EAST OF EDEN - SNAFU - DERAM UK 1970 RARE ORIGINAL

	£		33
	$		44

Artist or Band: EAST OF EDEN Album Title: Snafu. Producer(s): David Hitchcock and East of Eden. TRACK LIST: Side 1: Have To Whack It Up; Leaping Beauties For Rudy/Marcus Junior; Xhorkom/Ramadhan/In The Snow For A Blow; Uno Transito Clapori. Side 2: Gum Arabic/Confucius; Nymphenburger (1); Habibi Baby/Beast Of Sweden/Boehm Constrictor; Traditional. Label/Format: Deram (Please see my label picture). Vinyl Conditions: Excellent condition NO SCRATCHES. Cat Number: SML 1050. Mode / Speed: Stereo / 33.3 rpm. Country of Manufacture: England. Rarity: Scarce: this stereo version is seen more often than the elusive mono but neither are seen too often and this one has the earliest matrixes. Original Year of Release: 1970 Matrix Nos: ZAL-9435.P-1W / ZAL-9436.P-1W Musicians: Andy Sneddon - bass guitar; Dave Arbus - violin, flute, saxophone, trumpet, Ron Caines - alto saxophone, Geoff Nicholson - guitar, vocals; Geoff Britton - drums. Brief Info: East of Eden’s second album and for me easily their best, this is very progressive jazz tinged rock music and their most challenging and compelling set ever. With winds and violin, this at times reminds me of Zappa’s Mothers in the late 60s and one wind solo reminded me of Bunk Gardener’s amazing one on ‘Uncle Meat’. After this album, and a change of label to Harvest, the mood of their music mellowed and became far easier and less adventurous. The debut and ‘Snafu’ remain their most satisfying works and are highly sort-after by prog collectors. An elusive record and this is a strong copy with a little worn cover and sleeve and a very clean, hardly played record with no scratches . With the complex sounds and critically revealing reed and string instruments fully focused with no clipping or distortion, this will prove very difficult to find better. Cover Grade and Format: Good Condition with a few small creases. The back has the mono/stereo peep-hole with the inner filling the circle to denote if a mono or stereo copy. The blue inner on this one confirms a stereo pressing. Printed and made in England. Cover Back: In good condition there are a couple of slight blemishes through its age. The artwork still looks very nice. The peep-hole is pristine with no damage or wear. Top & Bottom Edges: Both show some signs of wear. Right Edge(s), and Type: Clean, fairly sharp with some wear and no feathering, guaranteed untrimmed. Record enters on this edge. Cover Summary: A fine, solid excellent example of this elusive Deram cover, it should please many collectors but not the perfectionists (few examples of this one ever will being honest). The Inner: Showing signs of age round the edges of the sleeve. This one’s blue to denote a stereo record is inside, this colour code polylined inner fills the cover’s back peep-hole. Date coded 4-70 proving the exact vintage of this copy. Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading:  EXCELLENT CONDITION and without any doubt, hardly played. . A very fine visual copy that is very clean with a very fine shine, intense black and very solidly pressed. Visually a super stereo copy that should please most collectors. No scratches visible on vinyl. Album Played For Grading: Yes. Played from beginning to end and sounds beautiful you can hear each individual instrument clearly, which should be the case as the vinyl has no scratches at all. Sound Quality and Audio Grading: This brilliant prog album plays even above its high visual grading with nothing to fault. Strong, distortion-free sound, all frequencies are sharp and clear - sound quality is very high with a wide dynamic range and very detailed sound. No surface sounds pops or crackles  this is an exceptional clean pressing for a fairly difficult and challenging album. Reeds and violin with the more traditional rock instruments, this will test out any record the age and complexity. The final song on side one is very strange and includes a bizarre repetitive loop on the run-out grooves. Few copies will match or outperform this very early pressing I feel sure. Both channels are clean and sharp with excellent focus and clarity. Nothing spoilt my pleasure when play-grading this wonderful record, the change in musical direction was a disappointment generally for fans who had the taste for this album and this really is a prog-classic. This copy will prove difficult to find significantly better and can be strongly recommended. SHIPPING COSTS & CONDITIONS – THESE comply with EBAY’S RULES - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY: Posting & Packing: UK & CHANNEL ISLANDS all now sent via Recorded Delivery: 1 LP (FIRST-CLASS Recorded Delivery with Standard Royal Mail Insurance) [Signed For] = £4. Posting & Packing: EUROPE & SCANDINAVIA. (Airmail Only): 1 LP (Small Packet ‘Signed For’ with Standard Royal Mail Insurance [£40 maximum]) = £9. ( Posting & Packing: ALL OVERSEAS (non-European)    1 LP (Small Packet ‘Signed For’ with Standard Royal Mail Insurance [£39 maximum]) = £11. Payment Conditions: I prefer PayPal Potential Bidders: Please do not bid if you have negative feedback unless checking first, I will cancel any bids I feel are timewasters. A maximum 3 days for communication and 7 days for payment to arrive - if not I will relist the item or offer to the runner-up. Fast deals get great feedback from me. Any questions - please ask and thanks for looking.  Thank You.

Les

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