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AN AROUND-THE-WORLD GUIDE TO IAN CARR VINYL RECORD, CDs & MEMORABLIA WE WANT TO BUY...
We will buy or trade most CDs, vinyl LP, 7”, 12” records and memorabilia from most countries, especially the following...
UK
vinyl LP, red vinyl, blue vinyl, clear vinyl...
JAPAN
CD album, red vinyl, blue vinyl, orange vinyl, promo vinyl LP, promo CD album, promo 5-CD set...
Top release decades
1970s, 2020s, 2000s, 1980s...
Top music labels
Vertigo, Be With Records, MMC...
Top barcodes
4251804125376, 077779107117...
Top catalogue numbers
6360076, BEWITH102LP, UICY-9267, MMC1016...
Top titles
Belladonna - 1st, Roots - Remastered - Sealed, Belladonna, Belladonna - 1st - VG, Belladonna - 2nd - EX, Old Heartland, Belladonna - 3rd...
Top wanted titles
Other artist names
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Related artists
Don Rendell & Ian Carr, Emcee 5, Ian Carr, Jeff Clyne & Ian Carr, Michael Garrick, Nucleus...
A FEW OF THE ITEMS WE WANT...
 | IAN CARR Belladonna (Rare 1972 UK small swirl label 6-track
stereo vinyl LP by the legendary NUCLEUS player, produced
by Colosseum drummer Jon Hiseman, matt gatefold picture
sleeve)
See 'More Info' for further details on condition ...
Tracklisting: A glorious album from the late trumpeter, which even rivals Miles Davis' work of the period, including the beautiful and exotic Summer Rain with crisp drum breaks, Fender Rhodes, the works!
Allan Holdsworth, Gordon Beck and Trevor Tomkins all star.
The labels are the small Vertigo swirl design with 'Vertigo' above the centre hole.
Condition:
The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear with just a few signs of its age.
The vinyl appears barely played with clean lables & a wonderful sheen to the vinyl leaving it Near Mint. A fantastic copy with no need to upgrade!
Tracklisting:
1. Belladonna
2. Summer Rain
3. Remadione
4. Mayday
5. Suspension
6. Hector's House |  | IAN CARR Old Heartland (1988 UK 4-track vinyl LP including the
four-part Northumbrian Sketches suite, picture sleeve with 'Not
For Sale' sticker on the reverse. The sleeve shows only the
lightest storage wear and the vinyl looks barely playedMMC1016)
Tracklisting: Northumbrian Sketches
A1a Pt. 1: Open Country
A1b Pt. 2: Interiors
A1c Pt. 3: Disjunctive Boogie
B1d Pt: 4: Spirit Of Place
B2 Full Fathom Five
B3 Old Heartland
B4 Things Past |  | IAN CARR'S NUCLEUS Roots (2021 UK/EU limited edition
7-track LP pressed on 140-gram black vinyl. Originally
released on Vertigo in 1973 this is seriously thick, funky-prog
jazz-rock heaven. Maybe it was a little too out there for the
time, butit’s aged very, very well indeed and this Be With
re-issue, remastered from the original analogue
tapes, shows off just why this deserves to be back in
press. Picture sleeve, factory sealed)
Tracklisting: What an unbelievable record. From the wild cover to the iconic breakbeats, Roots from Ian Carr’s Nucleus is one of the dopest albums we know. This is seriously thick, funky-prog jazz-rock heaven. Originally released on Vertigo in 1973, other than a couple of versions at the time for other territories, Roots was never re-pressed since so it’s gone on to become another one of those impossible to find records. Maybe it was a little too out there for the time, but it’s aged very, very well indeed and this Be With re-issue, re-mastered from the original analogue tapes, shows off just why this deserves to be back in press.
Genius trumpeter and visionary composer Ian Carr was one of the most respected British musicians of his era. He was a true pioneer and saw the potential in fusing the worlds of jazz with rock, just as Miles Davis and The Tony Williams Lifetime did in the US. In late 1969, following the demise of the Rendell-Carr quintet, and tiring of British jazz, Carr assembled the legendary Nucleus. Regarding music as a continuous process, Nucleus refused to “recognise rigid boundaries” and worked on delivering what they saw as a “total musical experience”. We can get behind that. Under bandleader Carr, Nucleus existed as a fluid line-up of inventive, skilled musicians. This constant evolution and revolution was all part of the continuous musical exploration and discovery that took jazz to new levels. Working together with producer Fritz Fryer and engineer Roger Wake, the seven compositions by Carr, Brian Smith and Dave MacRae that make up Roots flirt with perfection, and Nucleus at that time made up of the cream of 1970s UK jazz with Brian Smith on tenor saxophones and flutes, Dave MacRae on piano and electric piano, Jocelyn Pitchen on guitar, Roger Sutton on bass, both Clive Thacker and Aureo De Souza on drums and percussion, Joy Yates delivering the vocals and of course Carr on trumpet. The spellbinding title track immediately renders the album indispensable.
