LAURA NYRO Christmas & Beads of Sweat RARER ORIG UK 1970 EX+ LP, LOVELY EXAMPLE.

	£		34
	$		44

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Artist or Band: LAURA NYRO

Album Title: Christmas and the Beads of Sweat

Producer(s): Felix Cavaliere & Arif Mardin

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: Brown Earth; When I Was a Freeport and You Were the Main Drag; Blackpatch; Been on a Train; Up on the Roof.

Side 2: Upstairs by a Chinese Lamp; Map to the Treasure; Beads of Sweat; Christmas in My Soul.

Label/Format: CBS with matt, very gently textured surfaces.

Label Conditions: Both very clean, fresh and attractive with only a few mostly light, fine and faint spindle marks and no wear around the hole area, this beautiful classic album appears little played.

Catalogue Number: S 64157

Mode / Speed: Stereo / 33.3 rpm.

Up and Down Movement: Minimal trace. Few vintage records will ever be perfectly flat, any issues with significant movement or tracking will be mentioned in detail if applicable.

Lateral Movement (Side-to-Side): Minimal Trace.

Weight of this Record: 160 grams.

Country of Manufacture: England

Rarity: Scarce, first issues in this condition rarer still. Laura Nyro albums were not major sellers in the UK.

Original Year of Release: 1970

Matrix Nos: S 64157-A2 / S 64157 B1

Musicians: Laura Nyro - piano, vocals, arrangements; Barry Beckett – vibraphone; Felix Cavaliere – organ, bells; Roger Hawkins – drums; Eddie Hinton – electric guitar; David Hood – bass; Jack Jennings – percussion; Stuart Scharf – acoustic guitar; Duane Allman – guitar; Richard Davis – bass; Alice Coltrane – harp; Dino Danelli – drums; Cornell Dupree – electric guitar; Joe Farrell – woodwinds; Ashod Garabedian – oud; Ralph MacDonald – percussion; Chuck Rainey – bass; Michael Szittai – cimbalin.

Brief Info: The fourth album by one of America’s greatest singer-songwriters and vocalists. Her first was on Verve, then she signed to CBS. Blending pop with jazz and soul, her music is not overly commercial, but one of the most compelling singers of her generation. Her full-on vocal style at times takes the breath away, the songs are complex and intense about love and romance, this set bridges and concludes the trilogy – the second and third albums are also both on offer from the same collection. Over the years her music has gained a huge reputation and many regard this album as one of her very finest – all her early titles are amazing. Other artists have covered her work and attracted many admirers and fans, her music and vocal just exudes class. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 fifteen years after her untimely death in 1997. This a superb hardly played UK original and seldom seen like this. The owner included a press cutting about Laura dated 1971 as-seen.

Cover Grade and Format: EXCELLENT: an unlaminated single format with matt, smooth surfaces. Printed and made in England by Shorewood, includes the CBS ‘The Music People inner sleeve.

Lamination & Front: Mild grubbiness only for a cover front that will rarely avoid it. Minimal creasing and no sticker issues, this only gives scant clues of age.

Cover Back: The darker back has avoided ugly ring wear and any blemishes or creasing minimal, small and light.

Top Edge: Straight with a hint of darkening, but barely rubbed at all.

Bottom Edge: Similar to above, less thickening and any rub traces gentle and light to this pale storage edge.

Right Edge(s), and Type: Clean, still mostly sharp with any thickening small, patchy and light. Record enters on this edge.

Spine and Text: Solid, straight with minimal compression, any darkening or wear to the white surface again gentle and light. The text is virtually fully present and strong as-seen.

Corners: Any tip rubs tiny and light, excellent shape retained with no knocks.

Cover Summary: A strong all-round example of this scarce and wear-prone early 1970’s cover, one that could prove difficult to find much better. This splendid item should please many collectors.

The Inner Sleeve: EXCELLENT: an unlined CBS graphic inner in lovely condition. Some creasing to one corner with all edges soundly and naturally intact. The paper remains fresh and clean.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: EXCELLENT(+): a very fine visual copy that is very clean with equally fine shine and heavily pressed. A copy appearing hardly played from a high-quality clean collection with any surface marks few, very light and faint as seen critically under bright light. No penetrating stylus scratches, viewed in average room light, hardly anything even registers. Visually a lovely record that should please many, if not most collectors.

Album Played For Grading: Yes. [I play ALL records I offer before submitting to Ebay, also the record is played in its entirety unless clearly stated otherwise. I do NOT play snippets or joining grooves to check for sound quality and quietness – I play from the beginning to end via clinically revealing equipment, all listed further down.]

Sound Quality and Audio Grading: This top-quality classic album mostly plays even above it’s high visual grading with little to fault. Offering strong, distortion-free sound, all frequencies are sharp and clear – sound quality is very high with a wide dynamic range and very detailed sound. Any surface sounds are minimal indeed – a few gentle ticks near the very end of side two as the album draw to it’s end on very fine grooves – little else, and this does have some very quiet passages. Overall, a very clean pressing with no tracking issues* or inherent pressing noises. Few available copies will outperform this early first pressing I feel sure. Both channels are clean and sharp, I am certain this record has been played very lightly and has been generally well stored and the record carefully handled. Little of any note spoilt my pleasure when play-grading this lovely record. It will prove very difficult to find significantly better and can be strongly recommended.

* As played-graded on a high-end Linn LP12 Sondek turntable with Ittok Mk II arm and Ortofon Quintet Black moving coil cartridge tracking at 2 grams. Records are a ‘contact’ format, and few will avoid the odd minor sound blemish.

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