WEATHER REPORT Black Market 1976 UK CBS 1st PRESS - BARELY PLAYED - NEAR MINT

	£		24
	$		32

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WEATHER REPORT Black Market 1976 UK CBS 1st PRESS - BARELY PLAYED - NEAR MINT

WEATHER REPORT
Black Market

UK CBS (CBS 81325) FIRST PRESSING (April 1976)
GREAT COPY - BARELY, IF EVER PLAYED AND DELIVERING SUPERB SOUND THROUGHOUT

Black Market is an instrumental jazz fusion album released by Weather Report in 1976. This album was produced by Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter. It was recorded in December 1975 and released in April 1976.
This is Weather Report's seventh overall album and the first with the bass player Jaco Pastorius who features on two tracks.
The second song, "Cannon Ball" is tribute to Zawinul's then recently deceased former band leader, saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley.

PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE CBS LABELS
MATRIX: CBS S 81325 A1 / CBS S 61325 B1 (corrected from A1)
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT SLEEVE PRINTED BY “Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd., England”
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE INNER WITH UK PATENT NUMBER AND “MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN” PRINTED IN BLACK

Side 1:
Black Market (6:30)
Cannon Ball (4:40)
Gibraltar (7:49)
Side 2:
Elegant People (5:03)
Three Clowns (3:27)
Barbary Coast (3:10)
Herandnu (6:38)

LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels - no evident spindle traces
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both vinyl surfaces shine like new
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Plays beautifully throughout with no audible issues of note - great sound
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Crisp, clean, sharp cover - little to fault - just a mark top front corner (please see close-up photo)

POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: FREE (2nd class standard)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)

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