MINT Shrink '71 Orig King Crimson GORDON HASKELL ~ IT IS & ISN'T Blues Folk Prog
Sold Date:
August 16, 2020
Start Date:
August 11, 2020
Final Price:
$69.68
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HARD TO FIND 1971 FOLK/PROG GEM with FANTASTIC LAID BACK GROOVES
One Of The MOST Underrated Albums In Its Time ..|/\|...............................................|/\|..
= King Crimson =
GORDON HASKELL
"It Is And It Isn't "
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USA - Atco - SD 33 - 378
HIGHLY Scarce MINT IN SHRINK WRAPPER PLUS LYRICS INSERT
Original 1971 first pressing of a hard to find off shoot of early king Crimson member Gordon Haskell ... a lovely record that should surprise more than a few....
The quiet, unassuming melodies do grow after a couple/three listens...Haskell has a great voice, he not only was involved with Crimson's "Lizard" album, and remember he's the singer on the beautiful Cadence And Cascade From Crimson's "Wake Of Poseidon" album. With backing from guitarist Alan Berry (who gets a cool bell sound out of his guitar) and King Crimson's John Wetton; Wetton handles the bass work in good style. As usual he's adept, interesting and serviceable. You have moments here that hark back to some progressive rock feels, but generally the whole album is a good deal more laid back most prog albums. Just the same, all the tracks are infectious and overall the album comes across as more of a thoughtful, bluesy/folk kind of work with small bursts of progressive stylings. Might be surprising to many how strong the songs memorable melodies all are. They are not polished, but then that would be the point of an album that is filled with ambivalence. As we can tell from the album title and song titles, Haskell's album is a catalogue of ambivalent scenes, emotions, observations and a whimsical non-participation in the rock-posturing common in 1971.
Haskell's at his best on up-tempo rockers such as ''No Meaning, 'Could Be' and 'Sitting By the Fire' and all in all makes for a pretty impressive album, with our favortie track being the bizarre 'Worms'. The overall vibe is mellow, relaxed and mature... it's an album that asks you to relax and take it in gently. And that is perhaps why Gordon Haskell didn't stay on with King Crimson; he wasn't really intense like the other guys heading into more harsh albums like "Larks Tongues" & "Red" ...
No Meaning
Could Be
Upside Down
Just A Lovely Day
Sitting By The Fire
When I Lose
No Need
Worms
Spider
Learning Not To Feel
Benny
When I Laugh
CONDITION:
The cover: rated: Stiff and clean with original colors rated: MINT in factory cellophane condition ... always been hard to find...There are no bends, no writing, no delete marks and no split seams
The vinyl: Rated: all clean and smooth M- over both sides ... BOTH labels are CLEAN ... plays great with NO issues !!
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
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GRADING SCALE: M, M-, EX, VG++,VG+, VG, VG- M Completely clean, no marks, plays clean
M- Carefully used, looks clean, plays clean, shiny gloss, plays clean
EX Faint scuff or superficial mark, near M-, high gloss, plays clean VG++ Glossy with minimal scuffing or light mark playing very nice, enjoyable
VG+ a bit more scuff or marks still plays well with very minimal surface at worse VG more marks/scratches only minor, nothing deep, no loud clicks or pops this grade is abused by many, VG here does not mean "trashed" VG- surface noise present, will not have skips or jumps ALL PAYMENTS SHOULD BE MADE WITHIN 5 DAYS Of AUCTIONS END BIDDERS PLEASE = Do Not Bid If You Are Not Serious About Following Through The Transaction! ALL ITEMS GUARANTEED FOR WINNING BID - LESS SHIPPING!
