GIL MELLE THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN '71 MCA ORIG AUST PRESS
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GIL MELLE "THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN" 1971 MCA ORIG. AUSTRALIAN PRESSING.
QUITE A RARITY, IT WOULD SEEM. ONE OF THE FEW TOTALLY ELECTRONIC SOUNDTRACKS. THE FIRST 10,000 US COPIES CAME IN A TRICK HEXAGONAL SLEEVE, WHICH SOLD OUT VERY QUICKLY. M.C.A (KAPP), RELUCTANTLY & AT THE BEHEST OF GIL MELLE, DID A SECOND PRESSING BUT WITH OUT THE 'SLEEVE'. SALES WERE S/LOW & THE COMPANY LOST INTEREST. WEIRDLY ENOUGH THE AUSTRALIAN ARM OF M.C.A. (LICENSED THRU 'ASTOR') PRESSED UP A LOCAL VERSION (WITHOUT THE FANCY SLEEVE) - HOW MANY WERE PRESSED, I HAVE NO IDEA - BUT IT WOULDN'T BE MANY (THIS BEING THE ONLY COPY I'VE SEEN) & CERTAINLY WOULD BE ALOT SCARCER THAN IT'S US COUNTERPART. IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW IF IT WAS REALEASED ELSEWHERE - PROBABLY THE UK, AT LEAST?? AND THE MUSIC?- PRETTY DAMN AMAZIN'.
COMPOSED, PRODUCED & ARANGED BY GIL MELLE.
THE TRACKS; WILDFIRE; HEX; ANDROMEDA; DESERT STRIP; THE PIEDMONT ELERGY; OP; XENOGGENESIS; STROBE CRYSTAL GREEN.
NOTE; THE PHOTO I TOOK HAS A PINK TINGE - THE TRUE COLOUR OF THIS SLEEVE IS SILVER-GREY WITH BLUE PRINT. ( REAR SLEEVE FEATURES A 'BRIGETTE RILEY' OPTICAL PAINTIING.
THIS ORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN PRESSING IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - THE SLEEVE HAS SOME VERY LIGHT CREASES, OTHERWISE FINE. THE VINYL IS VIRTUALLY SPOTLESS. LOOKS & PLAYS EXCELLENTO!!.
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