BRIAN ENO Taking Tiger Mountain UK pink rim Island LP Roxy Music PSYCH PROG ROCK

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ENO "Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)" '74 UK ISLAND 1st PRESSING - 'ROBOR' GF COVER

ORIGINAL UK ISLAND RECORDS (ILPS 9309) FIRST PRESSING (November 1974) OF BRIAN ENO'S "Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)", HIS SECOND SOLO LP AND THE SECOND TO BE RELEASED IN 1974.
THE RECORD IS IN LIGHTLY PLAYED CONDITION AND DELIVERS EXCELLENT AUDIO THROUGHOUT AND HAS THE FIRST ISSUE CHARACTERISTIC OF CONTINUOUS PLAY INTO THE SIDE ONE RUN-OFF GROOVE

PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE ISLAND PINK RIM LABELS
MATRIX: ILPS 9309 A-3U (etched "RAYS") / ILPS 9309 B-4U (etched "RAYS") (the very first matrix for this LP)
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/A and 2/T
THE ALBUM IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATTE GATEFOLD SLEEVE “Printed in England by Robor Limited.”
RECORD AND GATEFOLD SLEEVE ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

AN EXCELLENT UK FIRST PRESSING OF A TREMENDOUS LP AND ONE INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO LOCATE AS AN ISLAND ORIGINAL - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Continuing the twisted pop explorations of Here Come the Warm Jets, Eno's second solo album, Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), is more subdued and cerebral, and a bit darker than its predecessor.
It's a loose concept album -- often inscrutable, but still playful -- about espionage, the Chinese Communist revolution, and dream associations, with the stream-of-consciousness lyrics beginning to resemble the sorts of random connections made in dream states.
Eno's richly layered arrangements juxtapose very different treated sounds, yet they blend and flow together perfectly, hinting at the directions his work would soon take with the seamless sound paintings of Another Green World.

Track Listing:
A1 Burning Airlines Give You So Much More 3:15
A2 Back In Judy's Jungle Chorus – Simplistics, The 5:14
A3 The Fat Lady Of Limbourg Brass – Andy Mackay 5:05
A4 Mother Whale Eyeless Drums [Additional] – Phil Collins Vocals – Polly Eltes 6:00
A5 The Great Pretender 5:10
B1 Third Uncle 5:01
B2 Put A Straw Under Baby Strings – Portsmouth Sinfonia 3:28
B3 The True Wheel Chorus – Randi & The Pyramids 5:20
B4 China My China 5:45
B5 Taking Tiger Mountain Chorus – Simplistics, The 6:00

Credits:
Arranged By – Brian Eno, Phil Manzanera
Bass – Brian Turrington
Drums – Freddie Smith*
Engineer – Rhett Davies
Engineer [Assistant] – Robert Ash
Guitar – Phil Manzanera
Other [Special Aide] – Nicholas Pearson
Other [Special Equipment] – Bill Kelsey
Percussion, Backing Vocals – Robert Wyatt
Producer – Brian Eno
Producer [Assistant] – Phil Manzanera
Vocals, Keyboards, Effects, Guitar – Brian Eno

Notes
Recorded at Island Studios, London, September 1974.

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