Al Stewart – The First Album (Bedsitter Images) 1974 UK stereo LP

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Free U.S. shipping!  A 1974 UK pressing of The First Album (Bedsitter Images), the debut LP by Al Stewart, with alternate tracks from the original release.

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Offered for sale is a copy of The First Album (Bedsitter Images), the debut album by Al Stewart.

This 1974 release has a different cover from the 1967 original and a different track listing. (more below)

About this copy: This copy of Bedsitter Images is a 1974 UK stereo pressing on the orange/yellow CBS label.

The cover is VG++ with light wear on the back cover.  The disc is M- and looks unplayed.  Clean disc!

A nice copy of a scarce Al Stewart LP.

Background: Released in 1967 to virtually no notice, Bedsitter Images was the first album by Al Stewart.

The album was released only in the UK and did not chart.

In 1970, after Stewart gained more recognition, the album was reissued with a slightly different title – The First Album (Bedsitter Images).  The reissue added two new tracks, deleted three others, and remixed the tracks that remain.

Track list:

1967 Version

Bedsitter Images
Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres
The Carmichaels
Scandinavian Girl
Pretty Golden Hair
Denise At 16
Samuel, Oh How You’ve Changed!
Cleave To Me
A Long Way Down From Stephanie
Ivich
Beleeka Doodle Day

1970 Version

Lover Man
Swiss Cottage Manoeuvers
The Carmichaels
Clifton In The Rain
Bedsitter Images
Denise At 16
Samuel, Oh How You’ve Changed!
A Long Way Down From Stephanie
Ivich
Beleeka Doodle Day

1967 Version only:

Cleave To Me
Pretty Golden Hair
Scandinavian Girl

1970 Version only:

Clifton In The Rain
Lover Man

Allmusic.com gave Bedsitter Images this review:

Bedsitter Images unveiled a promising but tentative folk-rock singer/songwriter. Al Stewart’s songs already displayed his talent for observational storytelling, though at this point he was detailing ordinary lives of British people and autobiographical romance, rather than epic historical incidents. Most of the cuts used a full orchestra, and although the folk-baroque approach worked for some folk-rock artists of the era like Judy Collins, here it seemed ill-conceived.

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Country of origin: UK
Size: 12″
Record Label: CBS
Catalog Number:
S BPG 63087
Year of Release: 1967
Format: Stereo
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Weight 7 oz
Dimensions 12.4 × 12.4 × 0.2 in