CAT STEVENS Tea For The Tillerman UK LP 1ST PINK ISLAND

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£ 124 Sold For

Dec 17, 2004 Sold Date

Dec 10, 2004 Start Date

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CAT STEVENS - TEA FOR THE TILLERMAN

VERY RARE PINK ISLAND 1ST PRESSING

CATALOGUE NUMBER: ILPS 9135

MATRIX NUMBERS; ILPS 9135 A-3U / B-3U

STAMPERS: 1 H / 1 GG

FIRST PRESSING INDICATORS

VERY HARD TO FIND FIRST PRESSING ON THE PINK ISLAND LABEL. THIS IS BECAUSE THE ISLAND LABEL WAS CHANGING TO THE MORE FAMILIAR PALM TREE DESIGN, WHICH OCCURED WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS OF THE RELEASE OF THIS LP, AND SUBSEQUENTLY ALL FURTHER PRESSINGS WERE ON THE PALMTREE LABEL, MAKING THE PINK ISLAND ISSUE SOUGHT AFTER AMONGST COLLECTORS. NOT SO AT THE TIME OF RELEASE AS THIS LP REALLY DIDN'T EXCITE THE BRITISH PUBLIC, AND IT WASN'T UNTIL THE NEXT ALBUM "TEASER AND THE FIRCAT" THAT CAT STEVENS MADE IT INTO THE BIG TIME.

HAVING SAID THAT, THIS ALBUM IS A SUPERB TESTIMONY OF THE DIRECTION THAT HE WAS TAKING WITH HIS MUSIC, AND SHOULD NOT BE OVERLOOKED, AS IT HAS SOME GREAT TRACKS ON IT. HEARD HEADED WOMAN , AND WILD WORLD SPRINGS TO MIND.

THE SLEEVE

I WANT TO SPEND A BIT OF TIME ON THIS AS IT IS IMORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS A GENUINE FIRST PRESS SLEEVE AND NOT A SWAPPED SLEEVE FROM A LATER PRESSING.

THERE ARE MAIN WAYS TO TELL THE SLEEVES APART. FIRSTLY THE SPINE OF THE FIRST PRESSING IS TOTALLY FLAT AND FAIRLY WIDE, WHEREAS LATER PRESSINGS HAVE A GROOVE RUNNING DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE SPINE. SECONDLY THE INDIE GATEFOLD IS ROUGH TO THE FEEL, HAVING A TEXTURED FINISH. LATER ISSUES WHILST SLIGHTLY TEXTURED ARE NO WHERE NEAR AS ROUGH TO THE TOUCH.

THIS IS THE GENUINE ARTICLE.

FULLY LAMINATED FRONT AND BACK, AND TEXTURED INDSIDE. THIS SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, SHOWING NO MAJOR FLAWS. THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY FLAT, AS IS THE FRONT COVER , WITH JUST A FEW VERY SMALL LAMINATE LINES NEAR THE SPINE. SIMILARLY THE BACK IS IN THE SAME CONDITION.

GRADES EX

THE VINYL

THE FAMOUS PINK ISLAND LABELS ARE IN TOP CONDITION. A NICE DEEP PINK WITH A WHITE 1 SYMBOL IN THE MIDDLE. THE SPINDLE HOLES ARE UNDAMAGED, AND WHILST THERE ARE A FEW SPIDER LINES THEY ARE FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE HOLE WHICH TELLS ME THAT THE LP HAS BEEN PRETTY CAREFULLY HANDLED.

THE SURFACE OF THE DISC LIKE MIOST ISLAND LP'S OF THIS ERA IS VERY VERY GLOSSY AND CLEAN. THERE ARE SOME LIGHT HANDLING MARKS BUT NOTHING HORRIBLE.

THE DISTORTION TEST THAT I ALWAYS DO COMES OUT PERFECTLY, WHICH MEANS THE LP HAS SUFFERED NO GROOVE WEAR THROUGH A WORN OR DAMAGED STYLUS BEING USED ON IT.

IN TRUE FIRST PRESS STANDARD, THE PRODUCTION OF THE MUSIC IS SUPERB, AND HAS TO BE WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH A MAN SINGING PLAYING AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR.

NOTES ARE CRYSTAL CLEAR AND VOCALS FRESH, AND THE MIX AND STEREO SPLIT ARE SPOT ON

THERE IS SOME VERY LIGHT BACKGROUND CRACKLE IN PLACES BUT NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH TO SPOIL THE SOUND QUALITY OF THIS CLASSY LP

GRADES EX

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