E. CLAPTON Eric Clapton DEBUT SOLO LP 1970 UK ORIGINAL 1st PRESS
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ERIC CLAPTON: "Eric Clapton" LP. ORIGINAL / FIRST UK PRESSING, RELEASED 29th AUGUST, 1970 a smaller concentric grooved ring around the spindle hole,
TEXTURED POLYDOR LABEL: 2383 021.
MAITRIX: 2383021 A // 1 ▽ 420 1 1 / 2383021 B // 2 ▽ 420 1
Not the very first record made as just described but with 'A // 1 / B // 2', this is a first pressing and 'original' .
Record has a few light marks but considered Excellent condition
'McNeill Press Ltd.' PRINTED, FIRST ISSUE ONLY LAMINATED FRONT AND BACK COVER, THE SPINE ENDINGS
TAPER INTO POINTS. THAT SHAPE CREATED A RIDGE AT THE SPINE'S MEETING POINT WITH THE FRONT AND BACK'S
EDGES, AS USUAL A SMALL AREA OF THE LAMINATE WAS LIFTED OVER THE RIDGES AND WAS NOT SMOOTHED
DOWN. OFTEN MISINTERPRETED AS 'LIFTING', BUT THE COVERS CAME BRAND NEW LIKE THAT, IN FACT,
THIS IS IN REMARKABLE CONDITION FOR A 1970 VERY FIRST ISSUE. ANYTHING ELSE HERE WAS FORMED
NATURALLY, A REASONABLY GENTLE RECORD IMPRESSION WITH A FEW RELATED LAMINATE EDGE LINES.
A TRULY BEAUTIFUL FIRST ISSUE COVER, WITH DEEPLY GLOSSY UNDULLED LAMINATE OVER UNFADED AND
VIVIDLY BRIGHT COLOURS. THE COVER IS IN SUPERB CONDITION.
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