ENO Before And After Science 1977 UK POLYDOR *COMPLETE* 1st PRESS - SUPERB COPY
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Jun 1, 2015
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May 22, 2015
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ENO Before And After Science 1977 UK POLYDOR *COMPLETE* 1st PRESS - SUPERB COPY
BRIAN ENOBefore And After Science
*COMPLETE* UK POLYDOR (2302071 DELUXE) FIRST PRESSING (December 1977)
BEAUTIFUL CONDITION - BARELY PLAYED
MATRICES: 2302071 A//3 GONE BEFORE TO THAT UNKNOWN AND SILENT SHORE / 2302071 B//2 ARCANE BENEFITS OF CREED
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN A SINGLE MATT SLEEVE “Printed by James Upton Ltd. England”
COMPLETE WITH A PORTFOLIO OF FOUR OFFSET PRINTS BY PETER SCHMIDT
AND THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE
Before and After Science is really a study of "studio composition" whereby recordings are created by deconstruction and elimination: tracks are recorded and assembled in layers, then selectively subtracted one after another, resulting in a composition and sound quite unlike that at the beginning of the process.
Despite the album's pop format, the sound is unique and strays far from the mainstream.
Eno also experiments with his lyrics, choosing a sound-over-sense approach. When mixed with the music, these lyrics create a new sense or meaning, or the feeling of meaning, a concept inspired by abstract sound poet Kurt Schwitters (epitomised on the track "Kurt's Rejoinder," on which you actually hear samples from Schwitters' "Ursonate").
Before and After Science opens with two bouncy, upbeat cuts: "No One Receiving," featuring the offbeat rhythm machine of Percy Jones and Phil Collins (Eno regulars during this period), and "Backwater." Jones' analog delay bass dominates on the following "Kurt's Rejoinder," and he and Collins return on the mysterious instrumental "Energy Fools the Magician."
The last five tracks (the entire second side of the album format) display a serenity unlike anything in the pop music field.
These compositions take on an occasional pastoral quality, pensive and atmospheric. Cluster joins Eno on the mood-evoking "By This River," but the album's apex is the final cut, "Spider and I." With its misty emotional intensity, the song seems at once sad yet hopeful.
The music on Before and After Science at times resembles Another Green World ("No One Receiving") and Here Come the Warm Jets ("King's Lead Hat") and ranks alongside both as the most essential Eno material
Side 1:
No One Receiving (3:41)
Backwater (3:42)
Kurt's Rejoinder (2:53)
Energy Fools The Magician (2:03)
King's Lead Hat (3:57)
Side 2:
Here He Comes (5:39)
Julie With... (6:24)
By This River (3:01)
Through Hollow Lands (For Harold Budd) (4:15)
Spider And I (4:25)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean labels - just a couple of light spindle traces - barely played
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT/EXCELLENT+
This copy has seen little use and my play-check at volume little to fault - an occasional tick and a few pops between River and Hollow Lands but essentially plays as-new - in my opinion the finest copy you are likely to find, certainly the best I’ve heard
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Crisp, sharp and fresh - little wear to speak of
ENVELOPE WITH FOUR ART PRINTS: MINT
The grey textured envelope/wallet and four offset art prints are pristine
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: FREE (2nd class standard)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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