TRAFFIC last exit ORIGINAL UK PINK ISLAND EYE LP PSYCH PROG ROCK LIVE

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Nov 20, 2011 Sold Date

Nov 13, 2011 Start Date

£ 39 Start price

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Description

Artist: TRAFFIC

Album Title: Last Exit

Country of Manufacture: England.

Original Year of Release: 1969.

Matrix Nos: ILPS + 9097 + A / ILPS + 9097 + B

Label/Format: Island – Original pink format with the orange eyeball logo. These are deeply textured with the deep ring ridge. ILPS 9097

Condition: the record is in EX+ condition and the gatefold sleeve is in excellent condition.

Rarity: Rare: a poor selling album and first pressings are elusive and seldom seen, especially with a record this clean. The Island label in 1969 was available in three distinct formats and even variants on them too. This was one of the last albums issued on the orange eyeball label. Some new albums and repressings were pressed on the pink block label and then along came with more familiar pink i format (textured and smooth). This first issue would have had a fairly limited run and remains one of the more elusive albums within the Island catalogue.

Info: This third Traffic album was somewhat hasily put together as to mark the end of their Island contract – ironically, this did not happen and the band went on to make several more great albums on the same label. The first side is studio material and includes two classic singles and a B-side. Side two was recorded live at The Fillmore West which includes two lengthy tracks. This was a commercial non-starter and no early copy is easy to find. A title I have seldom seen on vinyl at all and to find such a lovely first pressing came as a real surprise. The cover is incredibly prone to wear – the most on this one is on the spine that has some considerable rubbing, but the main surfaces are impressive and have resisted any major wear. The record itself looks very modestly played with any surface marks few, light and faint and those labels are (to these eyes anyway) gorgeous. One of the tiny few of these I have ever seen, this has always been an elusive album as a first pressing.

Producer(s): Jimmy Miller.

TRACKLIST:
Side 1: Just For You; Shanghai Noodle Factory; Something’s Got a Hole of My Toe; Withering Tree; Medicated Goo.
Side 2: Feelin’ Good; Blind Man.

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