GENESIS Nursery Cryme V Rare Orig UK Pink Charisma Prog
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Genesis
Nursery Cryme
Very Rare Original UK LP released on Charisma Records in 1971. 1st UK pressing on the Pink Scroll Label and comes in a Textured Gatefold sleeve that is printed by the E.J. Day group, London. It also has the B&C Records credits on the inside of the sleeve, See pictures.
Matrix No's
Side One - CAS 1052 A-1U
Side Two - CAS 1052 B-2U
Like Trespass the preceding Genesis album, Nursery Cryme was also recorded at London's famous Trident Studios. Trident was one of only a handful of British studios to have 16-track equipment, which was state of the art for the time. Though not as polished in production terms as the albums that followed, Nursery Cryme was still a progression from the group's second album. The folky feel was retained on songs such as "Harlequin" and "For Absent Friends", but other tracks displayed a more aggressive and strident sound. Hackett's lead guitar playing contributed a lot to this, with strong solos contained within "The Musical Box", "The Return of the Giant Hogweed" and "The Fountain Of Salmacis".
Banks also contributed towards the more aggressive sound in various ways: for some time before Hackett's recruitment, Genesis had performed live as a four-piece, with Banks substituting for guitar by playing lead solos on his Hohner "Pianet" electric piano, played through a fuzz box. This technique can be heard on "The Musical Box" and the intro to "The Return of the Giant Hogweed". In addition, the band purchased their own Mellotron Mark II (from King Crimson). Banks employed the Mk II "three violins" sound to great effect in "The Fountain Of Salmacis" and "Seven Stones", whilst the climax of "The Return of the Giant Hogweed" used fuzzed Mk. II "combined brass".
A further element in the band's growing sound was Rutherford's use of the stand-alone electronic bass pedal unit Dewtron "Mister Bassman". Even a song such as "Harold the Barrel", which used none of this new instrumentation, was possessed of a sprightly energy quite unlike anything on Trespass.
TRACKS ARE :-
Side One
1. The Musical Box
2. For Absent Friends
3. The return of The Giant Hogweed
Side Two
1. Seven Stones
2. Harold The Barrel
3. Harlequin
4. The Fountain of Salmacis
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Released on 'Charisma Records' in 1971
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Catalogue No. CAS 1052
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Disc is in Vg condition (some surface marks and a couple of light scratches)
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Sleeve is in Ex + condition (some edge wear)
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