Steeleye Span - All Around My Hat - MINT 1975 UK First Pressing Vinyl LP

	£		15
	$		20

Artist & Title: Steeleye Span ?– All Around My hat

MINT 1975 UK FIRST PRESSING 9-track vinyl LP with green Chrysalis labels, housed in the original picture sleeve complete with lyric/anamorphic projection insert and original black Island Records inner sleeve. This is the album that made the band a household name in the UK. In the United States it became the band's first album to chart. The record is in as-new Mint condition and sounds as wonderful as ever and the clean and sharp cover is in Immaculate Mint condition. See pics.
Highly desirable for its CHR 1091 A EG / CHR 1091 B EG first pressing matrices and Mint condition vinyl, and increasingly difficult to find in this condition. This could be a once in a lifetime opportunity to add this rarity to your collection at an extremely advantageous price.

Catalogue Number: CHR1091

Release date: 1975

Overall Grade: Mint/Mint (LP/Cover)

Matrix (Runout): Side 1: CHR 1091 A EG      Side 2: CHR 1091 B EG

Notes:
Green Chrysalis labels.
Includes card insert with "peepholes" and instructions on how to view the band on the cover using these via the magic of anamorphic projection.
? & © Chrysalis Records Ltd, 1975.
Catalogue numbers:
CHR.1091-A and CHR.1091-B respectively on centre labels
CHR1091 on spine
CHR 1091 on insert

This landmark LP is hardly ever offered for sale in this condition – if ever.

“When Steeleye first started, Tim Hart said that the idea was to present traditional music in a way that would be acceptable to rock audiences. With "All Around My Hat", they certainly achieved that aim.”

This is the extremely rare real thing: a genuine MINT CONDITION 1975 UK first pressing. The record is in as-new condition and the cover, insert and inner sleeve are in immaculate mint condition. All items are free from any major defects such as writing, dog ears, tears or scratches. See pics. All items are the genuine originals bought together by me in 1975 (one careful owner!), not reprints or replacements. The LP is the original 1975 UK stereo LP, which was only played occasionally on top-end audiophile equipment and lovingly cared for.

“Not Folk, not out and out Pop, it's a collection of good tracks that can be listened to again and again without tiring. It's what introduced me to Maddy Prior’s voice and to Steeleye Span and I'd give it 5 stars for that benison alone!”

The biggest selling of all Steeleye Span albums is also their hardest rocking record. They sound like would-be competitors to the Who on the opening bars of "The Wife of Usher's Well," with Bob Johnson's electric guitar grinding out power chords like nobody's business. The vocals have their usual elegance, the harmonies soaring exquisitely, but between the choruses the guitar puts out lots of wattage. The guitar competes with Maddy Prior's voice for dominance on tracks like "Hard Times of Old England," "Bachelor's Hall," and "Dance with Me." There's some more traditional-sounding material here, including the lovely "Cadgwith Anthem" and "Gamble Gold (Robin Hood)," where the group returns to acoustic instruments. A single of the upbeat title track also made the charts in the UK, and the overall sound was the work of producer Mike Batt, who gave the band a raw, stripped-down style, with only the smallest touching up and the very lightest of overdubbed strings.

This may be your only ONCE IN A LIFETIME chance to own this rare piece of music history in this condition.

 “I think these are some of Steeleye Span's most imaginative songs. And yes, this is one of their hardest rocking albums, and they have plenty of talent to pull it off. I've heard several Black Jack Davey's and theirs is by far my favourite.”

A fantastic time warp example of this rarity in amazing condition, a true investment grade item - get it while you can!

AND IT MUST SELL IN THIS ONCE ONLY AUCTION

You can read more about this album, Steeleye Span and Mike Batt all over the web.

I pack my records professionally in stiff corrugated cruciform record boxes leaving the Vinyl (housed in anti-static bags) outside the Sleeve.

Postage discounts for multiple orders are available: £1 per additional LP, up to a maximum of 4, in the UK.
£4 per additional LP, up to a maximum of 4, in the Rest of the World.

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