Five Bridges - Original 1970 UK 5-track LP

Rare original 1970 UK Charisma 8-track 1st pressing vinyl LP.

Vinyl has the generic pink scroll company labels and machine stamped matrix information:

Side 1: CAS 1014 A#4 1 1 1
Side 2: CAS 1014 B#4 1 1 7

Vinyl is housed in unlaminated gatefold picture cover.

Condition: VG+ (Vinyl)/VG++ (Labels)/VG+ (Cover):

Vinyl is beautifully shiny with little signs of wear - a few lines under a strong source of light combined with a little ultralight sleeve wear - nothing that affects the play - graded straight VG+.
Labels has a single spindlemark on one side and less than a handful on the other - all centered within centre ring - easily graded close to perfect without any wear to spindlehole itself.

Cover is overall very nice with a minimum of wear along edges - front has almost no creasing and if so, very superficial - not transcending the picture surface.
Back has the very faintest ringwear and some deeper creasing along top.
Seams are intact with light discontinued shelfwear, a couple of cm's wear against upper upening - a little wear to spine corners and barely any to opening corners - nothing that takes the joy out of viewing the delicious spacy Hipgnosis cover - graded straight VG+.

Tracklisting:

Side 1:
1. The Five Bridges Suite.
a. Fantasia. 1st Bridge
b. 2nd Bridge
c. Chorale. 3rd Bridge
d. High Level Fugue. 4th Bridge
e. Finale. 5th Bridge.

Recorded 'live' at FIRFIELD HALLS, CROYDON. October 17, 1969

Side 2
1. Intermezzo, 'Karelia Suite'. Sibelius.
2. 'Pathetique' Symphony No. 6. 3rd Movement. Tchaikovsky
3. Country Pie / Brandenburg Concerto No. 6. - Dylan/Bach (Recorded at Fillmore East, New York)
4. One Of Those People

Credits:

The Nice:
Brian Davison - drums, percussion
Keith Emerson - organ, arrangements
Lee Jackson - vocals, bass guitar

Additional musicians:
Joseph Eger - Conductor
The Sinfonia Of London Orchestra - Orchestra
Joe Harriott - saxophone
Peter King - saxophone
Chris Pyne - trombone
Alan Skidmore - saxophone
John Warren
Kenny Wheeler - trumpet, flugelhorn

Technical credits:
Bob Auger - Recording
Eddie Kramer - Recording, Mix
The Nice - Production
Eric Hayes - Cover photography
Hipgnosis - Cover design
Malcolm Toft - Mix
Keith Emerson - Liner Notes