STEVE WARNER LP RARE Aussie private trippy prog psych 1976

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STEVE WARNER LP RARE Aussie private trippy prog psych 1976

Steve Warner – Self-titled LP (orig. Australia Candle Records STEREO CFPS-093)

Release date: 1979.  Recording dates: February & May 1976.

On offer here is an EXTREMELY RARE original issue of the first album by Melbourne-based musician, STEVE WARNER.  Musically we’re talking ACID FOLK PSYCH with effects, trippy fragile vocals/lyrics, synths, flutes, glockenspiel, acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin.  The recordings have an otherworldly quality (Syd Barrett comes to mind) – also superb cover artwork (from a silk-screen printed design).  All songs composed and all instruments played by STEVE WARNER.  Check out the YouTube links below!

weblinks:

(1) Somewhere there is Music blogspot - www.somewherethereismusic.com/article-steve-warner

(2) Sound clip “Lightning Over the Meadow” - www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnPsH_B88gU

(3) Sound clip “Poems in Your Eyes” - www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISoYu-ZJKYg

(4) Sound clip “Fireflies” - www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTtcH3ecKW8

SIDE 1

1.          Summer (4:25)                                    Writ: Steve Warner

2.         Hey, Hosanna (4:07)                            Writ: Steve Warner

3.         Lightning Over the Meadow (4:32)      Writ: Steve Warner

4.         A Boogie (4:52)                                   Writ: Steve Warner

5.         Rainfall (3:15)                                      Writ: Steve Warner

6.         Charlton (2:16)                                    Writ: Steve Warner

SIDE 2

1.          We’ll Go On (3:40)                               Writ: Steve Warner

2.         Poems in Your Eyes (5:20)                   Writ: Steve Warner

3.         Fireflies (3:40)                                    Writ: Steve Warner

4.         Momento (3:37)                                   Writ: Steve Warner

5.         Untitled (4:48)                                    Writ: Steve Warner

6.         Crisp Morning (1:28)                            Writ: Steve Warner

7.         Cement River (4:27)                            Writ: Steve Warner

PERSONNEL

     Steve Warner            vocals, all guitars, mandolin, bass, piano, synthesizers, flute, clarinet, maracas, glockenspiel, woodblock

Recorded at Spectangle Productions in Hobart, Tasmania—Australia.

Produced by Steve Warner.  Engineered by Nick Armstrong.

Mixed by Nick Armstrong & Steve Warner.

GRADING (also refer photos)

Cover (matt finish):

VG++ great appearance overall, minor handling wear with light ring-wear/rubbing (top & bottom, also inner rim on back only), creasing (mainly along spine), scuffing along seams (top & bottom, very minor along spine).

Record:

VG++ visual: clean overall, some hairlines & light surface scuffs only (side 1: VG++, side 2: VG+); audible: some underlying surface noise (more noticeable during the quieter passages) (VG+) – partly due to a pressing issue, manufactured by EMI Custom (YPRX 1585).  GOOD LUCK TRYING TO FIND ANOTHER COPY! ; labels: HARDLY ANY SPINDLE WEAR (side 1) & light spindle wear (side 2).

GRADING DESCRIPTION

COVER

M:      Absolutely NEW—perhaps still in shrink-wrap.

M-:    Slightly less than MINT.

EX:    Very light wear and/or creasing—defects will be noted.

VG++: Slightly less than EXCELLENT.

VG+:   Slightly better than VERY GOOD.

VG:     Some ring-wear and other signs of aging are apparent—defects will be noted.

VG-:   Slightly less than VERY GOOD.

G:       More obvious ring-wear, seam-splits, stains etc—defects will be noted.

M=MINT, EX=EXCELLENT, VG=VERY GOOD, G=GOOD

NB: Brackets indicate the cover is between one grade and another—eg. VG+(+).

RECORD

M:      Absolutely NEW—perhaps still in shrink-wrap.

M-:    Slightly less than MINT.

EX:    Very light scuffs.  Record played infrequently, with little or no reduction in sound quality.

VG++: Slightly less than EXCELLENT.

VG+:   Slightly better than VERY GOOD.

VG:     Lightly scuffed/marked record, with acceptable sound quality—defects will be noted.

VG-:   Slightly less than VERY GOOD.

G:       More obvious scratches, with some deterioration in sound quality—defects will be noted.

M=MINT, EX=EXCELLENT, VG=VERY GOOD, G=GOOD

NB: Brackets indicate the record is between one grade and another—eg. VG+(+).

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