SCOTT WALKER "Climate Of Hunter" 1984 RARE UK 1st PRESS

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SCOTT WALKER "Climate Of Hunter" 1984 RARE UK 1st PRESS SHRINKWRAPPED SLEEVE w/INNER, BEAUTIFUL COPY, UNPLAYED?

SCOTT WALKER
Climate Of Hunter


ORIGINAL UK VIRGIN (V 2303) FIRST PRESSING (March 1984) OF SCOTT WALKER'S SUPERB "Climate Of Hunter" LP - HIS ONLY RECORD OF THE 1980s AND DEEPLY MISUNDERSTOOD UPON RELEASE, IT REMAINS HIS POOREST SELLING ALBUM - BUT THIS IS A STUNNING PIECE OF WORK - AS RICH, COMPLEX AND ULTIMATELY REWARDING AS ANY OF HIS POST WALKER BROTHERS WORK - AND THIS COPY HAS POSSIBLY NEVER BEEN PLAYED - EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE OF THIS TREMENDOUS RECORD AND VERY, VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

THE RECORD IS UK PRESSED WITH THE FIRST VIRGIN LABELS (with "Made in England" rim text)
FIRST UK MATRIX: V 2303 A-2U - 1 - 1 - 1 / V 2303 B-1U - 1 - 1 - 1
BUT IT IS HOUSED IN AN ITALIAN PRINTED SLEEVE (I have just checked my own personal copy - bought in 1984 in London, and this too is housed in the same Italian sleeve with "VIRGIN DISCHI SRI MILANO" printed in the bottom corner)
MAYBE THERE WAS A SHORTAGE OF UK PRINTED SLEEVES (I know they do exist) AND THESE WERE IMPORTED FROM ITALY FOR THE UK RELEASE - HARD TO SAY (and one of those quirky variations which make collecting original vinyl all the more interesting)
THIS SLEEVE IS IN PRACTICALLY MINT CONDITION - AS IT STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK-WRAPPING (which has become firmly attached to the sleeve over the years so personally I wouldn't attempt to remove it)
AND IT COMES COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL SOFT CARD LYRIC INNER SLEEVE - THIS IS UK PRINTED AND HAS THE "MANUFACTURED IN UK" TEXT IN THE BOTTOM CORNER (again, the same as my copy)

This massively maligned album was Scott Walker's only album of the 1980's and the only fruits of a lucrative contract with Virgin Records that promised much and delivered so little. It seemed inconceivable that a stellar and legendary talent like his own could fall so dramatically from both critical and public grace, but that is what occurred with 'Climate Of Hunter'. 'Tilt', ten years later, did nothing to redress the matter. A great shame, because both albums, especially this one, took a hell of a lot of balls to make. And I believe the time is right for a reassessment of an album that, unlike so many released in the 1980's, has dated very little and, weird as it is, actually seems to make sounder sense now than it ever did.

To those who've never heard 'Climate', it's not an easy record to describe. It's a short album of seven highly original songs and one blues cover, only half of which bear proper titles, set in a wash of dischordant, jarring keyboards and rippling bass lines. Lyrically it makes very little sense, not that it matters when a top-form Engel is caressing his patent tones into the very depths of your willing soul. And, whatever else may strike you about this very left-field record, you can't fail to melt to THAT VOICE which, mixed right into your face, dominates 'Climate' so wonderfully. Backing the man is the most esoterically-assembled posse of international talent it's possible to imagine - there can't be many single-artist albums that feature artists as disperate as Mark Knopfler, Evan Parker and Billy Ocean for example - but they bring to the album a stratospheric range of sounds and influences that help make the overall result so damn strange and unique. But, make no mistake, this is Scott's baby. Period.

'Climate Of Hunter' is probably the worst-selling record Scott Walker ever made. It didn't stay in Virgin's full priced range for long and even at mid-price was deleted by the turn of the nineties, hardly helped by the universal tide of lousy reviews it garnered on first release. In a sense, I can understand that - after over a decade of waiting, something as unusual and unexpected as this hardly immediate collection of largely untitled and unconventional songs was well hard to take. But an album as adventurous and brave as 'Climate' can't be cast aside forever. Over the years I've played it rarely, then occasionally, then regularly, to the point where I simply could not be without a copy. Pick up a second hand copy somewhere - and bear with it. I think you're going to like it, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of your life. (re-review from UNSUNG by Fitter Stoke, 09/09/2002)

Track Listing:
Side 1: RAWHIDE / DEALER / TRACK THREE / SLEEPWALKERS WOMAN
Side 2: TRACK FIVE / TRACK SIX / TRACK SEVEN / BLANKET ROLL BLUES

LABELS: The labels are clean and unmarked with no spindles or signs of use - in my opinion this copy is unplayed - MINT
VINYL Visual: The vinyl surfaces are like-new with just a few light pressing brush marks - theses have no audio consequence - MINT(-)
VINYL Audio: Plays as-new from beginning to end with a deep, rich and warm sound. There is the occasional light 'tick', but only of the kind you would find on brand new vinyl (which in essence this is) so I have no hesitation in giving a MINT audio grading - beautiful copy, extremely hard to find on vinyl, especially as the original UK first issue - very, very highly recommended indeed
SLEEVE: Still housed in its shrink-wrap the sleeve is also MINT (as mentioned above the plastic is firmly attached to the sleeve so personally I wouldn't attempt to remove it in fear of damaging the cover)
INNER SLEEVE: The lyric inner is clean and unmarked with no splits, just some light signs of handling - NEAR MINT

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BEAUTIFUL UK FIRST PRESSING OF ONE OF SCOTT WALKER'S RAREST LPS ON VINYL - SOLD PRACTICALLY NOTHING UPON RELEASE AND IT'S IN PRACTICALLY PERFECT CONDITION - FANTASTIC COPY OF THIS WONDERFUL LP
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