BUMPERS: 1970 UK ISLAND 2LP PROG SAMPLER 1st PRESSING

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BUMPERS: 1970 UK ISLAND 2LP PROG SAMPLER 1st PRESSING
KING CRIMSON/NICK DRAKE/FREE/TULL etc, BEAUTIFUL COPY
BUMPERS

HERE WE HAVE A SUPERB, UK ISLAND (IDP 1) FIRST PRESSING (June 1970) OF ISLAND'S MAGNIFICENT DOUBLE LP SAMPLER, "Bumpers" - IN BEAUTIFUL, BARELY PLAYED CONDITION

PRESSED ON TWO QUALITY HEAVYWEIGHT VINYLS (very thick and chunky) - WHICH DELIVER ABSOLUTELY TREMENDOUS AUDIO REPRODUCTION WITH A VERY IMPRESSIVE CUT
BOTH RECORDS HAVE THE FIRST ISSUE, HEAVILY TEXTURED PINK ISLAND LABELS WITH WHITE i LOGO
FIRST PRESS ISLAND MATRICES: IDP 1 + A / IDP 1 + B and IDP + 1 + C / IDP + 1 + D2
AND ARE HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATTE GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Printed and made by the E. J. Day Group, London and Bedford" (first issue only) WITH THE ORIGINAL 29'11 PRICE STICKER STILL IN PLACE

BEAUTIFUL UK PINK ISLAND FIRST PRESS COPY OF A TREMENDOUS COMPILATION - ONE OF THE BEST OF THE PERIOD - WITH AN INCREDIBLY IMPRESSIVE LINE-UP - AND IN SUPERB CONDITION - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Tremendous compilation which contains several genuine rarities, as both Mott The Hoople and Fairport Convention are represented by otherwise unavailable versions of their contributions ("Thunderbuck Ram" and "Walk Awhile" respectively). And, when "Bumpers" was released, Nick Drake's second LP, "Bryter Layter" was yet to be issued, so this album contains the first availability of the deeply beautiful, "Hazey Jane"

A bountiful double album package rounding up the cream of the UK Island label's 1970 output, highlighting recent releases and anticipating forthcoming ones and following, of course, a tradition launched by the earlier You Can All Join In and Nice Enough To Eat.
Of all the labels operating in the UK as the decade turned, Island was unquestionably the most adventurous, at the same time as maintaining a stable whose internal logic now seems impeccable.
Leaning towards the folkier side of hard rock, and the bluesier edge of prog - an adventure that allowed King Crimson and Mott The Hoople to rub shoulders with Cat Stevens and Traffic - Island rounded up the cream of the British underground, and these periodic compilations showcased it at its best.
Tracks from the Keith Relf/Jim McCarty-era Renaissance, Clouds and Quintessence remind us of a day when even the greatest modern collectibles were just regular new releases.
Today Island ranks among the most collectible British label of the entire era and every track on Bumpers offers a reason why

SIDE 1:

"Every Mother's Son" (Traffic)

"Love" (Bronco)

"I Am The Walrus" (Spooky Tooth)

"Jesus, Buddha, Moses, Gauranga" (Quintessence)

SIDE 2:

"Thunderbuck Ram" (Mott The Hoople)

"Nothing To Say" (Jethro Tull)

"Going Back West" (Jimmy Cliff)

"Send Your Mother To Die" (Blodwyn Pig)

"Little Woman" (Dave Mason)

SIDE 3:

"Go Out And Get It" (John & Beverley Martin)

"Cadence & Cascade" (King Crimson)

"Reaching Out On All Sides" (If)

"Oh I Wept" (Free)

"Hazey Jane" (Nick Drake)

SIDE 4:

"Walk Awhile" (Fairport Convention)

"Maybe You're Right" (Cat Stevens)

"Island" (Renaissance)

"The Sea" (Fotheringay)

"Take Me To Your Leader" (Clouds)

LABELS: Very CLEAN and BRIGHT labels with NO wear, NO writing and barely any spindle traces. THESE RECORDS HAVE HARDLY EVER BEEN PLAYED
VINYL Visual: Both records retain their original DEEP, GLOSSY SHEEN and are practically UNMARKED (there are some superficial pressing blemishes common with early Island pressing but these have NO audio consequence). TWO BEAUTIFUL CLEAN LPs
VINYL Audio: OUTSTANDING - CRYSTAL CLEAR, DEEP, RICH and VERY STRONG AUDIO REPRODUCTION. Both LPs plays BEAUTIFULLY THROUGHOUT with SUPERB clarity, NO distortion and NO groove-wear. There are NO scratches, NO sticks/jumps and barely any clicks or pops (really, hardly - the Cat Stevens track is the only one which plays with some surface noise). Must be very critically graded (record one) EXCELLENT+ / (record two) EXCELLENT for audio
SLEEVE: The original gatefold cover is in EXCELLENT condition. CLEAN and BRIGHT with little edge or spine wear - all text on the (very) thick spine is CLEAR and BOLD. There is a small patch of rubbing to the yellow colour on the back of the sleeve (please see close-up photo) but overall, the cover is in GREAT SHAPE

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THIS REALLY IS A FANTASTIC COPY CONTAINING MANY RARITIES AND IN BARELY PLAYED CONDITION - VERY SCARCE
AS WITH ALL MY RECORDS THIS HAS A LOW START PRICE AND NO RESERVE
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THANKS FOR LOOKING, CHEERS

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