HAWKWIND: 1970 DEBUT ORIGINAL UK LIBERTY - GREAT COPY

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  HAWKWIND: 1970 DEBUT ORIGINAL UK LIBERTY - GREAT COPY MATT EJ DAY GF, ONE/TWO PLAY VINYL, SENSATIONAL SOUND
HAWKWIND
Hawkwind

ORIGINAL UK LIBERTY (LBS 83348) 2nd PRESSING OF HAWKWIND'S SENSATIONAL DEBUT LP (originally released August 1970 this is a very, very early second pressing with low mothers/ stampers with Side One's 1/M indicating the 1200th) BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IT IS IN SUPERB, BARELY CONDITION (the spindle marks indicate only one of two careful plays) AND IT DELIVERS PRACTICALLY FLAWLESS CRYSTAL CLEAR, DEEP, RICH AND WARM AUDIO THROUGHOUT - FANTASTIC COPY

PRESSED ON QUALITY MID/HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL WITH BLACK LIBERY LABELS
MATRIX NUMBERS: LBS 83348 A-2U / LBS 83348 B-2U
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/M and 2/GR
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT GATEFOLD SLEEVE “Printed and made by EJ Day Ltd”
AND COMES COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL WHITE POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE

Produced by former Pretty Things guitarist Dick Taylor, Hawkwind's first album was rightfully compared to Pink Floyd's early sound: an appealing conglomeration of hippie rock grooves and interplanetary guitar trips set to the phosphorescent wandering of Dik Mik's electronics and Nik Turner's cool sax playing.
Hawkwind may not have been their most lucrative album, but it's where it all began.
Hawkwind's initial galactic blues-rock sound is based on Dave Brock's guitar playing, rising smoke-like through the haze of lyrical space funk.
The two opening tracks set the tone, with "The Reason Is" sinking in nicely to the mood of both Dave Brock's and John Harrison's guitar viscosity.
After this, the real Hawkwind begins to emerge, as the eight-minute "Be Yourself" is delightfully plastered with echoed vocals and comic book ominousness, putting drummer Terry Ollis in the spotlight this time. "Seeing It as You Really Are" moves hauntingly forward through the blackness of space as a constant jam, with the keyboards, saxophone, and guitar set adrift on a nonstop instrumental voyage.
What begins to materialise throughout this debut album is the band's trademarked sound as a whole, with each player making their instrument effectual and authoritative from the get-go. Hawkwind's sound indeed solidified as their career moved upward through the '70s, but their first album magnificently introduces the starting point of what was going to be a long and peculiar journey.

Track Listing:
Side A: Hurry On Sundown / The Reason Is? / Be Yourself / Paranoia - Part One
Side B: Paranoia - Part Two / Seeing It As You Really Are / Mirror of Illusion

LABELS: The labels are clean, bright, fresh and unmarked with just one, possibly two light spindle traces - this copy has clearly seen little play
VINYL Visual: Both surfaces retain their original deep, glossy sheen and are practically unmarked and shine like new. There are one or two very light and superficial brush marks but these have no audio consequence - the record sounds sensational
VINYL Audio: Outstanding audio delivery in all respects with a crystal clear, deep, rich, warm and detailed sound and on playback at a loud volume (which is how I always listen to my LPs prior to listing) there are no scratches, no sticks or jumps and barely any clicks or pops (just a couple during the music itself and one on the run-in on Side Two - nothing major at all or ever intrusive and I did play-grade at a very loud volume). This is a beautifully clean pressing (which is quite hard to find as the album has many quiet psychedelic moments which are often spoilt by excessive surface noise but here play just about as quietly as vinyl possibly can). The whole LP sounds superb and plays to an extremely high standard with great clarity, no groove-wear, no distortion and is strictly graded EXCELLENT++ for audio - great copy
SLEEVE: The matt gatefold is clean, bright and fresh with just a little storage wear to the top and bottom edges. There is a small patch of rubbing before the H in HAWKWIND on the front of the sleeve (please see close-up photo) but otherwise a very fine example of this easily worn, untreated original gatefold - critically graded at least an EXCELLENT

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