THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS Debut 1986 Pink MASTERDISK LP NM +Insert +Istanbul PROMO 12

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This auction is for:
They Might Be Giants
Self-Titled DEBUT "The PINK Album"
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.BAR/NONE Records A-HAON 002
Original 1986 issue • Stereo LP
1st PRESSING • Howie Weinberg MASTERDISK
Original LYRICS INSERT included

VINYL is NM
Full gloss vinyl looks and plays Like New. Labels are pristine both sides.
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COVER is NM
Still in the original Shrink Wrap, snapping bright and spanking clean with no wear, creases, dings, indents, cut outs or other marks. Edges straight, corners sharp, Seams and spine 100% intact with no wear or splits.

PLUS:
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
ISTANBUL (Not Constantinople)
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4-track PROMO ONLY Special mixes 12"
ELEKTRA RECORDS ED 5463
1990 • Stereo • 33 1/3 rpm

VINYL is EX+/VG(+)
Extremely clean both sides.Side 1 is very close to NM with a very few faintest sleeve marks only, 100% inaudible. Side 2 is VG/VG+ with light scuffs, and a small group of a few surface spindle marks on 1st track, that does not affect play. White labels printed "Promotion copy, not for sale" are immaculate both sides.
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COVER is VG+
ELEKTRA Company 12" cover - die-cut center hole with TITLES / INFO / GRAPHIX / HYPE Sticker and "If you PLAY IT, SAY IT!" sticker for Radio DJ's; Very clean all around with lightly bumped l.l. corner and few small spots of light wear. Promo notch u.l. edge. No creases, writing or soil. No splits.

STRICT CONSERVATIVE GOLDMINE GRADING
NM / EX(VG++) / VG+ / VG

1 • THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS fabulous 1986 Debut "PINK ALBUM"

FIRST PRESSING
MATRIX NUMBERS:
?Side One:  AHAON 002A   Johnny Call Home (718) 387-6962
?Side Two: AHAON-002-B   25 Hours a day - 6 days A Week (718) 378-6962
"MASTERDISK- Hw?" also etched in trail-off wax.
*"Hw?" for Howie Weinberg, Senior Mastering Engineer at Masterdisk

Original LYRICS INSERT (printed both sides) is NM

TRACK LISTING
A1. Everything Right Is Wrong Again
A2. Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head
A3. Number Three
A4. Don't Let's Start
A5. Hide Away Folk Family
A6. 32 Footsteps
A7. Toddler Hiway
A8. Rabid Child
A9. Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes

B1. (She Was A) Hotel Detective
B2. She's an Angel
B3. Youth Culture Killed My Dog
B4. Boat of Car
B5. Absolutely Bill's Mood
B6. Chess Piece Face
B7. I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die
B8. Alienation's for the Rich
B9. The Day
B10. Rhythm Section Want Ad
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2 • ISTANBUL (Not Constantinople) PROMO 12"

PRESSING, etc. INFO:

TRACK LISTING
Their Side
A1) Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Brownsville Mix) -5:15
A2) Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Bedford/Stuyvesant Mix) -2:30

Our Side
B1) Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Park Slope Mix) -2:45
B2) Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Williamsburg Mix) -2:34

Companies, etc.
    •    Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elektra Entertainment
    •    Manufactured By – Elektra Entertainment
    •    Mastered At – DMS (2)
    •    Engineered At – Greene St. Recording
    •    Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
    •    Published By – Chappell & Co.
Credits
    •    Engineer, Edited By – Chris Shaw (tracks: A1 to B1)
    •    Mastered By – cg*
    •    Producer – Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley
    •    Producer [Additional], Remix – Bobby "The Eye" Simmons* (tracks: A1 to B1), Daddy-O (tracks: A1 to B1)
    •    Written-By – J. Kennedy*, N. Simon*
Notes
"Promotional copy, not for sale"
Special Versions of the Elektra album 60907 - "FLOOD"

Came in stickered Elektra jacket

    •    Matrix / Runout (A-Side Runout Etching): STED-5463 A-1  V V  Hit Factory DMS - cg ?  YEAH RIGHT!!
    •    Matrix / Runout (B-Side Runout Etching): STED-5463 B-1
    •    Matrix / Runout (Runout Stamp Each Side): SRC


Both Vinyls inside anti-static lined inner sleeve?s.?

It would be very hard to find a cleaner Original 1st Press of this great TMBG Debut album!
The added bonus "ISTANBUL..." 12" promo is VERY scarce in any condition

Even though still in the original shrink-wrap
LP is kept in a protective, clear poly outer-sleeve

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