DJ Shadow The Private Press 2002 Original 1st pressing 2 LP set / Double play M-

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DJ Shadow ~ The Private Press

2002 Original, 1st pressing.
Double Vinyl - 2 LP set
Universal / Island / MCA - 00881129371
Vinyl are EX++ to Mint-
LP #1 looks EX++: some light marks and faint scuffs.
LP #2 looks EX++ to Mint-: light and faint marks.
Vinyl play Mint-
Labels are EX++ to Mint- : minor imperfections.
Tri-fold cover is EX++: small bends, light wear and faint indentations.
Includes original shrink with custom sticker.
Custom inner-sleeve have intact seams.
Includes HQ inner-sleeves which the vinyl are stored in.
Out of print original ~

Five years on from his breakout Endtroducing..., hip-hop's reigning recluse showed he still had plenty of tricks up his sleeve -- as well as many more rare grooves left for sampling. Shadow had kept a low recording profile during past years, putting out only a few mix sets alongside a pair of collaborations (Psyence Fiction by UNKLE and Quannum Spectrum). That lack of product actually helps The Private Press display just how good a producer he is; the depth of his production sense and the breadth of his stylistic palette prove just as astonishing the second time out. His style is definitely still recognizable, right from the start; "Fixed Income" and "Giving Up the Ghost" carefully layer wistful-sounding string arrangements overtop cavernous David Axelrod breaks (the latter a bit reminiscent of "Midnight in a Perfect World" from Endtroducing...). From there, though, DJ Shadow seldom treads the same path twice, switching from strutting disco breaks ("Walkie Talkie") to melancholy '60s pop that sounds like the second coming of Procol Harum ("Six Days"). "Right Thing/GDMFSOB" is pure breakers revenge, boasting accelerating, echoey electro breakbeats and enough confidence to recycle Leonard Nimoy's "pure energy" sample and make it work. Later, Shadow turns to pure aggro for the hilarious road-rage comedy of "Mashin' on the Motorway" (with Lateef the Truth Speaker behind the wheel), then summons the conceptual calm of a David Axelrod classic on the very next track with solo piano and a vocal repeating Bible text. Fans may have grown impatient waiting almost six years for the second DJ Shadow LP, but a classic like The Private Press could last at least that long, and maybe longer."...

-allmusic