PICNIC: A BREATH OF FRESH AIR w/PINK FLOYD 'EMBRYO'

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	$		30

 
PICNIC: A BREATH OF FRESH AIR w/PINK FLOYD 'EMBRYO' WITHDRAWN 1970 UK HARVEST 2LP SAMPLER, BARELY PLAYED

PICNIC: A BREATH OF FRESH AIR

ORIGINAL UK HARVEST FIRST (and only) PRESSING (June 1970) OF "Picnic: A Breath Of Fresh Air" DOUBLE LP HARVEST SAMPLER (almost immediately withdrawn from sale at the request of Pink Floyd who for some reason were not happy with their track "Embryo" being released)
AND THIS COPY IS IN BEAUTIFUL, BARELY PLAYED CONDITION (just one/two light spindles on record One and none on record Two) AND IT DELIVERS JUST ABOUT THE FINEST AUDIO I HAVE HEARD FOR THIS OFTEN TROUBLESOME PRESSING (the quieter tracks often play with lots of surface interference but here they sound great)
THIS RELEASE IS MOST FAMOUS (and sought after) FOR THE WITHDRAWN PINK FLOYD SONG "Embyro" (not available anywhere else on vinyl) AND THE SYD BARRETT TRACK, "Terrapin", but it contains many other outstanding tracks from Deep Purple, Barclay James Harvest, The Battered Ornements, Shirley and Dolly Collins, Pretty Things, Roy Harper, Bakerloo, Kevin Ayres, The Greatest Show On Earth, Third Ear Band, Forest, Pete Brown and Piblokto!, Panama Limited, Quatermass, Micheal Chapman, Tea & Symphony and The Edgar Broughton Band which show what an impressive roster of artists Harvest had at the time

PRESSED ON TWO QUALITY HEAVYWEIGHT RECORDS WITH THE UK HARVEST GREEN/YELLOW LABELS (no EMI logo) AND "The Gramophone Co. Ltd" TOP RIM TEXT (the same as all pressings of this LP as it was never re-issued)
MATRIX SET: SHSS 1 A-2 / SHSS 1 B-1 and SHSS 2 A-1 / SHSS 2 B-1
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 2/AH, 1/AD and 2/AA, 1/AR
THE RECORDS ARE HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL OUTER LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Made and printed in Great Britain", DESIGNED BY "Hipgnosis"
AND THE SET COMES COMPLETE WITH THE TWO ORIGINAL WHITE POLY LINED INNER SLEEVES WITH PATENT NUMBERS AND "MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN" TEXT PRINTED IN GREY (these pre-date the introduction of the Harvest Company advertising inners)

ALONG WITH ISLAND'S "BUMPERS" THIS IS ONE OF THE FINEST SAMPLERS OF THE PERIOD, CONTAINING SOME REALLY OUTSTANDING MATERIAL AND ITS THE ONLY PLACE YOU WILL FIND THE WITHDRAWN PINK FLOYD TRACK ON VINYL - SUPERB COPY AND VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Side 1:
DEEP PURPLE: Into The Fire
BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST: Mother Dear
PINK FLOYD: Embryo
THE BATTERED ORNAMENTS: Twisted Track
SHIRLEY & DOLLY COLLINS: Glenlogie

Side 2:
PRETTY THINGS: The Good Mr. Square
ROY HARPER: Song Of The Ages
BAKERLOO: This Worried Feelin
KEVIN AYRES: Eleanor's Cake Which Ate Her
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH: Again And Again

Side 3:
THIRD EAR BAND: Water
SYD BARRETT: Terrapin
FOREST: A Glade Somewhere
PETE BROWN AND PIBLOKTO!: Golden Country Kingdom
PANAMA LIMITED: Round And Round

Side 4:
QUATERMASS: Black Sheep Of The Family
MICHAEL CHAPMAN: Postcards From Scarborough
TEA & SYMPHONY: Maybe My Mind (With Egg)
EDGAR BROUGHTON BAND: Old Gopher

LABELS: The labels are clean, bright and unmarked with just one/two light spindles on Record One and none evident on Record Two - in my opinion Record One has been played once or twice and Record Two is completely unplayed - fantastic set
VINYL Visual: All four surfaces are clean, practically unmarked and shine like new - two beautiful records - the outer rims have some light storage/sleeve transfer marks but these have little audio consequence - this is an exceptional copy which sounds sensational
VINYL Audio: Outstanding audio quality throughout - certainly one of the finest copies I have ever heard as this set commonly plays with excessive surface noise, especially on the quieter tracks. The audio covers an amazing dynamic range (from the hard rocking Deep Purple to the beautiful, quiet Third Ear Band) with crystal clear, deep, rich and warm sound reproduction and on playback at a loud volume there are no scratches, no jumps, no sticks and barely any clicks/pops (really, hardly any at all, just the occasional light pop but nothing continuous or intrusive). The light marking on the outer rim causes a little crackle at the very beginning of Record One and there is a touch of interference (present on all the copies I have heard) on The Third Ear Band track - these are very minor issues otherwise, both LPs play to an extremely high standard with great clarity, sound superb and are critically graded EXCELLENT+ for audio - but I cannot emphasise enough how hard it is to find a copy which plays this well - it's certainly one of the finest I've heard and they really don't come much better than this
SLEEVE: The original outer laminated gatefold cover is also in great condition with virtually no wear to speak of on its edges and a nice clean, clear spine. The outer laminated surfaces have a beautiful deep, glossy sheen with only a little record impression and the unlaminated inside (picturing the records featured on this compilation) is clean, fresh and unmarked - EXCELLENT+

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EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN UK FIRST (AND ONLY) PRESSING (WITHDRAWN AT PINK FLOYD'S REQUEST) OF A TREMENDOUS SET - AND I GUARANTEE A FINER COPY WOULD BR PRETTY HARD TO LOCATE INDEED (IT'S ONE THE BEST I'VE HEARD) - VERY, VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED INDEED
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