PSYCH - SECOND HAND - "REALITY" - UK POLYDOR
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This is a VG / VG copy of this great UK Progressive LP, "REALITY" by the manic SECOND HAND, released in 1968 on POLYDOR RECORDS - 583 045. This is one of those classic albums that the period has thrown up - definately not for the soft hearted - this is 'difficult' music, ranging from the magnificent pairing of the heavyweight MAINLINER and REALITY with it's hard drugs warning, to the wonderful RHUBARB 1 with it's great lead guitar, to the superb opener A FAIRY TALE where Ken Elliot's vcals could be described (by some!) as almost beautiful. This is a great LP for many reasons and if you have never heard it - check it out! I missed this when it came out in 1968 and remember it being a real bargin bin record - perhaps it has taken the world until today to appreciate how far ahead as well as far out, this LP was. The big sound here is VERY BIG, a great production, but just not to everyone's taste - there is so much going on I suppose! I found this copy in the early seventies and it was second hand - now there's a coincidence. The sleeve which as we all know was designed to look damaged (idea copied later by ARC), has infact got real creasing in the laminate and has lost colour in a couple of small spots, but having said that it was deemed good enough to be photographed by UK Record Collector Magazine for their feature on the LP earlier this year, so it not all that bad! The vinyl has visible surface marks and there is noise between the tracks, but generally it plays fine - it is so loud! A classic and great album, most probably genuinely ahead of it's time. And if you think this was a good write up, don't even start me on their secong LP, which is simple quite remarkable!
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