COLIN BLUNSTONE (THE ZOMBIES) One Year 1971 UK EPIC 1st PRESS TEXTURED COVER NM
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COLIN BLUNSTONE (THE ZOMBIES) One Year 1971 UK EPIC 1st PRESS TEXTURED COVER NM

COLIN BLUNSTONE
One Year

1971 UK EPIC (S EPC 64557) FIRST PRESSING
SEEN LITTLE USE AND PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY THROUGHOUT

PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE YELLOW EPIC LABELS
MATRIX: EPC 64557 A1 PORKY / EPC 64557 B1 PECKO
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL HEAVILY TEXTURED COVER, PRINTED BY “Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd., England”
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE DIE-CUT INNER SLEEVE WITH UK PATENT NUMBER AND 'MADE IN ENGLAND' PRINTED IN BLUE

After the Zombies split in 1968, Colin Blunstone opted for the security of a 9-to-5 job and took a position with a London insurance company.
However, the posthumous success of the Zombies' "Time of the Season" made a return to the music business almost inevitable.
Blunstone accepted an offer from producer Mike Hurst to cut a remake of the group's first hit, "She's Not There" for Deram Records. Released under the pseudonym "Neil MacArthur," the record was a hit and two further MacArthur singles followed in 1969. Neither charted, and Blunstone soon decided to start recording under his own name.
He ran into ex-Zombies Rod Argent and Chris White, who had just signed a production deal with Epic Records.
The duo were eager to produce their former bandmate, and soon Blunstone was preparing his first album for Epic.
Recorded between June 1970 and June 1971, the album was titled One Year (for the length of time spent making it).
The initial sessions found Blunstone backed by Argent's new group, Argent, but later sessions saw the singer backed by Chris Gunning's lovely string arrangements.
The first singles, "Mary Won't You Warm My Bed" and "Caroline Goodbye," flopped, but the third -- a cover of Denny Laine's "Say You Don't Mind" -- was a hit in Britain.
Widely considered to be Blunstone's best solo album, One Year is the perfect showcase for his distinctive, beautiful, breathy voice

Side 1:
She Loves The Way They Love Her
Misty Roses
Smoky Day
Caroline Goodbye
Though You Are Far Away
Side 2:
Mary Won't You Warm My Bed
Her Song
I Can't Live Without You
Let Me Come Closer
Say You Don't Mind

LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, bright, unmarked labels which carry just a few loose spindle trails - seen little play
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both vinyl surfaces shine like-new
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
A gorgeous record which playas beautifully throughout with nothing to fault bar a touch of surface on the run-ins and between a couple of the tracks - nothing really - barely worth a mention (and this will no doubt disappear after a clean - which I did not do as this copy looks so immaculate)
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Apart from a little age-toning to the white extremities of the back the sleeve is as crisp and sharp as the day it was made

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: FREE (2nd Class Recorded Delivery)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)

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