JETHRO TULL "Stand Up" 1969 UK ISLAND CIRCLE 1st PRESS

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JETHRO TULL "Stand Up" 1969 UK ISLAND CIRCLE 1st PRESS SUPERB POP-UP SLEEVE, OUTSTANDING AUDIO, EXCELLENT COPY

JETHRO TULL
Stand Up

HERE WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT, UK ISLAND ( ILPS 9103) VERY FIRST PRESSING (August 1969) OF JETHRO TULL'S SUPERB SECOND LP, "Stand Up"

PRESSED ON QUALITY HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL WHICH DELIVERS ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING AUDIO REPRODUCTION
THE VINYL HAS THE FIRST PRESS, HEAVILY TEXTURED ISLAND PINK LABELS WITH THE ISLAND CIRCLE EYE LOGO
FIRST PRESS MATRIX: ILPS + 9103 + A / ILPS + 9103 + B
AND IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATTE GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH INTERNAL 'POP-UP' OF THE BAND

VERY NICE COPY OF THE MUCH SOUGHT AFTER AND SCARCE UK FIRST PRESSING WHICH SOUNDS SENSATIONAL THROUGHOUT

Stand Up is the second album by Jethro Tull. Prior to this album, the band's original guitarist Mick Abrahams had left the band due to musical differences with Ian Anderson. Abrahams wanted to stay with the blues-rock sound of This Was, while Anderson wished to branch out into other musical forms and Stand Up represents the first album on which Anderson was in full control of the music and lyrics.
The album goes in a different direction from his earlier work, revealing influences from Celtic music, folk and classical music. The instrumental "Bourée" (one of Jethro Tull's better-known songs) is a re-working of "Bourrée in E minor" by J.S.Bach.
The gatefold album cover, in a woodcut style designed by artist James Grashow, originally opened up similar to a child's pop-up book, so that a cut-out of the band's personnel stood up — a pun on the album's title. Stand Up won New Musical Express's award for best album artwork in 1969.
Trivia note: "We Used to Know" was the inspiration for The Eagles' 1976 track "Hotel California". The chord progressions are virtually identical

Track Listing:
Side 1: A New Day Yesterday / Jeffrey Goes To Leicester Square / Bouree / Back To the Family / Look Into The Sun
Side 2: Nothing Is Easy / Fat Man / We Used To Know / Reasons For Waiting / For a Thousand Mothers

LABELS: The labels are CLEAN and BRIGHT and have NO marks/unwanted writing and barely any evident spindles - BEAUTIFUL CLEAN LABELS
VINYL Visual: Both surfaces have their original DEEP, GLOSSY SHEEN. There are some marks on the surfaces, mostly transfer from the plastic lining of the inner sleeve from storage which are of no major audio consequence (see detailed audio assessment below)
VINYL Audio: The audio is absolutely SENSATIONAL - CRYSTAL CLEAR, DEEP, RICH, VIBRANT SOUND. Unbeatable depth and clarity on these first presses simply not found on later issues. There are NO scratches, NO sticks or jumps and apart from some light background surface noise between some of the tracks (nothing major), the album plays to a very, very high standard with SUPERB AUDIO CLARITY, NO groove-wear and NO distortion and must be very critically graded at least an EXCELLENT for audio. TREMENDOUS LP and NOT over-graded in ANY way as I use STRICT RECORD COLLECTOR grading standards (please refer to my feedback and 'about me' page). Overall, an EXCELLENT FIRST PRESS COPY WHICH SOUNDS GREAT THROUGHOUT
SLEEVE: The original matte POP-UP gatefold cover is CLEAN, BRIGHT and FRESH. The outer and inner surfaces display little signs of any rubbing and the POP-UP is PERFECT. The edges have very little storage wear and the spine displays all the text CLEAR and BOLD. SUPERB SLEEVE - EXCELLENT+

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EXCELLENT UK FIRST PRESS COPY OF TULL'S SUPERB SECOND LP WHICH PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY THROUGHOUT - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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