PATTI SMITH GRP "EASTER" 1978 1ST PRESS US ED. ORIGINAL FACTORY SEALED VINYL LP

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PATTI SMITH GROUP 

EASTER

AB 4171 © 1978 ARISTA RECORDS, INC.

* * ORIGINAL FACTORY SEALED * *

* * FIRST PRESS EDITION (US) * *

* * INCLUDES ORIGINAL INSERT WITH LYRICS, CREDITS & PHOTOS * *

* * HYPE STICKER PROMOTING HIT SONG "BECAUSE THE NIGHT" * *

RECORD CONDITION: MINT

Still in original factory sealed plastic shrink wrap. Never opened. Presumed MINT.

SLEEVE CONDITION: VG+

Cover is still sealed and covered in its original factory shrink wrap with some corner wear and one 2" crease at the bottom right corner of front cover (shown in photographs). Bottom and top edges appear to have slight splitting in a couple places; along the top it is barely visible. Faint outline of LP visible from outside.

NO other imperfections on the cover:

• No cut-out (drill) holes
• No cut-out corners 
• No saw-marks or indents
• No dirt/dust rubbing stains 
• No stains 
• No yellowing from aging 
• No writing 
• No stamps
• No tape or peel-off marks
• No retail or price stickers
• No mold or mildew spots
• No water damage
• No warping 
• No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover
• No glue traces or wax residue
• No barcodes

TRACKLIST:

A1 Till Victory - 2:45

A2 Space Monkey - 4:04

A3 Because The Night - 3:32

A4 Ghost Dance - 4:40

A5 Babelogue - 1:25

A6 Rock N Roll Nigger - 3:13

B1 Privilege (Set Me Free) - 3:27

B2 We Three - 4:19

B3 25th Floor - 4:01

B4 High On Rebellion - 2:20

B5 Easter - 5:58

CREDITS:

Patti Smith – vocals, guitar

Lenny Kaye – guitar, bass guitar, vocals

Jay Dee Daugherty – drums, percussion

Ivan Kral – bass guitar, vocals, guitar

Bruce Brody – keyboards, synthesizer

NOTES:

Recorded at:

- The Record Plant, NYC (Engineers: Thom Panunzio & Gray Russell)

- The House Of Music, West Orange, NJ (Engineers: Charlie Conrad & Joe Intile)

Mastered at Sterling Sound.

B1 Features Excerpts From Psalm 23.

DISCOGRAPHY:

Easter is the third studio album by the Patti Smith Group, released in March 1978 on Arista Records. Produced by Jimmy Iovine, it is regarded as the group's commercial breakthrough, owing to the success of the single, "Because the Night" (co-written by Bruce Springsteen and Smith), which reached #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #5 in the UK.

According to Wikipedia, the insert that comes with the original LP, Smith's self-penned liner notes refer, among other things, to:

• Arthur Rimbaud – 19th century French poet, sometime companion of Paul Verlaine. Lived in Ethiopia for the last 11 years of his life.

• Frédéric Rimbaud – Arthur's brother.

• 42nd Street and Ninth Avenue, New York – 1970s crime-ridden zone.

• Privilege – 1967 British movie.

• Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones – A concert movie released in 1974.

• Alain Delon – French actor.

• Pier Paolo Pasolini – 1960s Italian poet and film director.

• Bernardo Bertolucci – 1960s Italian writer and film director.

• Jean-Luc Godard – 1960s Franco-Swiss filmmaker.

• August 16, 1977 – date of Elvis Presley's death.

• Ghost Dance – 19th century religious movement among some Native American tribes.

• r.e.f.m. – Radio Ethiopia Field Marshal.

• Jean Shrimpton – 1960s British model and actress.

• Paul Jones – 1960s British musician and actor.

• Charles Baudelaire – 19th century French poet.

• CBGB – New York music club.

• Little Richard – 20th century American singer-songwriter.

• New Jersey.

• The UN's declaration of 1979 as International Year of the Child.

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