CLEAR BLUE SKY 1971 UK VERTIGO 1st PRESS - BARELY PLAYED ORIGINAL - NEAR MINT
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CLEAR BLUE SKY 1971 UK VERTIGO 1st PRESS - BARELY PLAYED ORIGINAL - NEAR MINT
CLEAR BLUE SKYClear Blue Sky
UK VERTIGO (6360 013) FIRST PRESSING (January 1971)
SUPERB BARELY PLAYED COPY
GREAT SOUND THROUGHOUT
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST VERTIGO SWIRL LABELS
MATRIX: 6360013 A//1 11 2 / 6360013 2Y//2 11 3
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT GATEFOLD SLEEVE DESIGNED BY ROGER DEAN “Printed and made by Howards Printers (Slough) Ltd. England” WITH THE DISCARDED TITLE ''PLAY IT LOUD'' MASKED BY RED INK ON THE SPINE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED VERTIGO COMPANY INNER SLEEVE DATED OCTOBER 1970 ('1070')
Clear Blue Sky were still in their teens when they were discovered by Nirvana's Patrick Campbell-Lyons, and their youth shows.
Clear Blue Sky, the trio's one and only album, is a mishmash of hard rock leanings, prog rock fascinations, and occasionally jazzy delivery that is best regarded today by collectors of classic Vertigo albums and early Roger Dean artwork.
John Simms' vocals are extraordinarily uncertain, and the record itself sometimes sounds more a youth club rehearsal than a major-label release. Campbell-Lyons' production doesn't help much either, remaining strictly in the sonic background.
That said, it is certainly an ambitious effort -- a freshman term paper for aspiring young metalheads.
Side one is devoured wholly by "Journey to the Inside of the Sun," a three-part thunderclap that not only provided labelmates Black Sabbath with the title "Sweet Leaf," it also rode rock's current fascination with the classics by hijacking an element of Gustav Holst's The Planets suite for an occasional quirky interlude.
Other diversions crop up on side two, as "Tool of My Trade" and the almost acoustic "My Heaven" at least kick off with something less than the full frontal riffery of the other numbers, while the closing "Birdcatcher" (the band's best-known number, courtesy of its inclusion on the fabled Heads Together, First Round Vertigo label sampler) sounds extraordinarily close to period Budgie and, "Sweet Leaf" aside, is the best-developed track on the album.
Side 1:
Journey To The Inside Of The Sun
a Sweet Leaf (9:30)
b The Rocket Ride (5:57)
c I'm Comin' Home (3:05)
Side 2:
You Mystify (7:45)
Tool Of My Trade (4:50)
My Heaven (5:00)
Birdcatcher (4:10)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels with just couple of light spindle traces per side
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new and even under bright light there is barely a mark to be seen
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Plays beautifully throughout with practically nothing to fault.
One or two background ticks noted but that's it.
Very clean on the quieter sections (of which there aren't many)
Great copy and you really won't find one much better, if you can find one at all
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
The gatefold is very slightly grubby (nothing major) but is is good and solid, unmarked and undamaged and all spine text is clear.
All-in-all a fine example
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINERS, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
UK: £11.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £18.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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