Dark - Round The Edges (1972) US 180g Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz

Posted By: Fran Solo
Date: Aug. 17, 2019

Dark - Round The Edges
Vinyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC + CUE | 24bit/96kHz | 900mb
Label: Machu Picchu, Ltd./PICCHU 2 | Released: 1972 | This Issue: 2013 | Genre: Heavy-Progressive

A1 Darkside
A2 Maypole
A3 Live For Today
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B1 R.C.8. I See Hate
B2 The Cat
B3 Zero Time

Bass – Ronald Johnson
Drums – Clive Thorneycroft
Guitar – Martin Weaver
Lacquer Cut By – Robert Weston
Liner Notes – Steve Giles
Lyrics By – Steve Giles
Producer [reissue] – Brett Lyman, Fiona Campbell
Remastered By – Warren Defever
Restored By – Warren Defever
Vocals, Guitar – Steve Giles

Notes
Officially licensed by Dark.
Sleeved in a tip-on gatefold jacket, with an expanded version of the original booklet - 20 pages of lyrics and never before seen photos from the group's personal archives.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Side A): PICCHU-2-A [sideways ☮]BW130130 YOU LOOK LIKE MICHAEL CAINE
Matrix / Runout (Side B): PICCHU-2-B [sideways ☮]BW130130 MACHU PICCHU SECOND ASCENT
Barcode: 6 02057 73021 5







This Rip: 2016
This LP: With the kind sponsorship from another anonymous friend, thank you!
Cleaning: RCM Moth MkII Pro Vinyl
Direct Drive Turntable: Technics SL-1200MK2 Quartz New!
Cartridge: SHURE M97xE With JICO SAS Stylus
Amplifier: Marantz 2252
ADC: E-MU 0404
DeClick with iZotope RX5: Only Manual (Click per click)
Vinyl Condition: M
About this LP: From my personal collection
LP Rip & Full Scan LP Cover: Fran Solo
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Crafting a musical skeleton that has as much in common with British folk as it does with West Coast jam bands, DARK wouldn't be unlike a lot of other psychedelic bands in the late sixties/early seventies. What made them different was one thing: a solid understanding of fuzzy guitar. Rather than merely using the fuzzbox to show off, DARK incorporated it into the build of their songs, laying it across moody, heavy tracks that approached sprawling.
It all began in 1968, when guitarist Steve Giles grabbed other guitarist Martin Weaver, drummer Clive Thorneycroft and bassist Ronald Johnson, and formed Dark at a school in Northhampton. Local touring followed for several years, until, in 1972, the band only produced their first album, the not-quite-as-scary-as-you'd-think "Round the Edges" (occasionally featuring Colin Bush on bass. Go figure).

Only about sixty copies were issued, and original albums remain a collector's item to this day (it has been re-released several times since '72. Obviously, or else I wouldn't have heard it), and has been hailed as the UK's most expensive album. Soon after the album was released, the band broke up, and its members were scattered to the four winds (aka other bands and failed solo projects).

An effort was made at a revival in the early Nineties, which resulted in more local live shows; however, no new album was produced. Despite a couple of records of outtakes, the only true album by this intelligent jam band remains "Round the Edges".
The Whistler - February 2009
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