Meic Stevens Outlander Rare Pysch Folk 1st Press Orig
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MEIC STEVENS / OUTLANDER - WARNER BROS. (UK) WS3005.
Record is very near mint, it was obtained many years ago. LP is unplayed with no spindle marks, still in it's poly-lined bag and with the printed insert/lyric sheet. Very little wear to the sleeve, one small low-tack sticker top left on the front (with K46057 written on it by WB Royalties for filing; easy to remove), a small spot on the spine and very minor wear to the bottom edge. Otherwise, almost perfect. Had been filed on a shelf for nearly 40 years.
Meic Stevens may not be a familiar name in much of the world, but in his native Wales the singer-songwriter's stature is often compared to that of Bob Dylan. A local legend whose psych-folk influence can be heard in such contemporary Welsh groups as Super Furry Animals and Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Stevens also founded his country's first independent record company, the estimable Sain label. Stevens sang mostly in his native language, a political act not unlike speaking Basque in Spain or Cherokee in the U.S. His one English-language album is 1970's Outlander, an outstanding marriage of musicianship and eclecticism. Arising from the same fertile soil as the work of the late-'60s icons, Stevens's album nonetheless manages to avoid easy comparisons. Its jazz-Indo-psych ragas merge seamlessly with its acid folksongs and Dylan-esque meditations on relationships and politics. Performed by a remarkable cast of musicians hand-picked by English rock tastemaker Ian Samwell, Outlander was created with a minimum of rehearsal and consists largely of first takes. Greeted with critical acclaim upon Outlander's U.K. release, Stevens traveled Stateside for a two-week tour in the summer of 1970. But the album never crossed the Atlantic; and this album remains his only major-label release.
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