Description "MYSTICAL ONE" (George Harrison, 1982) They say I'm not what I used to be, All the same, I'm happier than a willow tree, Shine or rain, sitting here by a stream. There's nothing I'd rather feel, In this world, You and your sweet serenity, Rocking me, Melting my heart away. I know something so dear to me, Beyond words, Beautiful feeling in my soul. Sounds I've heard, Like humming birds in a dream, That mystical one I knew, Is returned, Lulling me with those rain-cloud eyes, Taking me, Melting my heart away. I am, yes I am, I know what I feel, You came in my life, Made me more real. I know whatever we may have been, In past times, Has sorted the truth out from the rest. Win or lose, I always knew you'd be there, You answer my deepest prayer, In a song, Shimmering, slowhand flowing clear, Moving me, Melting my heart away. I am, yes, I am, I know what I feel, You came in my life, Made me more real. That mystical one I knew, Is returned, Lulling me with those rain-cloud eyes, GEORGE HARRISON: "Gone Troppo" LP.  RARE UK FIRST PRESSING, ISSUED 5th DECEMBER,1982. DARK HORSE LABEL: 923734 - 1. MAITRIX, SIDE 1: 92 3734 - 1  A 1 1 - 23734 - 1 - U.K - Set 1 - RE 2   MAITRIX, SIDE 2: 92 3734 - 1 B . 1   1 - 23734 - 2 - UK - Set 1 - RE 2   In a current description of a UK first pressing of George Harrison's "Somewhere In England" LP, I gave full details of the ever   changing Warner Brothers /WEA labels and the impact on George's 'Dark Horse' label.  That was in 1981, when even the apparent ownership of 'Dark Horse' was not under George's control and his songs and cover artwork were unbelievably being criticised and rejected by Warner.  Only a matter of months later in 1982, the 'K' prefix of the catalogue number was gone and "Gone Troppo" no longer had a recognisable UK catalogue number or maitrix.  Events were even more rapidly heading towards every Warner or WEA subsidary labels very soon being entirely made in Germany, without any UK pressing or printing made at all.   Variations were the order of the day for such upheavals but there were a few first pressings of "Gone Troppo" records pressed and covers printed in England.  'Somewhere In England' was aptly titled!   A dual maitrix for George's previous 1981 album can be seen in my pictures,   still with a 'K' prefix and a singular catalogue number once again had a 'K' prefix.  The other "Somewhere In England" maitrix   prefix 'DHK', was no longer used either, with 'DH' obviously derived from' Dark Horse', all those changes in less than a year! The above dual maitrix is unique and first seen in 1981 on a Warner UK pressed record, fittingly for such a unique album, the second and lengthy maitrix is almost identical to UK first pressings of Jethro Tull's 1977 "Songs From The Wood" LP and a few of their following albums on Chrysalis.  "Songs From The Wood" had '10th Set' in front of the main maitrix,  the main one here is; '923734 - 1 A1 /923734 - 1 B1' That  serves to authenticate the rare UK only very first pressings, the only pressings made made due to such poor sales in 1982. In the early 1970's CBS were pressing all the Warner connected labels like 'Dark Horse', this was positively pressed in England, so few were made here, virtually all the copies in the UK, are either USA or German pressings. Both Side's scribed indexing can be seen in the pictures, where I compiled pictures of both sets per individual Side's 1 & 2. CUSTOM PRINTED LYRICS AND CREDITS "Cement Mixer"INNER SLEEVE, UNSPLIT AND UNUSED, WITH ONLY A RECORD IMPRESSION, THIS WAS THE ONLY PART OF THE ALBUM PRINTED IN THE USA FOR ALL UK PRESSINGS. THE "Gone Troppo" INNER SLEEVE IS IN UNUSED, UNAGED, MINT- CONDITION. THE GLOSSY COVER DID NOT HAVE THE PRINTER CREDITED, BUT THIS IS NOT THE COMMONLY FOUND USA OR GERMAN PRINTED COVER, THE BACK HAS "Printed And Made In England."  1982 PRE-DATED BAR CODES BUT THAT TEXT IS EXCLUSIVELY ON THE RARE UK PRESSINGS AND ONCE AGAIN I HAVE TAKEN A CLOSE-UP PICTURE OF THAT.  UK SELLERS FAIL TO DECLARE THEY ARE SELLING IMPORTS, UK LABELS, COVERS AND VINYL POSITIVELY EXISTED IN 1982.   I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF "Gone Troppo" PASSED LAST YEAR   WITHOUT ANYONE NOTICING. PERFECTLY STORED IN A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE FROM NEW, ANY MINISCULE STANDING TRAITS ARE SO TINY, THEY CAN EASILY BE INCORPORATED INTO THE MINUS OF THE GRADING. THE COVER IS IN MINT- CONDITION The one original owner never played the record, so positively no spindle alignment traces at all on the immaculate labels or on   the 'as new' gleaming vinyl, I decided to offer this without my intervention, knowing how perfectly CBS pressed them, it would   pure indulgence if I played and described the tracks.   