Richard Thompson Henry the Human Fly LP '72 Sandy Denny

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Up for auction is a rare & out-of-print vinyl copy of Richard Thompson's 1972 solo debut album, "Henry the Human Fly," on Carthage Records.  Carthage Records Cat.# CGLP 4405.  Features guest performances by Sandy Denny, Linda (Peters) Thompson, Ashley Hutchings, and John Kirkpatrick!

Cover is in VG+ condition.  Some ringwear, creasing, & shelfwear.  A small amount of sticker residue on front of jacket.  Corners are slightly dinged.  No seam splitting or staining.
Vinyl is EX/borderline NM condition.  Has extremely shallow  and minor surface markings that keep it just below NM condition.  No skipping on either of my turntables.  Sounds amazing.  Still very glossy!!!

The All-Music Guide's 4 1/2 star review (out of 5) has this to say: 

Fans and critics alike seemed to have a difficult time getting a handle on Thompson's new direction, which, for the most part, eschews the electric guitar that had been an integral part of the British folk-rock he had helped forge with his former band Fairport Convention. With the exception of a couple of short instrumental breaks and various electric shadings, Thompson's Stratocaster defers to accordions, fiddles, whistles, dulcimers, harps, and his own acoustic guitar. The songs, which are more idiosyncratic than his Fairport output, are the primary focus. Cuts such as "The Poor Ditching Boy," "The New St. George," and "The Old Changing Way" have the timelessness of the best traditional material Fairport had been mining in the past, while "Roll Over Vaughn Williams," with its swirling electric guitar, and the accordion and electric guitar interplay of the folk-rocker "The Angels Took My Racehorse Away" are prime examples of Thompson's vision of fusing the old and the new. At the time of its release, Henry the Human Fly, with its fresh, yet eccentric take on folk and rock, along with tales of "poor ditching boys," racehorses, tinkers, "painted ladies," and weddings where "nobody's wed" was not a fashionable record, but like the bulk of Richard Thompson's work, it transcends times and trends. Linda Peters (Thompson), Sandy Denny, Ashley Hutchings, and John Kirkpatrick guest.