GIFT IDEA: LYNYRD SKYNYRD Street Survivors SEALED ORIG '77 FLAME COVER VINYL LP

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IT'S HOLIDAY TIME - TIME FOR A FEW GIFT IDEAS FOR THE VINYL RECORD COLLECTOR ON YOUR HOLIDAY LIST - This is a reasonably priced BRAND NEW STILL SEALED ORIGINAL OCTOBER 1977 U.S. ISSUE of the fabled LP titled 'Street Survivors' from Southern rock legends Lynyrd Skynyrd. This original first issue is packaged inside the ORIGINAL WITHDRAWN 'FLAME' ALBUM COVER, and should include BOTH ORIGINAL INSERTS, one of which is very spooky given subsequent events and adds to the mystique of this LP. It is an MCA Records LP, catalog number MCA-3029.
As the story goes, Skynyrd's 'Street Survivors' LP was released in October 1977, only a couple of weeks before the tragic plane crash on October 20, 1977 which took the lives of band members Ronnie Van Zant and Steve Gaines, backup singer Cassie Gaines, and road manager Dean Kilpatrick. The band was on tour, en route to an October 21 concert at Louisiana State University when their plane ran out of fuel and crashed in a swamp near Gillsburg, Mississippi. After the crash, MCA Records rightly decided that the original 'Street Survivors' front cover artwork, which shows the band standing in the middle of a street engulfed in flames with burning builidings on both sides of them, was in poor taste given the circumstances of the plane crash. MCA Records withdrew the original 'Street Survivors' album cover and replaced it on all subsequent pressings with revised cover artwork that shows the band standing in front of a plain brown background. As a result, the original 'Flame' album cover, on offer here with the original artwork, was only available for a very few weeks in October of 1977 and has become a legendary collectors' item, inextricably tied in with the story of the band and the plane crash. 
To make the album tie-in with the crash even spookier, the first pressings of 'Street Survivors' included two 11" x 11" inserts - One of the inserts included a mail-in offer for a Skynyrd 'survival kit' of various band merchandise and a fan questionnaire to be returned to the band. By far the spookier insert had the album credits and song titles printed on one side, and a 'TOTS' 1977-1978 Skynyrd tour itinerary printed on the other side. The 'TOTS' itinerary shows that the band had played only four dates on the tour at the time of the crash, and it also shows all of the remaining dates that would never be played.  As this LP is STILL SEALED there is no way to check for certain, but both inserts should be included with this LP.
Tracks: What's Your Name, That Smell, One More Time, I Know A Little, You Got That Right, I Never Dreamed, Honky Tonk Night Time Man, Ain't No Good Life.
As stated above, this LP is STILL SEALED in its original shrinkwrap and is in 100% pristine condition.  Album lies perfectly flat on both sides with no indication of any bends or warps.  Shrinkwrap (NOT ALBUM COVER) has several small splits and one split across half the bottom edge of the cover, but the seal is still intact and the album has never been opened. There is a little bit of wear on the album cover along the bottom edge where the shrinkwrap is split.
This rare and legendary NEW SEALED LP has a spooky mystique about it that is unique among collectable records - It is a great conversation piece that would be suitable for framing - It would make a super addition to any classic rock record collection, or a great holiday gift item that will certainly be prized by any classic rock record collector!
Winning bidder pays $3.50 media mail postage or actual priority mail postage within the U.S. I WILL SHIP WORLDWIDE - Uninsured first class international airmail postage to the UK or anyplace in Europe EXCEPT FOR GERMANY is $14.50 - PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO THE GERMAN POST AND CUSTOMS CONTINUING FAILURE TO DELIVER MY PACKAGES, I AM FORCED TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL $11.50 TO COVER REGISTERED POSTAGE WITH TRACKING AND SIGNATURE DELIVERY TO ALL SHIPMENTS GOING TO GERMANY.  I APOLOGIZE FOR THIS, BUT I CANNOT CONTINUE TO LOSE MONEY AND HAVE MY EBAY REPUTATION DAMAGED BY THE GERMAN POST AND CUSTOMS' INABILITY TO DELIVER MY PACKAGES.   Please e-mail me for postage rates to other areas outside the U.S. WINNING BIDDER PLEASE DO NOT SEND CASH - IT PROBABLY WILL NOT GET HERE! I will give an immediate refund (less shipping) upon return of the LP if winning bidder is dissatisfied for any reason. Good luck!