NEIL ARDLEY A Symphony Of Amaranths 1972 UK REGAL ZONOPHONE 1st *SAMPLE* PRESS
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£ 225
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Dec 2, 2018
Sold Date
Nov 25, 2018
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£ 25
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Great Britain
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NEIL ARDLEY A Symphony Of Amaranths 1972 UK REGAL ZONOPHONE 1st *SAMPLE* PRESS
NEIL ARDLEYA Symphony Of Amaranths
1972 UK REGAL ZONOPHONE (SLRZ 1028) FIRST PRESSING (*FACTORY SAMPLE*)
EXCELLENT COPY OF THIS RARE MASTERPIECE WITH IVOR CUTLER, DICK HECKSTALL-SMITH AND NORMA WINSTONE
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST REGAL ZONOPHONE LABELS (with FACTORY SAMPLE sticker to label One)
MATRICES: YCARX 89-1U / YCARX 90-1U
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/G 1/G
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FULLY TEXTURED SLEEVE "Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd."
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE WITH UK PATENT NUMBER AND "MADE IN ENGLAND" PRINTED IN GREY
Side One contains the “Symphony”. There are four movements: Carillon, Nocturne, Entracte and Impromptu. The titles hint at classical music and you can tell that this is where Ardley’s ambitions were starting to take him.
There is a strong Gil Evans influence, but Ardley pushes the jazz orchestra’s palette further by including strings, woodwinds, harp and tuned percussion.
The textures are sometimes bold and brassy, but just as often featherweight and delicate: modal harmonies summon up an English pastoral feel that recalls Vaughan Williams more than Duke Ellington.
Side Two is full of further delicious surprises. A ten-minute setting of Edward Lear's “The Dong with a Luminous Nose”, narrated by Ivor Cutler with lugubrious glee.
And then three exquisite songs to words by Yeats, Joyce and Lewis Carroll, with Norma Winstone’s voice sounding even more honeyed and crystalline than usual.
The first of these – Yeats’s “After Long Silence”, with its subtle woodwind flavourings, autumnal tonalities and eloquent tenor solo from Don Rendell – is a true masterpiece
Side 1:
A Symphony Of Amaranths (24:56)
Side 2:
The Dong With A Luminous Nose (11:42)
Three Poems (11:13)
LABELS: EXCELLENT+
Both labels are clean and unmarked with just a few light spindle traces.
Side One has the *FACTORY SAMPLE NOT FOR SALE* sticker
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT
Side One has some light scuff marks on the edge of the record but these are shallow and mostly superficial with little audible consequence
VINYL Audio: VERY GOOD+/EXCELLENT
Plays beautifully throughout with a deep, rich and warm sound.
The mark mentioned above gives rise to 10 ticks at the beginning of Side One (nothing I found too intrusive) but these are soon passed over, and some light clicks on the quiet middle section but no major audible issues of note
Great copy of this incredibly rare masterpiece very critically graded (as always)
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Apart from some record pressure on the top edge (not split) and a few patches of light grubbiness (nothing really) the textured sleeve is in great shape with all spine text clear and bold
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
UK: £11.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £18.00 (International Signed For delivery)
Combined Post: for items purchased within any 10 day period - additional records £1 (UK) £2 (Europe including Russia) £3 (International)
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