CLEAR BLUE SKY V Rare Orig UK Vertigo Spiral Swirl Prog
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Clear Blue Sky
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Very Rare Original UK LP Released on Vertigo Records in 1970. 1st UK pressing on the Vertigo Spiral/Swirl label, comes in a gatefold sleeve and comes with the black and white spiral inner sleeve.
Matrix No's
Side One - 6360013 A//1
Side Two - 6360013 2A//2
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.
TRACKS ARE :-
Side One
1. Journey To The Inside of The Sun
A. Sweet leaf
B. The Rocket Ride
C. I'm Comin Home
Side Two
1. You Mystify
2. Tool Of My Trade
3. My Heaven
4. Bird Catcher
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Released on 'Vertigo Records' in 1970
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Catalogue No. 6360 013
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Disc is in Vg condition (quite a few light surface marks)
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Sleeve is in Vg condition (Shelf wear and writing inside cover, the logo on the front has also been coloured in, See Pictures)
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