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Vinyl with scuffs and hairlines, close to VG+. Cover close to NM

Record is close to VG+.

Japanese pressing without obi | Foxing inside gatefold

Cover is close to VG+.

The Quickening is an improvised work guided by emotional intuition and an ability to spin collective experience into music of potent and boundless beauty. Jim White and Marisa Anderson instrumental voices' are unmistakable and spellbindingly lyrical. Anderson unravels global guitar traditions into atmospheres all their own through improvisations and transforming melodic lines. While White implements an array of sticks, brushes, and techniques that imbue each rhythmic percussion passage with its own distinct personality. Together their melodic flourishes cascade and twist upon one another, at times trading conversational exchanges, and at others drifting in unison as if lost in the same train of thought. White and Anderson share an abounding appetite for musical exploration. White, as a member of Venom P Stinger, Dirty Three, and Xylouris White, is well known for his creative and idiosyncratic drumming. His singular abilities have also led to collaborations with Cat Power, PJ Harvey, and Bill Callahan among others. Anderson's prolific output as a solo performer, her mastery of traditional folk and blues forms and her abilities to make them entirely her own has established her as one of the most exciting and forward-thinking guitarists of the last decade. White and Anderson's considerable technical skills are used in the most inventive and unconventional manner on their debut duo recording, The Quickening. The duo' friendship and shared explorative nature inform these warm and daring improvisations. Their remarkable performances take the listener on a journey of exuberant discovery. The idea of a collaboration developed while on the road together in 2015, Anderson playing solo and White playing with Xylouris white. The Quickening began at the Portland studio Type Foundry in late 2018, where the duo initially agreed to meet and improvise and record. Happy with the recordings, the duo headed to Mexico City and into Estudios Noviembres, a time capsule of a studio from the 70's that had been largely closed before some young engineers took it over. The "slight disorientation" of working in less familiar environments mirrored their willingness to plunge headfirst into exploring new sonic territory together. Anderson purchased a new nylon string Ramos-Castillo guitar from a Mexican luthier just ahead of recording which leant to the spontaneity of "The Lucky" and "The Quickening". The duo did not rehearse or perform together prior to the recording sessions; as White puts it, "it's good to suspend disbelief at this stage of playing."

Japanese pressing with OBI. Vinyl with a couple of light scuffs

Comes with Obi and inserts.

Japanese pressing without OBI,

Japanese pressing with obi and insert. Side B is VG+.

Japanese pressing with obi.

Copy without OBI!

CD comes in a soft case, instead of the original crystal case. All booklets included.

close to NM

Still sealed with cracked corner.

Santa Maria Pressing.
Cover with faint ring wear.

Pale green vinyl!

Sticker tear on cover.

Hardcover booklet case. Numbered limited edition.

Vinyl with a couple of light scuffs. Still in shrink, but opened, with hype sticker

Cut corner. Original US Santa Maria pressing.

torn top spine.

Vinyl with a couple of light scuffs, close to VG+.

OBI not included.
Includes original insert.

Japanese pressing with obi

Limited edition Blue vinyl. Numbered. With silk screened extra cover. With inserts.

OBI is missing!

Sleeve has light scuffs and wear around the edges.
LP has surface marks.

Still in shrink, but opened, with hype sticker

Vinyl close to VG

Includes booklet.

Small saw cut in cover. Vinyl is Close to VG+.

Vinyl close to NM

CD comes in a soft case, instead of the original crystal case. All booklets included.

CD comes in a soft case, instead of the original crystal case. All booklets included.

close to NM. stained cover

close to NM

Still in shrink, but opened, with hype sticker