DEREK & THE DOMINOS "Layla" 1970 UK POLYDOR 1st PRESS

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DEREK & THE DOMINOS "Layla" 1970 UK POLYDOR 1st PRESS
Nr MINT MacNeill GF SLEEVE, SENSATIONAL EX+ AUDIO
DEREK & THE DOMINOS
Layla (and other assorted love songs)

HERE WE HAVE A SUPERB, UK POLYDOR (SUPER 2625 005) FIRST PRESSING (December 1970 ) OF DEREK & THE DOMINOS' OUTSTANDING, BLUESY, DOUBLE LP, "Layla"
THE WHOLE SET IS IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION AND THE AUDIO DELIVERY IS SENSATIONAL THROUGHOUT - A TREMENDOUS ALBUM AND POSSIBLY ERIC CLAPTON'S FINEST PIECE OF WORK - VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

BOTH LPs HAVE THE FIRST RED POLYDOR LABELS WITH "MADE IN ENGLAND" TEXT
AND ARE HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL ISSUE, MATTE GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Printed and made by MacNeill Press Ltd., London, S.E.1"
COMPLETE WITH THE 2 ORIGINAL POLY LINED, POLYDOR COMPANY INNER SLEEVES
MATRICES:
2335009 A//1 ∇ 420 1 1 2 5 / 2335009 B//2 ∇ 420 1 1 1 8 (Record One)
2335010 A//1 ∇ 420 1 1 1 9 / 2335010 B//2 ∇ 420 1 3 3 (Record Two)

Wishing to escape the superstar expectations that sank Blind Faith before it was launched, Eric Clapton retreated with several sidemen from Delaney & Bonnie to record the material that would form Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. From these meager beginnings grew his greatest album.
Duane Allman joined the band shortly after recording began, and his spectacular slide guitar pushed Clapton to new heights. Then again, Clapton may have gotten there without him, considering the emotional turmoil he was in during the recording. He was in hopeless, unrequited love with Patti Boyd, the wife of his best friend, George Harrison, and that pain surges throughout Layla. - "Have you ever loved a woman so much you tremble in pain? And all the time you know she bears another mans name." (Have You Ever Loved A Woman)
But what really makes Layla such a powerful record is that Clapton, ignoring the traditions that occasionally painted him into a corner, simply tears through these songs with burning, intense emotion.
He makes standards like "Have You Ever Loved a Woman" and "Nobody Knows You (When You're Down and Out)" into his own, while his collaborations with Bobby Whitlock -- including "Any Day" and "Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?" -- teem with passion. And, considering what a personal album Layla is, it's somewhat ironic that the lovely coda "Thorn Tree in the Garden" is a solo performance by Whitlock, and that the song sums up the entire album as well as "Layla" itself


SIDE 1: I Looked Away / Bell Bottom Blues / Keep On Growing / Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
SIDE 2: I Am Yours / Anyday / Key To The Highway
SIDE 3: Tell The Truth / Why Does Love Got To be So Sad? / Have You Ever Loved A Woman
SIDE 4: Little Wing / It's Too late / Layla / Thorn Tree In The Garden

LABELS: The labels are CLEAN and BRIGHT with hardly a spindle trace to be seen
VINYL Visual: Both records lies perfectly flat on the turntable and ALL the surfaces have their original DEEP, GLOSSY SHEEN. Record One is visually NEAR MINT / Record Two has one superficial light mark (of NO audio consequence) and looks EXCELLENT
VINYL Audio: OUTSTANDING audio delivery throughout - RICH, WARM and VIBRANT SOUND. There are NO scratches, NO sticks/jumps, barely any clicks/pops (really, hardly any) and both records play to an extremely high standard with NO groove-wear and NO distortion (in my opinion its not been played that much at all). Must be strictly graded EXCELLENT to (+) (record one) / EXCELLENT+ (record two) for audio. NOT over-graded in ANY way as I use STRICT RECORD COLLECTOR grading standards (please refer to my feedback and 'about me' page). TREMENDOUS LP
SLEEVE: The original 1st press matte gatefold cover is in SUPERB, NEAR MINT condition. CLEAN and BRIGHT with only a little storage wear to the corners but NO edge wear to speak of. The spine is straight and true with all text CLEAR and BOLD. Amazingly, it has practically NONE of the ring wear commonly found on this untreated sleeve. Must be one of the finest first press examples of this easily rubbed sleeve I have seen - SUPERB SLEEVE

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SUPERB ORIGINAL UK POLYDOR FIRST PRESSING OF A SENSATIONAL LP
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POST & PACKING
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