Emerson Lake & Palmer - Volume 1 - Immaculate Mint UK First Pressing Double LP

	£		51
	$		68

Artist & Title: Emerson Lake & Palmer ?– Works (Volume 1)

IMMACULATE MINT 1977 UK FIRST PRESSING 14-track double vinyl LP, featuring a side devoted to each band member plus a side for the whole band, housed in a superb embossed tri-fold picture sleeve with lyrics and band portraits inside. The records are in as-new Immaculate Mint condition and sound as wonderful as ever. And the sharp and clean tri-fold cover is also in Mint condition. See pics. This is a superb collector’s copy of this definitive British Progressive Art Rock album.
Highly desirable for its very rare First Pressing -A- / -B- / -C- (2) / -D- (2) matrices, pattern 1 labels and immaculate Mint condition vinyl, and increasingly difficult to find in this condition. This could be a once in a lifetime opportunity to add this unbelievable one owner rarity to your collection at an extremely advantageous price.

Catalogue Number: Atlantic ?– K 80009

Release date: 1977

Overall Grade: Mint/Mint (LP/Cover)

Matrix (Runout): Side 1: K-80009-A-  Side 2: K-80009-B-  Side 3: K-80009-C- (2)  Side 4: K-80009-D- (2)
All runouts are also stamped: ATLANTIC STUDIOS D.K.

Notes: Released in a Tri-fold sleeve with embossed ELP logo on the front cover.
Back cover code: K80009 (SD2-7000)
Spine code: K 80009 ?
Labels: K 80009
The UK release of Works Volume 1 had white labels, with two different, chronologically coexistent, code patterns. The LPs offered here all have pattern one.

Sleeve: Printed in England by Robor Ltd.

This unique crossover LP is hardly ever offered for sale in this condition – if ever.

“All the elements that made ELP great are here. Twisty and inventive keyboard playing, dynamic drumming and Lake's impassioned delivery combined with some fine orchestration. I love this!! Overall a masterpiece. I would not want to be stranded on a desert island without it!”

This is the extremely rare real thing: a genuine IMMACULATE MINT CONDITION 1977 UK FIRST PRESSING FROM THE FIRST CUT. The records are in immaculate as-new condition and the tri-fold sleeve is also in as-new mint condition. All items are free from any major defects such as stains, tears, dog ears or writing. See pics. All items are the genuine originals bought together by me in 1977 (one careful owner!) not reprints or replacements. The LPs are the original 1977 UK stereo LPs, which were only played occasionally on top-end audiophile equipment and lovingly cared for.

“I love this album still, and it brings back great memories, very much at the forefront of that thrilling period when one discovers the music that will become part of one's life. Recommended.”

Works was designed as album set that would decipher the elements that made up ELP and their music. Keith Emerson's piano concerto is a delight to listen to. Both elegant and enthralling, his piano playing backed by an orchestra shows a new side to his music and composing skills.
Singer Greg Lake delivers five songs also backed by an orchestral arrangement. Three of them, Lend Your Love To Me Tonight, C'est La Vie and Close To Believing are three incredibly romantic songs and are simply beautiful.
Carl Palmer shows some new angles and early influences in his drum playing including a fun song called L.A. Nights with Keith Emerson and Joe Walsh and a re-interpretation of the instrumental Tank from the first album.
The fourth side shows ELP coming together for two of their best performances yet. A rousing and no holds barred rendition of Aaron Copland's Fanfare for The Common Man and Pirates, a thrilling and larger than life tale of scoundrel life on the high seas.
This set isn't a ELP album in the classic sense but a study in the influences and the makeup of Keith Emerson, Greg Lake & Carl Palmer and what brought them to that point in 1977.

This may be your only ONCE IN A LIFETIME chance to own this rare piece of music history in this condition.

 “Pompous? Arrogant? Pretentious? WHO CARES!!! This album is sheer brilliance, mostly as a result of Keith Emerson's incredible classical writing.”

A fantastic time warp example of this rarity in amazing condition, a true investment grade item - get it while you can!

AND IT MUST SELL IN THIS ONCE ONLY AUCTION

You can read more about this album and ELP all over the web.

I pack my records professionally in stiff corrugated cruciform record boxes leaving the Vinyl (housed in anti-static bags) outside the Sleeve.

Postage discounts for multiple orders are available: £1 per additional LP, up to a maximum of 4, in the UK.
£4 per additional LP, up to a maximum of 4, in the Rest of the World.

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