Maestro - 2005 Vertigo label 12-track LP - Autographed

Rare original 2005 European Vertigo label 12-track LP - gas mask-loving Norwegians grand concept album taking place in Dieter Meyers nightmarish post-war mental hospital - blasted, skeletal, stumbling and rusty edge alt rock-Balkan folk-gypsy music mutated rhytms .

Vinyl is manufactured as a 180 gram vinyl pressing with black and white printed red labels - complete with illustrated lyric inner sleeve - held in a gatefold picture cover - autographed in inner spread by entire line up at Vega concert hall in Copenhagen, Denmark, October 6, 2005.

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

Tracklisting:

Side 1:
1 KGB 4:13
2 Maestro 4:40
3 Knekker Deg Til Sist 3:39
4 Señor Flamingos Adieu 0:45
5 Blitzregn Baby 3:01

Side 2:
1 Dieter Meyers Inst. 5:35
2 Christiania 3:45
3 Delikatessen 3:07
4 Jævel Av En Tango 4:01
5 Papa Har Lov 3:38
6 Auksjon (I Dieter Meyers Hall) 4:19
7 På Ditt Skift 4:36

Recorded and mixed in Duper Studio, Bergen, Norway - February/March 2005
Mastered at Cutting Room, Stockholm, Sweden 2005

Credits:
Vinyl is bright and shiny - has been used directly from a paper inner sleeve and has subsequently some degree of far from audible sleeve wear - perfect labels - vinyl is overall graded close to near perfect/excellent.

Vinyl plays without noise or distortion - a play grading would be near mint.

Inner sleeve has a slightly bend corner and mild vinyl outline - no splits, rips, writing or exther excessive levels of handling though - graded close to near perfect/excellent.

Cover has a few edge wrinkles - a little pressure along upper seam and lower seam resulting in a very mild bend.
Seams are intact - straight and without pressure - corners har overall mild rubbing and denting. All in all a series of milder defects adding up to a close to an excellent grading - a very decent copy.

Autographs are straight up very artistic and demands a bit of graphical interpretation - clear and unsmothered though - very nice.
Kaizers:
Janove Ottesen - vocals
Geir Zahl - guitar
Terje Winterstø Røthing - guitar
Øyvind Storesund - double bass
Rune Solheim - drums
Helge Risa - pump organ

Additional Musicians:
Trifon Trifonov - Saxophone (KGB, Maestro)
Filip Ankov Simeonov - Clarinet & Trumpet (Maestro, Dieter Meyers Inst., Delikatessen)
Øyvind Husebø - Trumpet (Maestro, Papa Har Lov)
Stian Carstensen - Accordion (Dieter Meyers Inst., Jævel Av En Tango), Banjo (Jævel Av En Tango)
Rebecca Cherry, Chiori Suzuki - Violin (Dieter Meyers Inst.)
Berend Mulder - Viola (Dieter Meyers Inst.)
Siri Hilmen - Cello (Dieter Meyers Inst.)
Martin Holmes - Backing Vocals (Jævel Av En Tango)
Tor Erik Hellesen - Trombone (Papa Har Lov)
Gunnar Hågbo - Saxophone (Papa Har Lov)

Technical Credits:
Janove Ottesen - Production, String- and Horn Arrangements
Geir "Hellraizer" Kaizer Zahl - String- and Horn Arrangements
Jørgen Træen - Production, mix, Recording Engineer
Bjørn Engelman - Mastering

Artwork:
Paal Audestad - photography
Atle Øksendal - design
Gosu Design - design