HENRY COW "In Praise Of Learning" UK 1st PRESS Nr MINT

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Aug 30, 2010 Sold Date

Aug 20, 2010 Start Date

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HENRY COW "In Praise Of Learning" UK 1st PRESS Nr MINT

B/W CUSTOM LABELS, BLACK VIRGIN INNER, 1 PLAY, TOP COPY

HENRY COW (w/ SLAPP HAPPY)
In Praise Of Learning

ORIGINAL UK VIRGIN (V 2027) FIRST PRESSING OF HENRY COW'S THIRD LP FROM 1975, "In Praise Of Learning" IN BEAUTIFUL, ONCE PLAYED CONDITION AND DELIVERING TREMENDOUS NEAR MINT AUDIO THROUGHOUT (ON MY SYSTEM - AT A LOUD VOLUME) (please see detailed audio assessment below) - FANTASTIC COPY OF WHAT IS UNDOUBTEDLY HENRY COW'S MOST 'DIFFICULT', MOST POLITICAL ("Art is not a mirror - it is a hammer")BUT ULTIMATELY, MOST REWARDING WORK

PRESSED ON QUALITY MID-WEIGHT VINYL WITH THE FIRST ISSUE BLACK & WHITE VIRGIN LABELS (custom design with red lettering)
MATRIX: V 2027 A-2U / V 2027 B-3U
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1R and 1/A (one of the first 600-900 pressed)
THE ALBUM IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FIRST ISSUE BEAUTIFULLY GLOSSY, DEEPLY LAMINATED SLEEVE
AND COMES COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL BLACK, POLY-LINED VIRGIN INNER SLEEVE

Tim Hodgkinson – organ, clarinet, piano
Fred Frith – guitar, violin, xylophone, piano
John Greaves – bass guitar, piano
Chris Cutler – drums, radio
Dagmar Krause (credited as "Dagmar") – voice
Peter Blegvad – guitar, voice, clarinet
Anthony Moore – piano, electronics and tapework
Lindsay Cooper – bassoon, oboe

Track Listing:
Side 1: War (2:24) / Living In The Heart Of The Beast (15:18)
Side 2: Beginning: The Long March (6:20) / Beautiful As The Moon- Terrible As An Army With Banners (6:55) / Morning Star (6:02)

LABELS: The labels are clean, bright and unmarked with just one light spindle trace - beautiful copy, barely, if ever played - MINT(-)
VINYL Visual: The record lies perfectly flat on the turntable and both surfaces retain their original deep, like-new, glossy sheen - MINT(-)
VINYL Audio: Sensational audio quality throughout - crystal clear, clean, rich and warm sound and even though the cut is fairly quiet, on playback at a very loud volume (which is how I always listen to my records prior to listing) it sounds sensational. The only audible issues of note are 2 seconds of surface noise on the run-in on Side One and one pop (which rises above background level) on Side One otherwise, it's pretty much perfect and as this LP has many quiet/almost silent passages it really doesn't get much better than this. Critically graded as NEAR MINT for audio, I really don't think you'll find one which sounds better - great stuff
SLEEVE: The original 1st issue deeply laminated cover is clean, crisp and square. There is some rubbing to the spine (displayed in the photographs) but none to the top and bottom edges and the laminated surfaces are clean and unmarked with just some record impression - EXCELLENT
The original Virgin inner sleeve has a small split to the bottom edge but is otherwise, clean, crisp and fresh

PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I USUALLY TAKE QUITE A FEW SO YOU CAN GET A CLEAR INDICATION OF EVERY DETAIL OF THE ITEM
ALL GRADINGS ARE STRICT (PLEASE SEE MY FEEDBACK) SO YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE BUYING - EVEN THE SLIGHTEST DEFECTS ARE NOTED SO YOU CAN BE 100% CONFIDENT WITH YOUR PURCHASE - I AM AN AVID RECORD COLLECTOR MYSELF SO I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BUY RECORDS DESCRIBED AS PERFECT ONLY TO BE SEVERELY DISAPPOINTED
I HAVE UPLOADED AS MANY PICTURES AS I CAN BUT I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SUPPLY ANY ADDITIONAL PHOTOS ON REQUEST
PLEASE CHECK OUT MY OTHER AUCTIONS FOR MORE RARE AND COLLECTABLE VINYL
AND PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT ME WITH ANY QUERIES YOU MAY HAVE
THANKS FOR LOOKING, CHEERS

PLEASE REFER TO MY 'ABOUT ME' PAGE FOR MORE DETAILED INFO ON MY PLAY-GRADING, EQUIPMENT USED, P&P etc

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417 (GS 6.0.5 (417))

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