THE SOUND "JEOPARDY" LP UK ADRIAN BORLAND ALEXANDRIA FROM THE LIONS MOUTH RARE
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Up for auction is the RARE German pressing of THE SOUND’s first LP release “JEOPARDY” on the KOROVA label, catalog #KOW 58255 from 1980. This rare German pressing comes with the unique photo inner sleeve. Vinyl is in a NEAR MINT condition on side one and NEAR MINT MINUS on side two with some non-sounding scuffs, glossy and black. Cover is original glossy cardboard. Overall it is an NEAR MINT cover. Photo inner sleeve has no tears and is in NEAR MINT condition. Be sure to email me with any questions and look at my pic’s. I DO NOT ship to ITALY. Bidders from outside the USA please wait for invoice with exact shipping costs. Good luck!
A superb copy of an increasing hard to find LP. Don’t miss out!!
THE SOUND’S “JEOPARDY” RARE UK 1ST PRESSING. RARE!!
Music Review from AllMusic.com by Andy Kellman
Despite the production's rough edges, the limited budget that fostered it, and the feeling that it sounds more like several A-sides and a couple decent B-sides thrown together than a singular body, Jeopardy is a caustic jolt of a debut that startles and fascinates. With the plaintive intro of the rhythm section, a spidery guitar, and incidental synth wobbles (which all sounds surprisingly Neu!-like), "I Can't Escape Myself" begins the album unassumingly enough until reaching the terse, one-line chorus that echoes the title of the song; suddenly, from out of the blue, all the instruments make a quick, violent, collective stab and retreat back into the following verse as singer Adrian Borland catches his breath. The reverb placed on his voice is heightened at just the right moments to exacerbate the song's claustrophobic slant. The ecstatic onward rush of "Heartland" forms the back end of a dynamic one-two opening punch, with a charging rhythm and blaring keyboards leading the way. It seems to be the spawn of XTC and U2, just as giddy as something from the former (think Go 2) and almost as anthemic as something from the latter (think Boy). Much later on, near the end, "Unwritten Law" comes along as one of the Sound's best mid-tempo mood pieces -- one of their greatest strengths. It also shows how much a simple shading of synth can affect a song, as it affects it with a melancholic smear that no other instrument could possibly provide. In all honesty, they weren't breaking any new ground here. Their influences were just as apparent as the ones donned by the other bands who inhabited similar post-punk territory. Smart journalists of the time -- meaning the ones who truly listened and were aware of the band's past -- knew well enough that the Sound belonged in the same league as the bands they were compared to and not somewhere in the bushes. Hardly coattail jockeying, the Sound were developing and growing alongside them.price rating
