ISKRA 1903 Derek Bailey Incus UK Free Jazz NM Obi Avant

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DEREK BAILEY; PAUL RUTHERFORD & BARRY GUY: “Iskra 1903”

Label: Incus Records

Label Number: Incus -3/4

Original 1st UK Pressing of 1983 complete with Insert Obi for Japanese Market

GRADING:

2 LP Record Set: Near Mint

Gatefold Jacket: Excellent ~ Near Mint

Some words on this issue: BAILEY, DEREK; PAUL RUTHERFORD & BARRY GUY: “Iskra 1903” (Incus – INCUS-3/4) Released in 1983, but recorded live at the ICA London on August 1970 and May 1972. Original press of an early – the third to be exact – Incus label title. Iskra 1903, named after a newspaper founded by Lenin, has had several incarnations. This one was the first: Paul Rutherford (trombone and piano), Derek Bailey (guitar), and Barry Guy (double bass). The first revelation here is that Rutherford plays piano, and that he's a worthwhile improviser on that instrument. The second is that this music, for all its uncompromisingly unpremeditated and atonal character, contains a great deal that beguiles and fascinates. Each of these non-quartet pieces is beautiful in itself, and all share a very similar musical approach, which means that during a casual listen one is not aware of shifting personnel so much as of a multi-leveled performance. There's a general sense of continuity between all of the pieces on display here which gives them the feel of a continuous performance while the changes in line-up keep it varied on closer inspection. Trying to catalogue the music on the other hand is a bit more difficult and I personally am of the impression that is cross-borders several styles albeit being confined to their own sonic spectrum. Call it improvisation, free jazz, avant-garde, contemporary music or even psychedelic if you like, Iskra 1903 fits all of these nametags like a glove. But that aside this 2 LP set still stands firm as one of the most interesting documents to shed a glimpse at the budding UK improve scene of the early seventies. Each time I put this sucker on it sends chills running down my spine in eager anticipation to the sound palette to unfold before my eyes and ears. It just rocks and rocks hard. Stellar music and getting a tough one to dig up.

Our grading scale: Mint/ Near Mint/ Excellent/ VG++/. We don’t sell anything below VG++. VG++ grade is basically that the record has some scuffs and has wear. Excellent: record has hardly no visible defects and is preserved with care and attention, the condition most collectors take pride in to file away. Near Mint: a dash below mint, just perfect. Mint: like new.

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