Product Description
Rare 1975 Japanese (Second) Pressing Still In Top Condition! Heavy Grade Gatefold Cover Includes 4-Page Insert With Lyrics, Labels Are Clean. ‘Music Of My Mind’ Is The Brilliant 14th Album From Stevie Wonder And He Plays Virtually All Instruments. Considered To Be The First LP In His Classic Period.
Condition – Vinyl: NEAR MINT! Beautifully preserved for nearly 50 years!
Condition – Cover: EXCELLENT! Couple of line marks on front.
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 condition original Japanese pressings are becoming scarcer ~ and therefore more collectable and valuable every year.
Side 1:
Love Having You Around
Superwoman
I Love Every Little Thing About You
Sweet Little Girl
Side 2:
Happier Than The Morning Sun
Girl Blue
Seems So Long
Keep On Running
Evil
AMG –
His mastery of traditional song structure and immense musical personality are a wonder to behold! 4 1/2 Stars Stevie's first truly unified record and, with the exception of a single part on two songs, the work of a one-man-band. Everything he had learned about musicianship, engineering, and production during his long apprenticeship in the Snakepit at Motown Studios came together here (from the liner notes: "The sounds themselves come from inside his mind. The man is his own instrument. The instrument is an orchestra.") Music of My Mind was also the first to bear the fruits of his increased focus on Moog and Arp synthesizers, though the songs never sound synthetic, due in great part to Stevie's reliance on a parade of real instruments -- organic drumwork, harmonica, organs and pianos -- as well as his mastery of traditional song structure and his immense musical personality. The intro of the vibrant, tender "I Love Every Little Thing About You" is a perfect example, humanized with a series of lightly breathed syllables for background rhythm. And when the synthesizers do appear, it's always in the perfect context: the standout "Superwoman" really benefits from its high-frequency harmonics, and "Seems So Long" wouldn't sound quite as affectionate without the warm electronics gurgling in the background. 4 1/2 Stars