PEARLS BEFORE SWINE These Things Too 1969 UK REPRISE 1st PRESS Nr MINT AUDIO
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Oct 16, 2014
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Oct 6, 2014
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PEARLS BEFORE SWINE These Things Too 1969 UK REPRISE 1st PRESS Nr MINT AUDIO
PEARLS BEFORE SWINEThese Things Too
1969 UK REPRISE (RSLP 6364) FIRST PRESSING
LOVELY COPY - PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY THROUGHOUT
By the time of their third LP, Pearls Before Swine's mainstay Tom Rapp hadn't changed much in his approach - he was still singing inscrutable melodic folk-rock-psychedelic songs.
The chief difference was that by this point Pearls Before Swine was less of a group and more a front for Rapp working with various other musicians. Only Wayne Harley remained from the lineup on the first album; the drums, in fact, were handled by esteemed jazz veteran Grady Tate. Perhaps working for a major label allowed for more time in honing the arrangements, which employed horns, strings, celeste, lugubrious orchestration, periodic odd sound effects, and some backup vocals by Elisabeth Rapp.
At times, Rapp sounded almost normal, as on the cover of Bob Dylan's "I Shall Be Released" (the only non-original) and the easygoing country-rock of "If You Don't Want To." What to make, though, of a song about a "Frog in the Window," presented in both a hurdy-gurdy good-time version and a more spaced-out one? Or the French-sung "Mon Amour," in which Rapp wanders into Astrud Gilberto territory?
PRESSED ON HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL (153g) WITH THE FIRST ISSUE 'STEAMBOAT' REPRISE LABELS
MATRIX: RSLP 6364 A-2 *T STEREO / RSLP 6364 B-2 *T STEREO
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FULLY LAMINATED SLEEVE “ Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd."
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE WITH UK PATENT NUMBER AND "FOREIGN PATENTS PENDING" PRINTED IN BLUE
Side 1:
Footnote (1:16)
Sail Away (3:06)
Look Into Her Eyes (4:34)
I Shall Be Released (3:02)
Frog In The Window (Reprise) (1:36)
I'm Going To City (2:27)
Man In The Tree (3:25)
Side 2:
If You Don't Want To (I Don't Mind) (3:20)
Green And Blue (0:22)
Mon Amour (2:04)
Wizard Of Is (3:36)
Frog In The Window (3:36)
When I Was A Child (4:44)
These Things Too (3:24)
LABELS: EXCELLENT+
Bright, clean and unmarked labels which carry a few spindle traces
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT+
Both surfaces shine like-new - just a couple of superficial, harmless light marks
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
My play-check at volume found little to fault - an occasional touch of low-level surface was noted - nothing really
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
No edge or spine wear to speak of - just a few thumb-creases towards the opening edge - lovely deep, glass-like glossy sheen to the laminate
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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