TRACY CHAPMAN - ST UK RARE 1ST PRESS 1988 VINYL LP PLAYED ONCE ONLY NEAR MINT
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£ 60 Sold For
Sep 25, 2022 Sold Date
Sep 15, 2022 Start Date
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Hi and thanks for looking at my listing

I have a massive RARE VINYL collection gathered over the past 40 years

I am now planning to sell hundreds of the rarer ones at approximately 30-50 lps per week

so check all my listings, Rare near MINT listings each week including:

Pink Floyd Led Zeppelin, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Vertigo Swirls, Sex Pistols, Punk, Indie Prog Rock and Reggae, ETC.

WORLDWIDE AND COMBINED POSTAGE OFFERED

ALL VINYLS POSTED IN A MUSIC MAX CRUCIFORM MAILER WITH STIFFENERS

£0.99p START PRICE WITH NO RESERVE SET !!!!!

LOVELY FIRST PRESS MONO VINYL COPY OF THE FOLLOWING BEATLES ICONIC ALBUM

TRACY CHAPMAN

SELF TITLED DEBUT LP

RARE TO FIND ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION 

PLAYED ONCE SINCE DAY OF PURCHASE IN 1988 !!!

COMPLETE WITH LYRIC INNER

AMAZING CONDITION !!!


CONDITION

RECORD IS VERY NEAR MINT OBVIOUSLY, LOVELY WITH A DEEP GLOSSY LIKE NEW RAINBOW SHEEN TO THE VINYL SURFACES WHICH ARE CLEAN AND BRIGHT. BEING 100 % HONEST I CANNOT SEE ANY BLEMISHES AT ALL EVEN WHEN VINYL IS TILTED, UNDER A STRONG LIGHT, STUNNING AND THEREFORE A GREAT AUDIO EXPERIENCE WHEN PLAYTESTED ON MY REGA TURNTABLE, LOVELY !!!

 OUTER SLEEVE IS IN NEAR MINT OVERALL GLOSSY CONDITION, SMALLEST CORNER RUB PRESENT WITH AN UNCRUSHED SEAM THE SPINE IS STILL FULLY LEGIBLE, AND THE OPENING EDGE IS CLEAN AND DEFINED WITH A TINY 5 mm TEAR. AGAIN, VERY NICE!!! (SEE ALL PICS)

PAPER PICTURE / LYRIC INNER SLEEVE IS NEAR MINT ALSO, IN FRESH CLEAN CONDITION NO SPLITS JUST MINIMAL CREASES ONLY (SEE PICS)

LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION WITH ONLY ONE FEINT SPINDLE MARK CONFINED TO THE DISC CENTRE CONFIRMING THE PLAYED ONCE CONDITION PRIOR TO MY TEST PLAY 

SO, IN CONCLUSION, NOT ONLY A RARE SUPER CONDITION UK FIRST RELEASE BUT THE VINYL LOOKS AND SOUNDS GREAT!!!! 

SUPER EXAMPLE OF THIS  34 -YEAR-OLD ICONIC ALBUM, A GREAT ALBUM AND STILL NOT REISSUED!! 

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Tracy Chapman – Tracy Chapman

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Label: Elektra – 960 774-1, Elektra – EKT 44 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Glossy Sleeve Country: UK & Europe Released: 1988 Genre: Rock Style: Folk Rock

Tracklist

A1 Talkin' Bout A Revolution 2:38 A2 Fast Car 4:58 A3 Across The Lines 3:22 A4 Behind The Wall 1:46 A5 Baby Can I Hold You 3:16 B1 Mountains O' Things 4:37 B2 She's Got Her Ticket 3:54 B3 Why? 2:01 B4 For My Lover 3:15 B5 If Not Now... 2:55 B6 For You 3:09

Companies, etc.

  • Made By – WEA Musik GmbH
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗ – WEA International Inc.
  • Copyright © – WEA International Inc.
  • Pressed By – Record Service Alsdorf
  • Recorded At – Powertrax Studio
  • Mixed At – Powertrax Studio
  • Mastered At – Masterdisk

Credits

  • Art Direction – Carol Bobolts
  • Bass – Larry Klein (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B2 to B5)
  • Drums – Denny Fongheiser (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B2 to B5)
  • Dulcimer – Jack Holder (tracks: A3)
  • Electric Guitar – Jack Holder (tracks: A1, B2, B3)
  • Electric Violin – David LaFlamme (tracks: A5)
  • Engineer – Kevin W. Smith
  • Executive-Producer – Don Rubin
  • Guitar – Jack Holder (tracks: B4)
  • Harmonica – Steve Kaplan (tracks: B4)
  • Keyboards – Bob Marlette (tracks: A5, B1), Steve Kaplan (tracks: B1)
  • Organ – Jack Holder (tracks: A1, A5, B2, B3)
  • Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa (tracks: B1 to B3)
  • Photography By – Matt Mahurin
  • Piano – Jack Holder (tracks: B5)
  • Producer, Executive-Producer – David Kershenbaum
  • Sitar – Jack Holder (tracks: A5)
  • Steel Guitar – Ed Black (tracks: A2, B4)

Notes

This release comes in a full glossy sleeve (UV coated), it is very similar to the other UK & Europe version of Tracy Chapman's album, but that other one comes in a matte sleeve. The difference is the sleeve and runout groove infos, both are otherwise identical in label, innersleeve and lyric sheet design. Embossed WEA logo at back sleeve lower right corner. This glossy sleeve variant is believed to be the first pressing of this album.

On back cover: "℗ © 1988 Elektra/Asylum Records for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. [...] // Manufactured in Germany. Pressé en Allemagne. Record Service GmbH, Alsdorf".
From dustbag: "Digitally recorded and mixed at POWERTRAX, Hollywood, CA".
Mastered at MASTERDISK, NY. Direct Metal Mastering (see runout groove).
Comes with lyrics/credits/photo on dustbag and a sheet with translations of the lyrics into Italian, French, Spanish and German.

On labels: "Published by (G.B. only) SBK Songs Ltd."

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Scanned): 075596077415
  • Barcode (Text): 0 7559-60774-1 5
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched): ST-E-60774-A-DMM-2 1-2 MASTERDISK SP-GER 3
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, stamped): R/S Alsdorf 960744-1-AX
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched): ST-E-60774-B-DMM-2 MASTERDISK 1-2 SP-GER 3 D 16
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, stamped): R/S Alsdorf 960744-1-B
  • Rights Society: GEMA / BIEM
  • Label Code: LC 0192
  • Other: UK: EKT 44
  • Price Code (France): WE 381
  • Price Code (Germany): Ⓤ



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