IAN CARR w/NUCLEUS "Labyrinth" '73 UK 1st VERTIGO *MINT

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IAN CARR w/NUCLEUS "Labyrinth" '73 UK 1st VERTIGO *MINT
1st SPACESHIP LABELS, ONE PLAY, STUNNING MINT AUDIO
IAN CARR with NUCLEUS
Labyrinth



HERE WE HAVE A SUPERB, UK VERTIGO (6360 091) FIRST PRESSING (April 1973) OF IAN CARR'S NUCLEUS,"Labyrinth" LP
ANOTHER SLICE OF FINE JAZZ/PROG/ROCK FUSION FROM NUCLEUS (I am currently offering 4 of their wonderful LPs for sale - all in beautiful, barely played condition) AND THIS ONE IS AGAIN, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
THE RECORD IS IN ONE PLAY, MINT CONDITION
THE ORIGINAL GATEFOLD SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT++ CONDITION

THE LP HAS THE FIRST ISSUE VERTIGO SPACESHIP LABELS, FIRST PRESS MATRIX: 6360091 1Y//1 / 6360091 2Y//1 AND IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL THICK CARD, MATTE GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Manufactured and printed in England"
A STUNNING COPY IN PRACTICALLY 'AS-NEW' CONDITION

Labyrinth was created to be somewhat of a concept album, an instrumental masterpiece telling the story of the Greek mythological character the Minotaur.
With such a serious and heavy topic, Ian Carr needed to compose some equally dense music, and with virtually the same line-up as on the bands previous album Belladonna, the results are staggering.
"Bull-Dance" has a huge big-band sound, littered with bombastic trumpets, clarinets, and full rock orchestra.
The great pianist Gordon Beck is featured on the lovely "Adriadne", which also includes a touching but brief vocal section from Norma Winstone, complemented by gentle flute.
The multi-part "Arena" is jazz rock at it's best, with spacey electric piano from Dave MacRae, nimble drum work from Tony Levin and raging horns from Kenny Wheeler and Tony Coe on sax.
The funky and symphonic "Exultation" is perhaps the albums strongest piece, with the rock solid rhythm section of Roye Babbington on bass, Levin, Clive Thacker, and Trevor Tomkins on drums and percussion, really locked in a groove and allowing the horns, reeds, and keyboards to soar to new heights. MacRae's electric piano solo will remind you of Joe Zawinul from Miles Davis' band and Weather Report, full of melodic yet aggressive energy.
The ensemble percussion solo towards the end of the piece was fun to hear, as the three players build to a furious crescendo before quietly slipping into the background to allow Babbington's bass to slowly bring the band back in for the final piece "Naxos." This part is a horn and reed tour-de-force, led by Carr and his flugelhorn. All in all a superb LP and a tremendous piece of work


Line-up/Musicians:
Roy Babbington / bass
Gordon Beck / electric piano
Ian Carr / trumpet
Tony Coe / saxophone, clarinet
Tony Levin / drums
Brian Smith / saxophone
Kenny Wheeler / trumpet


Recorded March 1973 - Phonogram Studios, London
Engineer Roger Wake - Producer Ian Carr & Roger Wake


Track Listing:
Side 1: Origins / Bull Dance / Ariadne / Arena
Side 2: Arena (Continued from Side One) / Exultation / Naxos

LABELS: The labels are CLEAN and BRIGHT with NO unwanted marks/writing and only one (mega) light spindle on ONE side. PRACTICALLY UNPLAYED AND MINT
VINYL Visual: The vinyl still retains its DEEP, LIKE-NEW, GLOSSY SHEEN and is UNMARKED. Visually 'AS-NEW'and MINT
VINYL Audio: BEAUTIFUL, CRYSTAL CLEAR, VERY SHARP and VERY STRONG audio reproduction. TREMENDOUS BRIGHT LOUD CUT WITH SENSATIONAL AUDIO DELIVERY. There are NO jumps, NO sticks, NO scratches, NO clicks or pops and NO surface noise. ABSOLUTELY STUNNING. Plays BEAUTIFULLY THROUGHOUT to an extremely high standard with GREAT CLARITY, NO groove-wear and NO distortion (its practically unplayed) and must be graded MINT, totally FLAWLESS playback and NOT over-graded in ANY way as I use strict RECORD COLLECTOR grading standards (please refer to my feedback and 'about me' page). BEAUTIFUL COPY OF A SENSATIONAL PIECE OF WORK
SLEEVE: The sleeve is in EXCELLENT++ condition - CLEAN, BRIGHT and FRESH. The spine is straight and true with all text CLEAR and BOLD and the edges are nice and SHARP with virtually NO wear at all. The outer surfaces are clean with very, very little rubbing and just ONE small half-moon crease on the opening edge. SUPERB SLEEVE
A BEAUTIFUL COPY OF A SENSATIONAL PIECE OF WORK AND I HONESTLY DO NOT THINK YOU WILL FIND ONE BETTER

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POST & PACKING
UK: 1st Class: £4.00 (Recorded Delivery)
EU: Airmail: £5.00 (Insured & Signed For: £8.50)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £8.00 (Insured & Signed For: £11.50)

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