MOONDOG UK CBS 1969 1st PRESS Nr MINT AUDIO

	£		40
	$		53

MOONDOG

UK 1ST PRESSING ON THE CBS LABEL CATALOGUE 63906.

RELEASE DATE 1969.

SLEEVE MADE & PRINTED BY E. J. DAY GROUP LONDON 7 BEDFORD

CBS ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE

HIS FIRST ALBUM RELEASED HERE IN THE UK ON THE ESQUIRE LABEL IN 1959. TEN YEAR LATER MOONDOG RELEASED THIS HIS SECOND ALBUM ON CBS AND LIKE HIS FIRST IT WAS ALSO SELF-TITLED.

 MOONDOG, BORN LOUIS THOMAS HARDIN A BLIND AMERICAN COMPOSER, MUSICIAN, POET, INVENTOR OF SEVERAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND KNOWN FOR MUCH OF HIS LIFE AS THE VIKING OF 6TH AVENUE. IT IS BELIEVED HE WOULD WRITE HIS BRILLIANT COMPOSITIONS WITHIN HIS MIND USING BRAILLE. MOONDOG HAS BEEN AN AND WILL ALWAYS BE AN INSPIRATION FOR MANY MUSICIANS, WITH SEVERAL SONGS DEDICATED TO HIM, ONE BEING “MOONDOG”, FROM PENTANGLE’S 1968 ALBUM “SWEET CHILD” THAT TELLS OF HIM AS THE STREET PERFORMER PLAYING A DRUM ON THE CORNER OF 6TH AVENUE. 

I EXPECT THE GENRE “EXPERIMENTAL” WILL SUFFICE FOR THIS ALBUM, ALTHOUGH COMPOSITIONS ON THIS ALBUM DO NOT FIT NEATLY INTO ANY ONE SINGLE CATEGORY, BEING MODERN CLASSICAL, JAZZ, AND EXPERIMENTAL AT THE SAME TIME. MOONDOG SHOULD BE LISTENED TO AND CONSIDERED AS AN ALBUM TO ADD TO A COLLECTION.

MATRIX: 

SIDE ONE: S 63906 A1

SIDE TWO: S 63906 B1

TRACKS:

SIDE ONE:

THEME (2.55’)  

STAMPING GROUND (2.36’)

SYMPHONIQUE #3 (Ode to Venus) (5.51’)

SYMPHONIQUE #6 (Good For Good) (2.45’)

SIDE TWO:

MINISYM # 1 (5.45’)

I-                  Allegro

II-              II- Andante Adagio

III-           III Vivace

LAMENT I

WITCH OF ENDOR (6.29’)

 I - Dance

II -Trio

a.     Adagio (The Prophesy)

b.    Andante (The Battle)

c.      Agitato (Soul’s Death)  

III – Dance (Reprise)

SYMPHONIQUE # 1 (Portrait of a Monarch)

CONDITION:

SLEEVE: EXCELLENT-

The un-laminated sleeve is clean and in sound condition, no previous owner marks, it has a few creases, and some print rub to its spine, album title has been mostly worn away.

INNER SLEEVE: EXCELLENT

Clean, shows some light handling and age related colouration, but no splits or tears.

LABLES: EXCELLENT+

A clean pair of 1st press CBS labels, with a handful of spindle traces between them.

VINYL VISUAL: EXCELLENT+

Viewing in bright light, both surfaces have no marks or hairlines, spot-lamp reveals some fine sleeve associated lines only.

AUDIO: EXCELLENT + TO NEAR MINT

Plays throughout with clarity and clean sounding audio, some isolated static ticks, no distortion

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MINT: The Record itself is in brand new condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality. The cover and extra items are in perfect condition. Records advertised sealed or un-played should be mint.

EXCELLENT: The record shows some signs of having been played, but there is very little lessening in sound quality. The cover and packaging might have slight wear and or creasing.

VERY GOOD: The record has obviously been played many times, but displays no major deterioration in sound quality, despite noticeable surface marks and the occasional light scratch. Normal wear and tear on the cover or extra Items, without any major defects, is acceptable.

GOOD: The record has been played so much that the sound quality has noticeably deteriorated, perhaps with some distortion and mild scratches. The cover suffers from folding scuffing of edges, of edges, spine splits, discolouration etc.

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