Riding the illest of loping breakbeats, “Roots” is low-slung, doped-out heist-funk. An absolute monster. If it sounds familiar then that’s likely down to it being sampled by Madlib for Lootpack and Quasimoto’s “Loop Digga”, as well as by a whole host of beat manipulators. “Roots” conjures prime instrumental hip-hop / beat music, only 20 years ahead of its time. Truly, these are the roots. Through sinuous bass, twinkling keys and a hypnotic guitar riff, a smoky brass motif weaves its way into a gloriously deep haze around Carr’s solos. “Roots” is over 9 minutes long, but there’s not a single wasted second, not surprising given that this is a condensed version of an originally 40 minute long commissioned composition. The soothing vocal fusion delight of “Images” follows. Meticulously constructed, with gorgeous flute work from Brian Smith, with Joy Yates’ silky vocals and Dave MacRae’s Rhodes never sounding better. The cool, driving “Caliban” closes out the first side. Originally the third movement in a four part commission to celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday it stands up on its own, all robust rhythms and blended brass. Keyboard colour and Carr’s trumpet are splashed across the funk drums and basslines (and there’s even some bamboo flute). This really is fusion: the elements of jazz and rock coming together in beautifully synthesis.
Side two opens in riotous fashion with the short, thrilling samba of “Wapatiti”. Next up, “Capricorn” forms a smoothed-out, jazzy constellation. Mellow and dreamy, its twinkling percussion and languid horns slowly build the vibe before head-nod drums and a killer bassline enter the fray. With a distinct heaviness that Black Sabbath would’ve envied, “Odokamona” is a venomous slice of riff-soaked jazz metal (yes, you read that right), elevated by Carr’s wah-wah horns. The album closes with MacRae’s exceptionally cosmic “Southern Roots and Celebration”. Very much in conversation with Weather Report, it opens as a languorous, spiritual jazz of chiming keys and serene guitar that turns slowly, gorgeously into a mid-paced, brass-laced banger. It’s another sure-fire party starter and the sound of the band having a righteous blast, building an ecstatic chaos that ends with Yates screaming.
And of course we need to talk about Keith Davis’ cover for Roots. Perhaps the coolest record cover of all time? Certainly one of the most bonkers. Just your run-of-the-mill high-gloss, acid-tinged airbrush dystopian/utopian living-room party scene. Consider this your chemical flashback trigger warning. Front-and-centre the hip-to-death green robot holds court with their giant ball of yellow barbwire wool, hooked up to… something(?) being teased out from under the stairs (probably best not to ask). A thoroughly zoned-out, long-legged Pop Art party-goer lounges half-plugged in to the painting behind her as a pair of legs flail into shot from the the top of the stairs opposite. We won’t even begin to guess what the chap’s up to in the middle, but the view out of the windows is rather nice, and someone’s already got the hoover out ready to tidy up. All of the Nucleus sleeves are something special, but this particular one? Crikey. This Be With edition of Roots has been re-mastered from the original Vertigo master tapes, Simon Francis’ mastering working together with Pete Norman’s cut to weave their usual magic with these wonderful recordings. The crazy cover has been restored at Be With HQ as the finishing touch to this long overdue re-issue.
Tracklisting:
A1 : Roots (9:24)
A2 : Images (4:55)
A3 : Caliban (4:35)
B1 : Whapatiti (3:22)
B2 : Capricorn (4:00)
B3 : Odokamona (3:24)
B4 : Southern Roots And Celebration (7:45) | | IAN CARR'S NUCLEUS Roots (2021 UK/EU limited edition
7-track LP pressed on 140-gram black vinyl. Originally
released on Vertigo in 1973 this is seriously thick, funky-prog
jazz-rock heaven. Maybe it was a little too out there for the
time, butit’s aged very, very well indeed and this Be With
re-issue, remastered from the original analogue
tapes, shows off just why this deserves to be back in
press. Picture sleeve, factory sealed)
Tracklisting: What an unbelievable record. From the wild cover to the iconic breakbeats, Roots from Ian Carr’s Nucleus is one of the dopest albums we know. This is seriously thick, funky-prog jazz-rock heaven. Originally released on Vertigo in 1973, other than a couple of versions at the time for other territories, Roots was never re-pressed since so it’s gone on to become another one of those impossible to find records. Maybe it was a little too out there for the time, but it’s aged very, very well indeed and this Be With re-issue, re-mastered from the original analogue tapes, shows off just why this deserves to be back in press.
