kentgirl22 is pleased to offer for sale the following rare original UK vinyl LP:

IAN CARR'S NUCLEUS

"OUT OF THE LONG DARK"

RARE ORIGINAL 1979 UK CAPITOL RECORDS VINYL LP

CAT.NO.E-ST 11916 - STEREO

Tracks

Side 1.

1. Gone With The Weed
2. Lady Bountiful
3. Solar Wind
4. Selina

Side 2.

1. Out Of The Long Dark
2. Sassy (American Girl)
3. Simply This (The Human Condition)
4. Black Ballad (Ecce Domina)
5. For Liam

All pieces composed by Ian Carr, except Solar Wind which is by Geoff Castle
Recorded and mixed at Abbey Road Studios, London England, November 1978

Rare Original 1979 UK Capitol Records Stereo Vinyl LP

Record Label: Capitol Records

Catalogue No: E-ST 11916

Matrix Nos: 1/1

Year: 1979

Made In UK

CONDITION

Vinyl: Mint-

(Vinyl retains it's original full gloss having only been played a couple of times from new)

Labels: Mint-

LP Cover: EX

(Light creases on the front near the top & bottom left corners and a shelf wear scuff on lower edge)

NOTES

IAN CARR'S NUCLEUS

"OUT OF THE LONG DARK"

Personnel:

 Ian Carr (trumpet, amplified trumpet, flugelhorn, electric piano); Brian Smith (tenor and soprano saxes, flute, alto flute, percussion); Geoff Castle (fender rhodes electric piano, yamaha electric piano, synthesizers); Billy Kristian (bass guitar); Roger Sellers (drums and percussion).

Also Featuring:

Neil Ardley (Arp Odyssey, polyphonic synthesiser); Richard Burgess (percussion); Chris Fletcher (percussion on "solar wind").

On offer here, from my own collection, is this rare original 1979 UK Capitol Records Purple & Silver label first pressing vinyl LP.

Ian Carr has been on the cutting edge of the British jazz scene for nearly four decades. Self-trained as a musician, Carr played an important role in the development of jazz-rock fusion, playing with John McLaughlin in the early '60s, forming one of England's first electronic jazz-rock fusion groups, Nucleus, in 1969 and playing with the international band the United Jazz Rock Ensemble, since 1975.

By the time November '78 rolled around, and Ian Carr reconvened the same group that had recorded In Flagrante Delicto nearly two years earlier, he was going through a personal musical crisis. After recording an album, on average, every six months since the group's inception, Carr had become, surprisingly, dissatisfied with his own writing and playing. Surprisingly because, based on the strength of In Flagrante Delicto , Nucleus seemed reinvigorated and Carr's playing, melodic as always, seemed stronger than ever. Out of the Long Dark is a clear return to form.

Sure, there were some nods to trends of the day—drummer Roger Sellers' disco beat on the opening "Gone With the Weed" sounds as dated as so many other similarly-informed fusion bands of the time did. But tunes including "Selina," which tips a very big nod to Miles Davis' "All Blues," and the dark funk of the title track, with Smith's flute and Carr's muted trumpet excelling at the kind of in tandem interplay that they always do so well, are some of Carr's strongest compositions in years. And "For Liam," a solo piece by Carr that finishes the record, shows him to be at the top of his game, both technically and emotionally. Of course, this is jazz-fusion all the way through, but so magnificently played and performed! It's a highly recommended album - an excellent addition to any Ian Carr or jazz collection. If you like jazz-fusion this album is a 'must' have.

On offer here, from my own collection, is an oiginal UK Capitol label vinyl issue of this superb 1970's jazz-fusion album.

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MINT (M): The record / cd displays barely any signs of use, if any, with no marks or deterioration in sound quality. Extra items and cover are near perfect.

EXCELLENT (EX): Shows only minor signs of being played with very little lessening in sound quality. The Cover and extras will have some light wear and or creasing

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