1972 STONE INT ORIG, SHRINK "NEW SKIN/OLD CEREMONY Leonard Cohen CRAFTY CLASSIC
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44
$ 44
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Sep 4, 2016
Sold Date
Aug 30, 2016
Start Date
$ 10
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6
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USA
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ORIGINAL 1972 FIRST PRESS STILL IN THE ORIGINAL FACTORY CELLOPHANE
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"NEW SKIN FOR THE OLD CEREMONY"
LEONARD COHEN
USA - BL 33167 - COLUMBIA RECORDS
BEAUTIFUL TOP COPY
still in original factory cellophane
Original 1972 FIRST PRESS ... also a outstanding 44 year old artifact, final collection copy ...
Full of detached intimacy, this album is superior for Cohen or any other artist. Blending his poetry with offbeat, almost tribal-sounding instruments brings out the primitive feelings of lost affairs, love, and even the sounds of war. Simply beautiful.
"You were Marlon Brando, I was Steve McQueen/You were K.Y. Jelly, I was Vaseline/You were the father of modern medicine, I was Mr. Clean/You where the (...) and the beast of Babylon, I was Rin Tin Tin," Leonard Cohen sings on "Is This What You Wanted," a song that displays the much-needed dose of humor added to his lyrical exercises in regret and self-depreciation on his fourth album, 1974's New Skin for the Old Ceremony. New Skin's more varied instrumentation, looser vocal approach and added wit make it Cohen's best album yet. Although he was always a finely skilled and richly tender poet, one could only endure so much of Cohen's earlier albums as spirit-stomping and disheartened as they were. Although the main subject matter of New Skin is still grief, Cohen confronts life's tragedies with a different approach. He abandons the mournful wailing of songs like "Bird on a Wire" or "Stories of the Street" and the somber expressions of "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye" or "The Stranger Song" and dons a type of charisma, classified somewhere between crooner and beatnik, and stands in a mock-confrontational pose, challenging both the complicated nature of society ("A Singer Must Die," "Field Commander Cohen," "There is a War") and distressing predicaments with another cast of abusive, self-destructive, yet intoxicating women ("I Tried to Leave You," "Chelsea Hotel #2," "Leaving Green Sleeves") with a fistful of clever irony and satire. Cohen's tongue being placed in his cheek does not, however, equal the complete loss of the intimate, folk rock beauty of his music. "Who by the Fire" is as striking, moving and poignant any song the man has written and "Take This Longing" is one of his most ardent, elegantly expressed requests. Generally, the album keeps the solemn and dignified air of Cohen's previous works. Its added whimsical flair only makes his music more entertaining and invigorating.
Is This What You Wanted
Chelsea Hotel #2
Lover Lover Lover
Field Commander Cohen
Why Don't You Try
There Is a War
A Singer Must Die
I Tried to Leave You
Who by Fire
Take This Longing
Leaving Green Sleeves
CONDITION: The cover: rated: STONE MINT ... in factory cellophane ... a beautiful copy, flat & square with 4 sharp corners ... still has a great fresh appearance, there are no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ... VERY collection worthy rarity ...
The vinyl: Rated: Mint really nice ... as in ALL clean and glossy and that means very enjoyable audio ... play back has no surface problems ... both Columbia labels are clean
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
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