ROD STEWART Never A Dull Moment 1972 UK MERCURY 1st PRESS NEAR MINT
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ROD STEWART Never A Dull Moment 1972 UK MERCURY 1st PRESS NEAR MINT
ROD STEWARTNever A Dull Moment
UK MERCURY (6499 153) FIRST PRESSING (August 1972)
AN OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL COPY
BARELY PLAYED AND LIKE-NEW
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE MATT BLACK/SILVER MERCURY LABELS
MATRIX: 6499153 1Y ? 1 420 15 13 / 6499153 2Y // 1 ? 420 11 2
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL UK FIRST ISSUE DOUBLE GATEFOLD “Printed and made by Howards Printers (Slough) Ltd. England”
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE DATED OCTOBER 1971 ('1071')
Essentially a harder-rocking reprise of Every Picture Tells a Story, Never a Dull Moment never quite reaches the heights of its predecessor, but it's a wonderful, multi-faceted record in its own right. Opening with the touching, autobiographical rocker "True Blue," which finds Rod Stewart trying to come to grips with his newfound stardom but concluding that he'd "rather be back home," the record is the last of Stewart's series of epic fusions of hard rock and folk. It's possible to hear Stewart go for superstardom with the hard-rocking kick and fat electric guitars of the album, but the songs still cut to the core. "You Wear It Well" is a "Maggie May" rewrite on the surface, but it develops into a touching song about being emotionally inarticulate. Similarly, "Lost Paraguayos" is funny, driving folk-rock, and it's hard not to be swept away when the Stonesy hard rocker "Italian Girls" soars into a mandolin-driven coda. The covers -- whether a soulful reading of Jimi Hendrix's "Angel," an empathetic version of Dylan's "Mama, You Been on My Mind," or a stunning interpretation of Etta James' "I'd Rather Go Blind" -- are equally effective, making Never a Dull Moment a masterful record. He never got quite this good ever again
Side 1:
True Blue (3:28)
Lost Paraguayos (3:58)
Mama You Been On My Mind (4:26)
Italian Girls (5:01)
Side 2:
Angel (4:04)
Interludings (0:40)
You Wear It Well (4:21)
I'd Rather Go Blind (3:53)
Twistin' The Night Away (3:15)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
A clean, unmarked set of labels with just one or two light spindle traces
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT
Both surfaces shine like new with just a few superficial light marks all of which are completely harmless
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Plays beautifully throughout with nothing to fault
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
The cover is clean and unmarked with just a little storage rub to the edges, nothing really a fine example of the earliest UK printed cover
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINERS, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £20.00 (International Signed For delivery)
Combined Post: Additional records £1 (UK) £2 (Europe including Russia) £3 (International)
Guarantee: All records are unconditionally guaranteed (including sealed and/or unplayed) and I will offer a complete, no quibble refund upon return of the item should you not be pleased with it in any way 1233 (GS 8.1.1 (1233))
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