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EGG

 CLIVE BROOKS, DAVE STEWART, MART CAMPBELL

plus BARBARA GASKIN, ANN ROSENTHAL, JEREMY BAINES, LINDSAY COOPER,

TIM HODGKINSON, AMANDA PARSONS, STEVE HILLAGE, etc.

This trio had previously been in a flower power outfit with Steve Hillage called Uriel, 

which ended in 1968 when Hillage went off to college. Egg's first incarnation lasted from 

July 1968 to May 1972 and the two albums they recorded were in the progressive mould 

and are now of minor interest to collectors. They were characterised by rather jazzy, esoteric music, 

which took extremely difficult time sequences as its basis. Dave Stewart's next outfit was Khan 

with Steve Hillage formed when he returned to London from college. He was later in Hatfield and The North, 

National Health and Bruford before 'going commercial' with a series of covers 

with Barbara Gaskin (ex-Spirogyra and Hatfield and The North). 

Clive Brooks went on to join Groundhogs and Mont Campbell was later in National Health. 

Egg did reform briefly in 1974 to cut the third album...(Tapestry of Delights)

"THE CIVIL SURFACE"

Produced by Egg

LP     CAROLINE RECORDS      STEREO   C1510

MADE IN ENGLAND

1974 FIRST PRESSING VINYL + 1976 REPRESSING COVER

UNLAMINATED SINGLE COVER

NOTES: Info of how to Identify a First Pressing 

a) Back Cover has E.J.D. written on the lower left side (NOT THIS ONE). 

b) Some cover has a round white sticker with the Caroline Records Logo and "Recommended Price £1.46" 

c) Labels does not have Copyrights info in the rim print (THIS ONE).

d) Records Matrix numbers are C1510 A-1U/B-1U (Emi Pressing and Better sound pressing than later Reissues) (THIS ONE). 

e) Label Matrix numbers are upside down (THIS ONE)

Info of how to Identify the Virgin Repress:

a)Back Cover does not have E.J.D. written on the lower left side (THIS ONE).

b)Labels have Copyrights info in the rim print (NOT THIS ONE).

d)Records Matrix numbers are C1510 A-2/B-2 (CBS Pressing). or later (NOT THIS ONE).

e) Label Matrix numbers are not upside down (NOT THIS ONE)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL: CAROLINE -  B/W TWO VIRGINS LABEL & "CAROLINE" IN RED - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: (rear & spine): C1510

Catalog on labels: C 1510  C1510-A  / C 1510  C1510-B

[C1510-A and C1510-B upside down on label]

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): C 1510 A-1U    GT 1

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): C 1510 B-1U   GR 1

On labels: All music and words by Egg

Published by Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd

Produced by Egg

?1974 Virgin Records Ltd

© 1974 Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd

On Back Sleeve: Tracklist & Credits

All music and words by Egg

? & © Virgin Records Ltd. Recorded at Saturn Studios, Worthing, August 1974....

tracklisting

Side A: GERM PATROL - WIND QUARTET 1 - ENNEAGRAM

Side B: PRELUDE - WRING OUT THE GROUND LOOSELY NOW

NEARCH - WINDQUARTET 2

grading

RECORD VG+ but (please, read above description) 

SLEEVE VG(+) but (please, see pictures and read above description)

After releasing two highly original albums -- their self-titled debut and The Polite Force -- the Egg 

cracked in 1971, and the trio went their separate ways. In 1974, however, Dave Stewart, 

Mont Campbell and Clive Brooks reunited and returned to the studio. There they were joined 

by members of Henry Cow and old friend Steve Hillage, resulting in the The Civil Surface album. 

Although Egg had presented some of the material within on their final tour, still that long ago 

taster barely primed fans for what was to come. For as experimental as the trio had been in days of yore, 

with Civil Surface the band moved almost completely into improvisational, avant-garde territory. 

Still, echoes of the past could be heard on "Enneagram," with its intricate rhythms 

and tempo changes and coursing passages counterpointed by slower effervescent segments...(AllMusic)