NEIL'S HEAVY CONCEPT ALBUM UK VINYL WEA ?WX12 COMPLETE NEAR MINT YOUNG ONES

	£		23
	$		30

Media Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)  Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Great condition album from Neil, out of The Young Ones, with the card cut out sheet still perfect. Printed inner. All in perfect condition. 
Neil's Heavy Concept Album is a 1984 recording of songs and spoken comedy routines by British actor Nigel Planer, in character as the long-suffering hippie Neil from the BBC comedy series The Young Ones. Production, arrangements and keyboards are by Canterbury scene keyboardist Dave Stewart, who also plays guitar, bass and drums. Other players on the album include ex-members of bands Gong, Spooky Tooth and Level 42.
The title is self-referentially ironic, since progressive rock concept albums are supposed to have "heavy concepts" but "Neil's Heavy Concept Album" does not. Also, the front of the album sleeve is a loose parody of The Rolling Stones' Their Satanic Majesties Request album sleeve. The rear parodies the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, with Neil wearing different outfits replacing the images of the four Beatles, and the text "A heavy time is guaranteed for all." replacing "A splendid time is guaranteed for all."
The album followed the success of the Neil single "Hole in My Shoe" — a cover version of Traffic's 1967 hit – which reached number 2 in the United Kingdom.
Here is some info from discogs: - Neil  ?– Neil's Heavy Concept Album Label: WEA ?– WX 12, WEA ?– WX12, WEA ?– 240 524-1 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: UK Released: 1984 Genre: Rock, Non-Music, Pop Style: Alternative Rock, Comedy, Psychedelic Rock
Tracklist   A1 Hello Vegetables A2 Hole In My Shoe Backing Vocals – Ted Hayton Written-By – Dave Mason A3 Heavy Potato Encounter A4 My White Bicycle Mixed By – Dave Stewart, Mike Dignam, Ted Hayton Written-By – K. Hopkins*, K. Burgess* A5 Neil The Barbarian A6 Lentil Nightmare Other [Additional Musical Material] – Dave Stewart Written-By – R. Mayall* A7 Computer Alarm A8 Wayne Written-By – N. Revell* A9 The Gnome Written-By – Syd Barrett A10 Cosmic Jam
B1 Golf Girl Written-By – D. Sinclair*, P. Hastings*, R. Coughlan*, R. Sinclair* B2 Bad Karma In The UK B3 Our Tune B4 Ken B5 The End Of The World Cabaret B6 No Future (God Save The Queen) Written-By – Matlock*, Rotten*, Cook*, Jones* B7 Floating B8 Hurdy Gurdy Man Written-By – Donovan Leitch* B9 Paranoid Remix (Incorporating The Hole In My Shoe) Written-By – Gaskin*, D. Mason*, T. Hayton* B10 The Amoeba Song (From A Very Cellular Song) Written-By – Mike Heron (2)
Companies, etc. Manufactured By – Record Service GmbH Phonographic Copyright (p) – WEA Records Ltd. Made By – WEA Musik GmbH Pressed By – Record Service Alsdorf Published By – Island Music Ltd. Published By – Cara Music Published By – Getaway Music Ltd. Published By – Westminster Music Ltd. Published By – Aristocrat Music Published By – Glitterbest Ltd. Published By – Donovan (Music) Ltd. Published By – Warner Bros. Music Ltd. Recorded At – Spaceward Studios Recorded At – Tapestry Studios
Credits Backing Vocals, Vocals [Neil's Mum, She Wolf] – Barbara Gaskin Drums [Drunken Cabaret] – Pip Pyle Drums [Flash Studio] – Gavin Harrison Drums [Heavy Metal] – Bryson Graham Engineer [Assistant] – Greg Wilson, Mike Dignam Flute, Piccolo Flute, Saxophone – Jimmy Hastings Guitar [Heavy & Psychedelic] – Jakko Keyboards, Bass [Heavy Metal], Drums [Useless], Guitar [Fifties], Vocals, Producer, Arranged By – Dave Stewart Photography By [Media & Packaging Rip-off Merchant] – Sheila Rock Trombone – Annie Whitehead Vocals [English Actor Voice] – Stephen Fry Vocals [Horror Narrator] – Roger Planer Vocals [Neil, Potato, Bbc Voice, American Cabaret Voice] – Nigel Planer Vocals [Policewoman] – Dawn French Vocals [Spoken Material With] – Nick Revell, Roberta Green, Rowland Rivron, Simon Brint Vocals [Spoken Material With], Engineer – Ted Hayton Written-By – D.L. Stewart* (tracks: A2, A3, A5, A10, B3, B7, B9), N. Planer* (tracks: A1, A3, A5, A7, A8, B2 to B5, B9), R. Rivron* (tracks: A6, A10, B2), S. Brint* (tracks: A6, A10, B2)
Notes Recorded at Spaceward and Tapestry Studios. Sleeve art is inspired by The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's", especially the back cover art and cardboard insert included with the original edition along with a red inner sleeve. Most tracks are segued together by dialogue, sound effects etc. In the credit listing on the back cover, artists are grouped into, "Horrible Electric Musicians", "Beautiful Acoustic Musicians", "Cast Of Characters", and "Heavy Technology Freaks". "A heavy time is guaranteed for all".
Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, variant 1): R/S Alsdorf 240524-1 A Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, variant 1): R/S Alsdorf 240524-1 B IR 17 Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, stamped / etched, variant 2): R/S Alsdorf 240524-1 A t Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, stamped / etched, variant 2): R/S Alsdorf 240524-1 B UK 3 Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, stamped / etched, variant 3): R/S Alsdorf 240524-1 A 5 Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, stamped / etched, variant 3): R/S Alsdorf 240524-1 B UK 5 Label Code: LC 4281 Price Code (France): WE 381