DAVID SYLVIAN & ROBERT FRIPP "The First Day" 1993 2 LP

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DAVID SYLVIAN & ROBERT FRIPP "The First Day" 1993 2 LP

RARE UK VIRGIN 1st PRESS w/INNERS, LIGHT PLAY EX/NM

DAVID SYLVIAN & ROBERT FRIPP
The First Day

ORIGINAL UK VIRGIN RECORDS (V2712) FIRST PRESSING (July 1993) OF DAVID SYLVIAN & ROBERT FRIPP'S FIRST WORK TOGETHER, THE SENSATIONAL DOUBLE LP SET "The First Day"
IN VERY NICE CONDITION HAVING SEEN LITTLE PLAY AND DELIVERING SUPERB AUDIO THROUGHOUT (see detailed audio assessment below) WITH VERY LITTLE TO FAULT - GREAT COPY OF THIS HARD TO FIND LP

Robert Fripp and David Sylvian's first official release together, The First Day, is a much funkier and more percussive affair than its bootleg predecessor, The Day Before (which contained radically different versions of these songs).
An obvious reason for its higher quality is that it was recorded in a studio, while the bootleg consisted of in-concert demos, and the songs here have been worked to completion.
Fripp has found an extremely talented singer/partner in Sylvian, who adds a lot to his quirky compositions.
Trey Gunn (who plays a bass-like instrument called the stick) makes each track practically groove and breathe on his own, and allows Fripp to stretch out and experiment in ways previously unheard by this guitar icon.
The First Day is a very consistent album, with the musician's excitement and energy easily being felt on such tracks as "God's Monkey," "Brightness," and the ten-minute tour de force "Firepower."
Other lengthy tracks follow (the 11-minute "20th Century Dreaming" and the 17-minute "Darshan"), but it never becomes self-indulgent.
Certainly one of Robert Fripp's best and more inspired King Crimson side projects

FIRST ISSUE MATRICES:
SIDE ONE: V2712 A - 01 - 1 - 1
SIDE TWO: V2712 B - 01 - 1 - 1
SIDE THREE: V2712 C - 2 - 1 - 1
SIDE FOUR: V2712 D - 01 - 1 - 1

Track Listing:
Side One: God's Monkey / Jean The Birdman / Brightness Falls
Side Two: Firepower / Bringing Down The Light
Side Three: 20th Century Dreaming - A Shaman's Song
Side Four: Darshan (The Road To Graceland)

LABELS: The labels are clean, bright and unmarked with hardly a spindle trace to be seen - barely played - NEAR MINT
VINYL Visual: The vinyl surfaces retain their original deep, glossy sheen but there are some pressing blemishes - common on contemporary vinyl and some circular marks probably caused by a cleaning cloth - these however, have little audio consequence - the playback is excellent (see detailed audio assessment below) - visually VG (record one) / VG+ (record two)
VINYL Audio: Great sound quality - crystal clear, clean, bright and warm and on playback at a loud volume there are no scratches, no jumps/sticks, no clicks/pops and and some surface noise on some (not all) of the quieter passages and track divisions (on record one) - but nothing I found particularly intrusive at all - it sound great - very critically graded VERY GOOD++ (record one) / NEAR MINT (record two) for audio quality - very nice copy of this rare vinyl pressing and although not audibly perfect (record one) it's still one of the best I've heard - great stuff
SLEEVE: The matt cover is practically as-new but for a small stain on the bottom opening corner (please see close-up photo) - EXCELLENT+
INNER SLEEVES: Both inners are NEAR MINT with no marks and no splits to the edges. The LPs are now housed - and will be posted in - new inners to prevent any 'knifing' damage to the originals during transit

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