JONI MITCHELL Blue 1971 UK REPRISE 1st PRESS w/BLUE INNER - NEAR MINT
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May 22, 2017
Sold Date
May 12, 2017
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£ 24
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JONI MITCHELL Blue 1971 UK REPRISE 1st PRESS w/BLUE INNER - NEAR MINT
JONI MITCHELLBlue
UK REPRISE (K 44128) FIRST PRESSING (July 1971)
GREAT COPY - SEEN LITTLE USE AND PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY THROUGHOUT
ONE OF THE QUINTESSENTIAL ALBUMS OF THE 1970s AND ONE OF THE FINEST RECORDS EVER MADE
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST TAN REPRISE LABELS (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
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
A clean, unmarked set of labels - no real spindle traces evident but slight rub
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new with nothing but a couple of harmless hairlines
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Plays beautifully throughout with little to fault - always a big ask for this first pressing as the piano especially is cut up front and loud which can result in clipping issues - none of these here - there is an occasional touch of low-level surface but I did not clean this copy as it looks immaculate so this will no doubt disappear after a clean/few spins (I prefer not to clean records unless absolutely necessary) overall a superb copy
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Apart from a little edge rub and a couple of soft creases the gatefold is crisp, clean and sharp - fine example
BLUE INNER SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
No seam splits - small round label mark on one side - nothing really
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: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £18.00 (International Signed For delivery)
Combined Post: for items purchased within any 10 day period @£3 for each additional LP
Guarantee: all records are unconditionally guaranteed (including sealed and/or unplayed) and I will offer a complete, no quibble refund upon return of the item should you not be pleased with it in any way I will email you when payment has been received to let you know when the item will be posted. Please leave feedback upon receipt of the item so that I know you have received it safely. Thanks 795 (GS 7.0.7 (795))
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