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THE DECEMBERISTS PICARESQUE VERY RARE ORIGINAL 2005 STEREO 2-LP SET DOUBLE ALBUM KRS-425
ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING
ULTRA-RARE RTI TEST PRESSING PERSONALLY AUTOGRAPHED BY ALL FIVE BAND MEMBERS - TWICE PLEASE SEE THE MAGNIFIED DETAIL OF THEIR SIGNATURES, SHOWN ABOVE THE 2-LP SET HAS BEEN SPLIT BETWEEN TWO SEPARATE GENERIC WHITE JACKETS, EACH CONTAINING ONE HALF OF THE ALBUM EACH SLEEVE HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE ENTIRE BAND, SO THE WINNING BIDDER GETS TO RECEIVE TWO SETS OF SIGNATURES
THE SIGNATURES OF THE BAND MEMBERS, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT, ARE: Colin Meloy, Chris Funk, Nate Query, John Moen and Jenny Conlee
PLAIN, WHITE, RTI TEST PRESSING LABEL WITHOUT ANY IDENTIFICATION MARKS WHATSOEVER EXCEPT FOR THE DATE OF PRESSING AND ASSIGNED CATALOG NUMBER.
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.
MACHINE-STAMPED MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL DEAD WAX OF THE RECORD
THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING
PLEASE NOTE: THIS TEST PRESSING APPARENTLY NEVER HAD A CUSTOM COVER THE ALBUM WILL BE SHIPPED IN PLAIN, GENERIC WHITE AUTOGRAPHED CARDBOARD SLEEVES. TEST PRESSINGS ARE RARELY IF EVER FOUND IN CUSTOM STOCK COVERS.
PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW
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The Infanta, the thunderous opening track on the Decemberists fluid and predictably studious Picaresque, rolls in like a ghost ship at 40 knots in a hail of cannon fire with a mad English professor at the wheel. Colin Meloy and his esteemed West Coast colleagues have no qualms about beginning their third full-length record with a processional about a child monarch, and it s a testimony to their talents as orators and interpreters of both the absurd and the mundane that they continue to assimilate more fans than they alienate. While Picaresque follows its predecessor s -- the treacly Her Majesty -- predilection for seafaring and mythology, its boot-covered feet are more firmly planted in the present, resulting in the group s most accessible -- and decidedly upbeat -- product to date. The rollicking 16 Military Wives, the aforementioned Infanta, and The Sporting Live which comes dangerously close to Belle Sebastian s Stars of Track and Field help balance the spooky atmospherics of more reserved cuts like From My Own True Love Lost at Sea and Eli, the Barrow Boy. The Decemberists have always excelled at midtempo British folk-inspired dream pop, and Picaresque is no exception, as the brooding We Both Go Down Together, which sounds like a mist-drenched Pacific Northwest rendering of R.E.M. s Losing My Religion, and the wistful Engine Driver rank among the group s finest offerings. The album concludes with the diabolical Mariner s Revenge Song, a Tin Pan Alley dirge/operetta reminiscent of Kurt Weill s The Black Freighter, and the brief but intoxicating Of Angels and Angles, a solo Meloy ballad celebrating the holy trinity of nautical lore: love, drowning, and death.
EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY J.C. MONGER, ALL MUSIC GUIDE /ALLMUSIC.COM/
CONDITION:
RECORD
IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded we grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight
a WE GRADE THE VINYL AS STRONG NEAR MINT. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.
b The records are pressed on a beautiful, high-quality, virgin-grade vinyl, which is usually used for audiophile, extended-dynamic-range, half-speed mastered and connoisseur pressings.
c In addition, the records are pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording
d The records come in poly-lined inner sleeves, which have - apparently with success - shielded the vinyl from the harmful impact of elements over many years
COVER : This reference test pressing comes without any custom jacket, and will be shipped in the plain, generic, white, AUTOGRAPHED sleeves NOT SEPARATELY GRADED, BUT IN A VERY NICE CONDITION OVERALL
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