KING CRIMSON Starless And Bible Black 1974 UK 1st PRESS Nr MINT
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65
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£ 65
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May 11, 2014
Sold Date
May 1, 2014
Start Date
£ 20
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Great Britain
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KING CRIMSON Starless And Bible Black 1974 UK 1st PRESS Nr MINT
TEXTURED GATEFOLD w/INNER, BARELY PLAYED, SUPERB SOUND
KING CRIMSONStarless And Bible Black
UK ISLAND (ILPS 9275 ) FIRST PRESSING (February 1974)
LOVELY COPY - BARELY PLAYED AND DELIVERING STUNNING SOUND
PRESSED ON HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL (158g) WITH THE FIRST ISSUE ISLAND PINK RIM LABELS
MATRIX: ILPS 9275 A 2M / ILPS 9275 B 3M Sean + Ray
THE ALBUM IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FULLY TEXTURED GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Printed in England by Robor Limited"
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL LYRIC INNER SLEEVE
Starless and Bible Black is even more powerful and daring than its predecessor, Larks' Tongues in Aspic, with jarring tempo shifts, explosive guitar riffs, and soaring, elegant, and delicate violin and Mellotron parts scattered throughout its 41 minutes, often all in the same songs.
The album was on the outer fringes of accessible progressive rock, with enough musical ideas explored to make Starless and Bible Black more than background for tripping the way Emerson, Lake & Palmer's albums were used.
"The Night Watch," a song about a Rembrandt painting, was, incredibly, a single release, although it was much more representative of the sound that Crimson was abandoning than where it was going in 1973-1974. More to that point were the contents of Side Two of the original LP, a pair of instrumentals that threw the group's hardest sounds right in the face of the listener, and gained some converts in the process.
Side 1: The Great Deceiver / Lament / We'll Let You Know / The Night Watch / Trio / The Mincer
Side 2: Starless And Bible Black / Fracture
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels - less than a handful of light spindle traces
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like-new - barely a mark to be seen
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT+/NEAR MINT
Stunning sound - strong and loud, sharp and bright and my play-check at volume found little to fault - just a little surface on "Trio" (nothing major or unexpected as this track is incredibly quiet) overall, a really superb copy - one of the finest I have seen in a long, long time
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Apart from some marks it's picked up over the years the gatefold is crisp and sharp - no wear to speak of on either the edges or spine
INNER SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
As clean, sharp and fresh as the day it was made - no seam splits
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: FREE (2nd Class Recorded Delivery)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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