BILLY SQUIER DON'T SAY NO RARE ORIG '81 PROMO LP w/TWO (2) PRESS KITS IN SHRINK

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·       BILLY SQUIER– DON'T SAY NO – ORIGINAL 1981 CAPITOL  RECORDS STEREO LP ST-12146

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       PROMOTIONAL PRESSING (BASED ON THE CUTOUT PROMO HOLE); NAMELY, ON CAPITOL AND AFFILIATED LABELS, A NEAT CUTOUT HOLE IN THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER SIGNIFIES PROMO PRESSINGS, NOT, REPEAT, NOT A CUTOUT ITEM.

·       *** IN ADDITION, THIS PROMOTIONAL RELEASE  INCLUDES NOT ONE BUT TWO (2) ULTRA-RARE PROMO-ONLY PUBLICITY (PRESS) KITS

·       THE FIRST PRESS KIT CONSISTS OF:

1-   TYPEWRITTEN 3-PAGE BILLY SQUIER BIOGRAPHY ON CAPITOL STATIONARY

2-   TYPEWRITTEN 2-PAGE INTERPRETATION OF EACH SONG ON CAPITOL STATIONARY

3-   TYPEWRITTEN 1-PAGE BILLY SQUIER MEDIA INFORMATION ON CAPITOL STATIONARY

4-   THE CASHBOX REVIEW OF THE BILLY SQUIER'S THEN-LATEST SINGLE

5-   TWO (2)  8 X 10" BLACK & WHITE GLOSSIES OF BILLY SQUIER

·       THE SECOND PRESS KIT PERTAINS' TO THE BILLY SQUIER'S FIRST GROUP (THE PIPER) AND THEIR FIRST (1977) RELEASE. WE ARE NOT SURE IF THE PIPER PRESS KIT WAS INCLUDED HERE BY DESIGN OR IN ERROR, BUT BOTH CAPITOL AND A&M RECORDS (PIPER'S RECORDING LABEL) WERE DISTRIBUTED BY THE SAME CAPITOL'S DISTROBUTOR, SO THE ERRORS IN PACKAGING AND CROSS-PACKAGINGS ARE POSSIBLE

·       THE SECOND PRESS KIT CONSISTS OF:

6-   1-PAGE BILLY SQUIER & PIPER BIOGRAPHY ON A&M STATIONARY

7-   COPY OF THE 'PHONOGRAPH RECORD' MAGAZINE ALBUM REVIEW

8-   THREE (3) 8  X 10" BLACK & WHITE GLOSSIES OF PIPER

9-   A FOLIO-LIKE A&M  FOLDER  (POCKET) WITH PIPER LOGO WHICH HOUSES THE ABOVE THREE INSERTS

·       ORIGINAL CUSTOM, BLACK, RED AND YELLOW  CAPITOL LABEL, UNIQUE TO THIS TITLE

·       CAPITOL RECORDS, HOLLYWOOD (LOS ANGELES) , CA  PRESSING

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL, THIN CARDBOARD COVER (NO THICK CARDBOARD COVERS WERE EVER PRODUCED FOR THIS TITLE)

·       COVER IS STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK (CELLOPHANE) WRAP WITH A NIFTY STICKER STILL AFFIXED TO THE WRAP.

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       THE RECORD HAS A 'STERLING' STAMP IN THE TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) AREA, WHICH IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED A PROOF OF AUTHENTICITY OF THE FIRST PRESSING.

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you’ll get.  GUARANTEED!)

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After turning some heads with his debut, Billy Squier truly arrived with 1981's Don't Say No, which kicks off in spectacular fashion with the triple opening salvo of "In the Dark," "The Stroke," and "My Kinda Lover" -- all of which become staples at rock radio. The album is a near-perfect example of early-'80s melodic hard rock, and even less enduring (but hardly inferior rockers) such as "You Know What I Like" and "Lonely Is the Night" keep up the intensity. And Squier also finds time for the occasional ballad, like the disarmingly gentle "Nobody Knows." Completists may want to review his mid-'90s double-disc anthology, but as far as studio albums are concerned, Don't Say No is undoubtedly his best.

(EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY EDUARDO RIVADAVIA, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

The PROMOTIONAL, RADIO STATION-, AUDITION OR DEMONSTRATION COPIES AND RELEASES (such as the one we have here) were often distributed among the radio stations before the record was released to the public, sometimes as much as four months ahead. These records are generally considered to be the "first among equals", which is to say the VERY FIRST generation and the VERY FIRST pressings of the particular title; a PROTOTYPE and the earliest known official pressing of the record.

Among the promotional releases, those that come with publicity kits (various packages comprising of photo inserts, letters of introduction from the label; typewritten biographies and/or discographies, decals, badges and alike) are generally recognized as the earliest, and most important specimens of a given title; with some  commanding astronomic prices on collectors’ market. 

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·       CONDITION:

·       THE RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS EXCELLENT. This is one of those albums that are somewhat difficult to grade. It is somewhere between VG++ and NEAR MINT, just a notch below NEAR MINT. A few light abrasions ARE visible, but they are extremely shallow, superficial  and only moderately visually distracting (nothing significant).For the most part, the vinyl looks impeccable without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections. Much of the original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)          The record comes in its original, custom, inner sleeve, which is UNIQUE to this album.

(c)           The album comes with the two (2) rare promo-only press kits (for details, see above)

(d)          The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(e)           Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·                               THE COVER

COVER IS (WEAK) NEAR MINT,  STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL ►SHRINK WRAP

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        Cover has a neat, round PROMO cutout hole in one of the corners

-        Cover has a visible "wrinkle"(crease)  in TWO (2)  corners.

-        Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine

-        Cover has three corners slightly worn / dinged (nothing significant)

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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