SUPERTRAMP - Breakfast in America - 1979 Terre Haute CRC - A&M SP-3708 VG+/VG+
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This excellent LP is Supertramp's best selling album, it's "Breakfast in America" released in 1979 on the A&M record label with catalog number SP-3708. This copy is a Terre Haute CRC pressing. The LP features a mix of Progressive Rock, Art Rock, and Pop Rock, and spawned 3 Billboard Hot 100 singles, "The Logical Song", "Goodbye Stranger", and "Take the Long Way Home"
The black vinyl disc is graded as Very Good Plus (VG+), as is the cardboard LP jacket. The original paper inner sleeve with lyrics and notes is included. Please see the detailed photos included in this listing.
This vintage music collectible from the 1970s is a must-have for fans of Supertramp and classic rock music.
LP and Vinyl Matrix details: Sole Columbia House identifier is "CRC" code printed on spine. Issued with lyric/credit inner sleeve. Matrix / Runout (Runout A): A+M SP3729-S4-SM-SIDE-1 SXT A e5 Matrix / Runout (Runout B): T 1 [Trumpet Stamp] A+M SP3730-T2 SIDE2 A
From Wikipedia... Breakfast in America is the sixth studio album by the British rock band Supertramp, released on 16 March 1979, by A&M Records. It was recorded from May to December 1978 at The Village Recorder in Los Angeles. It spawned three US Billboard Hot 100 hit singles: "The Logical Song" (No. 6), "Goodbye Stranger" (No. 15), and "Take the Long Way Home" (No. 10). In the UK, "The Logical Song" and the title track were both top 10 hits, the only two the group had in their native country.
The album's front cover resembles an overlook of Manhattan through an aeroplane window. It was designed by Mike Doud and Mick Haggerty.
The image depicts actress Kate Murtagh, dressed as a diner waitress named "Libby", posed to mimic the Statue of Liberty holding up a glass of orange juice on a small plate in one hand (in place of the torch on the Statue), and a foldable restaurant menu in the other hand, on which 'Breakfast in America' is written.
The image background features the Financial District within the New York City borough of Manhattan, with the Lower Manhattan skyline. However, buildings and landmarks are represented through items seen at a diner, including a breakfast cereal box, ashtray, cutlery, pancake syrup bottles, egg crates, and salt and pepper shakers. All the items were spray-painted white. The twin World Trade Center towers appear as two stacks of boxes, and the plate of breakfast represents The Battery, the departure point for the Staten Island Ferry.
Although Breakfast in America was released in 1979, 22 years before the 9/11 attacks which destroyed the World Trade Center, the album's cover became the basis for a 9/11 conspiracy theory due to the "UP" in "SUPERTRAMP" resembling "9 11" behind the twin towers if the cover is viewed in a mirror.
I played this LP completely through on both sides on my audio-technia AT-LP60XBT turntable without issues. It plays really well and sounds great! There are some ticks & pops in quieter portions of the music, but overall it's a great copy of this LP.
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