Sold Date: November 6, 2022
Start Date: October 30, 2022
Final Price: £162.00 (GBP)
Bid Count: 18
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 TRACTOR

DANDELION

first press matrices

1st UK PRESS 

2310 217

1972

Very, very hard to find progressive heavy psych/folk/blues album in the vein of Cream, High Tide, T2, King Crimson etc.  A nice quality album with really strong exciting tracks. 

THE SUPREME VINYL PLAYS GREAT ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES.

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS SUPERB AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD CLEARLY AND CRISPLY WITHOUT DISTORTION.  NEEDLESS TO SAY, NO STICKS OR JUMPS!

Perhaps the original D.I.Y. project, recorded in John Peel’s "Dandelion Studios", which was nothing more than an upstairs bedroom in a London flat of the producer’s parents! Lauded by critics at the time of release, and even today, Tractor will always be a "cult status" group as was its predecessor The Way We Live. Tractor were just a duo, Jim Milne on guitar / vocals and Steve Clayton on drums and percussion (with occasional flute and piano). With such sparse instrumentation, one would expect a delicate singer songwriter album. Quite the contrary as Tractor create an amazing racket, mainly due to Milne’s massively intense fuzz guitar layered over his overdubbed acoustic guitar strumming and bass lines. Meanwhile Clayton drums up a storm especially with the hand percussion at his disposal. Tumultuous! Not to shortchange the songs – as they’re right out of the English factory of quaint melodies and dreamy vocals. Contrast and dynamics are what separate Tractor from their contemporaries of the day.

 IT ILL BE A LONG TIME BEFORE THIS TURNS UP AGAIN WITH AGAIN MORE TAKERS THAN EVER BEFORE. THIS IS AN EXCELLENT INVESTMENT PIECE.

Vinyl: EX+. A sublime vinyl with fantastic sound reproduction. Barely played and well cared for album and an upgrade for fhis ultra collectable title. No marks, and no hairlines, still looks gleaming and glossy. There are a some paper retraction traces visible under a strong light source.  First press matrices and mother stampers. I have played this in full and the stereo sound is still supreme and this plays with strong gusto. Light static in beginning of each side but this disappears within seconds but would improve with a clean of your choice. This will be a fantastic item  for most long time psych/blues/prog collectors! 

 Sleeve: EX+. Matt and very vulnerable sleeve but this is on of the very best kept ever seen. Sits fully flat, there is barely any crease at all. The spine is 100% legible. A nice crisp opening. Lovely edges. Just a small crossed out name to the top. A real hard one to find, especially complete and without damage. This is a super rare album and only the first ever I have come across as an original first press.

This is a unique investment opportunity!!! The next prog album to go completely through the roof. Finding this album in any condition at all is nearly impossible so late in the day. Get this while you still can. This value of the album is only going to go one way ... up and up ... until it will be totally unavailable at all for a reasonable price.

This an excellent investment opportunity!!! Any questins please ask me and I will try to answer soon.

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