GONG~ANGEL'S EGG~VERY RARE ORIG '73 UK VIRGIN LP w/BOOKLET~UK PROG CLASSIC

Sold Date: March 14, 2015
Start Date: March 7, 2015
Final Price: $160.37 (USD)
Bid Count: 24
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·       GONG – ANGEL'S EGG – RARE ORIGINAL BRITISH PRESSING – ORIGINAL 1973 VIRGIN RECORDS (UK) STEREO LP V-2007

 

·       ORIGINAL U.K. PRESSING

 

·       ORIGINAL ALL-WHITE VIRGIN LABEL WITH BLACK PRINT AND “VIRGIN TWINS” LOGO (THIS IS NOT A REISSUE ON A MULTICOLOR VIRGIN LABEL WITH VIRGIN TWINS MOTIF)

 

·       THE ALBUM COMES WITH ITS ORIGINAL 14-PAGE 'RADIO GNOME INVISIBLE' BOOKLET

 

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.K. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

 

·       ORIGINAL, THIN CARDBOARD COVER (EUROPEAN STYLE)

 

·       ORIGINAL GATEFOLD COVER

 

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

 

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

 

·       MACHINE-STAMPED MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) OF THE RECORD

 

(PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

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The companion piece to The Flying Teapot, Angel's Egg is not your usual progressive rock album. Very quirky, with many, mostly brief compositions, the album is a tad less spacy than Teapot, with just a few psychedelic-inspired lyrics, and it's very technically adept. Angel's Egg opens with a true space rock cut (one of the few on the album), filled with the usual Gilli Smyth space whispering and Daevid Allen voicings, then leads into the cleverly titled "Sold to the Highest Buddha," with Steve Hillage and Didier Malherbe prominent figures. The instrumental "Castle in the Clouds" finds Hillage coming into his own, with a sound identical to his solo work. "Givin' My Love to You" sounds like a bar song, with no music and a cluster of seemingly drunken fellas trying to sing. The instrumental "Flute Salad" gives way to "Oily Way," a showcase for Malherbe's jazzy flute. "Inner Temple," an instrumental space rock track, moves along with a jazz edge, provided by Malherbe's sax. The final three tracks are the real highlights on Angel's Egg. "I Never Glid Before" is a fantastic prog rock tune, replete with blistering Hillage solo, primo Allen lyrics and vocal, and the precise percussion of new bandmember Pierre Moerlen. This eclectic composition travels through several movements and time changes, and comes across as a perpetually progressing piece. The imaginative and jazzy "Eat That Phone Book Coda" brings the album to a close.

 

For additional historical information on this album, including track listing

 

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·       CONDITION:

 

·       RECORD

 

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

 

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS NEAR MINT. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new. The album plays with mild (audible, but tolerable) surface noise.

 

(b)          The record comes in the original “Made in Great Britain” stock inner sleeve.

 

(c)           The album comes with its original 14-page booklet included and intact.

 

(d)          The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

 

(e)           Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

 

 

·       COVER

 

THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT VERY GOOD++ (VG++).

 

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

 

-         The cover has significant dusty staining (yellowish dust speckles are scattered across much of the front and back panels)

 

-         Cover has some light ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and 10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 3

 

-         Cover shows some yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging (nothing significant).

 

-         Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine (VISIBLE ON BACK SIDE ONLY)

 

-         Minor shelf wear noted on the seams (nothing significant)

 

-         Cover has two corners slightly worn / dinged / bent.(nothing significant)

 

NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

 

-        No split seams

-        No cut-out (drill) holes.

-        No cut-out corners

-        No saw-marks or indents

-        No writing

-        No stamps

-        No peel-off marks

-        No mold or mildew spots

-        No stickers or labels

-        No water damage

-        No razor marks, scratches, pressure marks, lines, streaks, or cuts.

-        No warping

-        No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover

-        No glue traces or wax residue.

-        No bar codes

-        No RIAA stamps or stickers.

 

 

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POSTAGE & SHIPPING:

 

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