JETHRO TULL "A Passion Play" 1973 UK 1st PRESSING NM

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JETHRO TULL "A Passion Play" 1973 UK 1st PRESSING NM COMPLETE w/ LINWELL THEATRE PROGRAMME - SUPERB COPY
JETHRO TULL
A Passion Play

HERE WE HAVE A SUPERB, UK CHRYSALIS (CHR 1040) FIRST PRESSING (July, 1973) OF JETHRO TULL'S OUTSTANDING PROG EPIC, "A Passion Play"

PRESSED ON QUALITY HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL (much heavier weight and more robust than later issues) WHICH DELIVERS ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING AUDIO - CLEAR, CLEAN, DEEP and RICH AUDIO
THE RECORD HAS THE FIRST ISSUE GREEN CHRYSALIS LABELS (and contrary to what the Record Collector Rare Record Price Guide may say by mid 1973 the Green Chrysalis labels no longer carried the Island white i logo)
FIRST PRESS MATRIX: CHR 1040 A-4U / CHR 1040 B-4U (the lowest matrix for this LP)
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/RA and 2/RG
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATTE GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH FACTORY SEALED 'FOLDED-UNDER' LEFT SIDE EDGE AND INTERNALLY PRINTED LYRICS
THE INSIDE OF THE GATEFOLD HAS TWO SLOTS WHICH HOLD THE LINWELL THEATRE 'A PASSION PLAY' 8 PAGE GLOSSY PROGRAMME

SUPERB *COMPLETE* UK FIRST PRESSING OF TULL'S MUCH BERATED MASTERPIECE
ONE OF THE FINEST UK FIRST PRESSING I HAVE HEARD RECENTLY AS EVEN MINT LOOKING COPIES CAN STILL PLAY WITH EXCESSIVE SURFACE NOISE AND CLICKING - BUT NOT THIS ONE, THIS IS A REAL BEAUTY - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Track Listing:
(These titles were provided by Ian Anderson for the 1973 test pressing of the LP and are not included on the official release which merely states "A Passion Play" on the both labels - the play is continuous)
SIDE ONE:
Lifebeats / Prelude / The Silver Cord / Re-Assuring Tune / Memory Bank / Best Friends / Critique Oblique / Forest Dance, No. 1 / The Story Of The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles (part 1)
SIDE TWO:
The Story Of The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles (part 2) / Forest Dance, No. 2 / The Foot Of Our Stairs / Overseer Overture / Flight From Lucifer / 10.08 To Paddington / Magus Perde / Epilogue

LABELS: NEAR MINT - CLEAN and BRIGHT with some rubbing around the centre hole but NO evident spindles
VINYL Visual: The surfaces are CLEAN and BRIGHT and retain their original DEEP, LIKE-NEW, GLOSSY SHEEN with just some light hairlines on Side Two but these have NO audio consequence - EXCELLENT+
VINYL Audio: OUTSTANDING audio - CRYSTAL CLEAR, WARM, RICH and VIBRANT SOUND - FANTASTIC ALBUM - MUCH BERATED BY THE CRITICS AND A CAUSE OF MUCH DEBATE FROM TULL FANS THEMSELVES - BUT I LOVE IT. There are NO scratches, NO sticks/jumps, and NO loud clicks or pops. The LP plays BEAUTIFULLY throughout to an extremely high standard with NO groove-wear and NO distortion . Must be graded NEAR MINT for audio - the playback is practically FLAWLESS throughout. NOT over-graded in ANY way as I use STRICT RECORD COLLECTOR grading standards (please check my feedback and "about me' page)
SLEEVE: The gatefold cover is also in BEAUTIFUL condition - Practically NO wear to the edges or surfaces with none of the common ring present at all. The whole sleeve is CLEAN, SHARP and FRESH - NEAR MINT
LINWELL THEATRE PROGRAMME: NEAR MINT

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SUPERB *COMPLETE* UK FIRST PRESSING OF TULL'S MASTERPIECE - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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