Ashton, Gardner and Dyke - Original 1969 UK Polydor label 11-track LP

Scarce original 1969 UK Polydor label 11-track stereo vinyl LP - the debut album by British jazz & blues rock trio.

Vinyl has the generic red company labels with top semi-circular 'half album' looking logo above large fonted company name-logo in white.

Vinyl has machine stamped matrix info:
Side 1: 583081 AV1 420 1 1 1
Side 2: 583081 BV1 420 1 1 6
stressing that this copy was manufactured from the first set of master matrices, first set of fathers and mothers and the first and an very early stamper respectively - avery early copy.

Vinyl is housed in an era specific generic polylined company inner sleeve with 'Plastic Bags' warning text and ultimately in a fully laminated MacNeil Press manufactured picture cover.

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

Vinyl is extremely bright and has as good as no signs of handling or play... a couple of the faint sleeve marks that you have to look hard for to discover. Perfect labels.

Front cover has a few spine edge- and a couple of opening laminate wrinkles. Front and back has laminate lift along most of spine - also in a very thin discontinued stripe along ca half of top front seam... and along a top front right vinyl outline wrinkle and a couple of wrinkles from back top seam. Front and back centres are otherwise in neat condition neat.

Seams are firm, spine slightly pressurised but easily readable - corners has light dents. Corners has very minimal rubbing except for lower back opening corner which has a very thin stripe - ca 1 x 10 mm - cover missing along opening. All in all a series of more marginal flaws - no tears or rips, no writing or otherexcessive signs of handling or storage - graded straight VG+.

Tracklisting:

Side 1:
1 Rolling Home
2 Why Did You Go
3 The Falling Song
4 Young Man
5 Billy And His Piano Without
6 Maiden Voyage

Side 2:
1 New York Mining Desaster 1941
2 Picture Sliding Down The Wall
3 Billy And His Piano With
4 Vaggsang
5 As It Was In The First Place

Credits:
Tony Ashton - Keyboards, Organ, Piano, Vocals
Kim Gardner - bassist
Roy Dyke - drummer
Mick Liber - lead guitarist.

Technical Credits:
Edwards Coletta - Production

Artwork:
Paragon Publicity - Sleeve Design