EGG: THE CIVIL SERVICE. 1974 U.K. ORIGINAL LP.

	£		39
	$		52

OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS I WILL BE LISTING A LOAD OF VINTAGE 'COLLECTABLE' LP'S, WHICH ARE "WELL USED" ~ (NOT IN THE BEST OF CONDITION) BUT MAY SUFFICE,'TIL AN AFFORDABLE BETTER ONE COMES ALONG...

HENCE THE LOW START PRICE.

ALSO STRICTLY NO RETURNS ON THIS ITEM. IF YOU WANT A MINT ONE DO NOT BID ON THIS.

PLEASE TAKE NOTE!! ~ THEY WILL NOT SUDDENLY TRANSFORM INTO MINT COPIES OR ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE DESCRIPTION STATED!!

THIS IS IN DECENT SHAPE.

GRADING.

SLEEVE:

VG++ ~  'Minimal' wear & tear: (light creases & ring wear, minor scuffs, but Generally OK!)

VG+ ~ will have obvious creases & ring wear, scuffs, some edge wear, Anything more, e.g. stickers, writing, splits etc. will be stated!

VG ~ will be VERY obviously in a well used state with grubby marks, heavy creases & ring wear, split seams, edge wear etc., in short...a bit tatty!

RECORD:

VG++ ~ light surface marks, scuffs, but NO serious visible flaws!

VG+ ~ marks, visible scratches, scuffs, spindle marks, but NO major flaws!

VG ~ will be well played, lots of heavy marks, scuffs, spindle wear, will definitely have surface  noise! in short...a bit 'rough'

Egg were an English progressive rock band formed in January 1969.The founding members of the group were Dave Stewart who played organ (not to be confused with guitarist David A. Stewart of Eurythmics), Mont Campbell on bass and vocals and drummer Clive Brooks. The band emerged from an earlier quartet formed whilst at City of London School called Uriel with guitarist Steve Hillage. After Hillage left the band in August 1968, the other three continued as a trio. Having signed a deal with the Middle Earth club's management branch, they were advised to change their name to Egg, allegedly because Uriel "sounded too much like 'urinal'". In mid 1969 the band signed a deal with Decca's 'progressive' sublabel Deram and released their debut album in March 1970 on their short-lived Nova series. While not a commercial success, it was received well enough for the label to finance the recording of a follow-up, but when the time came to release it, they got cold feet and it was all but shelved, until producer Neil Slaven's lobbying finally resulted in The Polite Force coming out in February 1971. Now signed to The Groundhogs' management company, Egg finished the year with an increased touring schedule, but in spite of accumulating enough material for a third album, were unable to secure another record deal, and called it a day in July 1972. In 1974, Stewart, now signed with Virgin as a member of Hatfield and the North, got a deal for Egg to record their unreleased material, which resulted in the farewell album The Civil Surface.

The Civil Surface is Egg’s third and final album. It was released in 1974. The band had broken up in 1972, not before performing some new material during their last concerts. The new songs were very well received by the audience, so the trio decided to re-unite to record these songs. The album features guest musicians such as Steve Hillage and Lindsay Cooper.

1974 U.K. ORIGINAL LP ON VIRGIN "TWO VIRGINS" OFF SHOOT LABEL" CAROLINE". BLACK/WHITE LABEL WITH CAROLINE IN RED. 

MATRIX:  A-1U,  B-1U.

CONDITION:

SLEEVE:  VG++.  Very light ring wear rear sleeve. Rest superb condition.  

RECORD: VG++. Only the very light surface marking of a very well looked after record of this age.Plays beautifully.   

                               SEE PHOTOGRAPH. 

TRACK LISTING:

1. "Germ Patrol" – 8:31
2. "Wind Quartet I" – 2:20
3. "Enneagram" – 9:07
4. "Prelude" – 4:17
5. "Wring Out The Ground (Loosely Now)" – 8:11
6. "Nearch" – 3:22
7. "Wind Quartet II" – 4:48

CAROLINE RECORDS.              C 1510.                         1974.

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