JONI MITCHELL Blue 1971 UK REPRISE 1st PRESS Nr MINT AUDIO
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£ 39
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Mar 26, 2012
Sold Date
Mar 16, 2012
Start Date
£ 22
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Great Britain
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JONI MITCHELL Blue 1971 UK REPRISE 1st PRESS Nr MINT AUDIO
TEXTURED MacNeill GF w/BLUE INNER - CRYSTAL CLEAR SOUND
JONI MITCHELLBlue
UK REPRISE (K 44128) FIRST PRESSING (July 1971) OF JONI MITCHELL'S ICONIC "Blue" LP
ONE OF THE QUINTESSENTIAL ALBUMS OF THE 70s AND ONE OF THE FINEST RECORDS EVER MADE
AND THIS COPY IS IN GREAT CONDITION - IT'S SEEN LITTLE PLAY AND SOUNDS WONDERFUL THROUGHOUT
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST TAN REPRISE LABELS (which have no WB logo)
MATRIX: K44128 A1 / K44128 B1
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL OUTER TEXTURED GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH FACTORY SEALED LEFT SIDE EDGE "Printed and made by MacNeill Press Ltd., London, S.E.1" WITH INTERNALLY PRINTED LYRICS
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL BLUE INNER SLEEVE (designed specifically for this release and only issued with the earliest copies)
Sad, spare, and beautiful, Blue is the quintessential confessional singer/songwriter album.
Forthright and poetic, Joni Mitchell's songs are raw nerves, tales of love and loss (two words with relative meaning here) etched with stunning complexity; even tracks like "All I Want," "My Old Man," and "Carey" -- the brightest, most hopeful moments on the record -- are darkened by bittersweet moments of sorrow and loneliness.
At the same time that songs like "Little Green" (about a child given up for adoption) and the title cut (a hymn to salvation supposedly penned for James Taylor) raise the stakes of confessional folk-pop to new levels of honesty and openness.
Mitchell's music moves beyond the constraints of acoustic folk into more intricate and diverse territory, setting the stage for the experimentation of her later work.
Unrivalled in its intensity and insight, Blue remains a watershed
Side One:
All I Want (3:34)
My Old Man (3:35)
Little Green (3:28)
Carey (3:14)
Blue (2:57)
Side Two:
California (3:50)
This Flight Tonight (2:51)
River (4:06)
A Case Of You (4:25)
The Last Time I Saw Richard (4:16)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, fresh and unmarked labels with only slight evidence of play but no spindle traces as such
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT+
The vinyl surfaces are practically unmarked - just some light brush marks and wispy hairlines visible under bright light otherwise, shines like new
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Outstanding audio throughout - crystal clean, clean, sharp and vibrant.
My play-check at loud volume revealed no major audio issues of note - just a light touch of surface between some of the tracks (impossibly minor) but no other audible distractions and none of the common 'clipping' which can affect this LP on the high, sharp piano registers - lovely copy
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT+
The cover is also in fine condition with very little rubbing to the outer textured surfaces and clean and fresh inner surfaces. There are one or two spots of rubbing to the spine (all text is still clear and bold) but all edges are crisp and square and practically unworn
INNER SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Clean and unmarked with no seam splits
ALL RECORDS ARE PACKAGED WITH THE VINYL OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE TO PREVENT ANY 'KNIFING' DURING TRANSIT
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
POST & PACKING
UK: 1st Class: £4.00 (recorded delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £6.00 or £11.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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