LINDA RONSTADT - SIMPLE DREAMS 1977 US 1st PRESSING SEALED VINYL/LP w BLUE BAYOU

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Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams 1977 (Photo #7) US First/Original Pressing OOP (Out of Print) Vinyl/LP containing 10 total tracks featuring 1 non-charting (I Never Will Marry) and 4 charting singles: ‘Tumbling Dice’ (peaked at number 32 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart and was a Top 40 Adult Contemporary Chart hit in both the US (#30) and Canada. She performed the song and starred in the movie FM (1978); her live version appears on the film's soundtrack album), ‘Poor Poor Pitiful Me’ (was the week's highest debut on the US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart the week of January 28, 1978 at number 31 then number 27 on the US Billboard Easy Listening Chart and her live version appeared on the soundtrack album to the 1978 movie FM), ‘It’s So Easy’ (hit number five on the US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart simultaneously with her recording of "Blue Bayou". It also reached No. 9 in Canada and No. 11 in the United Kingdom. It was used in the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain) and ‘Blue Bayou’ (reached #3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in late 1977, where it held for four weeks, as well as #2 Country and #3 Easy Listening. It also reached #2, holding there for four weeks, on the Cash Box Top 100 chart and was RIAA certified Gold (for sales of over 1 million US copies) in January 1978 then was later Certified Platinum (for over 2 million copies sold in the United States) and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. It was a worldwide smash, charting in countries such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Mexico, where it topped the Singles Charts. Don Henley of the Eagles sang backup on the recording). For full track listing and sequence (Photo #6). The album reached #1 on both US Billboard Top 200 Albums and Country Albums Charts and was the 8th best selling album on the US Billboard Top 200 Albums Year-end Chart of 1978 then is 3x Certified Platinum by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America). Gatefold album cover/sleeve. Includes inner sleeve with printed lyrics and a photo on reverse. Hype sticker over the right upper section of the sealed front album cover stating ‘contains the hit singles: BLUE BAYOU/IT’S SO EASY” (Photo #5). Printed in U.S.A. (Photo #9). Catalog number: 6E-104 (Photo #8). Condition is "New". Album cover conservatively graded Excellent. No notch/saw cuts, punch/drill holes nor gold promo stamp. Not a club edition either. Shipped with USPS Media Mail. Payment is due within 5-7 days from the purchase date. Thanks for stopping by.

The vinyl will be one of the following variants:

PRC, Richmond

Matrix / Runout - Runout side A, variant 1:

6E-104-A-6 PRC TML-M

Matrix / Runout - Runout side B, variant 1:

6E-104-B-5 PRC TML-S

Matrix / Runout - Runout side A, variant 2:

6E-104 A-5 /CSM PRC TML-M PRC

Matrix / Runout - Runout side B, variant 2:

6E-104 B-5 PRC TML-M PRC

Matrix / Runout - Runout side A, variant 3:

6E-104 A5 / CSM PRC TML-M-11-1 PRC

Matrix / Runout - Runout side B, variant 3:

6E-104 B6 PRC 1 -1 TML-M PRC

Matrix / Runout - Runout side A, variant 4:

6E-104-A-5 /CSM PRC TML-M -I-II PRC

Matrix / Runout - Runout side B, variant 4:

6E-104-B-6 PRC-II-I TML-M PRC

Matrix / Runout - Runout side A, variant 5:

6E-104 A-5 [5 etched over 3] "CSM PRC TML-M Il-

III PRC

Matrix / Runout - Runout side B, variant 5:

6E-104 B-5 PRC TML-S I-II PRC

Matrix / Runout - Runout side A, variant 6:

6E-104 A-10-I-II PRC TML-M PRC

Matrix / Runout - Runout side B, variant 6:

6E-104 B-10 PRC TML-M-I-IIII PRC

Matrix / Runout - Runout side A, variant 7:

6E-104 A-5 / CSM PRC TML-M-I -II PRC

Matrix / Runout - Runout side B, variant 7:

6E-104 B-5 PRC-III TML-S-1 PRC

Matrix / Runout - Runout side A, variant 8:

6E-104 A-6 PRC TML-M-II-IIII PRC

Matrix / Runout - Runout side B, variant 8:

6E-104 B-10-1-1 PRC TML-M PRC

Matrix / Runout - Runout side A, variant 9:

6E-104 A-5 /CSM PRC TML-M-11-111 PRC

Matrix / Runout - Runout side B, variant 9:

6E-104 B-5 PRC11-11 TML-S PRC

Matrix / Runout - Runout side A, variant 10:

6E-104 A-6 PRC TML-M-I-III PRC

Pressing Plant ID - Printed on labels, sides A & B:

PRC

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SP- Specialty Pressing/SRC (Specialty Records Corporation)

Matrix / Runout - Label side A:

6E-104-A

Matrix / Runout - Label side B:

6E-104-B

Matrix / Runout - Runout side A, variant 1, etched,

"TML-M" is stamped:

