THE NICE Ars Longa Vita Brevis 1968 UK IMMEDIATE 1st PRESS 1/G 1/G NEAR MINT
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25
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£ 25
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Dec 27, 2018
Sold Date
Dec 20, 2018
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£ 24
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THE NICE Ars Longa Vita Brevis 1968 UK IMMEDIATE 1st PRESS 1/G 1/G NEAR MINT
THE NICEArs Longa Vita Brevis
UK IMMEDIATE (IMSP 020) FIRST ISSUE (November 1968)
AN OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL COPY - ONCE PLAYED
PRESSED WITH THE PINK IMMEDIATE LABELS WHICH CARRY THE "SOLD IN UK…" STATEMENT
MATRICES: IMPS 020 - 1Y - 4 / IMPS 020 - 2Y - 4
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/G and 1/G
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT FLIPBACK SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE DATED DECEMBER 1967 ('127')
Keith Emerson – keyboards
Lee Jackson – bass
Brian Davison – drums
Ars Longa Vita Brevis is the second album by the English progressive rock group The Nice.
Guitarist David O'List left the band during the recording of the album, leaving the remaining three members to complete it.
After flirting briefly with replacement guitarists (including Steve Howe, later to join Yes), The Nice decided to carry on as a keyboard-led trio.
The title is an aphorism attributed to Hippocrates usually rendered as "Art is long, life is short"; Keith Emerson's interpretation of this can be found in the liner note:
"Newton's first law of motion states a body will remain at rest or continue with uniform motion in a straight line unless acted on by a force. This time the force happened to come from a European source. Ours is an extension of the original Allegro from Brandenburg Concerto No. 3. Yesterday I met someone who changed my life, today we put down a sound that made our aim accurate. Tomorrow is yesterday's history and art will still be there, even if life terminates."
Structurally the album started where its predecessor left off - shortish songs and extended work-outs based on classical themes - but a step forward was taken with the addition of an orchestra and the extended length of Ars Longa Vita Brevis itself, points the way to the later Five Bridges Suite if not the whole Prog genre.
Side 1:
"Daddy, Where Did I Come From" (Emerson, Jackson) - 3:44
"Little Arabella" (Emerson, Jackson) - 4:18
"Happy Freuds" (Emerson, Jackson) - 3:25
"Intermezzo from the Karelia Suite" / "Don Edito el Gruva" (Davison, Sibelius, Emerson, Jackson) - 9:09
Side 2:
"Ars Longa Vita Brevis" (Jackson, Emerson, Davison, O'List) - 19:20
LABELS: MINT/NEAR MINT
An immaculate set of labels with just one light spindle trace on Side Two, none on Side One
VINYL Visual: MINT
Both surfaces shine like new and even under bright light there is barely a wispy hairline to be seen
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Plays as-new throughout with just an odd one-off click/tick noted but I did not clean this copy as it looks so immaculate so these will no doubt disappear after a clean/few spins (I prefer not to clean records unless absolutely necessary)
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Apart from light ring to the front and storage rub to the bottom edge the cover is clean and the spine text is clear
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
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