Asylum - 1st Cressida vinyl LP album record UK 6360025 VERTIGO 1971

	£		499
	$		661

    ARTIST: CRESSIDA TITLE: Asylum - 1st DESCRIPTION: CRESSIDA Asylum (Monster Rare 1971 UK first press 8-track vinyl LP on a large swirl Vertigo label. This cult Art Rock classic offers a blend of McCartney-esque vocals & Symphonic Progressive Rock filled with adventurous instrumental sections & comes housed in a stunning Keef designed gatefold sleeve complete with the poly-lined swirl inner)
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TRACKLISTING: Cressidas Asylum is a fantastic example of early British symphonic Progressive Rock. It marries catchy Paul McCartney-esque vocals with adventurous instrumental sections. Superb vocal melodies regarded as some of the best from the Prog era coupled with charmingly naive lyrics

The instrumental sections have its origins in the style typical of early seventies Prog Rock with the music driven by a dirty & mellow Hammond organ with classic piano bass guitar & drums. At times this sound was augmented with a small orchestra with violins cellos trumpets & timpani.
The first side of the album has a theme based on its title with the second side featuring a couple of short filler tracks ending with a triumphant epic.
Widely regarded as the best album to come out of that school of early British symphonic Prog. This is beautiful melancholic and mostly mellow & atmospheric. There is quite simply a British charm that blends its morose charm with lovely orchestral Mellotron sounds that appear throughout the album.
If three words could describe this album then they would graceful sublime & classic.

1. Asylum
2. Munich
3. Goodbye Post Office Tower Goodbye
4. Survivor
5. Reprieved
6. Lisa
7. Summer Weekend Of A Lifetime
8. Let Them Come When They Will
Condition :-

This record does not get any easier to find & is one we constantly search for but barely ever see. Due to its matt finish the gatefold sleeve has picked up some edge wear scuffing through the years but nothing that upsets the main print. There are a some minor cosmetic blemishes in a few areas. On the inside there is a small & thin line tear that does not upset the print. There is some faint ring wear to the back panel & no writing. Some sticker residue has left its mark on the front in the top right corner. The swirl inner is present & correct with no writing. Overall we would grade the cover VG due to the conditions highlighted but it remains a very presentable & a VERY hard to obtain example.

Labels: -

These are the first & most desirable large swirl labels with machine stamped 1Y1/2Y1 matrices in the run-offs. There is just a tiny spot of spindle wear to indicate play.

Vinyl : -

The quality of the vinyl is outstanding. Upon play testing there is no distortion or any interference. The vinyl is very clean & impressive looking with no hairlines or scratches. We would grade the vinyl an extremely pleasing &quotExcellent&quot. This LP now fetches a four figure sum when mint [good luck finding one of them!]... This is a beautiful if not mint example that comes highly recommended.
FORMAT: Vinyl LP RECORD LABEL: Vertigo CATALOGUE No: 6360025 COUNTRY: UK YEAR: 1971 ADDITIONAL INFO: Deleted BARCODE: N/A ALTERNATIVE ARTIST NAMES: N/A SELLER INFO: eil outlet [part of Esprit International Limited / EILare the world"s largest retailer for rare, used and hard to find vinyl, CD"s and music collectibles from the 60s, 70s, 80, 90s through to today,click here for our store.
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