TANNED LEATHER Child Of Never Ending Love 1973 GERM HARVEST PASTORAL PROG PSYCH

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TANNED LEATHER "Child Of Never Ending Love"

Original 1973 LP on the German EMI HARVEST label, C 062-29440D

Cover: NEAR MINT

Vinyl: SUPER CLEAN, plays EXCELLENT to NEAR MINT

There are a lot of folks out there who will tell you this is an amazing album.  “Krautrock at its finest,” sez one dealer who, coincidentally, has one up for sale.  Imagine that.  I guess it falls on me then to be the one honest seller then who will tell you that Tanned Leather’s Child of Never Ending Love has just as much in common with krautrock as the Grateful Dead’s American Beauty.  And I say that not because I’m stupid, which I am, but just in case someone into Faust and Amon Duul 2 puts in a $200 bid on this puppy only to be disappointed at the rural Crosby Stills and Nash sounds therein.  I ain’t saying Tanned Leather sucks.  I ain’t that stupid.  But what I’m saying is, just because it’s on the German Harvest label and it’s got an absolutely gorgeous cover, don’t be expecting it to sound like Tago Mago or anything.  Or “krautrock at its finest.”

What Child of Never Ending Love will give you, however, is some pretty pastoral soft rock music, similar to some of the British acts on the Harvest label like Forest, or Piblokto even.  You can get a good indication of their sound on the album’s best track, the 5-minute “On A Rainbow,” which meanders along on a nice mellow slowburn with stoned breathy lead vocals and lots of sunny harmonies.  Rockier tracks like “Spinning Round” have that upbeat hoedown like vibe that a lot of psychedelic British acts adopted in 1969 – the Velvet Opera’s “Anna Dance Square” springs to mind immediately.  And the boys even have a sense of humor too, like on the “Ben Crawley Steel Company” throwaway “I Won’t Talk.”  Make no mistake – Tanned Leather were a very good band, extremely talented, and Child of Never Ending Love is a very good record.  As long as you take it for what it is.  A nice mostly-acoustic mellow pastoral soft folk rock album.  Not some long-lost Ash Ra Tempel-inspired masterpiece just because it’s on the German Harvest label and it’s got a cover so beautiful the boys in Nektar jizz just looking at it.  Now that’s worth 200 bucks.

HEAR IT!

PLEASE NOTE I NO LONGER SHIP TO ITALY DUE TO A CORRUPT POSTAL SYSTEM (THERE, NOT HERE).  BUYERS FROM ITALY AGREE TO PAY FOR GLOBAL PRIORITY MAIL INSURED ONLY!

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Media mail shipping with delivery confirmation starts at $4.00 in the US, with each additional record only $1 additional shipping.  Overseas shipping has, unfortunately, gone way up in the fast few months, which translates to $15 for the first LP to Canada ($3 each one thereafter) and $24 for the first LP everywhere else in the world, with each add'l LP an extra $5 (so it pays to buy more, nudge nudge wink wink).   I accept payments through Paypal. 

I try to grade as best as I can, and I list as many blemishes/imperfections I can find (writing, ringwear, scuff marks, etc.) – Also, please note that I DO listen to these albums – I may not listen to every track, but my grades are based on LISTENING, not just looking at it, since chances are you’ll be listening to the record you buy, not just looking at it.  Most of the albums I sell are the ones I’ve enjoyed for years – and I treat my records with kid gloves.  But sounds speak louder than words, so check out the sound clips below – they’re from the actual record you’re bidding on. 

SHIPPING AND PACKAGING

Listen, I buy a bunch of records too (when I’m not getting outbid at the last second, which is more often than not) – and I know what it’s like to get a rare, one-of-a-kind album packaged dangerously in a flimsy bubblewrap package.  I hate that too.  So rest assured, I ALWAYS package albums with stiff cardboard reinforcements, same for 45s.  And yes, the records are removed from the sleeves (for albums).  I ship out once a week, every Friday, because I have a regular day job.  But I’d be willing to give that up if you’d all be so kind as to bid my items up to stupidly high amounts. 

 For more security and international tracking, you may request GLOBAL PRIORITY MAIL - but bear in mind the cost of this service is upwards of $30.  For expensive items, however, it may be well worth it.  Unfortunately, there isn’t a cost-effective way of tracking parcels to foreign countries yet, and shipping times vary depending on your country’s postal system.   Italy in particular seems to be really bad at delivering packages quickly, or delivering packages at all, now that you mention it.  I will always email you when your package ships, but once it’s on its way, please don’t ask me when it will arrive because I don’t know.  If the world’s postal systems can ever agree on a universal tracking system that’s affordable, I’ll be the first to use it.

NOW IT’S YOUR TURN…

I will always leave positive feedback for successful transactions, and would appreciate the same in return.  All I ask of you is the following – please pay for your items within 14 days of the close of auction.  Compared to other sellers, that’s a generous amount of time, so if you don’t pay within 2 weeks, then I have to assume something’s wrong.  You’ll get an Ebay payment reminder at that point, and possibly a decapitated horse head in your bed.  If, after 30 days, you still haven’t forked up the cash, I’ll relist the item and yell at you if I ever see you in town.