6E-104 A-8 SP SP TML-M

Matrix / Runout - Runout side A, variant 1, etched,

"TML-S" is stamped:

6E-104 B-10 SP SP TML-S

Matrix / Runout - Runout side A, variant 2, etched,

"TML-M" is stamped:

6E.104 A-8 SP SP TML-M 1-3

Matrix / Runout - Runout side B, variant 2, etched,

"TML-S" is stamped:

6E-104 B-10 SP SP :12 TML-S

Matrix / Runout - Runout side A, variant 3, etched,

"TML-M" is stamped:

6E.104 A SP TML-M SP 1-M

Matrix / Runout - Runout side B, variant 3, etched,

"TML-M" is stamped:

6E-104 B-8 SP SP -2 TML-M

Matrix / Runout - Runout side A, variant 4, etched,

"TML-M" and "SRC logo" stamped:

6E - 104 A-1 SP TML-S [SRC logo]

Matrix / Runout - Runout side B, variant 4, etched,

"TML-M" and "SRC logo" stamped:

1-1 [SC logo] 6E-104 B-1 SP TML-S

Matrix / Runout - Runout side A, variant 5, etched,

"TML-M" is stamped:

6E-104 A-8 SP SP TML-M 1-2

Matrix / Runout - Runout side B, variant 5, etched,

"TML-M" is stamped:

6E-104 B-5 SP SP TML-M 1-1

Matrix / Runout - Runout side A variant 6,etched, TML-S & SRC stamped:

1-1SM1-1 6E-104 A-1 SP TML-S SRC

Matrix / Runout - Runout side B, variant 6, etched,

TML-S SRC stamped:

1-1SM1-1 SRC 6E-104 B-1 SP TML-S

Matrix / Runout - Runout side A variant 7,etched, TML-S & SRC stamped:

6E-104 A-8 SP SP TML-M

Matrix / Runout - Runout side B, variant 7, etched,

TML-S SRC stamped:

1-1 SRC 6E-104 B-1 SP TML-S

Matrix / Runout - Runout side A, Variant 8:

6E-104 A-10 SP SP TML-S

Matrix / Runout - Runout side B, variant 8:

6E-104 B-10 SP SP TML-S

Matrix / Runout - Runout side A, variant 9, etched,

"TML-M" and "SRC logo" stamped:

6E - 104 A-1 SP TML-S [SC logo]

Matrix / Runout - Runout side B, variant 9, etched,

"TML-M" is stamped:

6E-104 B-8 SP SP TML-M 1-1

Matrix / Runout - Runout side A, Variant 10:

6E - 104 A-SP TML-S [SC logo]

Matrix / Runout - Runout side B, Variant 10:

6E - 104 B-8 SP SP TML-S [SC logo]

Matrix / Runout - Runout side A, Variant 11:

6E-104 A-8 SP SP TML-M 1-4

Matrix / Runout - Runout side B, Variant 11:

6E-104 B-10 SP SP 1-1 TML-S

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CSM (on labels and etchings)

Catalog Number - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria:

6E-104

Matrix / Runout - Side A etched [TML-S stamped], variant 1:

S 6E-104 A-4 CSM

Matrix / Runout - Side B etched [TML-S stamped], variant 1:

S 6E-104 B-8 CSM

Matrix / Runout - Side A etched [TML-S stamped], variant 2:

IS 6E-1404 A-4 CSM TML-S A

Matrix / Runout - Side B etched [TML-M stamped], variant 2:

IS 6E-104 B-4 CSM TML-M A5

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PRC Compton (This version was pressed at PRC Compton per PRCW on labels)

Matrix / Runout - Side A etched, exc. TML-S stamped, variant 1:

6E-104 A-7 PRCW-1 TML-S

Matrix / Runout - Side B etched, exc. TML-S stamped, variant 1:

6E-104 B-7 PRCW-1 TML-S

Matrix / Runout - Side A etched, exc. TML-S stamped, variant 2:

6E-104 A-9 PRCW-1 TML-S

Matrix / Runout - Side B etched, exc. TML-S stamped, variant 2:

6E-104 B-13 PRCW-1 TML-S

Matrix / Runout - Side A etched, exc. TML-M stamped, variant 3:

6E-104 A-6 PRC TML-M 1-111 PRC

Matrix / Runout - Side B etched, exc. TML-S stamped, variant 3:

6E-104 B-5 PRC 1-1 TML-S PRC

Matrix / Runout - Side A etched, exc. TML-S stamped, variant 4:

6E-104 A-7 PRCW -1 TML-S

Matrix / Runout - Side B etched, exc. TML-S stamped, variant 4:

6E-104 B-6 PRC TML-M-III-III

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CSM

Matrix / Runout - Runout side A:

SX 15 GE 104 A-CSM SX

Matrix / Runout - Runout side B:

15 GE 104 B-CSM SX T