JONESY No Alternative LP DAWN 1972 UK orig+foc STEREO DNSL 3042 RARE UK PROG

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JOHN JONES, JIMMY KALETH, DAVID PAUL, JIM PAYNE

A progressive rock outfit whose albums were reputedly delicate, melodic affairs, 

somewhat similar to King Crimson and with a lot of mellotrons  

"NO ALTERNATIVE"

Produced by John Jones

1972     LP     DAWN RECORDS      STEREO   DNLS 3042

MADE IN ENGLAND    ORIGINAL COPY    1ST PRESSING

This version: Released on a lilac Dawn label in a fold-out cover 

and pressed on vinyl that is a slighty translucent burgundy 

when seen against a strong source of light

Barcode and Other Identifiers

LABEL:  DAWN -  LILAC LABEL - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: (spine & inside sleeve) DNLS 3042

Catalog on labels: DNLS.3042 (DNLS.3042-A / DNLS.3042-B) 

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): DNLS 3042 A-4?G

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): DNLS 3042 B-2?G

On labels: ?1972 on both labels (on the labels the release year appears at 6 o'clock)

Made in England

Produced by John Jones (Bruno Music)

Recorded at Command Studios London

Engineer-Andy Hendrikson

Rights Society: Bruno Music

On Inside Sleeve: Cover drawn by Tony Allen of Allan Burrows Limited

from my records collection

tracklisting

Side A: NO ALTERNATIVE - HEAVEN - MIND OF THE CENTURY

Side B: 1958 - POLLUTION - RICOCHET

  grading

RECORD from VG to NEAR EX but, please, read below description

A1 from VG (clicks/tac at the start for 1 minute and near the end) to Near EX

A2  VG (clicks, scratches)

A3 VG(+) (with clicks/tac expecially in the middle of the track)

B1 Near Ex

B2 from VG (slower parts, with clicks/tac) to Near Ex

B3 VG+ (few light clicks)

SLEEVE EX (please, see pictures and read above description)

No Alternative was Jonesy's debut album, and its title track best summed up their aspirations of fusing 

improvisational jazz to prog rock with barely a thought to commercial consequences. 

A muscular piece with a tough political message, it spills back and forth between prog and jazz over a stop-start rhythm. 

Equally socially conscious is "Pollution," an epic track that showcased the band at its best. It begins 

with quiet, moody organ and Mellotron pooling around the heavy lyrics, then builds in intensity until suddenly

 the band breaks into bright, racing prog rock. There's a chime to the guitar foreshadowing U2, 

while jazz bassist David Paull sets the stage for the later success of New Order as he takes 

the lead during the second half of the number, occasionally joined by John Evan Jones surfy guitar. 

Equally notable was the band's use of Mellotron, which adds evocative and exotic shadings to many of their tracks. 

There again, No Alternative was a highly diverse set, which visits "Heaven," a gorgeous and luminescent, jazz-flavored place, 

and speeds off to the Far East for the thumping "Mind of the Century." The band alights in Mission Impossible territory, 

borrowing the theme song's distinctive riff for the hard prog-rocking "1958," and dances into funky town for 

the "Shaft" inspired funk-pop hybrid "Ricochet." But it's the jazz elements that reign supreme on this set, 

particularly around the band's excellent rhythm section. These elements departed soon after the album's release....(AllMusic)