FRIPP & ENO No Pussyfooting 1973 UK ISLAND 1st PRESS MINT
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FRIPP & ENO No Pussyfooting 1973 UK ISLAND 1st PRESS MINT
FRIPP & ENO(NO PUSSYFOOTING)
1973 UK ISLAND (HELP 16) FIRST PRESSING
Recorded in just three days but over a period of two years and released very close to Eno's own solo album 'Here Come the Warm Jets', 'No Pussyfooting' is one of Eno's earliest musical experiments and the beginning of his 'ambient' music
A BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL COPY WHICH LOOKS ONCE PLAYED AND SOUNDS LIKE NEW WITH EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN SOUND
PRESSED WITH THE BLACK ISLAND 'HELP' LABELS WITH THE PINK i LOGO
MATRIX: HELP 16 A-1U / HELP 16 B-1U
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Printed and made by MacNeill Press Ltd., London SE1"
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE WITH UK PATENT NUMBER AND "MADE IN ENGLAND" PRINTED IN GREY
At the same time Brian Eno was working on Here Come the Warm Jets, he was flexing his experimental muscle with this album of tape delay manipulation recorded with Robert Fripp.
In a system later to be dubbed Frippertronics, Eno and Fripp set up two reel-to-reel tape decks that would allow audio elements to be added to a continuing tape loop, building up a dense layer of sound that slowly decayed as it turned around and around the deck's playback head. Fripp later soloed on top of this.
No Pussyfooting represents the duo's initial experiments with this system. "The Heavenly Music Corporation" demonstrates the beauty of the setup, with several guitar and synth elements building on top of each other, the music slowly evolving, and Fripp ending the piece with low dive-bombing feedback that swoops over the soundscape, bringing the piece to its conclusion. Eno and Fripp later refined the system on Evening Star and Eno's solo album Discreet Music. Fripp would take the system and base whole albums and live appearances around it (particularly Let the Power Fall). But it was here on No Pussyfooting where it all started
Side A: The Heavenly Music Corporation (20:55)
Side B: Swastika Girls (18:43)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels with just one spindle trace per side
VINYL Visual: MINT
Both surfaces are unmarked and shine like new
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT (MINT)
Plays like new with just the very occasional little touch of surface, nothing really, the finest and cleanest sounding copy you could wish for
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Again, practically as-new with no wear to speak of and all text on the strong spine clear and bold
PLEASE SEE ALL 13 PHOTOS
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Tracked)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £25.00 (International Tracked)
ALL RECORDS ARE PLAY-CHECKED UNLESS SEALED
Combined Post: Additional records £2 (UK) £3 (Europe) £5 (International)
Guarantee: All records are unconditionally guaranteed (including sealed and/or unplayed) and I will offer a complete, no quibble refund upon return of the item should you not be pleased with it in any way
1536 (GS 9.4 (1536))
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