FOREST 1st press UK 69 FOLK PSYCHE Harvest

	£		74
	$		98

 VERY RARE  FIRST PRESSING LP RELEASED IN 1969 WITH ORIGINAL  UN-LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE .

Fantastic acid- folk .

 Not strictly ‘progressive’ but one of the earliest and most prized and wonderful albums from the vintage Harvest catalogue, a label noted for its progressive music and one of the most difficult to find.

This indeed has the earliest matrixes of A-1G / B-1G

From 1967 the psych wave was drifting into all forms of music from pop to folk and was no exception. Groups like the Incredible String Band (ISB) started the revolution and others like Dr Strangely Strange and now Harvest followed their lead. They made just two albums, both on Harvest and are both extremely rare and difficult to find, they have eluded many collectors for years only selling in very small numbers. Their career was pushed forward by John Peel and eventually they got their chance with the progressive Harvest label, this debut was recorded at the Abbey Road studio, all the songs were original and brilliantly captivating. The stunning artwork was done by Joan Melville. Peel does the comprehensive sleeve notes. Musically haunting, the some strangely-strange melodies and great improvisations. This has long been a connoisseurs prog-folk albums and highly sort after.  Harder to find than the second album .

Artist (group)                 FOREST

the band is:  Martin Welham - 12-string guitar, organ, harmonium, piano, pipes, percussion; Derek Allenby - mandolin, harmonica, pipes, harnonium, percussion; Hadrian Welham - guitar, harmonica, pipes, cello, electric harpsichord, harmonium, percussion, organ, mandolin.

Title                                Forest

Track list :

Side 1: Bad Penny; A Glade Somewhere; Lovemakers’ Ways; While You’re Gone; Syvie (we’d better not pretend); A Fantasy You.

Side 2: Fading Light; Do You Want Some Smoke?; Don’t Want to Go; Nothing Else Will Matter; Mirror of Life; Rain is on My Balcony.

Label/#                          Harvest SHVL 760 original labels format with no EMI on the rims.

Matrix Nos: SHVL 760 A-1G / SHVL 760 B-1G

Year of release               1969

Mode /Speed/format:  LP Stereo / 33.3 rpm.

Record condition :  Look VG++ . EX audio quality.

has some superficial hairlines  which are not audible.

Cover condition: 

the cover could be considered as EX without the damage caused by some water on the left lower corner(see photos) which gets both side. The edge is used but not opened.

The set offering a very beautiful performance for this megarare record.

My scale of grades goes from : M / M-/ EX / VG + + / VG + / VG to VG -

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