WELCOME TO MY AUCTION, MY FIRST LISTINGS SINCE LOCKDOWN. I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING RECORDS SINCE 1970 AND HAVE OVER 3,000 RECORDS. DUE TO LACK OF SPACE IN THE HOUSE I HAVE DECIDED TO LIST SOME DUPLICATE COPIES OR RECORDS THAT I NO LONGER PLAY. ALL MY RECORDS HAVE BEEN WELL LOOKED AFTER, MY LISTINGS WILL HAVE MULTIPLE PHOTOS TO SHOW THEIR GREAT CONDITION. i HAVE CLEANED ALL THE VINYL WITH ANTI-STAT RECORD CLEANER IN A KNOSTI ANTI-STAT SPIN WHEEL DEVICE, THE CLEANED RECORDS ARE THEN STORED IN BRAND NEW ANTI-STAT RECORD INNERS. THE SLEEVES HAVE ALL BEEN KEPT IN BRAND NEW POLYTHENE 12" SLEEVES IN I-CUBE STORAGE BOXES IN A SMOKE FREE HOME AWAY FROM SUNLIGHT.
I FULLY PLAY TEST MY RECORDS ON A HIGH END SYSTEM BEFORE LISTING.
PLEASE NOTE ALL RECORDS WILL BE SENT OUT IN WELL STIFFENED BOXED MAILERS TO PREVENT ANY DAMAGE IN THE POST. I HAVE OVER 3,400 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK SO HAVE 10 YEARS EXPERIENCE OF SELLING RECORDS ON EBAY. PLEASE LOOK OUT FOR MY FURTHER LISTINGS, MORE CLASSIC RECORDS TO BE ADDED SOON.
I WILL ONLY SELL TO UK BIDDERS BUT WILL DISCOUNT THE POSTAGE ON MULTIPLE BUYS. I CAN GET 3 X RECORDS IN A MAILER, SO £5.50 FOR 1 X RECORD 2ND CLASS SIGNED FOR DELIVERY. £6.50  FOR 2 X LP'S, £7.50 FOR 3 X LP'S.
ANYWAY, HERE WE HAVE :
RARE BIRD, EPIC FOREST 1972 FIRST PRESS UK VINYL LP IN NEAR MINT TOP AUDIO CONDITION WITH AN EXCELLENT MATT GATEFOLD SLEEVE AND VERY GOOD PLUS INNER SLEEVE. SORRY, NO POSTER OR 7" SINGLE WITH THIS COPY. A SUPERB AUDIO COPY OF THIS HARD TO FIND CLASSIC PROG ROCK ALBUM, THIS SOUNDS SUPERB. MATRIX NUMBERS AS HIGHLIGHTED BELOW ON THE DISCOGS INFO.
VINYL : VISUALLY IN VERY GOOD PLUS CONDITION WITH A LOVELY SHEEN, JUST A FEW LIGHT SURFACE MARKS ON SIDE 1 WHICH DON'T SOUND AT ALL  ON MY SYSTEM. PLAYBACK IS IN EXCELLENT PLUS TOP CONDITION WITH A LOUD CUT STEREO SOUND AND VIRTUALLY NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE HEARD AT ALL. THIS 'LOUD CUT' FIRST PRESS MIX SOUNDS SUPERB, I HAD TO TURN THE VOLUME DOWN! A TOP COPY.
POLYDOR LABELS : JUST A COUPLE OF SPINDLE MARKS SO HARDLY PLAYED, IN EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION.
FIRST PRESS MATT GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH DIE-CUT SECTION FOR THE 7" SINGLE : SORRY, NO SINGLE OR POSTER WITH THIS COPY THOUGH. NO EDGE WEAR. THE SPINE IS TOTALLY CRISP AND LEGIBLE WITH JUST A LITTLE TOP CORNER WEAR, A LOVELY SLEEVE. IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, SUPERB.
INNER SLEEVE : IN VERY GOOD PLUS CONDITION.
OVERALL A SUPERB EXCELLENT PLUS TOP AUDIO CONDITION WITH AN EXCELLENT GATEFOLD SLEEVE COPY OF A HARD TO FIND RARE BIRD FIRST PRESS PROGRESSIVE ROCK ALBUM. ONLY SELLING AS I HAVE ANOTHER COPY.
FIRST PRESS VARIANT 1 MATRIX NUMBERS AS HIGHLIGHTED BELOW ON THE DISCOGS INFORMATION.
UK BIDDERS ONLY.
FROM DISCOGS :

Rare Bird – Epic Forest

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Label: Polydor – 2442 101, Polydor – 2814-011 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Vinyl, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM Country: UK Released: 1972 Genre: Rock Style: Prog Rock

