MILES DAVIS – KIND OF BLUE – 1960 UK MONO FIRST PRESSING ON FONTANA
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Description
***PLEASE NOTE THAT FROM NOW ONWARDS ALL ITEMS WILL BE MAILED USING ‘RECORDED DELIVERY’ AS SOME PREVIOUS ITEMS HAVE GONE ‘MISSING’ IN THE POST – USING THIS METHOD APPEARS TO HAVE SOLVED ANY ISSUES***
YEAR OF RELEASE: 1960
RECORD LABEL / CAT No. Fontana. Cat No. TFL 5072
COUNTRY: UK Issue
RUN-OUT GROOVE MATRIX: A) AA682059?1L?1//420 B) AA682059?2L?1//420
CONDITION OF THE SLEEVE: Some Corner wear at the opening side. Split on top edge, smaller split on bottom edge
CONDITION OF THE VINYL: In VG+ to EX- condition (a few light ‘Wispy’ surface lines)
FURTHER INFO:
This is the mono Fontana first UK issue with laminated front cover and flipback reverse
LABELS
Almost identical to the mono Fontana UK 2nd issue, except the first issue (This Issue) has the following differences…….
- "33 1/3 r p m" instead of "33 1/3" and different font
- "AA 682 059 1L" / "AA 682 059 2L" instead of "682 059 1L" / "682 059 2L" respectively
- "KIND OF BLUE" appears below spindle hole, instead of above
- Perimeter text ends with "MADE IN ENGLAND" instead of at "...COPYING OF THIS RECORD PROHIBITED"
Unique to this version's labels:
- Missing "Side 1" and "Side 2" text
SLEEVE
- Includes "Printed and made in Great Britain" and Howards logo in bottom-right corner on back of sleeve
- Catalogue numbers and "KIND OF BLUE - MILES DAVIS" along right edge on back of sleeve(by spine)
Unique to this version's sleeve:
- "PRODUCT OF PHILIPS" instead of "THIS FONTANA FULL STEREO..." in bottom-left corner on back of sleeve
TAX CODE
"E/T" tax code embossed on side A label as used on records pressed between between Apr 8th 1959 and Aug 1st 1960.
(Side B Tax Code (embossed)): ?
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