The Band Music From Big Pink US Orig'68 Capitol StereoSKAO-2955 1st Press Sealed

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ORIGINAL 1st US CAPITOL RECORDS SKAO-2955 STEREO PRESSING FACTORY SEALED COPY

THE BAND ~ MUSIC FROM BIG PINK (1968)

ORIGINAL 1st PRINT THICK GATEFOLD COVER WITHOUT THE BOB DYLAN “© B.D. 1968” CREDIT

ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL 3” x 4¾” NEON PINK MISPRINT SONG TITLE “MUSIC FROM BIG PINK” HYPE STICKER 

INCREDIBLY RARE ORIGINAL “COVER BY BOB DYLAN MUSIC BY HIS BAND” YELLOW 2½” x 2½” HYPE STICKER

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Original 1st US pressing factory sealed copy of The Band’s debut album “Music From Big Pink” released by Capitol Records on July 1st, 1968. The Band was often called “Dylan’s backing band” as it accompanied Bob Dylan during his 1965 US Tour and 1966 World Tour. Even when Dylan’s manager Albert Grossman, who became The Band’s manager, approached Capitol Records to secure a record deal he described the band as “Dylan’s backing band”. Dylan was interested in singing on the album, but realized that it was important for The Band to make their own statement. Instead, Dylan indicated his presence by contributing a cover painting with the overall design of the sleeve created by Milton Glaser, who also made the poster that was included with the 1967 “Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits”. The information about it is indicated on the insanely rare yellow hype sticker located on the back cover underneath the shrink wrap reading “COVER BY BOB DYLAN MUSIC BY HIS BAND” whereas the subsequent pressing covers show the “© B.D. 1968” copyright credit printed at the bottom of the front cover. Original 1st print thick gatefold cover contains a very rare neon pink misprint song title “Music From Big Pink” hype sticker with the “2955” catalog number affixed to the shrink wrap of the front cover on the left side. The sticker contains an error indicating 5 tracks for Side 2 whereas the correct number of songs is 6. The title of "Chess Fever" (B3) track is absent from the sticker. The thick cardboard cover with a black border has the 1st print white top and bottom edges containing the SKAO 2955 catalog number on the front and back along with the spine.

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Pristine factory sealed copy in vintage Mint condition with all of the corners being sharp and the rigid thick spine. The fully intact shrink warp is fully intact and doesn’t have any splits tears or missing pieces containing two original breathe holes on the back cover.

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