BILL NELSON Northern Dream LP BUTT 1971 UK reissue+mono BUTT 002 BE BOP DELUXE
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BILL NELSON
with RICHARD BROWN, GARETH EILLEDGE, LEOM ARTHUR
Nelson's career began in earnest with the recording and release of a solo album, Northern Dream, which was financed by the owner of the Record Bar, a local Wakefield record store. The initial pressing was limited to 250 copies (it went on to be reissued several times, much to Nelson's frustration; he never received royalties from the record), one of which found its way to influential BBC disc jockey John Peel. Peel took an immediate liking to the record, playing cuts from it on a regular basis, with the result that executives from EMI's Harvest label contacted Nelson with the intention of having him record for the label, possibly with a remake of Northern Dream.
Nelson had different ideas by this point, however, and had assembled the first version of Be Bop Deluxe..."NORTHERN DREAM"
<reissue, originally published in limited quantity in 1971>
LP BUTT RECORDS MONO BUTT 002
MADE IN ENGLAND 1980 REPRESSING
SINGLE COVER
Barcode and Other Identifiers
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LABEL: BUTT - CIGARETTES/PINK LABEL - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (spine & rear) BUTT 002
Catalog on labels: (Side B only) BUTT 002
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): BUTT-002-A MAX LYN 8386-ITH
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): BUTT-002-B LYN 8387-2TH
On labels: (Side B only) rim text reads "All Rights............Made in England"
All titles written and produced by Bill Nelson
All titles published by Arnakata Ltd
? 1971
On Back Sleeve: Recorded at Holyground, Wakefield, 1971
Butt Records Ltd.........Made in Great Britain
tracklisting
Side A: PHOTOGRAPH (a beginning) - EVERYONE'S HERO
HOUSE OF SAND - END OF THE SEASONS - REJOICE
LOVE'S A WAY - NORTHERN DREAMER (1957)
Side B: BLOO BLOOZ - SAD FEELINGS
SEE IT THROUGH - SMILES - CHYMEPEACE
grading
RECORD from VG(+) to VG+ but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG(+) but (please, see pictures and read above description)
While largely acoustic, singer-songwriter fare -- at some points he sounds like an Anglicized Neil Young, in fact, filtered through Michael Chapman -- and typical of its day (even down to the way Nelson looks on the back cover, with patched flares and long, stringy hair), there's also a spirit of future experimentalism lurking under the songs. The backwards guitar work that tops and tails "Sad Feelings" offers a hint of things to come, while both "House Of Sand" and "See It Through" recall Be Bop's "Jets At Dawn." One thing never in doubt is his guitar ability. While it's hardly as developed as it would become, "Smiles," for example, illustrates some excellent picking. The songwriting has an engaging naiveté, an innocence that would soon vanish, but that's part of its charm, too. While hardly essential, it's still fascinating for anyone interested in Nelson's roots, and it is the foundation of his sound...(AllMusic)
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