THIS IS THE EUROPEAN ORIGINAL PRESSING [Made in Holland on label] on FONTANA Records. SINGLE COVER + INNER SLEEVE. The cover is in VG(+) condition: normal wear and without any major deterioration; BUT surface edgewear/hairlines, light discolouration/wear on spines/corners, mild creases on edges, left spine is fully readable; INNER in great condition but creases on corners; please for details see photos (with and without flashlight). Vinyl is in VG+/EX condition (some clicks, barely played) and plays wonderfully. DEBUT ALBUM.

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OCEAN COLOUR SCENE

One of the more traditional minded acts of the thriving mid-1990s Britpop scene.

tracklist

Side A: TALK ON - HOW ABOUT YOU - GIVING IT ALL AWAY - JUSTINE

DO YOURSELF A FLAVOUR - THIRD SHADE OF GREEN

Side B: SWAY - PENNY PINCHING RAINY HEAVEN DAYS - ONE OF THOSE DAYS

IS SHE COMING HOME - BLUE DEEP OCEAN - REPRISE

1992     LP     FONTANA RECORDS    512 269-1

MADE IN HOLLAND for /EUROPEAN & WORLDWIDE MARKET      ORIGINAL PRESSING

SINGLE COVER + INNER SLEEVE

NOTES: Issued with a black & white printed card inner sleeve containing credits, photos and lyrics.

Track durations stated on centre labels.

℗ 1992 Phonogram Ltd. (London)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 7 31451 22691 5

Label Code: LC 0211

Price Code: PG 281

Rights Society: BIEM / STEMRA

Label: FONTANA - BLUE/SILVER LABEL - SILVER TEXT

Catalog on cover: 512 269-1

Catalog on labels: 512 269-1

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): 512 269-1 S1=1  670  06  111

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): 512 269-1 S2=1  670  06  111

On labels: rim text "All rights........prohibited"

℗ 1992 Phonogram Ltd. (London)

LC0211(circled)      BIEM/STEMRA(boxed)

All tracks written.................by Tim Palmer

Made in Holland

On Inner Sleeve: Photo + Tracklist + Credits + Lyrics

℗ 1992 Phonogram Ltd. (London)   © 1992 Phonogram Ltd. (London)

On Back Sleeve: Tracklist + Credits

℗ 1992 phonogram ltd..........broadcasting prohibited

grading

RECORD VG+/EX but (please, read above description)

 SLEEVE VG(+) but (please, see pictures and read above description)

A classic case of a band searching for an identity on its debut album, Ocean Colour Scene couldn't decide whether it wanted to be Madchester rave-up, shoegaze drift, or the kind of proto-soul/R&B revivalist outfit that would eventually determine the group's future (and fairly dull) career. In ways, though, the debut could easily be the best overall thing the band recorded, showing more of a sense of genre experimentation than it did in later life, able to cover the bases from the sweet zone-out of the opening "Talk On" to the Stevie Wonder cover "Do Yourself a Favor," given a sturdy if not particularly noteworthy remake. The secret highlight of the album is possibly "Justine," a stripped-down, hushed acoustic guitar/cello ballad; if it's not Nick Drake or John Martyn, say, there's something about the low-key atmosphere, Fowler's calm vocals detailing a strange, domineering figure with her "pretty girls chained inside the dungeon." Other songs like "Third Shade of Green" and the shimmering chime and groove of "Blue Deep Ocean" suggest that if Ocean Colour Scene had aimed at developing more of its brand of psychedelic English soul, the band might have really had something. On much of the album, Fowler's fairly thin semi-whine is his undoing -- if less strident than the years of his Brit-pop dominance, when it's not working it's fairly painful, but that's not a constant situation since he seems to be assaying a varying number of approaches throughout the album. Sometimes he's trying to be the young Joe Cocker or Rod Stewart -- or more appropriately, the new Paul Weller -- a little too hard, raising unenviable comparisons, but the easier delivery on the semi-tropical funk of "Penny Pinching Rainy Heaven Days" shows that he could relax when needed...(AllMusic)