EGG - THE POLITE FORCE 1st UK Press EX+ RaRe ARZACHEL URIEL
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EGG - THE POLITE FORCE
1st UK Press DERAM UK 1971
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' music subsidiary 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.
Vinyl: EX to EX+. A phenomenal copy of a phenomenally rare quality album. I have played this all the way through and it sounded simply stunning on my Linn Sondek/ B&W system. A vastly overlooked gem with supreme production. The vinyl looks NM in normal light and only has only light wispy paper removal traces under a bright light. It doesn't get much better than this. A superb copy of a fast disappearing jewel.
Sleeve: EX. Front laminated with photos of band members to the back. A great example really with just two very small creases near the corner. I have never seen a better sleeve than this one of this album. A nice and crisp opening and dead straight edges. "Pinched" spine ends as customary for the late sixties. No edge wear, No writing or smudging, No storagewear. This comes in its original blue printed poly lined inner sleeve. The pictures tell all.
I have played this in FULL> The replay is ASTOUNDING!!! There are not any jumps, pops or skips. Very remarkable for this 1971 vinyl!!! The heavy vinyl with high groovewalls provide a fantastic audio experience with unequalled channelling . I played this on my Technics turntable with a Linn cartridge and through my very revealing B&W three way speakers!!! A beautiful CLASSIC with supreme songcraft , a joy to listen to!!!!
This is a unique investment opportunity!!! The next prog album to go completely through the roof. Finding this album in any condition at all is nearly impossible so late in the day. Get this while you still can. This value of the album is only going to go one way ... up and up ... until it will be totally unavailable at all for a reasonable price.
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