SOFT MACHINE Volume Two ABC/PROBE Orig.1969 Gatefold STERLING Prog/Psych NM LP
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Over 100 rare vintage PROG, Krautrock, SPACE ROCK and Electronic Music LPs in this Auction series.
from 50+ years collection of decades-long radio DJ, Record Store associate and dedicated Vinyl Collector.
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All Auctions in this series start at 99¢ opening bid!
Everybody should have a good chance at taking a few of these treasures home.
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Mostly 1st PRESSING Vintage imports, including a few Private Press and Promo LPs
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A lot of 1st Press CANTERBURY, KRAUTROCK and Euro-Prog LPs - some SIGNED - this time around, plus much more.
including some VERTIGO Swirl, Green BRAIN, OHR, PDU, Deram, Crypto, Harvest, Cobra, Spalax, Caroline, Charisma, etc. labels.
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Many still in SHRINK WRAP. Several STILL SEALED.
Quite a few Sterling, Masterdisk and Monarch (USA) pressings in the mix!
SECURE, TOP LP Packing and Materials - 40+ years experience.
This listing is for:
The Soft Machine
VOLUME TWO
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ABC COMMAND PROBE Records CPLP-4505 S
Original 1969 issue Stereo LP
1st issue grooved label w/ 'rainbow' logo
MASTERED by LEE HULKO
at STERLING SOUND
VINYL is NEAR MINT
Full Gloss Vinyl looks virtually unplayed. Exceptionally clean with no marks. Labels are immaculate both sides.
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COVER is EX+
Vivid, crisp sturdy gatefold is very close to Near Mint but has a tiny bb drill-hole in u.l. corner. Mild partial ringwear to back only. Front cover shows NO wear. No writing, creases, soil or other marks. Inside Gatefold is Super-Clean. Spine titles 100% legible. Seams and flat, even spine completely intact with no splits.
*tiny bb delete drill at u.l. corner is normal for this LP (...greatness that it is)
STRICT CONSERVATIVE GOLDMINE GRADING
NM / EX(VG++) / VG+ / VG
RARE EARLIEST STERLING SOUND / LEE HULKO MASTER
MATRIX NUMBERS (STAMPED - w/ETCHED initials)
SIDE ONE: CPLP 4505 A 2-LW LW SS LH
SIDE TWO: CPLP 4505 A 2-LW LW SS LH
"SS" for STERLING SOUND; "LH" for LEE HULKO
* HULKO was STERLING SOUND Co-founder (1968) - and already a renowned top-demand mastering engineer
the etched "SS" is only found on the very earliest STERLING SOUND Mastered vinyl.
...soon to be replaced by the more commonly found STERLING SOUND stamp.
SOFT MACHINE's fantastic and genre-defining Canterbury Scene masterpiece.
VOLUME TWO retains the psychedelia first encountered on their previous (debut) album though now more infused with a mixture of metaphysical and cryptically enigmatic lyrics, while instrumentally the psychedelic jamming is heavily infused with a complex progressive jazz flavor - courtesy of the newly arrived (original WILDE FLOWERS member) HUGH HOPPER who replaced the departed Kevin Ayers.
Monumental early Canterbury Scene recording!
"© copyright MCMLXIX Grand Award Records Co., Inc." printed inside gatefold.
"Mfg. by Grand Award Record Co., Inc. A subsidiary of ABC Records, Inc...." printed on labels and back cover.
Original "Rainbow" ABC Command PROBE logo at top of labels.
Released in a gatefold cover.
Includes photo-illustrated ABC/Dunhill Records company inner sleeve.
Track Listing
Side 1 - Rivmic Melodies:
1. Pataphysical Introduction Pt. I (1:00)
2. A Concise British Alphabet Pt. I (0:10)
3. Hibou, Anemone and Bear (5:58)
4. A Concise British Alphabet Pt. II (0:12)
5. Hulloder (0:52)
6. Dada Was Here (3:25)
7. Thank You Pierrot Lunaire (0:47)
8. Have You Ever Bean Green? (1:23)
9. Pataphysical Introduction Pt. II (0:50)
10. Out of Tunes (2:30)
Side 2 - Esther's Nose Job:
1. As Long as He Lies Perfectly Still (2:30)
2. Dedicated to You But You Weren't Listening (2:30)
3. Fire Engine Passing With Bells Clanging (1:50)
4. Pig (2:08)
5. Orange Skin Food (1:52)
6. A Door Opens And Closes (1:09)
7. 10.30 Returns to the Bedroom (4:14)
It would be very hard to find a cleaner 1st issue anywhere today.
Clean, UNSPLIT Original Company inner sleeve included
Vinyl inside additional anti-static lined inner sleeve
Album kept in a protective, poly outer-sleeve
.Please see my other listings for more Rare SOFT MACHINE and related LPs
and other Vintage Collectible KRAUTROCK, PROG, PROG-PSYCH, ELECTRONIC and SPACE-ROCK Import LPs.
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From an utterly vast and deep record collection, from my life-long best friend
who was a DJ at the Radio Station I co-founded in the 1970's - and who worked for me at my California record store in the '70s and '80s.
Sadly he has now finally left this mortal coil, bequeathing me his deep Vinyl Mine.
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Several thousand records (mostly LP's, but also hundreds of 45's), several hundred collectible and Rare, Out of Print CDs and Box Sets,
plus posters and other memorabilia will all eventually be listed.
Truly a great (and enormous) collection!
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