BUZZCOCKS Love Bites 1978 UK UA 1st PRESS w/INSERT MINT
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BUZZCOCKS Love Bites 1978 UK UA 1st PRESS w/INSERT MINT
SUPERB COPY - ONCE PLAYED - FLAWLESS SOUND THROUGHOUT
BUZZCOCKSLove Bites
UK UNITED ARTISTS RECORDS (UAG 30197) FIRST PRESSING (August 1978) OF BUZZCOCKS' SECOND LP "Love Bites"
LOVELY COPY - ONCE PLAYED AND DELIVERING FLAWLESS SOUND THROUGHOUT
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE CUSTOM UA LABELS
MATRIX UAG 30197 A-1U, "SO", (etched "A SPIKEY SPECTACULAR") / UAG 30197 B-1U, "WHAT?"
THE LP IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL EMBOSSED MATT SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH THE FIRST ISSUE CARD INSERT
More musically accomplished, more obsessively self-questioning, and with equally energetic yet sometimes gloomy performances, Love Bites finds the Buzzcocks coming into their own.
With Devoto and his influence now fully worked out of the band's system, Shelley is the clearly predominant voice, with the exception of Diggle's first lead vocal on an album track, the semi-acoustic, perversely sprightly "Love is Lies." Though the song received even further acclaim on Singles Going Steady, "Ever Fallen in Love," for many the band's signature song, appears here. With its note-perfect blend of romance gone wrong, a weirdly catchy, treated lead guitar line, and Shelley's wounded singing deserves its instant classic status, but it's only one of many highlights.
The opening "Real World" is one of the band's strongest: a chunky, forceful yet crisp band performance leads into a strong Shelley lyric about unrequited love and life.
"Nostalgia"'s strikingly mature, inventive lyrics about where one's life can lead, and the sometimes charging, sometimes quietly tense, heartbroken "Nothing Left" are two other standouts.
The group's well-seasoned abilities, the members' increasing reach and Martin Rushent's excellent production make Love Bites shine.
The Garvey/Maher rhythm section is especially fine; Maher's fills and similar small but significant touches take the music to an even higher level. His undisputed highlight is the terribly underrated concluding instrumental "Late for the Train." Originally done for a John Peel radio session and rerecorded with even more a dramatic sweep here, it gives the group's motorik/Krautrock new power.
Not far behind it is "E.S.P.," a strong rock burn that only fades out at the end very slowly and subtly.
SIDE 1:
Real World (3:29)
Ever Fallen In Love (2:40)
Operators Manual (3:30)
Nostalgia (2:51)
Just Lust (2:57)
Sixteen Again (3:14)
SIDE 2:
Walking Distance (1:58)
Love Is Lies (3:10)
Nothing Left (4:23)
E.S.P. (4:39)
Late For The Train (5:51)
LABELS: MINT-
Clean and unmarked factory-fresh labels - possibly one light spindle trace on one side - none on the other
VINYL Visual: MINT
Both surfaces are unmarked and shine like new
VINYL Audio: MINT
My play-check at loud volume found no audio issues of any kind - flawless sound throughout - bright, crisp, clean and crystal clear - wonderful copy of a tremendous LP
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
The first issue embossed cover is remarkably clean and white and apart from some soft shop creases to the spine, is like new
INSERT: MINT-
Again, like new
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: 1st Class: £4.50 (recorded delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £12.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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