BEGGARS OPERA Act One 1970 VERTIGO 1st PRESS w/SWIRL INNER EXCELLENT
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Sep 15, 2021
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BEGGARS OPERA Act One 1970 VERTIGO 1st PRESS w/SWIRL INNER EXCELLENT
BEGGARS OPERABeggar's Opera Act One
1970 UK Vertigo (6360 018) FIRST PRESSING OF BEGGAR'S OPERA'S DEBUT LP
EXCELLENT COPY OF THIS NICE INSPIRED SLICE OF PROG WHICH HAS SEEN A FEW SPINS BUT SOUNDS GREAT
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE VERTIGO SWIRL LABELS
MATRIX: 1Y//1 ? 420 1 1 1 / 2Y//1 ? 420 1 1 3
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT GATEFOLD "Sleeve Printed and made By Howards Printers (Slough) Ltd.
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED VERTIGO SWIRL INNER SLEEVE DATED APRIL 1970 ('0470')
Defiantly cast in the shadow of the then-recently defunct Nice, but brimming with their own ideas and imagination, Beggars Opera emerged in 1970 with a debut album that still stands as one of the crown jewels of prog.
Five tracks long in its original (Vertigo label) form, Act One is an audacious blending of hard riffs, Heep-esque vocals, and crazed organ and Mellotron, and it's those latter elements that most distinctly flavour the album.
The opening "Poet and Peasant," based on Franz Von Suppe's overture of the same name, sets the scene with its multiple shifts in tone and tempo; the same composer's "Light Cavalry" then closes the disc in similarly dramatic style. "Raymond's Road" is the climax, however. An 11-minute orgy of sound that rides a "Rondo" rhythm, then sets a slew of classical snatches dancing above it. It's a breathtaking effort, a cross between a mad medley and a free festival freakout that so firmly establishes Beggars Opera's credentials that it seems impossible to believe that things never got any better for them
Side A:
Poet And Peasant
Passacaglia
Memory
Side B:
Raymond's Road
Light Cavalry
LABELS: EXCELLENT
Both labels are clean and unmarked with moderate spindle traces
VINYL Visual: VERY GOOD
Some marks, hairlines and scuffs are visible but none of these have any major impact on the sound
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT
Plays extremely well throughout and my play-check at volume found little to fault.
No scratches, just a little surface/ticks on the run-ins and in-between the tracks, nothing major, sounds absolutely fantastic
SLEEVE: GOOD
The gatefold has rub to the edges and spine and a price tag removal tear on the front but is otherwise good and solid with a clean interior
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Tracked)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £25.00 (International Tracked)
DUE TO THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES I WILL ONLY BE POSTING ONCE A WEEK ON FRIDAY
Combined Post: Additional records £1 (UK) £2 (Europe including Russia) £3 (International)
Guarantee: All records are unconditionally guaranteed (including sealed and/or unplayed) and I will offer a complete, no quibble refund upon return of the item should you not be pleased with it in any 1292 (GS 8.3.6 (1292))
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