Genius trumpeter and visionary composer Ian Carr was one of the most respected British musicians of his era. He was a true pioneer and saw the potential in fusing the worlds of jazz with rock, just as Miles Davis and The Tony Williams Lifetime did in the US. In late 1969, following the demise of the Rendell-Carr quintet, and tiring of British jazz, Carr assembled the legendary Nucleus. Regarding music as a continuous process, Nucleus refused to “recognise rigid boundaries” and worked on delivering what they saw as a “total musical experience”. We can get behind that. Under bandleader Carr, Nucleus existed as a fluid line-up of inventive, skilled musicians. This constant evolution and revolution was all part of the continuous musical exploration and discovery that took jazz to new levels. Working together with producer Fritz Fryer and engineer Roger Wake, the seven compositions by Carr, Brian Smith and Dave MacRae that make up Roots flirt with perfection, and Nucleus at that time made up of the cream of 1970s UK jazz with Brian Smith on tenor saxophones and flutes, Dave MacRae on piano and electric piano, Jocelyn Pitchen on guitar, Roger Sutton on bass, both Clive Thacker and Aureo De Souza on drums and percussion, Joy Yates delivering the vocals and of course Carr on trumpet. The spellbinding title track immediately renders the album indispensable.
Riding the illest of loping breakbeats, “Roots” is low-slung, doped-out heist-funk. An absolute monster. If it sounds familiar then that’s likely down to it being sampled by Madlib for Lootpack and Quasimoto’s “Loop Digga”, as well as by a whole host of beat manipulators. “Roots” conjures prime instrumental hip-hop / beat music, only 20 years ahead of its time. Truly, these are the roots. Through sinuous bass, twinkling keys and a hypnotic guitar riff, a smoky brass motif weaves its way into a gloriously deep haze around Carr’s solos. “Roots” is over 9 minutes long, but there’s not a single wasted second, not surprising given that this is a condensed version of an originally 40 minute long commissioned composition. The soothing vocal fusion delight of “Images” follows. Meticulously constructed, with gorgeous flute work from Brian Smith, with Joy Yates’ silky vocals and Dave MacRae’s Rhodes never sounding better. The cool, driving “Caliban” closes out the first side. Originally the third movement in a four part commission to celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday it stands up on its own, all robust rhythms and blended brass. Keyboard colour and Carr’s trumpet are splashed across the funk drums and basslines (and there’s even some bamboo flute). This really is fusion: the elements of jazz and rock coming together in beautifully synthesis.
Side two opens in riotous fashion with the short, thrilling samba of “Wapatiti”. Next up, “Capricorn” forms a smoothed-out, jazzy constellation. Mellow and dreamy, its twinkling percussion and languid horns slowly build the vibe before head-nod drums and a killer bassline enter the fray. With a distinct heaviness that Black Sabbath would’ve envied, “Odokamona” is a venomous slice of riff-soaked jazz metal (yes, you read that right), elevated by Carr’s wah-wah horns. The album closes with MacRae’s exceptionally cosmic “Southern Roots and Celebration”. Very much in conversation with Weather Report, it opens as a languorous, spiritual jazz of chiming keys and serene guitar that turns slowly, gorgeously into a mid-paced, brass-laced banger. It’s another sure-fire party starter and the sound of the band having a righteous blast, building an ecstatic chaos that ends with Yates screaming.
And of course we need to talk about Keith Davis’ cover for Roots. Perhaps the coolest record cover of all time? Certainly one of the most bonkers. Just your run-of-the-mill high-gloss, acid-tinged airbrush dystopian/utopian living-room party scene. Consider this your chemical flashback trigger warning. Front-and-centre the hip-to-death green robot holds court with their giant ball of yellow barbwire wool, hooked up to… something(?) being teased out from under the stairs (probably best not to ask). A thoroughly zoned-out, long-legged Pop Art party-goer lounges half-plugged in to the painting behind her as a pair of legs flail into shot from the the top of the stairs opposite. We won’t even begin to guess what the chap’s up to in the middle, but the view out of the windows is rather nice, and someone’s already got the hoover out ready to tidy up. All of the Nucleus sleeves are something special, but this particular one? Crikey. This Be With edition of Roots has been re-mastered from the original Vertigo master tapes, Simon Francis’ mastering working together with Pete Norman’s cut to weave their usual magic with these wonderful recordings. The crazy cover has been restored at Be With HQ as the finishing touch to this long overdue re-issue.
Tracklisting:
A1 : Roots (9:24)
A2 : Images (4:55)
A3 : Caliban (4:35)
B1 : Whapatiti (3:22)
B2 : Capricorn (4:00)
B3 : Odokamona (3:24)
B4 : Southern Roots And Celebration (7:45) |  | IAN CARR Belladonna (Rare 1972 UK 'small swirl' label 6-track stereo
LP produced by Colosseum drummer Jon Hiseman, a glorious album
from the late trumpeter, which even rivals Miles Davis' work of the
period. Includes the beautiful and exotic Summer Rain with crisp drum
breaks, Fender Rhodes, the works! Allan Holdsworth, Gordon Beck and
Trevor Tomkins all star, housed in a matt gatefold picture sleeve.
Please see below for details on condition)
Tracklisting: The condition of the gatefold picture sleeve is incredible for a non-laminated sleeve of this era. It is crease free with a clean print and just the lightest of edge scuffing to the corners - no other wear to speak of!
Complete with its original Vertigo swirl inner, the labels to the vinyl are perfectly clean with no spindle wear.
We are strictly grading the vinyl as Very Good. There is one small pressing blemish to the first track on side two, which it plays through fine but does have a heavy click, which is a huge shame as the rest of the vinyl looks really nice and clean
Please note: this release was only on the 'small swirl' design label.
Offered at an advantageous price.
1. Belladonna
2. Summer Rain
3. Remadione
4. Mayday
5. Suspension
6. Hector's House |  | IAN CARR Belladonna (Rare 1972 UK small swirl label 6-track stereo
vinyl LP by the legendary NUCLEUS player, produced by Colosseum
drummer Jon Hiseman, matt gatefold picture sleeve)
See 'More
Info' for further details on condition ...
Tracklisting: A glorious album from the late trumpeter, which even rivals Miles Davis' work of the period, including the beautiful and exotic Summer Rain with crisp drum breaks, Fender Rhodes, the works!
Allan Holdsworth, Gordon Beck and Trevor Tomkins all star.
The labels are the small Vertigo swirl design with 'Vertigo' above the centre hole.
Condition:
The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear with few signs of being over forty five years old.
The vinyl remains in excellent condition with just a few light surface scuffs and spindle marks around the centre hole evident.
A very nice copy of this very rare album.
Tracklisting:
1. Belladonna
2. Summer Rain
3. Remadione
4. Mayday
5. Suspension
6. Hector's House |  | IAN CARR Belladonna (Rare 1972 UK 'small swirl' label 6-track
stereo LP produced by Colosseum drummer Jon Hiseman, a
glorious album from the late trumpeter, which even rivals Miles
Davis' work of the period. Includes the beautiful andexotic
Summer Rain with crisp drum breaks, Fender Rhodes, the works!
Allan Holdsworth, Gordon Beck and Trevor Tomkins all star. See
'more info' for condition on this much sought after original...)
Tracklisting: The condition of the gatefold picture sleeve is incredible for a non-laminated sleeve of this era. It is crease free with a clean print and just the lightest of edge scuffing to the corners - no other wear to speak of!
Complete with its original Vertigo swirl inner, the labels to the vinyl are perfectly clean with no spindle wear and the vinyl itself is superb, with just one very small blemish and otherwise in MINT condition. There is nothing to suggest this record has ever been played more than once, if that!
Please note: this release was only on the 'small swirl' design label.
A fantastic copy of a progressive Brit-jazz masterpiece.
1. Belladonna
2. Summer Rain
3. Remadione
4. Mayday
5. Suspension
6. Hector's House |
AWARDS WE WANT TO BUY
We always require Gold, Silver, Platinum and Multi-Platinum awards
on most artists - official B.P.I., R.I.A.A., I.F.P.I., C.R.I.A., S.N.E.P. etc. certified
or genuine in-house variants from around the world. We also need Ivor Novello, B.M.I.,
ASCAP etc. publishing awards, plaques, trophies, certificates and citations.
MEMORABILIA ALWAYS REQUIRED:
Programmes; concert tickets; original concert posters; invites; handbills &
flyers; promotional posters, standees, mobiles, displays & other P.O.S. material;
press kits, boxes & sales presenters; award discs; tour crew jackets & other
clothing; tour itineraries; promotional jackets, t-shirts & other clothing;
original artwork, proofs, colour separations, cromalins, bromides, etc; interesting
paper items, promotional gimmicks & most other memorabilia needed. Also buying:
original film posters; movie press books & press kits; cinema programmes; premiere
invites & programmes; promotional clothing & other items.
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