RICH AND BEAUTIFULLY WARM AUDIO THROUGHOUT WITH PRACTICALLY NOTHING TO FAULT - FANTASTIC COPY
THE RECORD HAS THE FIRST ISSUE WHITE ASYLUM LABELS WITH "MADE IN GT. BRITAIN" BOTTOM RIM STATEMENT
FIRST ISSUE MATRICES: SYTC 101 A-1 / SYTC 101 B-2
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 3/PR and 1/AM (this is a UK EMI pressing)
AND IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT GATEFOLD SLEEVE WHICH HAS A FACTORY SEALED AND FOLDED-UNDER LEFT SIDE EDGE (a characteristic of only the first issued sleeves) - WITH THE INNER PHOTO PRINTED UPSIDE-DOWN
THERE ARE NO PRINTERS CREDITS ON THE GATEFOLD, THESE ARE PRINTED ON THE PICTURE INNER SLEEVE AND READ "Printed and Made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd" WITH THE DATE CODE; '7208' (1972, August)
Balance is the key element of the Eagles' self-titled debut album, a collection that contains elements of rock & roll, folk, and country, overlaid by vocal harmonies alternately suggestive of doo wop, the Beach Boys, and the Everly Brothers.
If the group kicks up its heels on rockers like "Chug All Night," "Nightingale," and "Tryin'," it is equally convincing on ballads like "Most of Us Are Sad" and "Train Leaves Here This Morning."
The album is also balanced among its members, who trade off on lead vocal chores and divide the songwriting such that Glenn Frey, Bernie Leadon, and Randy Meisner all get three writing or co-writing credits. (Fourth member Don Henley, with only one co-writing credit and two lead vocals, falls a little behind, while Jackson Browne, Gene Clark, and Jack Tempchin also figure in the writing credits.)
The album's overall balance is worth keeping in mind because it produced three Top 40 hit singles ; "Take It Easy" and "Peaceful Easy Feeling" are similar-sounding mid-tempo folk-rock tunes sung by Frey that express the same sort of laid-back philosophy, as indicated by the word "easy" in both titles, while "Witchy Woman," a Henley vocal and co-composition, initiates the band's career-long examination of supernaturally evil females.
These are the songs one remembers from Eagles, and they look forward to the eventual dominance of the band by Frey and Henley.
But the complete album from which they come belongs as much to Leadon's country-steeped playing and singing and to Meisner's melodic rock & roll feel, which, on the release date, made it seem a more varied and consistent effort than it did later, when the singles had become overly familiar.
Track Listing:
Side 1: Take It Easy / Witchy Woman / Chug All Night / Most Of Us Are Sad / Nightingale
Side 2: Train Leaves Here This Morning / Take The Devil / Earlybird / Peaceful Easy Feeling / Tryin'
LABELS: Clean, bright and unmarked labels with little sign of use - a couple of light spindles only - MINT-
VINYL Visual: Both surfaces retain their original deep, glossy sheen and are completely unmarked - beautiful vinyl - appears as-new - MINT
VINYL Audio: Superb audio - crystal clear, rich and beautifully warm sound. On playback at a loud volume the delivery is pretty much perfect and there are no scratches, no loud clicks/pops, no surface noise, no groove-wear and no distortion - this is a fantastic copy and a very, very clean pressing (with practically silent run-ins and track divisions) which has seen very little play and is critically graded NEAR MINT for audio
SLEEVE: The original G&L cover (with the internal photo printed upside down) is in EXCELLENT condition - good and solid, clean and unmarked with just some light storage rubbing to the edges
INNER SLEEVE: The original inner sleeve is clean, unmarked and un-split with only light signs of handling - NEAR MINT (The LP is now housed - and will be posted in - a new inner (with anti-static liner) to prevent any 'knifing' damage to the original during transit)
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