NEU: 1972 DEBUT LP UK UNITED ARTISTS 1st PRESS w/ LIBERTY RIM TEXT

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NEU: 1972 DEBUT LP UK UNITED ARTISTS 1st PRESS w/ LIBERTY RIM TEXT

NEAR MINT MISPRINTED SLEEVE WITH SHADOW TEXT

NEU
Neu!

1972 UK UNITED ARTISTS (UAS 29396) FIRST PRESSING OF NEU's EPONYMOUS DEBUT LP
HOUSED IN A MISPRINTED SLEEVE WITH "NEU' ON THE FRONT SHADOWED

Fresh after leaving Kraftwerk in the fall of 1971 for what they perceived to be a lack of vision, guitarist Michael Rother and drummer Klaus Dinger formed their own unit and changed the face of German rock forever -- eventually influencing their former employer, Florian Schneider of Kraftwerk. The 1974 album Autobahn was a genteel reconsideration of the music played here.
Dinger's mechanical, cut time drumming and Rother's two-note bass runs adorned with cleverly manipulated and dreamy guitar riffs and fills were the hallmarks of the "motorik" sound that would become the band's trademark.
On "Hallogallo", which opens the disc, the listener encounters a timeless rock & roll sound world. The driving guitar playing one chord in different cadences and rhythmic patters, the four-snare to the floor pulse with a high hat and bass drum for ballast, and a bass-line that is used more for keeping the drummer on time than as a rhythm instrument in its own right.
These are draped in Rother's liquidy, cascading single note drones and runs, so even as the tune's momentum propels the listener into a movement oriented robotic dance, the guitar's lyrical economy brings an aesthetic beauty into the mix that opens the space up from inside.
The tense ambient soundscape of "Sonderangebot" balances things a bit before the slower-than-Neil Young "Weissensee" opens with a subtle industrial clamour and opens up into a lyrical exploration of distorted slide guitar aesthetics with an uncharacteristic drum elegance that keeps the guitar in check.
"Im Glück" tracks a restrained, droning path through the textural palette of the guitar, treated with whispering distortion and echo.
All hell breaks loose again on Dinger's "Negativland" as an industrial soundscape eventually gives way to a bass and guitar squall as darkly enticing as anything on Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures.
It's really obvious now how the JD's sound was influenced by this simply and darkly delicious brew of noise, bass throb, percussive hypnosis, and an oddly placed, strangely under-mixed, guitar.
Rother's style had as much to do with not playing as it did with virtuosity, and his fills of open chords, stuttered cadences, and broken syntax provided a much needed diversion for the metronymic regularity of the rhythm section. Rother didn't riff; he painted a mix with whatever was necessary to get the point across. His mannerisms here are not to draw attention to himself, but rather to that numbing, incessant rhythm provided wondrously by Dinger.
Neu's debut album still sounds ahead of its time

PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE BEIGE UA LABELS WITH "LIBERTY" RIM TEXT
MARTIX NUMBERS: UAS 29396 A-3U / UAS 29396 B-2U
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/A and 1/O
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL DEEPLY GLOSSY LAMINATED SLEEVE WITH LINER NOTES BY DAVE BROCK - DATED IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER 'HH/UP/72' - MISPRINTED, AS MENTIONED ABOVE (never seen one of these before)
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL 1972 PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE WITH UK PATENT NUMBER AND "MADE IN ENGLAND" PRINTED IN BLUE

Side 1: Hallogallo / Sonderangebot / Weissensee
Side 2: Im Gluck / Negativland / Lieber Honig

LABELS: EXCELLENT+
Clean, unmarked labels - just a few light spindle traces - seen little play
VINYL Visual: VERY GOOD
Both surfaces retain their original deep, glossy sheen - some marks are visible - nothing deep which produces any intrusive scratches - most are harmless but some do cause a few ticks
VINYL Audio: VERY GOOD/EXCELLENT
Outstanding audio delivery with a crystal clear, deep, rich, warm and detailed sound and my play-check at a loud volume found some surface/light ticks, most noticeable on the quiet "Sonderangebot", but overall it plays extremely well (especially Side Two which strangely enough has the most marks) - but these original UK pressings are very hard to find in any condition
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
The fully laminated, deeply glossy cover is in great shape - clean and unmarked with a glass-like sheen - all edges are crisp and square and all text on the (pinched) spine is clear and bold - some shop creases to the spine - nothing major

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