STEVIE WONDER Innervisions 1973 UK TAMLA MOTOWN 1st PRESS NEAR MINT
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STEVIE WONDER Innervisions 1973 UK TAMLA MOTOWN 1st PRESS NEAR MINT
STEVIE WONDERInnervisions
UK TAMLA MOTOWN (STMA 8011) FIRST PRESSING (November 1973)
GREAT COPY WHICH HAS SEE LITTLE USE AND PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST MOTOWN LABELS WITH "THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD." RIM TEXT
MATRIX: STMA 8011 A-5 / STMA 8011 B-2
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL SOFT-BACKED GATEFOLD COVER "Printed and made in England by Garrod and Lofthouse Ltd.” WITH EFRAM WOLFF'S BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL EMI "IMPORTANT NOTICE" INNER SLEEVE
When Stevie Wonder applied his tremendous songwriting talents to the unsettled social morass that was the early '70s, he produced one of his greatest, most important works, a rich panoply of songs addressing drugs, spirituality, political ethics, the unnecessary perils of urban life, and what looked to be the failure of the '60s dream -- all set within a collection of charts as funky and catchy as any he'd written before. Two of the highlights, "Living for the City" and "Too High," make an especially deep impression thanks to Stevie's narrative talents; on the first, an eight-minute mini-epic, he brings a hard-scrabble Mississippi black youth to the city and illustrates, via a brilliant dramatic interlude, what lies in wait for innocents. (He also uses his variety of voice impersonations to stunning effect.) "Too High" is just as stunning, a cautionary tale about drugs driven by a dizzying chorus of scat vocals and a springing bassline. "Higher Ground," a funky follow-up to the previous album's big hit ("Superstition"), and "Jesus Children of America" both introduced Wonder's interest in Eastern religion. It's a tribute to his genius that he could broach topics like reincarnation and transcendental meditation in a pop context with minimal interference to the rest of the album. Wonder also made no secret of the fact that "He's Misstra Know-It-All" was directed at Tricky Dick, aka Richard Milhouse Nixon, then making headlines (and destroying America's faith in the highest office) with the biggest political scandal of the century. Putting all these differing themes and topics into perspective was the front cover, a striking piece by Efram Wolff portraying Stevie Wonder as the blind visionary, an artist seeing far better than those around him what was going on in the early '70s, and using his astonishing musical gifts to make this commentary one of the most effective and entertaining ever heard.
Side 1:
Too High (4:37)
Visions (5:17)
Living For The City (7:26)
Golden Lady (5:00)
Side 2:
Higher Ground (3:54)
Jesus Children Of America (4:04)
All In Love Is Fair (3:45)
Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing (4:55)
He's Misstra Know-It-All (6:06)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels with just a few light spindle traces
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces are clean and even under bright light there is barely a wispy hairline to be seen
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Plays beautifully throughout with nothing to fault.
No clicks, ticks or pops or even any appreciable surface.
Great copy of this fantastic record and one very highly recommended indeed
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Apart from a soft crease to the bottom spine corner the cover is as crisp, clean, sharp and fresh as the day it was made
POST & PACKING:
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