QUINTESSENCE Quintessence (Original 1970 UK pink Island 'i' label LP, peculiar & very colourful fully laminated tri-fold picture sleeve that you need to unfold to remove the record. A key group in the late '60s/early '70s Notting Hill underground[think Pink Fairies, Edgar Broughton, Pretty Things], but with an entirely different sound, blending folk, jazz, psychedelia, rock and world music influences [particularly Indian ragas] into a very 'spiritual sounding' brew. This is a wonderful one-previous-owner copy, the delicate sleeve, always prone to excessive wear, has just some very minor wear along the top edge and corners [very minimal] and a little laminate rippling, the labels show no spindle wear and the vinyl is near mint, looks to have never been played ILPS9128)