The Best of Bread 1973 Elektra TML 1st Pressing Gatefold EX Vinyl Classic Rock
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The Best of Bread – 1973 Elektra TML 1st Pressing Gatefold EX Vinyl Classic rock


Description:

Original 1973 U.S. first pressing of The Best of Bread on Elektra Records (catalog EKS-75056), featuring the butterfly label with “TML” mastering stamp and A8/B8 matrix codes. This edition comes housed in the original gatefold cover with a factory Elektra inner sleeve. Mastered by The Mastering Lab, known for its audiophile-quality cutting.


Includes hits like “Make It with You,” “Baby I’m-a Want You,” “It Don’t Matter to Me,” and “If,” among others. Produced by David Gates with contributions from James Griffin and Robb Royer, this compilation captures the peak of Bread’s soft rock radio dominance in the early 1970s.


Matrix / Runout:

Side A: EKS-75056-A8 TML

Side B: EKS-75056-B8 TML


Condition:

Vinyl: EX

Cover: EX

Inner Sleeve: EX (original Elektra factory sleeve)


Item Specifics:

• Artist: Bread

• Title: The Best of Bread

• Format: 12” Vinyl LP

• Speed: 33 RPM

• Release Year: 1973

• Record Label: Elektra Records

• Catalog Number: EKS-75056

• Country of Manufacture: USA

• Pressing Info: First Pressing, TML Mastered, Butterfly Label

• Genre: Soft Rock / Pop Rock

• Features: Gatefold Cover, Original Inner Sleeve

• Matrix / Runout: A8 / B8, TML Stamp


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