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  CATHERINE HOWE What A Beautiful Place UK PROMOTIONAL SAMPLE PRESSING WHITE LABEL WITH ONLY MATRIX NUMBERS
















A MINT MINUS/VG PLUS ORIGINAL LP ON REFLECTION RX11

FROM 1971 AN EXTREMELY RARE AND VERY SELDOM SEEN PROMOTIONAL SAMPLE COPY. THIS PROMOTIONAL LP IS WITHOUT THE ORIGINAL LP JACKET (MAIN COVER LISTING PHOTO IS FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY). THE LP ONLY COMES WITH THE THIN CARDBOARD SAMPLE COPY JACKET AS SHOWN WITH Sample Not For Resale AND WITH THE ORIGINAL WHITE PAPER INNER SLEEVE NOW BROWN & AGED.

IT IS SUCH A RARE PRESSING THAT IT ONLY CONTAINS THE ORIGINAL BLANK WHITE LABELS WITH ONE SIDE LISTING THE MATRIX NUMBERS AS RX-11 A2 B1 AS SHOWN.

BOTH SIDES HAVE BEEN TEST PLAYED TO ASCERTAIN THE CORRECT SONGS IN THE CORRECT ORDER AS LISTED BELOW. THE FIRST TRACK PHOTO OF THE ENTIRE DISC SHOWS THE 7 TRACKS IN SIDE ONE, THE LAST PHOTO SHOWS THE FIVE TRACKS ON SIDE TWO.

12 TRACKS INCLUDE SIDE ONE: PROLOGUE, MY CHILD, ON A MISTY MORNING, NOTHING NORE THAN STRANGERS, UP NORTH, INTERLUDE, IT'S NOT LIKELY. SIDE TWO: IT COMES WITH THE BREEZES, WORDS THROUGH A LOCKED DOOR, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PLACE, INNOCENCE OF CHILD, EPILOGUE

THE THIN CARDBOARD OUTER COVER IS STAINED WITH BENDS ON THE CORNERS. THE TOP EDGE WHERE THE MATRIX NUMBERS ARE WRITTEN IS WITH A FEW SMALL TEARS. THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE PAPER INNER SLEEVE IS AGED BROWN AND WITH SPLIT AND TEARS. NOTWITHSTANDING, A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS, SO PLEASE DO LOOK AT THE COVER PHOTOS TO ASCERTAIN COVER CONDITION.

THE SPINDLE HOLE BEARS A FAINT RUB MARK ON THE SIDE WITHOUT ANY WRITING. THE HIGH LUSTER VINYL BLANK APPEARS AT FIRST GLANCE TO HAVE NOT BEEN TOUCHED. UNDER BRIGHT ANGLED AND INTENSIVE EXAMINATION, THERE ARE A FEW LIGHT AND VERY FAINT SURFACE RUB SCUFF MARKS AS WELL AS MULTIPLE PAPER SLEEVE IMPRESSIONS BOTH SIDES. WE''VE TEST PLAYED THIS LP ON A PROFESSIONAL SOUND SYSTEM WITH A VPI TURNTABLE WITH A GRADO REFERENCE 1 WOOD CARTRIDGE AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL PLAY. CLEAR, PRESENT AND VIBRANT THROUGHOUT. REFLECTION WAS NOT KNOWN FOR THE QUALITY OF THEIR PRESSINGS AND THERE MAY BE AT SOME POINTS OCCASIONAL LIGHT BITS OF SURFACE NOISE.

RARELY SEEN LP WHICH NOW FETCHES 1750 PLUS WHEN SEEING THE LIGHT OF DAY
FROM A NOTED JAZZ REVIEWER'S PRIVATE COLLECTION

?PLEASE NOTE THE VINYL DESCRIPTION IS ONLY A VISUAL INSPECTION UNLESS OTHERWISE MENTIONED. HERE IS A FEW WORDS ABOUT MY GRADING SYSTEM AND IS IN ADDITION TO ANYTHING WRITTEN ABOVE AND SUPERSEDES ANY OTHER GRADING SYSTEM, INCLUDING GOLDMINE: ALL RECORDS ARE VISUALLY GRADED AND THE RED GRADE ABOVE REFERS ONLY TO THE STATE OF VINYL......YOU PLAY THE VINYL AND NOT THE COVER....COVER IS NOTED SEPARATELY. IF I'VE TEST PLAYED THE LP IT WILL BE NOTED. MINT INDICATES PRISTINE VINYL WITHOUT ANY MARKS ON THE VINYL BLANK. MINT MINUS MAY CONTAIN A FEW VERY LIGHT SURFACE RUB MARKS FROM HANDLING & SLEEVE WEAR OR A FEW PLAYS. IF YOU ARE A REAL VINYL AFICIONADO AND COLLECTOR YOU'LL KNOW THAT EVEN A FACTORY SEALED LP OCCASIONALLY HAS SOME LIGHT RUB OR SLEEVE MARKS FROM TRANSPORT AND SHELVING. ANYTHING IN THE VG CATEGORY WOULD CONTAIN SOME LIGHT AND FINE SURFACE PLAY LINES AND EVIDENCE OF PLAY WEAR THAT IS EASILY SEEN. SELDOM IS ANYTHING OFFERED IN THE "G" STATE.

FROM THE ALLMUSIC.COM WEBSITE:
Review
by Richie Unterberger
This 1971 debut album by this British singer/songwriter has sold for large sums on the collector's market in its original vinyl form...Though its high price tag as a collectable LP and its subsequent reissue testifies to the high regard in which the record is held by some listeners, others will wonder if that mystique has more to do with the rarity than the quality. It's fairly mainstream early-'70s singer/songwriter fare, pushed toward both the slightly odd and the slightly middle of the road by orchestration that's as oriented toward easy listening as artiness. Howe has a pleasing voice with a wide range that sometimes echoes major female singer/songwriters of the era like Joni Mitchell and Sandy Denny. Yet her songs (some written with Bobby Scott, who also co-produced) are rather ordinary, if listenable. Too, the production and her hazy enunciation mask the clarity of her lyrics, which matters a lot in singer/songwriter efforts. The quirky "Prologue," "Interlude," and "Epilogue" -- all of which sound, as strange as it might seem, like the opening bit (with the spoken narration) of the theme to the original Star Trek TV series, as morphed into the early-'70s singer/songwriter style -- hint at a conceptual grandiosity not realized or justified by the proper songs. Intimations of something a little darker and more British in tone -- like "It's Not Likely," the song which most strongly recalls some of Sandy Denny's brooding outings -- aren't followed through with punch. The precious and at times bittersweet daintiness of the vocals and melodies will appeal to some fans of slightly offbeat period singer/songwriter fare, but will also frustrate others hoping for something more substantial and distinctive.

AND, LASTLY, PLEASE DO REMEMBER SOUND QUALITY IS AFFECTED BY WHAT THE VINYL IS PLAYED ON! IF YOUR STEREO SYSTEM HAS BEEN CAREFULLY CHOSEN AND ASSEMBLED FOR IT'S AURAL QUALITIES AND YOU PERFORM BASIC MAINTENANCE LIKE CLEANING YOUR VINYL, CLEANING THE NEEDLE AFTER EACH PLAY, AND REPLACING THE CARTRIDGE WHEN NEEDED, YOUR LPS SHOULD SOUND QUITE GOOD.

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