Tracklist

Hide Credits A1 Baby Listen Bass Guitar, Vocals – Paul* Drums – Kelly* Electric Piano – Dave* Guitar [2nd], Vocals – Steve* Lead Guitar – Ced* Bass Guitar, Vocals – Paul* Drums – Kelly* Electric Piano – Dave* Guitar [2nd], Vocals – Steve* Lead Guitar – Ced* A2 Hey Man Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals – Paul* Drums – Kelly* Electric Piano, Organ [Hammond, Farfisa] – Dave* Guitar [2nd], Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Steve* Lead Guitar – Ced* Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals – Paul* Drums – Kelly* Electric Piano, Organ [Hammond, Farfisa] – Dave* Guitar [2nd], Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Steve* Lead Guitar – Ced* A3 House In The City Bass Guitar, Vocals – Paul* Drums – Kelly* Electric Piano – Dave* Lead Guitar – Ced* Vocals – Steve* Bass Guitar, Vocals – Paul* Drums – Kelly* Electric Piano – Dave* Lead Guitar – Ced* Vocals – Steve* A4 Epic Forest Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals – Paul* Drums – Kelly* Electric Piano, Organ [Hammond, Farfisa] – Dave* Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocals – Ced*, Steve* Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals – Paul* Drums – Kelly* Electric Piano, Organ [Hammond, Farfisa] – Dave* Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocals – Ced*, Steve* B1 Turning The Lights Out Bass Guitar, Vocals, Percussion – Paul* Drums, Percussion – Kelly* Guitar [2nd], Percussion, Vocals – Steve* Lead Guitar, Percussion – Ced* Organ [Farfisa], Percussion – Dave* Percussion – Ashley*, Nic Potter, Paul Korda Bass Guitar, Vocals, Percussion – Paul* Drums, Percussion – Kelly* Guitar [2nd], Percussion, Vocals – Steve* Lead Guitar, Percussion – Ced* Organ [Farfisa], Percussion – Dave* Percussion – Ashley*, Nic Potter, Paul Korda B2 Her Darkest Hour Acoustic Guitar – Ced* Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Steve* Bass Guitar – Paul* Drums – Kelly* Piano – Dave* Acoustic Guitar – Ced* Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Steve* Bass Guitar – Paul* Drums – Kelly* Piano – Dave* B3 Fears Of The Night Acoustic Guitar – Ced* Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Steve* Bass Guitar – Paul* Piano – Dave* Acoustic Guitar – Ced* Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Steve* Bass Guitar – Paul* Piano – Dave* B4 Turn It All Around Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals – Paul* Drums – Kelly* Guitar [2nd], Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Steve* Lead Guitar – Ced* Organ [Farfisa] – Dave* Percussion – Paul Holland Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals – Paul* Drums – Kelly* Guitar [2nd], Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Steve* Lead Guitar – Ced* Organ [Farfisa] – Dave* Percussion – Paul Holland B5 Title No. 1 Again (Birdman) Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals, Percussion [Beads] – Paul* Drums, Congas, Percussion – Kelly* Electric Piano, Organ [Farfisa], Percussion – Dave* Guitar [2nd], Lead Vocals, Percussion – Steve* Lead Guitar, Percussion – Ced* Percussion – Chris Kelly (5), Paul Holland Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals, Percussion [Beads] – Paul* Drums, Congas, Percussion – Kelly* Electric Piano, Organ [Farfisa], Percussion – Dave* Guitar [2nd], Lead Vocals, Percussion – Steve* Lead Guitar, Percussion – Ced* Percussion – Chris Kelly (5), Paul Holland Bonus Record C1 Roadside Welcome Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Steve* Bass Guitar, Vocals – Paul* Drums – Kelly* Lead Guitar – Ced* Piano, Electric Piano – Dave* Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Steve* Bass Guitar, Vocals – Paul* Drums – Kelly* Lead Guitar – Ced* Piano, Electric Piano – Dave* C2 Four Grey Walls Bass Guitar – Paul* Drums – Kelly* Guitar [2nd], Vocals – Steve* Lead Guitar – Ced* Piano, Electric Piano, Organ [Farfisa] – Dave* Bass Guitar – Paul* Drums – Kelly* Guitar [2nd], Vocals – Steve* Lead Guitar – Ced* Piano, Electric Piano, Organ [Farfisa] – Dave* D You're Lost Bass Guitar – Paul* Drums – Kelly* Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Ced* Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Steve* Piano, Electric Piano, Organ [Farfisa] – Dave* Bass Guitar – Paul* Drums – Kelly* Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Ced* Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Steve* Piano, Electric Piano, Organ [Farfisa] – Dave*

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• Printed By – E.J. Day Group
• Recorded At – Polydor Studios
• Recorded At – Lansdowne Studios
• Mixed At – Lansdowne Studios
• Marketed By – Polydor
• Published By – Peter Rice Music
• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Polydor Ltd.
• Manufactured By – Polydor Records Ltd.
• Pressed By – Phonodisc Ltd.

Credits

• Design, Typography – Alex Marshall (2)
• Engineer – Ced Curtis
• Painting [Poster] – Richard Dadd (2)
• Photography By – Malcolm Robertson
• Producer – Rare Bird
• Producer, Engineer – Paul Holland
• Tape Op – Ashley*
• Written-By – Curtis*, Kaffinetti*, Kelly*, Karas*, Gould*

Notes

Released in a gatefold sleeve. The inside front sleeve is die-cut to produce a frame for the 7'' Bonus Record. SORRY, NO SINGLE OR POSTER IN THIS COPY.
Includes a big 'forest' poster.
Recorded at Polydor and Landsdowne Studios, June and July 1972.

Similar to re-issue Epic Forest, but present version has paper label bonus disc, while re-issue has injection printed bonus disc.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 1, stamped): 2442101 A//1 1 1 2
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 1, stamped: Third "2" is crossed off and the second "1" is hand etched): 24421021 B//1 1 1 2
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 2, stamped): 2442101 A//1 1 1 3
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 2, stamped: Third "2" is crossed off and the second "1" is hand etched): 24421021 B//1 1 1 3
• Rights Society: MCPS

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