THE SWEET desolation boulevard MINT OR UK PRESS LP GLAM PROG PSYCH HARD ROCK
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The Sweet - desolation boulevard
Rare first UK pressing original 1974 RCA Victor records (LPL1 5080) stereo orange RCA label with the large RCA white logo. Original UK release super clean shining matte gatefold art cover printed and made in England by Macneill Press ltd. original lyric inner sheet. Original white paper patents pending ”made in England” inner sleeve. The vinyl first pressing with the first matrix numbers in trail-off vinyl (dead wax) ends with '-a1/-b1' (suffix '–1' denotes the very first, original UK pressing). Clean, wear-free labels. this is the original, authentic, first UK pressing.
Condition:
Some cat must have liked this music as the spine has been scratched - see picture. But the condition of the record makes up for that:
The gatefold sleeve is VG and the record is MINT.
AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine:
Sweet hit the peak of their powers on Desolation Boulevard, a wonderfully lightweight collection of fizzy melodies and big, dumb hooks. Essentially, the album consists of three dynamic singles buoyed by a bunch of filler, but those singles -- "Ballroom Blitz," "The 6-Teens," and "Fox on the Run" -- are addictive slices of bubblegum glam rock. And the filler is ridiculously silly and enjoyable, with "Sweet F.A.," "I Wanna Be Committed," and "No You Don't" sounding like a kind of bizarre prototype for the Ramones' punky bubblegum (only without the irony, of course). Although the filler is relatively strong, there are a number of weak patches on Desolation Boulevard, but it remains an intoxicatingly fun record and one that sounds surprisingly fresh, even with all of its kitschy '70s production techniques.
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