LEONARD COHEN Recent Songs 1979 UK CBS 1st PRESS w/INSERT - ONCE PLAYED/MINT
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LEONARD COHEN Recent Songs 1979 UK CBS 1st PRESS w/INSERT - ONCE PLAYED/MINT
LEONARD COHENRecent Songs
UK CBS (86097) FIRST PRESSING (September 1979)
SUPERB COPY - PLAYED ONCE, IF AT ALL
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE UK CBS 'SUNSET' LABELS
MATRIX: CBS - 86097- A-2, PAL 36264 / CBS - 86097- B-2, PBL 36264
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL SINGLE SLEEVE PRINTED BY SHOREWOOD, ENGLAND
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL LYRIC/ILLUSTRATION INSERT
The first thing Leonard Cohen's music fans noticed about his sixth new studio album, given the typically open-ended title Recent Songs, was that, musically, it marked a return to the gypsy folk sound of his early records after the incongruous arrangements Phil Spector imposed on its predecessor, Death of a Ladies' Man, only two years earlier.
There were subtle musical developments, particularly a flavour of the American Southwest, courtesy of the band Passenger, which played on several tracks, but the acoustic guitars and violin recalled classic Cohen.
Fans of the artist's poetry noticed something else. His writing had become increasingly bitter and angry during the 1970s in the books The Energy of Slaves and Death of a Lady's Man as well as in his lyrics, but there was a new equanimity in these Recent Songs that began with the welcoming introduction of "The Guests." All was not suddenly well, of course, but "the open-hearted many" outnumbered "the broken-hearted few."
Cohen's usual mixture of religious and sexual imagery in the songs was elegant and evocative rather than painful. If he was conscious of the sacrifices he had made in vain in "Came So Far for Beauty," he was nevertheless able to make a sincere plea to a woman in "The Window," mixing it with a prayer to "gentle this soul."
The album was full of references to absence and dislocation, but Cohen deliberately countered them with humour. The cover of "The Lost Canadian" was enlivened by a mariachi arrangement, and the album ended with "Ballad of the Absent Mare," an allegory about a cowboy's search for a horse that ended with the suggestion that the pursuit was only a romantic game. Though often abstract, Recent Songs suggested Cohen had regained a certain equilibrium after a long dark period.
Side 1:
The Guests (6:37)
Humbled In Love (5:13)
The Window (5:54)
Came So Far For Beauty (4:01)
The Lost Canadian (4:40)
Side 2:
The Traitor (6:14)
Our Lady Of Solitude (3:11)
The Gypsy's Wife (5:10)
The Smokey Life (5:15)
Ballad Of The Absent Mare (6:40)
LABELS: NEAR MINT/MINT
An immaculate set of labels with possibly one tiny spindle trace on Side One, none on Side Two
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT/MINT
Both surfaces shine like new - one small mark on "The Lost Canadian" but this is completely harmless
VINYL Audio: MINT
In keeping with its barely, if ever played status my one play-check at loud volume found nothing to fault - pristine throughout
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT+
Crisp, clean and sharp with just a little storage rub to the edges and spine
INSERT: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked and practically untouched
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