BILL NELSON "Northern Dream" UK 1ST PRESS SMILE RECORDS

	£		21
	$		28

BILL NELSON "Northern Dream" UK 1ST PRESS SMILE RECORDS
1st Fold Over Sleeve, Beautiful Audio, 1st Matrix
BILL NELSON

"Northern Dream"



Bill Nelson's 1971 solo debut was financed by his local record store, the Record Bar in Wakefield, England.
After a copy found its way to BBC disc jockey, John Peel, he began playing tracks regularly, which helped pave the way for a real record contract (the label initially wanted him to re-record Northern Dream, but he had other ideas, which led to the formation of Be Bop Deluxe).
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.



1971 UK FIRST PRESS OF BILL NELSON'S WONDERFUL DEBUT, "Northern Dream", ON SMILE RECORDS AND IN SUPERB CONDITION

PRESSED ON THICK CHUNKY VINYL WITH ORIGINAL TEXTURED, MATT, PICTURE LABELS AND FIRST PRESS HG+116+N+A & HG+116+N+B MATRIX NUMBERS

HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL FOLD OVER, CARD SLEEVE WHICH STILL RETAINS THE "SMILE RECORDS - LIMITED EDITION: COPY NO. " TEXT
BUT NO NUMBER ALAS, AS ONLY THE FIRST 250 COPIES WERE NUMBERED

Track Listing:
SIDE 1: Photograph (a beginning) / Everyone's Hero / House Of Sand / End Of The Seasons / Rejoice / Love's A Way / Northern Dreamer (1957)
SIDE 2: Bloo Blooz / Sad Feeling / See It Through / Smiles / Chyme Peace (an ending)


Label/Variant: SMILE
Catalogue Number: LAF 2182
Mono or Stereo: MONO
Country of Manufacture: ENGLAND
Original Year of Release: 1971
Matrix Nos: HG+116+N+A / HG+116+N+B


Cover Description / Condition: Foldover Card Gatefold Sleeve. Beautifully clean and fresh with very little wear of any kind. The inside does however, bear a dedication written in pen "25th Dec 1976 To Al love from David and Marian"(see pic). EXCELLENT

Label Description / Condition: Matt, Textured Labels. Clean and bright with no marks whatsoever. NEAR MINT

Vinyl Condition:
Visual: Some light hairlines - from taking the LP in and out of the inner sleeve but no other marks. Still retains its beautiful deep gloss. EXCELLENT+
Audio: As you would expect from a first pressing it sounds SUPERB. Crystal clear audio - nice loud cut. This LP really does sound fantastic. Mainly acoustic and beautifully recorded. There are a few light tics towards the end of "House Of Sand" but nothing too major and it has no other faults or defects and plays beautifully. I would say that the album has had very little play. EXCELLENT (because of the ticks but overall, better)


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