ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA: 1971 DEBUT UK 1st PRESS
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Aug 24, 2012
Sold Date
Aug 14, 2012
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ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA: 1971 DEBUT UK 1st PRESS
HEAVYILY TEXTURED G&L GF w/ RARE LYRIC INSERT
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRAThe Electric Light Orchestra
UK HARVEST (SHVL 797) FIRST PRESSING (December 1971) OF THE ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA'S DEBUT LP - A REALLY SUPERB, AND PRETTY MUCH UNIQUE AFFAIR - VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
LOVELY COPY - SEEN LITTLE PLAY - DELIVERS OUTSTANDING AUDIO QUALITY THROUGHOUT AND IT COMES COMPLETE WITH THE ELUSIVE LYRIC INSERT (very rarely seen)
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST HARVEST LABELS WHICH CARRY THE "GRAM CO" RIM TEXT
FIRST PRESS DOUBLE MATRIX SET: SHVL 797 A-1U / SHVL 797 B-1U (as well as SHVL 797 A//2 / SHVL 797 B//2)
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/T and 1GR
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FULLY TEXTURED GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.” WITH FACTORY SEALED LEFT SIDE EDGE - DATE CODED '7112' (1971, December)
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL LYRIC SHEET PRINTED ON ONE SIDE OF THIN YELLOW PAPER
AND THE ORIGINAL HARVEST COMPANY POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE
Electric Light Orchestra's debut album is an astonishing creation in its own right, but neophyte listeners should be aware that it bears very little resemblance to the sound for which ELO would become known on its subsequent records.
'No Answer', as it ended up being called in America through a miscommunication with ELO's U.S. label, is a minimalist work by comparison with anything on the band's later albums.
The core trio of Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne, and Bev Bevan, augmented by one horn player and a violinist, approaches the music alternately like a hard rock band attacking a song and a string ensemble playing a chamber piece. Filled with surprisingly loose playing and sounds throughout, and with a psychedelic aura hovering over most of the music.
Written and sung by Lynne, "10538 Overture" is the opener and the best song on the album. Wood's "Look at Me Now," by comparison, plays like a sweet, melodic follow-up to "Beautiful Daughter" from the Move's Shazam, with some digressions on the oboe and a cello and violin subbing for the guitars. The rest moves from period-style popular songs to strangely cinematic conceptual pieces, on which the rock elements almost disappear in favour of quasi-classical playing by all concerned. A beautiful acoustic guitar workout by Wood, "1st Movement" also features the song's composer on the oboe, while "Mr. Radio," an exercise in 1920s nostalgia written and sung by Lynne, digresses for a moment into 1940s-style classical piano pyrotechnics. His "Whisper in the Night" ends the album with a lean and textured acoustic sound that, ironically, disappeared from ELO's repertory when he exited the lineup following these sessions.
Side 1: 10538 Overture / Look At Me Now / Nellie Takes Her Bow / Battle of Marston Moor (July 2nd 1644)
Side 2: 1st Movement / Mr Radio / Manhattan Rumble (49th Street Massacre) / Queen Of The Hours / Whisper In The Night
LABELS: EXCELLENT/EXCELLENT+
Apart from some 'spotting' just on Side One (age-related deterioration of the adhesive used to fix the label - not uncommon) both labels are clean and unmarked with barely a spindle trace to be seen
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT+
Both surfaces are clean, unmarked under normal light they show just wispy hairlines under bright light (of no audio consequence)
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT+
Outstanding audio quality - deep, rich, warm and detailed and my play-check at loud volume found little to fault - just some light surface on the run-ins/between some of the tracks (nothing which bothered me at all) but no scratches, no clicks or pops and no other audible distractions of note - sounds great - lovely copy
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT+
The 1st issue heavily textured (inside and out) gatefold cover is also in great shape with no real wear to speak of - a very fine example
INSERT: NEAR MINT
This lyric sheet (printed on one side of yellow paper) is incredibly rare (I have personally only ever seen ONE before) and it's practically untouched
INNER SLEEVE: EXCELLENT+
The Harvest inner bag is clean and unmarked with no splits (just some natural age-related discolouration caused by the glue used to fix the internal poly lining)
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: 1st Class: £4.50 (recorded delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £12.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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