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WELDON IRVINE TIME CAPSULE WELDON IRVINE S SECOND STUDIO ALBUM INSANELY RARE ORIGINAL 1973 PRIVATE PRESSING ON IRVINE S OWN, PROPRIETARY NOODLEW LABEL ORIGINAL NOODLEW STEREO LP NM-1002
ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING
ORIGINAL OLIVE-GREEN NOODLEW LABEL WITH WHTE PRINT.
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.
ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER AMERICAN STYLE
CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS
THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING
As far as we know, this album is currently out of print and unavailable on Compact Disc, or in any other format.
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The sublime Time Capsule remains Weldon Irvine s most fully realized and influential recording. Assembled as a kind of musical scrapbook documenting the thought patterns and belief systems of the early 70s, it nevertheless boasts a surprising vitality and timelessness thanks to luminous funk grooves that anticipate the latter-day emergence of acid jazz. Irvine also rhymes over several tracks, further cementing his influence on successive generations of hip-hop. A profoundly righteous spirituality winds through all eight of Time Capsule s performances, assaying both the affection Soul Sisters and anger Watergate vying for control of post-Woodstock America. Irvine s searing keyboard and piano playing further capture the moment in question, deftly balancing between beatitude and bitterness.
EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY JASON ANKENY, ALL MUSIC GUIDE /ALLMUSIC.COM/
CONDITION:
THE 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 EXCELLENT. This is one of those albums that are somewhat difficult to grade. It is somewhere between VG and NEAR MINT, just a notch below NEAR MINT. A few light abrasions ARE visible, but they are extremely shallow, superficial and only moderately visually distracting nothing significant .For the most part, the vinyl looks impeccable without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections. Much of the original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.
b The record is 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
c Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording
THE COVER
THE COVER IS ABOUT VERY GOOD
The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:
- Cover has some light ring wear nothing significant On the scale from 1 to 10 1 being the least, and 10 being the most severe , we assess the severity of ring wear as 4
- Back cover has circular tarnish grayish, dust-covered sections, which closely follow the contour of the record , probably caused by friction or by rubbing against other covers during the storage. The tarnish is similar in appearance to a common ring wear, but, UNLIKE ring wear, these grayish areas may be possible to clean up with a minor effort and with a right cleansing solution.
- Cover shows some light yellowing on back side, apparently from aging nothing significant
- Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the seams nothing significant
- Cover has some visible fraying/tattering on the bottom seam and spine very close to splitting
- Visible shelf wear noted on the top seam.
- Cover has two corners slightly worn / dinged nothing significant
- The cover has a few tiny scratch marks on the front side BARELY VISIBLE
NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER
