Al Stewart – Time Passages (Vinyl) Original Japanese Pressing
RCA Records (1978)
$45.00
Original 1978 Japanese Pressing ~ Complete With Obi Strip! Includes 4-Page Insert, Lyrics. Beautifully Produced By Alan Parsons.
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Hard To Find Original 1978 Japanese Pressing ~ Complete With Highly Collectable Obi Strip! Includes 4-Page Insert With Lyrics In English & Japanese, Labels Are Clean. Al Stewart’s Follow-Up LP To ‘Year Of The Cat’ Was Beautifully Produced By Alan Parsons & Features The Singles “Time Passages” & “End Of The Day”.
Condition — Vinyl: NEAR MINT!
Condition — Cover: NEAR MINT!
Japanese vinyl pressings are highly sought after by audiophiles and collectors, due to their premium sound quality and beautifully presented packaging. The sonic quality of Japanese records is regarded as the best in the world. No wonder all the original Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab records were pressed in Japan! The covers are printed on better quality heavy stock paper too. Near Mint Original Japanese pressings are becoming scarcer — and therefore more collectable and valuable every year.
Side 1:
Time Passages
Valentina Way
Life In Dark Water
A Man For All Seasons
Side 2:
Almost Lucy
The Palace Of Versailles
Timeless Skies
Song On The Radio
End Of The Day
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RCA Records (1978)
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Eloquent historical pop epics… clean, spacious, and gentle, Time Passages stands as one of Al Stewart's very best albums. 4 ½ Stars Year of the Cat brought Al Stewart a genuine worldwide smash with its title track, and for its successor, he did make a few concessions. These, however, were slight -- just a slight increase of soft rock productions, an enhancement of the lushness that marked not only Year of the Cat but also Modern Times. These happened to be welcome adjustments to Stewart's sound, since they increased the dreamy continental elegance at the core of his work. And that's why Time Passages is the equal of Year of the Cat -- it may be more streamlined, but the adjustments to his sound and the concessions to the mainstream just increase the soft grace of his eloquent historical pop epics. It's possible to view this as too precious, because it is pitched at an audience who believes the common-day concerns of pop are piffle, but this is exceptionally well-crafted, from Stewart's songs, where even three-minute songs seem like epics, to Alan Parsons' cinematic arrangements and productions. This added concentration on the texture of the recording, ensuring that it was clean, spacious, and gentle, with a welcoming surface. Of course, this means that Time Passages can work very well as background music, but it also reveals much upon concentrated listening -- enough to make it stand proudly next to Modern Times and Year of the Cat as one of Al Stewart's very best albums. 4 ½ Stars