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VERY RARE, ORIGINAL 1971 UK CONTEMPORARY ACOUSTIC FOLK LP WITH AN ACID / PSYCH FEEL. SOUNDS A BIT LIKE NICK DRAKE AND / OR DR. STRANGELY STRANGE AT TIMES. FEATURES GREAT ACOUSTIC GUITAR WORK WITH AN UNUSUAL SOUND AND ODD TUNINGS. NICE, MELLOW PASTORAL AND PSYCHEDELIC LYRICS. GREAT PRODUCTION WITH CRYSTAL CLEAR SOUND. RECOMMENDED !!!
ADDITIONAL GUITAR WORK BY PETE AIREY. ADDITIONAL FEMALE VOCALS BY ADRIENNE. HARMONICA ON " SAILOR " BY KEITH WARMINGTON.
MAIN GUITAR & VOCALS BY DAVE EVANS WHO ALSO WROTE ALL OF THE SONGS IN COOPERATION WITH VILLAGE THING MUSIC.
PRODUCED AND RECORDED BY IAN A. ANDERSON, JULY 1971.
10 TRACKS. SEE PICTURES FOR TRACK LISTING.
VILLAGE THING RECORDS. CAT. NO. VTS 6. STEREO.
VILLAGE THING WERE A TINY FOLK LABEL BASED IN GLOUCESTER.
CONDITION.........COVER VG / VG+ NO WRITING, CREASES OR SEAM SPLITS. SOME SCUFFING TO THE SEAMS. BIT OF MILD RINGWEAR. SMALL, DISCREET TAPE REPAIR TO OPENING SEAM. NICE CORNERS. LIES FLAT WITH A FULLY READABLE SPINE.
PLAIN WHITE DIE CUT INNER SLEEVE IS EXCELLENT WITH NO MARKS, WRITING, CREASES OR TEARS.
CONDITION........LABELS MINT IN PERFECT SHAPE WITH NO MARKS, FADING, FLAKING OR TEARS. EXCELLENT SPINDLE HOLE WITH NO FLAKING OR SNAILING.
CONDITION..........VINYL EX+ / NEAR MINT RETAINS A BEAUTIFUL, GLOSSY, NEW LOOK SHEEN. ONLY PLAYED ABOUT 6 TIMES SINCE NEW !!! PLAYS ALMOST FLAWLESSLY WITH JUST ONE AUDIBLE POP ON SIDE A, TRACK 2 AND A FEW SECONDS OF CRACKLE AT THE START OF SIDE B. OTHERWISE PLAYS SUPERB WITH CRYSTAL CLEAR VOCALS AND GUITAR WORK THROUGHOUT. VERY NICE !!!
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