I will add some details of the album though, especially about the track   George wrote in 1968 for the "White Album", but the beautiful "Circles" was left off and remained unheard for all those years. THE RECORD IS IN UNPLAYED/MINTCONDITION. SIDE 1: "Wake Up My Love" "That's the Way It Goes" "I Really Love You" (Leroy Swearingen) "Greece" "Gone Troppo" SIDE 2: "Mystical One" "Unknown Delight" "Baby Don't Run Away" "Dream Away" "Circles" George Harrison - lead & backing vocals, guitars, bass, mandolin, Marimba, Jaltarang, synthesisers & keyboards Billy Preston - organ, piano, keyboards, synthesiser & backging vocals Neil Larsen - piano Gary Brooker - keyboards   Mike Moran - keyboards   Jon Lord - synthesisers   Willie Weeks - bass Herbie Flowers - bass Alan Jones - bass Ray Cooper - drums, keyboards, Fender Rhodes, synthesisers, Marimba, glockenspiel & percussion Jim Keltner - drums   Dave Mattacks - drums   Henry Spinetti - drums   Sarah Ricor - backing vocals Radina Sloan - backing vocals Pico Pena - backing vocals Vicki Brown - backing vocals Joe Brown - backing vocals Bobby King - backing vocals Syreeta - backing vocals William "Bill" Greene - bass vocals & backing vocals All Songs Written By George Harrison, Except Where Credited. Recorded 5th May - 27th August, 1982, Except "Dream Away", started 7th December, 1980. Engineered By Phil McDonald. Produced By George Harrison, Ray Cooper & Phil McDonald. George Harrison's superb "Gone Troppo" album as the UK very first pressing only, is extremely rare in playable condition, it failed to even make an entry into the British Top 100 charts.  There are low selling albums and then there are real commercial disasters, this was the latter, unbelievable considering the outstanding music and the status of the artist, reflecting sadly on   UK record buyers.  1982 wasn't exactly brimming with with great music, that was thirty one years ago now and the few copies that turn up are always the German or American imports, brought in after the one and only UK pressing.  I blame the UK's music press who gave this superb album the most scathingly negative and viscous reviews. George Harrison was not an artist to play any of their games and court their approval.  I remember reading  reviews in disgust, as I played his wonderful new album! George was so disillusioned by rejection and failure of "Gone Troppo" , it would be a very long five years before he recorded another studio album in 1987.   I am still annoyed about his treatment, his recording career was literally ended around the same time period of John Lennon's when he 'retired' himself to devote  his full time to being a father to Sean.  George was into films though and all he recorded in that time was an odd track for soundtracks like "Water," mind you, he made a triumphant come back in 1987 as a both a solo artist and with good friends in the Traveling Wilbury's.  George was 'the mystical one' but he had inner core of steel and he had more than answered the media vipers and the music industry in general who continuously sued him, the best way any artist can, in his lyrics and songs, they can be found on most of George's solo albums. "Gone Troppo" always was an album full of fantastic songs but nobody was listening to find that out in 1982 or ever since, the first I must mention is one of George's greatest compositions,"That's The Way It Goes". A superb melody with very incisive lyrics concerning how money takes over and controls people's lives, another way of viewing "Living In The Material World" but now in the very affluent 1980's decade. George's lead electric guitar on "That's The Way It Goes" is stunning!  As for the lyrics, in my opinion, George has always been underestimated for his poetic ability to express his feelings and observations about life around him. The spiritual side of his lifetime saw a young teenager coping with the intensive pressures of fame, the 1960's crazy ride brought disasters and ultimately crushed and destroyed so many.  