Idle Race - Birthday Party LBL 83132E Mono 1968 UK LP
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General Details Artist Idle Race Title Birthday Party Record Label Liberty Cat. number LBL 83132E Mono/Stereo? M
Country
UK Sleeve MacNeill Press Ltd. If blank, no sleeve manufactured credits present Released 1968Matrix number
Side 1 LBL 83132 A//1 Side 2 LBL 83132 B//1Condition
Disc
Paper Scuffs
Side 1
EXSide 2 EX
Surface Marks
Side 1
EX Side 2 EXScratches
Side 1
VG A few hairline circular scratches - not audible Side 2 EX A couple of hairline scratches - not audible Other Info.Sound
Surface Noise
Side 1
VG Side 2 EXPops/Clicks
Side 1
VG Tk 1 has heavy crackles at the start of the track Side 2 VGScratches
Side 1
EX Side 2 EX Other Info.Cover
Ring / Surface Wear
Front
EX Back EX Inner EXCard Creases
Front
VG Back VG Inner EXShelf Wear
Edge
VG Spine VG Corner VG Inner SleeveEX
Other Info. Small brown mark on back - caused by a match? See photoGuide to grades used
Ex+ Cover Looks virtually New - no marks, wear or damage Disc Looks unplayed - no marks visible Sound I don't use this grade for sound - as all records (even brand new) produce some noise Ex Cover Slight signs of wear on edges/spine, corners or ring wear. Minor creases. No damage caused by sticker removal/residue. Light sleeves may show slight discolouration due to age or handling Disc May have minor paper scuffs caused by moving record in & out of paper sleeve. Sound May be occasional pops/clicks and minimal surface noise Vg Cover Moderate edge/spine or ring wear. Corners may be a little blunt. Opening edge may show feathering caused by removal of record. Visible creases or laminate lift. Disc Some surface marks &/or hairline scratches. Moderate paper scuffs. Sound May be pops/clicks caused by marks/scratches. Moderate background surface noise and crackles. G Cover Heavy ring or edge/spine wear. Corners noticable bashed. Heavy creases. Considerable laminate damage. Disc Looks very well played. A lot of surface marks/scratches Sound Considerable surface noise. Audible scratches.Background Information
Click on the link to see the original information source: - Birthday Party The debut album by this unjustly overlooked band is a piece of classic British psychedelia that transcends its origins. Most British bands trying to achieve a psychedelic sound in those days simply played softly and sang in a very effete and poetic manner — the Idle Race, by contrast, play hard here and don't sound effete so much as just cheerfully trippy, a lot like the Beatles of "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever"; indeed, "End of the Road" from this album sounds like a rewrite of "Penny Lane." Jeff Lynne is the dominant personality here, as composer, guitarist, and singer, and, as one might expect given his presence, the music all has a Beatles-like quality of playfulness amid the musical invention.The single "Skeleton and the Roundabout" may be a little overproduced, but it is beguilingly innocent in its zaniness, and the softer middle section anticipates the structure of Lynne's later work with ELO. Much more indicative of his future direction are "Morning Sunshine," one of the prettiest songs to come out of the entire Birmingham music scene and displaying languid guitar flourish that anticipates any number of ELO songs circa A New World Record, and "The Lady Who Said She Could Fly," an orchestrated, Beatlesque jewel that sounds like a lost ELO track.
As demonstrated here, the Idle Race weren't quite as powerful a band as their rivals the Move — who also loved to cover American soul and folk-rock and thus had a wider variety to their sound — but this album is steeped in beautiful melodies and even prettier embellishments in the singing and playing, yet never loses sight of its rock & roll underpinnings. Once in a while, as in "On With the Show," the sound effects are a little more prominent than one would like, and there's a certain music hall ambience to a few songs (such as "Lucky Man") that is somewhat distracting — but those two numbers are followed by the joyous and pounding "Pie in the Sky," so it all balances out and overall, this album is very solid and a great deal of fun, as well as full of little surprises and signposts pointing toward Lynne's future.
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