THE KINKS Present A Soap Opera (RCA SF 8411) RARE UK 1st Pressing MINT-
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THE KINKS Present A Soap Opera (RCA SF 8411) RARE UK 1st Pressing MINT-
RARE UK first pressing of The Kinks` late-period musical-of-sorts, "Present A Soap Opera" on RCA Records (May 1975).
"What I will tell you is that, compared to such earlier splendors of their creation as the utterly marvelous Arthur—of which Soap is in many ways a lame and tepid rehash—this album sounds like the work of a group that's attempting to conceal the evaporation of its genius by inserting spoken dialogue between tracks so they can ask you to believe they're pioneering the concept of the rock-album-as-theater.
Musically, there isn't one really striking melody on the album, although there are plenty of tedious, hackneyed, ready-made ones: It may be that I didn't retain sufficiently close rein on my attention, but I still can't recall hearing even one remotely arresting melodic phrase throughout the album. As for the words, were one to ignore the laxly adhered to, skeletally developed and none-too-innovative plot (a big shot investigates an alternative, less glamorous life-style and discovers too late that he can't return to his own). One might well hear this album as a collection of songs Ray left unrecorded over the years because he knew he could do much better. Surely he's treated every theme represented here infinitely more poignantly elsewhere. (...)
To be fair, no album featuring Ray Davies's singing could ever be less than at least intermittently delightful. Why spring for Soap Opera, though, when you could instead add to your collection one of the many Kinks albums that are as amazing for what's being sung as for how it's being sung." - John Mendelsohn, Rolling Stone - May 1975.GRADING:
EX(+) COVER. Original gatefold sleeve in very fine all-round condition. Please see photos for details.- Beginnings of a small seam split to the top edge (at center).
- Very light record imprint on the back cover.
- Also includes the original inner sleeve in EX condition, with a seam split on one side.
EX++ RECORD with only minor signs of previous play.
- Very fine vinyl on both sides, with impeccable audio reproduction throughout.
- Very light hairlining, from sleeve removal only.
- Original unlaminated orange RCA Records labels.
- The matrix stamps in the run-off grooves read "SF 8411 - A - 2 E" and "SF 8411 - B - 1 E".
- This record is certified to be a UK first pressing of The Kinks "Present A Soap Opera", released in May 1975.
PLEASE NOTE: Not to be compared with the more-often-than-not substandard vinyl on offer on eBay, this item is in honestly-graded EX(+) to EX++ condition. For more information on the veracity and reliability of my grading, I kindly refer the prospective buyer to my feedback comments and seller rating.
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