EMERSON LAKE & PALMER Pictures At An Exhibition 1971 UK 1st PRESS - MINT
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£ 47
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Oct 30, 2015
Sold Date
Oct 20, 2015
Start Date
£ 36
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EMERSON LAKE & PALMER Pictures At An Exhibition 1971 UK 1st PRESS - MINT
EMERSON LAKE & PALMERPictures At An Exhibition
UK ISLAND (HELP 1) FIRST PRESSING (November 1971)
AN OUTSTANDING *AS-NEW* ORIGINAL COPY
AS CLEAN, CRISP AND FRESH AS THE DAY IT WAS MADE
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE BLACK ISLAND LABELS WITH LARGE PINK i LOGO
MATRIX: HELP 1 A-1U PORKY / HELP 1 B-1U PECKO
MOTHER/STAMPERS: 1/GRL and 4/GDO
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL HEAVY GAUGE MATT GATEFOLD SLEEVE MADE BY "Howards Printers (Slough) Ltd." WITH THE CHARACTERISTIC FIRST ISSUE FACTORY SEALED AND FOLDED UNDER LEFT SIDE EDGE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL BLACK POLY-LINED ISLAND COMPANY INNER SLEEVE (WITH PINK ISLAND i LOGO)
Pictures at an Exhibition was one of the seminal documents of the progressive rock era, a record that made its way into the collections of millions who never heard of composer Modest Mussorgsky and knew nothing of Russia's Nationalist "Five" or artist/architect Victor Hartmann, whose work was the inspiration for Mussorgsky.
Chronologically, it was Emerson, Lake & Palmer's third LP release (they didn't regard it as an "official" album, as it was comprised of only part of a longer live performance)
It worked on several levels that allowed widely divergent audiences to embrace it, it teased the brain with its mix of melody and heavy rock, and for anyone with some musical knowledge, serious or casual, it was a sufficiently bold use of Mussorgsky's original to stimulate hours of delightful listening.
It wasn't the first treatment of a classical piece in this manner by any means -- Keith Emerson had done several previously with his earlier group the Nice -- but it was the first to reach a mass audience or get heavy radio play (at least of excerpts), and introduced the notion of "classical rock" to millions of listeners, including the classical community, most of whose members regarded this record as something akin to an armed assault.
Those with less hidebound sensibilities appreciated Emerson's rollicking and delightful "Blues Variations" -- which bridged the gap between Tarkus and Trilogy -- and Greg Lake's lyrical adaptations of "Promenade," "The Sage," and "The Great Gates of Kiev." It does some violence to Mussorgsky in the process, but it is also the most concise, energetic, and well-realised live release in ELP's catalogue
SIDE 1: Promenade / The Gnome / Promenade / The Sage / The Old Castle / Blues Variation
SIDE 2: Promenade / The Hut of Baba Yaga / The Curse of Baba Yaga / The Hut of Baba Yaga / The Great Gates of Kiev (The End) / Nut Rocker
LABELS: MINT
An immaculate set of labels - no prominent spindle traces - possibly never been played
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like-new - some very light, superficial and harmless manufacturing brush marks
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
This possibly unplayed copy delivers the finest and cleanest sound you could wish for - the (very) occasional tick noted but I did not clean this copy as it looks like-new so these will no doubt disappear after a clean/few spins - in my opinion a final up-grade for any collector - a strong NM but in essence MINT as it plays like-new
SLEEVE: MINT
Exceptional condition - looks like it was made yesterday
INNER SLEEVE: MINT
Again, like-new - no seam splits
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW 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 standard)
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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