KEVIN COYNE Marjory Razorblade 1973 UK VIRGIN 2LP 1st PRESS NICE COPY
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KEVIN COYNE Marjory Razorblade 1973 UK VIRGIN 2LP 1st PRESS NICE COPY
KEVIN COYNEMarjory Razorblade
UK VIRGIN (VD 2501) FIRST PRESSING (September 1973)
VERY NICE COPY OF THIS MASTERPIECE WHICH HAS SEEN LITTLE USE
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE BLACK & WHITE VIRGIN LABELS
MATRIX NUMBERS: VD 251 A-2U / VD 251 B-2U and VD 252 A-2U / VD 252 B-3U
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/A, 1/RD and 2/GM, 1/P
THE TWO RECORDS ARE HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Printed by Robor Ltd"
Of the four or five Kevin Coyne albums that fans routinely describe as his best ever, Marjory Razorblade is by far the best known in the wider world, a consequence not only of the enormous critical splash it made upon its original release in 1973, but also because of the ripples it continued sending out long after the fact.
Four years later, Sex Pistol Johnny Rotten singled out the album's "Eastbourne Ladies" as one of his all-time favourite records, while the strumming, thrumming "Marlene" is one of those records whose failure to become a monster hit single continues to baffle and bewilder. Yet "Marlene" is just one highlight amid a storm-tossed sea of the things.
A glimpse into Coyne's early influences is provided by a brace of Carter Family covers, a knockabout romp through "Lonesome Valley" and a nearly bluegrass-coloured "Heaven in My View," while his eye for distinctly English working-class archetypes is unrelenting.
Vacationing Anglos romp through "This Is Spain," a deliciously wry study of the suspicions that beset every Continental tourist during the first years of package holiday-making, while "Jackie and Edna" transplants much the same characters to a dour English beachfront, and turns their discomfort inwards.
The clashing of Coyne's characteristically sharp, tuneful poetry with deliberately warped imagery is breathtaking.
The title track, a couple of minutes of a cappella poetry sliced out of the live favourite "Suite Marjory Razorblade," makes an excellent bed for "Marlene" to emerge from, and the remainder of side one rattles along with express-train precision, bound for the furious blues boogie of the aforementioned "Eastbourne Ladies," a compulsive examination of the elderly inhabitants of that (and every other) English seaside town.
But the ramshackle "Karate King," sounding like it's being sung through a telephone receiver, the scarcely in-tune and barely controlled "Dog Latin," offering an acerbic vision of the decline of Catholic worship, and "Good Boy," a headmasterly recitation of praise that twists almost imperceptibly into viciousness and scorn, jab your ears like thumbtacks embedded in the cushions of a comfortable chair, to ensure that, no matter how much you wind up loving Marjory Razorblade, you will never feel completely at ease.
Yes, there are four or five Kevin Coyne albums that can be described as his best. But Marjory Razorblade remains the greatest of them all
Side 1:
Marjory Razor Blade (1:42)
Marlene (2:37)
Talking To No One (2:25)
Eastbourne Ladies (5:43)
Old Soldier (3:45)
Side 2:
I Want My Crown (4:10)
Nasty (4:55)
Lonesome Valley (2:50)
House On The Hill (4:45)
Cheat Me (3:45)
Side 3:
Jackie And Edna (4:00)
Everybody Says (4:15)
Mummy (4:15)
Heaven In My View (3:10)
Karate King (3:15)
Side 4:
Dog Latin (4:50)
This Is Spain (2:05)
Chairman's Ball (3:30)
Good Boy (2:33)
Chicken Wing (4:35)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
All four labels are clean and unmarked with just one or two light spindles per side. The Record Two spindle hole is still tight
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT
A few hairlines/brush marks are visible but none of these have any significant effect on the sound which is impressive throughout
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT / EXCELLENT+
Plays beautifully throughout with little to fault.
Just a little surface on some of the quietest moments and the odd light tick but nothing really.
Sounds great and a wonderful record which is very highly recommended indeed
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Apart from some age toning the gatefold is unmarked with sharp edges and spine where all text is clear and bold
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