THE ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA 1971 UK HARVEST 1st PRESS - NEAR MINT
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Feb 15, 2018
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Feb 5, 2018
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THE ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA 1971 UK HARVEST 1st PRESS - NEAR MINT
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRAThe Electric Light Orchestra
UK HARVEST (SHVL 797) FIRST PRESSING (December 1971) OF THE ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA'S DEBUT LP
AN OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL COPY - SEEN LITTLE USE AND PLAYS LIKE NEW
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE HARVEST LABELS WHICH CARRY "THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD" RIM TEXT
FIRST PRESS DOUBLE MATRIX SET: SHVL 797 A-1U, SHVL 797 A//2 / SHVL 797 B-1U, SHVL 797 B//2
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/GG and 1/L
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FULLY TEXTURED GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.”
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED HARVEST COMPANY INNER SLEEVE
Electric Light Orchestra's debut album is an astonishing creation in its own right, but neophyte listeners should be aware that it bears very little resemblance to the sound for which ELO would become known on its subsequent records.
'No Answer', as it ended up being called in America through a miscommunication with ELO's U.S. label, is a minimalist work by comparison with anything on the band's later albums.
The core trio of Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne, and Bev Bevan, augmented by one horn player and a violinist, approaches the music alternately like a hard rock band attacking a song and a string ensemble playing a chamber piece. Filled with surprisingly loose playing and sounds throughout, and with a psychedelic aura hovering over most of the music.
Written and sung by Lynne, "10538 Overture" is the opener and the best song on the album. Wood's "Look at Me Now," by comparison, plays like a sweet, melodic follow-up to "Beautiful Daughter" from the Move's Shazam, with some digressions on the oboe and a cello and violin subbing for the guitars. The rest moves from period-style popular songs to strangely cinematic conceptual pieces, on which the rock elements almost disappear in favour of quasi-classical playing by all concerned. A beautiful acoustic guitar workout by Wood, "1st Movement" also features the song's composer on the oboe, while "Mr. Radio," an exercise in 1920s nostalgia written and sung by Lynne, digresses for a moment into 1940s-style classical piano pyrotechnics. His "Whisper in the Night" ends the album with a lean and textured acoustic sound that, ironically, disappeared from ELO's repertory when he exited the lineup following these sessions.
Side 1:
10538 Overture (5:30)
Look At Me Now (3:16)
Nellie Takes Her Bow (5:58)
The Battle Of Martston Moor (July 2nd, 1644) (6:02)
Side 2:
First Movement (Jumping Biz) (2:58)
Mr. Radio (5:02)
Manhattan Rumble (49th Street Massacre) (4:21)
Queen Of The Hours (3:21)
Whisper In The Night (4:48)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, bright unmarked labels - just a couple of spindle traces
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like-new - some light hairlines - all harmless
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Plays beautifully throughout with nothing to fault the strong deep, rich and warm sound
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Some rub to the edges and spine/front bottom edge but all spine text is clear and bold
POST & PACKING:
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