ROY HARPER - FLAT BAROQUE & BESERK - UK HARVEST ORIGINAL - PSYCH FOLK - VG++

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ROY HARPER

FLAT BAROQUE AND BESERK

UK HARVEST SHVL766

STEREO

1ST PRESS

A3 / B2

NOT A RE-RELEASE

ORIGINAL MIX – ORIGINAL RELEASE

ALBUM IN VG++ TO EX MINUS CONDITION

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL MASTER AND MIX

VINYL IS VG++ TO EX MINUS - HAS MINOR HAIR LINES VISIBLE UNDER BRIGHT LIGHTS – HAS ONE FELT SCUFF/ SCRATCH LAST TRACK SIDE 1 –WHICH PLAYS WITH AN OCCASIONAL SMALL TICK  - OTHERWISE PERFECT AND PLAYS TRUE WITH ALL DYNAMICS WITH NICE BASS AND HIGHS

WITHOUT THIS FELT THIN SCRATCH, THE VINYL WOULD BE A DEFINITE EXCELLENT MINUS

THIS IS A VERY RARE FIRST UK PRESSING

LAMINATED SLEEVE IS EXCELLENT MINUS –– NO SPLITS- NO LABELS– VERY MINIMAL AGE WEAR AND NO RING WEAR –– SMALL BUMPING ON BOTTOM - SPINE IS EXCELLENT

ONLY BAD POINT IN COVER CONDITION IS INITIALS ON FRONT (SEE PIC)

LABELS EXCELLENT WITH GOOD SPINDLE HOLES NO DAMAGE NO WRITING – NO STICKERS

PLEASE SEE PICTURES

Despite having a Led Zeppelin track named after him, British folk singer Roy Harper never quite caught on in America. This meant that the typical American rock fan has probably only ever heard him on Pink Floyd’s “Have a Cigar”, on which he sings the lead. Despite working with a bevy of his more-famous friends, Harper’s solo albums have never had much of a hearing, though he has never seemed particularly concerned about being accessible. (He refers to himself as the “longest running underground act in the world”.)  His work doesn’t reward casual listening, and his songs generally demand many plays before they begin to reveal themselves.

Made after he signed with the then-fledgling prog label Harvest, Flat Baroque and Berserk was the first album Harper recorded in a proper studio (and his fourth album overall), but it makes a point of flourishing its unadorned production from the beginning. It opens with an awkward punch-in, followed by Harper counting off before launching into the jaunty “Don’t You Grieve”, an apologia of sorts for Judas Iscariot.  For the most part, the album’s arrangements consist of Harper strumming a guitar and singing, with the exception of “Tom Tiddler’s Ground”, which has Tony Visconti piping along on the recorder, and the last song, the heavy, “Hell’s Angels”, which, thanks to the flute jam over rock instrumentation (supplied by Keith Emerson’s band the Nice) sounds a little like Jethro Tull. (POPMATTERS)

NOTE: THE LP HAS BEEN PLAY GRADED BUT NOT CLEANED, A GOOD CLEANING IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO MAKE THIS LP EVEN BETTER!!

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

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How I Grade Condition Of Discs

Mint

This means I have owned it from new or purchased from a distributors warehouse, basically it means absolutely new shape, never been played or out of its dust cover. In the case of LP's, a North American album will have to be factory sealed (anyone can reseal an album!) Take Note: European and Japaneses albums were never shrink wrapped!

Note: Being mint does not guarantee it's free of pops and clicks, many pressings especially from the US were made with very poor vinyl and in a hurry which means often there are imperfections in the pressing. As a former importer, we were often given back brand new albums due to clicks heard in the playback.

Mint Minus - No such thing, it's either mint or not.

Excellent - A disc is super clean, with no visible marks

 Excellent Plus, means it's probably mint but can't be proven by me.

Excellent minus, is a disc that is excellent except it may have some markings that do not show up in the playing

VG - A disc that is STILL in good shape, WILL have some scuffs or scratches, not in excellent shape but well worth owning. VG + and ++,a disc that is that much better than VG.

VG minus, just a smidgen below VG

Good - A disc that can be played, has obvious ware but is worth owning, a DJ copy of a rare early Motown for instance or a rare Doo-Wop or Northern Soul which could still be worth a fortune, Good Minus & Good Plus is a step above or below Good. In most cases I will not offer a disc in this condition unless it's rare and hard to find.

LABELS

Labels do not alter the grading of vinyl; many records are Excellent, looked after by the previous owner but still have their initials or markings on the label. A DJ copy will often have markings to show which side to be plugged, or the length of the intro. Many labels and covers in the US have been punched, that was done by the record company to show the disc was deleted and shipped out to mass retailers to sell cheap and could not be returned for a credit, this does not impede the value, many records eg Swan and VJ Beatles were done like that, also many promo lp’s were punched or slit to show they were provided as promotion and not charged to the client and no royalties paid to the artist