JETHRO TULL “This Was” UK Pink i Island Blues Psych lp

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JETHRO TULL “This Was” orig UK Pink i Island Blues Psych

1968/UK/Island ILPS 9082…….. here’s a clean original UK Island pressing with the Pink i label. The E.J. Day laminated gatefold cover is in Excellent condition with slight corner wear/slight laminate lift, a couple of small light handling creases, otherwise clean with virtually no wear, no delete, splits or other issues! The heavy vinyl is in strong VG++ condition with very few light inaudible scuffs and light inaudible storage stains from the inner sleeve. The record plays clean with little noise and excellent fidelity, no groove damage, skips, or other damage. The textured Pink labels are clean with a few light spindle marks. A superior UK pressing for your collection! Please check my auctions for other rock, blues and psych lp’s. Good Luck and Thanks for looking!

Track listing

Side one

1. "My Sunday Feeling" (Anderson) – 3:43
2. "Some Day the Sun Won't Shine for You" (Anderson) – 2:49
3. "Beggar's Farm" (Abrahams/Anderson) – 4:19
4. "Move on Alone" (Abrahams) – 1:58
5. "Serenade to a Cuckoo" (Kirk) – 6:07

Side two

1. "Dharma for One" (Anderson/Bunker) – 4:15
2. "It's Breaking Me Up" (Anderson) – 5:04
3. "Cat's Squirrel" (Traditional, arranged by Abrahams) – 5:42
4. "A Song for Jeffrey" (Anderson) – 3:22
5. "Round" (Anderson/Abrahams/Bunker/Cornick/Ellis) – 1:03

Personnel

• Ian Anderson: Vocals, flute, mouth organ, "claghorn"[2], piano
• Mick Abrahams: Vocals, guitar, nine-string guitar
• Clive Bunker: drums
• Glenn Cornick: Bass guitar

Recorded at a cost of only £1200 GBP, the album received generally favorable reviews and sold well upon its release. In the documentary film of the Woodstock Festival, portions of the songs "Beggar's Farm" and "Serenade to a Cuckoo" may be heard on the PA system, indicating the level of notice the album achieved in the United States. The album reached number 10 on the UK Album Chart and number 62 on the Billboard 200. Unlike their later albums, vocalist Ian Anderson shared songwriting duties with guitarist Mick Abrahams. Due to his influence, the album overall has more of a rhythm and blues feel than the progressive rock the band later became known for.

This album also contains the only non-instrumental Jethro Tull song not sung by Ian Anderson to be released on a studio album, "Move On Alone", where Mick Abrahams sings. David Palmer provided the horn arrangement. Abrahams left the group following this album in a dispute over "musical differences".

The album includes a cover version of the jazz tune "Serenade to a Cuckoo" by Roland Kirk, whose flute technique was an influence on Anderson. "Dharma for One" was later covered by Ekseption, Pesky Gee! and Ides Of March. "Cat's Squirrel" was later used by Mick Abrahams in Blodwyn Pig, Abrahams' post-Jethro Tull band.

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MINT: as stated with no defects

M- OR NEAR MINT: as stated near Mint!, or Mint Minus, same thing, very clean with no defect to sound or visual appearance, one scuff or mark may be permitted but it will be mentioned in the description, a near Mint record looks and plays very clean

EXCELLENT: not much below near Mint, may have a delete hole and/or a minor defect or two not visually detracting from the cover, the vinyl will appear shiny and in clean condition with very minor defects not affecting the sound, still very clean and very collectable!

VG++ still a very nice copy with minimal cover wear and/or delete/splits, still visually appealing, the vinyl will retain it's original gloss and can have some minor scuffs/scratches that don't affect play very much

VG+ a little more cover/ring wear and delete, splits etc., the vinyl will still retain much original gloss with a bit more scuffs and/or scratches I may list a very rare or desirable item with a lower grade, I will try to list all defects, both cover and vinyl no matter the condition, I also play grade the records on high end equipment and will give an honest play grade as well as visual grade, considering the number of records I buy on line my grading is very conservative and fair.

AIR POSTAGE TO USA IS $10 ...OR $8 SURFACE IF THE PACKAGE WEIGHS LESS THAN 500 GRAMS(one regular weight pressing).........USA AIR POSTAGE FROM 500 GRAMS TO 1 KILO IS $15 AND SURFACE MAIL IS $12(usually 1-3 lp’s depending on individual weight), I can also send heavier packages to the USA by expedited surface mail, this option includes a tracking number and free insurance up to $100 for $15 to $20 depending on weight, insurance over $100 is $1.00 for each additional hundred dollars.

INTERNATIONAL AIR POSTAGE(depending on destination) UNDER 500 grams is $17 to $20(one regular weight lp), OVER 500 grams is $30 to $36(usually up to 3 lp’s depending on individual weight), SURFACE MAIL IS AVAILABLE OVERSEAS for  $12(500 grams) $15 (500 - 1000 g),OVERSEAS AIR POSTAGE BETWEEN 1000g AND 2000g (usually between 3 and 6 lp’s depending on individual weight) is $49 to $55.

IN CANADA..POSTAGE IS $7 IN Ontario and Quebec, $10 elsewhere in Canada.

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