ROBERT WYATT Rock Bottom 1974 UK VIRGIN 1st PRESS - A2/B1 - ONE PLAY - NEAR MINT
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Feb 29, 2016 Sold Date
Feb 19, 2016 Start Date
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ROBERT WYATT Rock Bottom 1974 UK VIRGIN 1st PRESS - A2/B1 - ONE PLAY - NEAR MINT

ROBERT WYATT
Rock Bottom

UK VIRGIN (V 2017) FIRST ISSUE (July 1974)
AN OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL *NEAR MINT* COPY
ONCE PLAYED (or part played) AND DELIVERING EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN SOUND

PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE 'TWO VIRGINS' LABELS
MATRIX: V 2017 A-2U / V 2017 B-1U
STAMPERS/MOTHERS: 1/GG and 1/M
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL SINGLE MATT SLEEVE WITH ALFREDA BENGE’S ARTWORK
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE WITH UK PATENT NUMBER AND “MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN” PRINTED IN BLACK

Robert Wyatt Guitar, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals
Mike Oldfield Guitar
Gary Windo Clarinet, Clarinet (Bass), Sax (Tenor), Wind
Ivor Cutler Keyboards, Vocals
Mongezi Feza Trumpet
Fred Frith Piano, Viola
Hugh Hopper Bass
Richard Sinclair Bass
Laurie Allen Drums

Rock Bottom, recorded with a star-studded cast of Canterbury musicians, has been deservedly acclaimed as one of the finest art rock albums.
Several forces surrounding Wyatt's life helped shape its outcome. First, it was recorded after the former Soft Machine drummer and singer fell out of a five-story window and broke his spine. Legend had it that the album was a chronicle of his stay in the hospital. Wyatt dispels this notion in the liner notes of the 1997 Thirsty Ear reissue of the album, as well as the book Wrong Movements: A Robert Wyatt History.
Much of the material was composed prior to his accident in anticipation of rehearsals of a new lineup of Matching Mole.
The writing was completed in the hospital, where Wyatt realised that he would now need to sing more, since he could no longer be solely the drummer.
Many of Rock Bottom's songs are very personal and introspective love songs, since he would soon marry Alfreda Benge.
Benge suggested to Wyatt that his music was too cluttered and needed more open spaces. Therefore, Robert Wyatt not only ploughed new ground in songwriting territory, but he presented the songs differently, taking time to allow songs like "Sea Song" and "Alifib" to develop slowly.
Rock Bottom was Robert Wyatt's most focused and relaxed album up to its time of release.
In 1974, it won the French Grand Prix Charles Cros Record of the Year Award. It is also considered an essential record in any comprehensive collection of psychedelic or progressive rock.

Side 1:
Sea Song
A Last Straw
Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road
Side 2:
Alifib
Alife
Little Red Robin Hood Hit The Road

LABELS: MINT/NEAR MINT
An immaculate set of labels - one spindle trace on Side Two, none on Side One
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like-new
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Stunning copy - once played and like new - plays beautifully - exceptionally clean sound - best I have heard and they really do not come any better - very, very highly recommended indeed
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
A superb example - no edge or spine were - the pinched spine has all text clear and bold - a few light marks to the soft matt sheen but again, they really do not come much better

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EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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