Kevin Ayers - "Joy of a toy" 1969 UK FIRST pressing - no EMI on labels! - LP - 1st Pressing - 1969

Up for auction: a first pressing of the very rare lp "Joy of a toy" by KEVIN AYERS as released in the UK in 1969 on Harvest SHVL 763.

This is the first pressing so without EMI on the labels!

Joy of a Toy is the debut solo album of Kevin Ayers, a founding member of Soft Machine. He is accompanied on the LP by pianist and arranger David Bedford as well as his erstwhile Soft Machine colleagues Robert Wyatt and Mike Ratledge, and his eventual replacement Hugh Hopper, who had previously worked with him in the semi-pro band Wilde Flowers. Among the session musicians are cellist and arranger Paul Buckmaster, jazz bassist Jeff Clyne, oboist Paul Minns (of Third Ear Band) and drummer Rob Tait (formerly of Pete Brown and His Battered Ornaments before going on to join Vinegar Joe).

Grading:
record: excellent condition (lp has light marks but plays excellent)
cover: nice vg++ condition (a few creases in the lamination)

All my lp's have been cleaned on a professional Pro-Ject record cleaning machine.