THE ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA: 1971 UK HARVEST 1st PRESS w/LYRIC INSERT
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Jun 8, 2015 Sold Date
May 29, 2015 Start Date
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THE ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA: 1971 UK HARVEST 1st PRESS w/LYRIC INSERT

ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
The Electric Light Orchestra

UK HARVEST (SHVL 797) FIRST PRESSING (December 1971) OF THE ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA'S DEBUT LP
*COMPLETE* WITH THE ELUSIVE YELLOW LYRIC INSERT
SEEN A FEW SPINS BUT PLAYS WITH LITTLE TO FAULT

PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE HARVEST LABELS WHICH CARRY "THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD" RIM TEXT
FIRST PRESS DOUBLE MATRIX SET: SHVL 797 A-1U / SHVL 797 B-1U (as well as SHVL 797 A//2 / SHVL 797 B//2)
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/L and 1/M
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL OUTER TEXTURED GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.” WITH FACTORY SEALED LEFT SIDE EDGE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL LYRIC SHEET PRINTED ON ONE SIDE OF THIN YELLOW PAPER
AND THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED HARVEST COMPANY INNER SLEEVE

Electric Light Orchestra's debut album is an astonishing creation in its own right, but neophyte listeners should be aware that it bears very little resemblance to the sound for which ELO would become known on its subsequent records.
'No Answer', as it ended up being called in America through a miscommunication with ELO's U.S. label, is a minimalist work by comparison with anything on the band's later albums.
The core trio of Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne, and Bev Bevan, augmented by one horn player and a violinist, approaches the music alternately like a hard rock band attacking a song and a string ensemble playing a chamber piece. Filled with surprisingly loose playing and sounds throughout, and with a psychedelic aura hovering over most of the music.
Written and sung by Lynne, "10538 Overture" is the opener and the best song on the album. Wood's "Look at Me Now," by comparison, plays like a sweet, melodic follow-up to "Beautiful Daughter" from the Move's Shazam, with some digressions on the oboe and a cello and violin subbing for the guitars. The rest moves from period-style popular songs to strangely cinematic conceptual pieces, on which the rock elements almost disappear in favour of quasi-classical playing by all concerned. A beautiful acoustic guitar workout by Wood, "1st Movement" also features the song's composer on the oboe, while "Mr. Radio," an exercise in 1920s nostalgia written and sung by Lynne, digresses for a moment into 1940s-style classical piano pyrotechnics. His "Whisper in the Night" ends the album with a lean and textured acoustic sound that, ironically, disappeared from ELO's repertory when he exited the lineup following these sessions.

Side 1:
10538 Overture (5:30)
Look At Me Now (3:16)
Nellie Takes Her Bow (5:58)
The Battle Of Martston Moor (July 2nd, 1644) (6:02)
Side 2:
First Movement (Jumping Biz) (2:58)
Mr. Radio (5:02)
Manhattan Rumble (49th Street Massacre) (4:21)
Queen Of The Hours (3:21)
Whisper In The Night (4:48)

LABELS: EXCELLENT+
Clean, bright unmarked labels - moderate spindle traces
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT
Practically unmarked in normal light with some general light marks visible under bright light - nothing of any audible significance
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT
My play-check at volume found little to fault the deep, rich and warm sound - just some low-level surface on the run-ins and in-between some of the tracks - nothing I found in the slightest intrusive - sounds great
SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+
In great shape with just some rub to the spine the only real thing of note, otherwise clean and sharp
INSERT: NEAR MINT
Clean and unmarked

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INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)

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