Emerson Lake & Palmer, Brain Salad Surgery, 1st press 1973 LP, Manticore, poster
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Description
You have to be fond of Emerson Lake and Palmer to be happy with Brain Salad Surgery. A real mix of song styles from British valor to whimsy.
Regardless of what you may think, or I may think of EL&P, this album needs to be in your collection. It is a US first press of Brain Salad Surgery, released in 1973 on Manticore #MC 66669.
The Dead Wax etched run-out numbers are:
Side A …ST-MC-732991-F
Side B… ST-MC-732992-F
FREE SHIPPING within Continental US.
Record- Very Good Plus. If it were not for a single faint short scratch on the first track of side two, I would have graded it NM. It plays like NM.
Fold Out Album – Very Good Plus. A clever creation by H R Giger.
Poster – Near Mint. Seldom opened.
Sleeve – Very Good Plus. Sleeve has one wrinkle. Original color printed sleeve showing miscellaneous albums by Atco, Atlantic, Asylum, etc. on both sides.
Grading: Using the Goldmine criteria, grading is done visually, and by listening.
This particular album identifiers:
Triptych fold out die cut jacket by Swiss Artist H R Giger
Specialty Records Corporation (SRC) stamp in run-out. See photo with red circle showing faintly done SRC stamp.
Track A2 – Label reads “An adaptation of Ginastera's 1st Piano Concerto, 4th Movement”.
0598 price code printed on jacket spine.
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Actual run-out data from this copy
Label Side A ? 1973 Manticore Records Limited, Produced By Greg Lake (ST-MC-732991)
Label Side B ? 1973 Manticore Records Limited, Produced By Greg Lake (ST-MC-732992)
Etched Side A ST-MC-732991-F \-1, Stamped SRC logo, AT stamp
Etched Side B ST-MC-732992-F \-2, Stamped SRC logo, AT stamp
SRC logo (Specialty Records Corporation) is a large s on its side with small r and c inside the loops
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Shipping: FREE SHIPPING by USPS Media Mail to addresses within the Continental US. Packaging will be secure in an oversized LP shipping box with the record being outside the album in a protected plastic sleeve. 13” Cardboard pads offer additional protection.
Returns: I will refund your purchase price upon return of the album. Returns must be shipped in the same LP shipping container used to send you the album, and the album and record must be packaged in he same way you received it using the same protective materials.
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