ROD STEWART Never A Dull Moment 1972 UK MERCURY 1st PRESS - MINT
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ROD STEWART Never A Dull Moment 1972 UK MERCURY 1st PRESS - MINT
ROD STEWARTNever A Dull Moment
UK MERCURY (6499 153) FIRST PRESSING (August 1972)
AN OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL COPY - ONCE/TWICE PLAYED AND LIKE-NEW
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE MATT BLACK/SILVER MERCURY LABELS
MATRIX: 6499153 1Y ∇ 1 420 1 129 / 6499153 2Y // 1 ∇ 420 123 04
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL UK FIRST ISSUE DOUBLE GATEFOLD - THESE WERE “PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.”
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE, DATE CODED '0672' (Jume 1972)
Essentially a harder-rocking reprise of Every Picture Tells a Story, Never a Dull Moment never quite reaches the heights of its predecessor, but it's a wonderful, multi-faceted record in its own right. Opening with the touching, autobiographical rocker "True Blue," which finds Rod Stewart trying to come to grips with his newfound stardom but concluding that he'd "rather be back home," the record is the last of Stewart's series of epic fusions of hard rock and folk. It's possible to hear Stewart go for superstardom with the hard-rocking kick and fat electric guitars of the album, but the songs still cut to the core. "You Wear It Well" is a "Maggie May" rewrite on the surface, but it develops into a touching song about being emotionally inarticulate. Similarly, "Lost Paraguayos" is funny, driving folk-rock, and it's hard not to be swept away when the Stonesy hard rocker "Italian Girls" soars into a mandolin-driven coda. The covers -- whether a soulful reading of Jimi Hendrix's "Angel," an empathetic version of Dylan's "Mama, You Been on My Mind," or a stunning interpretation of Etta James' "I'd Rather Go Blind" -- are equally effective, making Never a Dull Moment a masterful record. He never got quite this good ever again
Side 1:
True Blue (3:28)
Lost Paraguayos (3:58)
Mama You Been On My Mind (4:26)
Italian Girls (5:01)
Side 2:
Angel (4:04)
Interludings (0:40)
You Wear It Well (4:21)
I'd Rather Go Blind (3:53)
Twistin' The Night Away (3:15)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
An immaculate set of labels with just one or two light spindle traces
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new
VINYL Audio: MINT
Plays beautifully throughout with nothing to fault
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
As crisp, clean and sharp as the day it was made.
Like all the earliest double gatefolds issued with the first pressing this one is printed in the USA
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: FREE (2nd class standard)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £18.00 (International Signed For delivery)
Combined Post: for items purchased within any 10 day period @£3 for each additional LP
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