ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA: 1971 UK HARVEST 1st PRESS BARELY PLAYED Nr MINT
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£ 53
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Apr 7, 2014
Sold Date
Mar 28, 2014
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£ 20
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ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA: 1971 UK HARVEST 1st PRESS BARELY PLAYED Nr MINT
TEXTURED G&L GF, HARVEST INNER, RARE LYRIC INSERT
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRAThe Electric Light Orchestra
UK HARVEST (SHVL 797) FIRST PRESSING (December 1971) OF THE ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA'S DEBUT LP
LOVELY COPY - SEEN LITTLE PLAY - DELIVERS OUTSTANDING AUDIO QUALITY THROUGHOUT AND IT COMES COMPLETE WITH THE ELUSIVE LYRIC INSERT (very rarely seen - not placed in every copy)
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: 2/RO and 1/RD
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FULLY TEXTURED GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.” WITH FACTORY SEALED LEFT SIDE EDGE - DATE CODED '7112' (1971, December)
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: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels - a few light spindles only
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like-new, unmarked under normal light they show just harmless wispy hairlines under bright light
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Outstanding audio quality - deep, rich and warm and my play-check at loud volume found little to fault - just a couple of (non-continuous) light ticks - nothing I found in the slightest intrusive - lovely copy
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
The 1st issue heavily textured (inside and out) gatefold cover is also in great shape and apart from some points of rub (mostly to the spine) is clean and unmarked
INSERT: NEAR MINT
This lyric sheet (printed on one side of yellow paper) is incredibly rare (I have personally only ever seen one before) and it's practically untouched -nothing but a small crease on the edge where it has caught inside the gatefold
INNER SLEEVE: EXCELLENT+
The Harvest inner bag is clean and unmarked - no splits (just some natural age-related fading)
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: FREE (2nd Class Recorded Delivery)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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