TEN YEARS AFTER "Undead" 1968 UK DERAM 1st PRESS MINT-

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  TEN YEARS AFTER "Undead" 1968 UK DERAM 1st PRESS MINT- SMALL LABEL, 1/W 1/W MATRIX, MINT CLOUT & BAKER SLEEVE
TEN YEARS AFTER
Undead

ORIGINAL UK DERAM (SML 1023) FIRST *STEREO* PRESSING (August 1968) OF TEN YEARS AFTER's TREMENDOUS LIVE LP, "Undead" RECORDED AT THE KLOOKS KLEEK JAZZ CLUB, LONDON IN MAY 1968

THIS COPY IS IN SUPERB CONDITION (BOTH RECORD AND SLEEVE) AND HAS POSSIBLY BEEN PLAYED JUST A COUPLE OF TIMES AT MOST - AND IT'S BEAUTIFULLY RECORDED (THE CUT IS STRONG AND LOUD) WITH TREMENDOUS AUDIO QUALITY (AS YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM DECCA WHO CUT SOME OF THE FINEST SOUNDING RECORDS OF THE PERIOD) - THE REPRODUCTION IS CRISP, CLEAN AND VIBRANT AND THE PLAYBACK IS STUNNING THROUGHOUT

PRESSED ON QUALITY HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL (with a smooth outer rim and much thicker than the later pressings) WITH THE FIRST ISSUE (SMALL) RED/WHITE DERAM LABELS (later ones are full size) WITH THE "Made In England, The Decca Record Co Ltd" TEXT ON THE RED PORTION OF THE LABEL NOT ON THE PERIMETER AS WITH THE LATER PRESSINGS (please see photos) ALSO THE STEREO LOGO IS BLACK BOXED (again, on later pressing STEREO was printed without this block box)
FIRST ISSUE MATRIX: ZAL-8390-1W / ZAL-8391-1W (with J'T' tax code also etched on both run-offs)
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/BC and 1/BC
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FRONT LAMINATED AND DEEPLY GLOSSY SLEEVE “Printed in England by Clout & Baker Ltd.”
AND COMES COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL BLUE STEREO DECCA COMPANY INNER SLEEVE

SUPERB UK FIRST PRESSING OF ONE OF TEN YEAR AFTER'S MOST SOUGHT AFTER LPS - PURE BLUES/JAZZ - WHICH PLAYS IN STUNNING CONDITION THROUGHOUT - HARDLY BEEN PLAYED - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Undead is the second album by Ten Years After, recorded live at the small jazz club, Klooks Kleek, in London, May 1968.
This album set out to give listeners a real feel to what it was like to hear Ten Years After. Their eponymous first album was bluesy, but less emotional and passionate, and so the band decided to record the album live.
The result was a combination of blues, boogie and the sometimes remarkable jazz playing ability of the band members.
The approach of the band on this album remains unique in that it is a rock/blues approach to swing. And swing it does! Although the soloing remains almost exclusively in the pentatonic scale and adheres strictly to a basic 1/IV/V 12 bar blues (with no traditional jazz substitutions), the boys manage to pull off a confident and aggressive post bop feel.
This album became the introduction that many aspiring musicians used as a learning tool to explore beyond rock and pop boundaries and into more improvised styling

ALVIN LEE - guitar, vocals
CHICK CHURCHILL - keyboards
LEO LYONS - bass
RIC LEE - drums

Track Listing:
Side 1: I MAY BE WRONG, BUT I WON'T BE WRONG ALWAYS / WOODCHOPPER'S BALL
Side 2: SPIDER IN YOUR WEB / SUMMERTIME - SHANTUNG GARBAGE / I'M GOING HOME

LABELS: LIKE-NEW - CLEAN and BRIGHT with NO wear, NO marks/writing and only ONE or TWO of the lightest spindles - this copy has hardly ever been played
VINYL Visual: Both surfaces have their original DEEP, LIKE-NEW, GLOSSY SHEEN and are practically UNMARKED. The vinyl looks like new with just a little transfer marking from the plastic of the Decca inner sleeve from years of storage - this has NO major audio consequence
VINYL Audio: OUTSTANDING - CRYSTAL CLEAR, WARM, BEAUTIFULLY RICH and VIBRANT audio. Tremendously recorded and deeply atmospheric live album. On playback at a LOUD volume there are NO scratches, NO sticks/jumps, NO clicks or pops and barely surface noise (the aforementioned transfer marks cause maybe the slightest touch of surface noise on the quieter solos and in-between tracks but this is SO minor it really is hardly worth a mention and on a second play-through it reduced to virtual silence). The record absolutely SOUNDS SENSATIONAL throughout and it plays to the highest standard with NO groove-wear or distortion (its hardly been played). Graded MINT(-) for audio - BEAUTIFUL COPY
SLEEVE: The front laminated sleeve is in STUNNING, practically AS-NEW condition. The front laminate has a beautiful DEEP GLOSS with NO rubbing and only two light half-moon creases towards the opening edge. The edges and spine are SHARP with NO wear AT ALL and all spine text is CLEAR and BOLD. The unlaminated back is perfectly CLEAN and beautifully white. MINT(-)

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SUPERB UK FIRST PRESSING IN PRACTICALLY AS-NEW CONDITION - THIS IS ONE OF TYA'S MOST SOUGHT AFTER RECORDS AND ITS EASY TO SEE WHY - SENSATIONAL MUSICIANSHIP, BEAUTIFULLY RECORDED WITH TREMENDOUS AUDIO QUALITY - VERY, VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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