Living in the shadow of two of the 20th centuries greatest song writers could have had an adverse affect on his solo career, but George emerged unscathed with a humble dignity that others often misinterpreted as weakness or insecurity. Here's one verse from "That's The Way It Goes", it says more than my rambling's can; There's a fire that burns away the lies, Manifesting in the spiritual eye, Though you won't understand the way I feel, You conceal all there is to know, That's the way it goes. I am not including the converted who also love "Gone Troppo" or at least have an open mind and are not swayed by anyone else's   negativity, I could give many more examples but that really says it all, the outstanding "Mystical One" lyrics can be read in full at the top of the page. His metaphor of the cement mixer theme that dominates the inner sleeve, just happens to be on the reverse side of the album's lyrics, appearing to contrast the beautiful poetic lyrics to "Mystical One."  Not just the lyrics because there is an equally beautiful melody within a brilliant production, the lyrics reflect perfectly George's warmth and humanity as much as the suns illustrating the inner sleeve, few other artist could write with such genuine sincerity. To those who still seriously believe the four individuals who formed the Beatles withered and faded after May 1970, are missing the whole point of the Beatles   as a band. Okay, Ringo was never going to rip up trees but I urge anyone yet to hear George, Paul or John's solo records to do so   immediately!   Talking about George's former band, one song on this album is so major I'd like to concentrate fully on it, without   implying the rest of the LP is unworthy of my full attention. I could write endlessly about any of the tracks but not playing the   record is not only restrictive, it becomes a meaningless exercise, but for a still unheard 46 year old George Harrison song, is   easily done with the music inspiring thoughts and words.  For a Beatles fanatic like myself, I knew the track from bootlegs way   before George finally recorded the track, "Gone Troppo" contains a very strong Beatles connection,few are aware of and through   this description I can alert other like minded if it's been missed... download it if necessary as long as you get to hear it.      The song in question is "Circles", found tucked away as the last track on the album, George was indeed a very modest man who   quietly slipped this amazing song on the end of Side 2.  "Circles" was written in India in March, 1968, a song fully intended for   the "White Album", the first recording was when they returned to England.   In May,1968, the Beatles gathered at George's house   "Kinfauns" to record the recently written songs in India, as demo's for the next album.  Virtually the whole of the "White Album" was recorded as basic acoustic demo's, including "My Guitar Gently Weeps," which can be heard on "Anthology" as that original   May,1968 acoustic version.  The demo version of this beautiful song, "Circles", was recorded with just George's lead vocal while   playing an organ, a stunning performance as well!  The song remained as a home demo only, it was never recorded by the Beatles   and George decided in 1982, it was time he got round to recording it, John's death in 1980 had a profound effect on the others.   With Billy Preston playing the organ and piano, Deep Purple's Jon Lord on the synthesiser, Henry Spinetti playing the drums and   George the bass and lead guitars, they recorded a truly inspired version. George sang just about the greatest vocal of his career,   the very special feel of the song recaptured the same intensity heard on that 1968 demo. The song is very sad and reflective, the   backing is sympathetic, subtle and restrained, but also of the highest musical standard.  The sound from the UK first pressings is   sheer perfection and as frustrating as it is leaving the Mint record unplayed right now, I can still predict the record will have that   magical tone on George's lead guitar, a purely late 60's Beatles sound..... how could it not be? {Roy}   R & M RECORDS. My lifetime's love of music and records began at a very young age, the arrival of the Beatles and the 1960's decade   in general had a very profound effect. It was only natural to bring all my first hand experience of collecting vinyl   into becoming a professional record seller.  Over twenty years ago now we entered into the wonderful atmosphere of record fairs with the highest possible standards set. 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