JUSTINE- Self Titled. 1970 UK Orig.UNI Label. N.MINT
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JUSTINE
'JUSTINE'
ORIGINAL 197O 1ST PRESSING STEREO UK LP
UK UNI LABEL - UNLS 111
MATRIX NUMBERS: (7-200-2L / 7-201-2L)
'JT' TAX CODE IN RUN OFFS ON BOTH SIDES
A GREAT COPY!!!
THE MEGA RARE AND EXTREMLY COLLECTABLE
1ST PRESS UK LP 'JUSTINE'
BY JUSTINE.
THIS STEREO LP BEING THE BANDS
1st AND ONLY ALBUM TO BE RELEASED IN THE UK.
ONE OF THE RAREST UK LABEL FOLK/PSYCH ALBUMS,
IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE IN ANY CONDITION,
LET ALONE LIKE THIS, IN NEAR MINT CONDITION.
QUALITY MUSIC, WITH GREAT GUITAR, WAH WAH AND STRONG MATERIAL.
JUSTINE WERE A BAND OF FIVE VOCALISTS AND TWO GUITARISTS,
AUGMENTED IN RECORDING BY FURTHER MUSCIANS.
THEY SIT BETWEEN THE PSYCHEDELIC FOLK-ROCK SOUND OF
LA (LOVING SPOONFUL, BYRDS), UK (SF SORROW OR PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN)
AND PROGRESSIVE ROCK. THE FIVE VOCALISTS WEAVE IN HARMONY
PROVIDING A RICH SOUND, AND IT IS THIS THAT BINDS THE ALBUM.
THE SONGS ARE SOFT EARLY FOLK ROCK
LIKE DONOVANS'S 'GIFT FROM A GARDEN TO A FLOWER' WITH PSYCHEDELIC
ELECTRIC GUITAR AND EFFECTS. THE FIRST TRACK 'FLYING' LIVES UP TO IT'S TITLE
WITH FLUTE FLUTTERING, SWOONING STRINGS AND TIGHT HARMONIES.
THE SONGS MIX THE INNOCENT, QUIRKY AND STRANGE TO HEADY EFFECT.
SOME OF THE SONGS ARE FAIRLY UNIQUE IN FOLK, AS THEY MIX HORNS
WHICH EXPANDS THE MIX, GIVING A WARMTH THAT FOLK SOMETIMES FINDS HARD
TO ACHIEVE. IN THE LAST TRACK THEY CREATE A CLASSIC, THAT LIVES UP,
LITERALLY TO IT'S TITLE OF 'AMAZING JOURNEY'. IT STARTS WITH FOLK GUITAR,
INTRODUCES FUZZ GUITAR, THEN WAH WAH BUILDS TO A CRESCENDO
AND DROPS BACK TO A DELICATE FOLK BALLAD WITHIN THE FIRST MINUTE.
IT BUILDS UP INTRODUCING 'A DAY IN THE LIFE' STYLE STRINGS AND MASSED
VOCALS. TOWARDS THE END IT EXPLODES WITH A STAGGERING NUMBER OF LAYERS
THAT ROY WOOD OF THE MOVE, WAS EXPERT AT.
STRANGE EFFECTS COME IN, WILD GUITARS SOLO, FLUTES, HORN AND STRINGS
ABOUND AND A PROPULSIVE RYTHM SECTION DRIVES THE WHOLE THING
EXPLOSIVELY, AS THE SINGER MOVES FROM FOLK WHISPERS INTO ROBERT PLANT
STYLE WAILS. AN EXCELLENT TRACK ON A MOST ENJOYABLE ALBUM
WHICH SHOWS THE LINK BETWEEN THE EARLIER PSYCHEDELIC SOUND,
AND THE LATER MUSICAL INDULGENCE OF PROGRESSIVE ROCK
SPELLBINDING FROM START TO FINISH!
AN ESSENTIAL PSYCH/PROG ROCK GEM!!!
THE RECORD IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION
IT HAS A BRIGHT MIRROR SHEEN AND HAS HAD VERY LITTLE PLAY
DIFFICULT TO SEE UNDER BRIGHT LIGHT THERE ARE VERY FEW,
VERY LIGHT AND VERY FAINT, PAPER TRACES.
IT HAS BEEN LOOKED AFTER.
THE LABELS ARE ALSO IN SUPERB CONDITION,
WITH ON LIGHT SPIDER MARK AROUND THE CENTRE HOLE ON SIDE TWO.
THE RECORD COMES IN IT'S ORIGINAL PAPER INNER SLEEVE
IN NEAR MINT CONDITION.
THE GATEFOLD, FIRST ISSUE EJ DAY, TEXTURED FINISHED SLEEVE
IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.
THERE IS THE STARTING OF SOME VERY LIGHT RING WEAR
TO THE FRONT AND BACK.
THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER ON THE BACK
HAS A VERY SMALL, LIGHT 2CM CREASE.
THERE ARE NO TEARS AND THE EDGES ARE SHARP,
WITH NO SPLITTING TO THE SPINE.
THE GATEFOLD SLEEVE INSIDE IS ALSO IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.
ONE OF THE RAREST UK PSYCHEDELIC ROCK RELEASES OF THE SEVENTIES,
THAT NEVER SHOWS IT'S BEAUTIFUL HEAD, SO RARLEY LOCATED.
ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
THANKS FOR LOOKING
PAYMENT BY PAYPAL
POSTAGE AND PACKING COST : £5.00
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