NEIL YOUNG/PEARL JAM Mirror Ball 1995 REPRISE 2 LP
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NEIL YOUNG/PEARL JAM Mirror Ball 1995 REPRISE ORIGINAL 2 LP MINT NEIL YOUNG w/ PEARL JAM
Mirror Ball
REPRISE (9362-45934-1) FIRST PRESSING (July 1995)
WITH PEAL JAM BASICALLY REPLACING CRAZY HORSE AS YOUNG'S BACKING BAND
AN OUTSTANDING COPY WHICH LOOKS UNPLAYED AND SOUNDS LIKE NEW
PRESSED IN GERMANY FOR UK RELEASE (Reprise had no UK pressing facility at the time)
MARTIX SIDE ONE: 1-45934-A-INTL S-2 WMME Alsdorf 936 245934 - 1 - A2
MARTIX SIDE TWO: 1...-45934-B- SR-1 WMME Alsdorf 936 245934 - 1 - B5
MARTIX SIDE THREE: 1-45934-C-INTL S-1 WMME Alsdorf 936 245934 - 1 - C
MARTIX SIDE FOUR: 1-45934-D-INTL S-3 WMME Alsdorf 936 245934 - 1 - D3
THE TWO RECORDS ARE HOUSED IN A TEXTURED MATT SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL FRONT STICKER
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL LYRIC/PHOTO INSERT PRINTED ON THIN GLOSSY PAPER
AND THE TWO ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVES WHICH ARE BOTH SQUARE CUT
Neil Young uses Pearl Jam on Mirror Ball much as he has used his perennial backup band Crazy Horse, looking for feel and spontaneity.
At the start of the record, he can be heard instructing them: "No tuning, nothing, " and the take of "I'm the Ocean" is an obvious run-through that became a master take.
But Pearl Jam is not Crazy Horse; in place of the latter's primitive sound, the former boasts spirited rhythms and dense guitar interplay that Young makes excellent use of in a series of songs built out of simple, melodic rifts.
Those songs come mostly in pairs: "Song X" and "Act of Love, " the first two tracks, both seem to be about abortion, especially in its religious aspect, each containing a reference to "the holy war"; "What Happened to Yesterday" and "Fallen Angel" are song fragments on which Young plays the pump organ; and "Downtown" and "Peace and Love" find Young addressing the musical and philosophical concerns of hippies and contain name checks of Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, and Led Zeppelin.
The songs also share highly imagistic lyrics that are allusive and frequently just obscure.
At their best, notably on "I'm the Ocean" and "Scenery, " they provide intriguing portraits of the artist -- "People my age/They don't do the things I do, " Young sings in "Ocean" -- while "Scenery" is one of his bitter denunciations of celebrity.
Probably due to the commercial power of Pearl Jam, the album became Young's highest charting record since Harvest 23 years earlier
Side 1:
Song X (4:39)
Act Of Love (4:53)
Side 2:
I'm The Ocean (7:03)
Big Green Country (5:07)
Truth Be Known (4:35)
Side 3:
Downtown (5:08)
What Happened Yesterday (0:45)
Peace And Love (7:02)
Side 4:
Throw Your Hatred Down (5:43)
Scenery (8:48)
Fallen Angel (1:16)
LABELS: MINT
All four labels are clean and unmarked with no spindle traces or any sign the records have ever been played
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
All four surfaces are clean with nothing but some harmless light hairline marks visible under bright light
VINYL Audio: MINT
The whole set plays beautifully throughout with no issues of note.
No scratches, clicks, ticks or pops and clean.
Sounds great with a very heavy and punchy loud cut
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
The textured matt cover is as crisp and fresh as the day it was made with nothing but a very soft crease on the top opening corner
INSERT: NEAR MINT
Clean and unmarked with just a little light surface creasing
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINERS, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
UK: £11.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £20.00 (International Signed For delivery)
Combined Post: Additional records £1 (UK) £2 (Europe including Russia) £3 (International)
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