NICK CAVE "Henry's Dream" 1992 UK MUTE 1st PRESS MINT

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  NICK CAVE "Henry's Dream" 1992 UK MUTE 1st PRESS MINT w/LTD ART PRINT, WHITE LABEL SINGLE, LEAFLET & INNER
NICK CAVE and the BAD SEEDS
Henry's Dream


FIRST UK LIMITED EDITION PRESSING (April 1992) ON MUTE RECORDS (STUMM 92) OF NICK CAVE and the BAD SEEDS' STUNNING "Henry's Dream" LP - IN BEAUTIFUL, LIGHTLY PLAYED CONDITION (played a handful of times at most) AND DELIVERING MINT(-) AUDIO THROUGHOUT - TREMENDOUS SOUND QUALITY ON THIS LP WITH A CRISP, SHARP, FRESH AND IMMEDIATE CUT - FANTASTIC STUFF

THIS VERY FIRST UK PRESSING INCLUDES
* A LIMITED EDITION TEXTURED ART PRINT
* A WHITE LABEL 7" SINGLE OF 'Straight To You' / 'Jack The Ripper' (acoustic)
MATRIX: LMUTE 140 A1 / LMUTE 140 B1
* A GATEFOLD A5 LEAFLET ADVERTISING CAVE'S BOOK 'AND THE ASS SAW THE ANGEL', SCHUPPEL'S FILM 'THE ROAD TO GOD KNOWS WHERE' AND A BAD SEEDS DISCOGRAPHY
(please see all 10 photographs)

THE LP IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL GLOSSY SLEEVE (with "CONTAINS LIMITED EDITION PRINT' sticker)
AND COMES COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL GLOSSY LYRIC INNER SLEEVE
MATRICES: STUMM 92 A-1 / STUMM 92 B-1

A SUPERB UK FIRST PRESSING OF AN ABSOLUTELY TREMENDOUS LP - OF OF HIS FINEST AND VERY HARD TO FIND *COMPLETE* WITH ALL ITS EXTRAS - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Continuing the creative roll of Tender Prey and The Good Son, Henry's Dream showed the band in fierce and fine fettle once more.
The biggest change was with the choice of producer -- David Briggs, famed for his work on some of Neil Young's strongest albums. While Cave later thought the experiment didn't work as well as he might have hoped, Briggs does a fine enough job, capturing a live feel.
Cave himself offers up another series of striking, compelling lyrics again exploring love, lust and death. Here, though, some of his images are the strongest he's yet delivered, especially with the near apocalyptic "Papa Won't Leave You, Henry," which begins the album brilliantly as the narrator lurches through a landscape of storms, brothels and urban decay.
Equally powerful, if slower and calmer, is Dream's lead single, "Straight to You," with Cave delivering a forceful declaration of love. It's the near equal of "The Ship Song," the same sense of beautiful sweep running free.
Other numbers like "Brother, My Cup is Empty" and "I Had a Dream, Joe" showcase the Seeds' peerless abilities at fusing older styles with noisy aggression and tension. The former is especially strong, almost dripping with soft then loud musical drama. The quieter numbers aren't to be ignored, though, such as the string-laden "Christina the Astonishing" and especially "Loom of the Land." One of Cave's best songs ever, his portrait of a nighttime walk with a lover is Romantic with a capital R, with a sweet passion that matches the soothing performance from the Seeds, topped off with a particularly fine chorus.

Track Listing:
Side 1: Papa Won't Leave You, Henry / I Had A Dream, Joe / Straight To You / Brother, My Cup
Is Empty / Christina The Astonishing
Side 2: When I First Came To Town / John Finns' Wife / Loom Of The Land / Jack The Ripper

LABELS: CLEAN, BRIGHT and UNMARKED with less than a handful of the lightest spindle traces
VINYL Visual: The surfaces retain their original DEEP, LIKE-NEW, GLOSSY SHEEN and are practically UNMARKED (some mega light hairlines only, caused by movement of the LP within its inner - these have NO audio consequence)
VINYL Audio: OUTSTANDING audio - CRYSTAL CLEAR, SHARP, POWERFUL and VIBRANT SOUND - STUNNING LP. There are NO scratches, NO sticks/jumps, NO clicks or pops and the LP plays BEAUTIFULLY throughout to the highest standard with NO groove-wear and NO distortion (its hardly been played). Graded MINT(-) for audio
SLEEVE: The cover is MINT - CLEAN, SHARP and FACTORY-FRESH with all text on the sharp spine CLEAR and BOLD
INNER SLEEVE: MINT - CLEAN and FRESH with NO splits or even much sign of handling at all. The LP is now housed - and will be posted in - a new inner to avoid any 'knifing' damage to the original during transit
LIMITED EDITION PRINT: MINT
LEAFLET: MINT
7" WHITE LABEL: EXCELLENT. The white label has some age-related foxing spots. Both sides play with a couple of clicks - nothing major

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SUPERB UK FIRST LIMITED PRESSING OF AN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING LP - VERY, VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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