Nirvana, "The Story of Simon Simopath" (MONO ILP 959), G+/VG

$

145

Nirvana's self-titled 1967 U.K. release in Mono, VERY rare in gatefold cover, laminated on the outside! Record acquired by a Brooklyn-based vintage shop that specializes in vinyl from a private collection. Previous owner was an audiophile who played exclusively on high-grade equipment.
Grading Vinyl graded in-store conservatively and competitively: NM - A nearly perfect record, never played. Never assigned unless a record is sealed. (Open records that look unplayed are graded down to VG+) VG+ - Some signs that the record was played and otherwise handled by a previous owner who took good care of it. May contain slight scuffs or light scratches that do not affect play. VG - Light surface noise upon play, but will not overpower the music. No skipping. G+ - Surface noise and groove wear will affect play and overpower the music in some sections. No skipping. G - Surface nose and groove wear will overpower the music in most sections. Record may contain skipping in some sections.
Label: Island ?– ILP 959 Genre: Rock/Psychedelic Rock Condition: Vinyl/G+, Sleeve/VG (See photos) Runout codes: (Side 1) ILP+959+A / (Side 2) ILP+959+B
Track listing:
Side A "Wings of Love" – 3:20
"Lonely Boy" – 2:31
"We Can Help You" – 1:57
"Satellite Jockey" – 2:35
"In the Courtyard of the Stars" – 2:36
Side B "You Are Just the One" – 2:07
"Pentecost Hotel" – 3:06
"I Never Found a Love Like This" – 2:50
"Take This Hand" – 2:17
"1999" – 2:09
From Wikipedia:

"The Story of Simon Simopath is the debut album by British psychedelic band Nirvana, released by Island Records in 1967. The lyrics trace the story from life to death of the titular hero via a series of short songs. The story deals with a boy named Simon Simopath who dreams of having wings. He is unpopular at school, and after reaching adulthood (in 1999) goes to work in an office in front of a computer. He suffers a nervous breakdown and is unable to find help in a mental institution, but gets aboard a rocket and meets a centaur who will be his friend and a tiny goddess named Magdalena, who works at Pentecost Hotel. Simon and Magdalena fall in love and get married, followed by a jazzy party.

"Pentecost Hotel" was released as a single with the non-album b-side, "Feelin' Shattered". "Wings of Love" was the next single, also with a non-album b-side, "Requiem to John Coltrane". "Girl in the Park", from the second album, All of Us, featured the b-side, "C Side In Ocho Rios", which is an instrumental version of "In the Courtyard of the Stars".

In a retrospective review on AllMusic, Stewart Mason feels that the "unashamedly twee early concept album", with its "deliberately childlike tone", despite being "a collection of unconnected songs forced together" in a "rather silly story", is a "uniformly solid set of well-constructed psych-pop tunes"."