FREE TONS OF SOBS PINK ISLAND 1969 LAMINATED COVER RARE

	£		65
	$		86

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IF YOU ARE FROM ANY OTHER COUNTRY, DO NOT BID

worldwide shipping & handling

including registered (signed-for, tracked) air with basic insurance is £12

this is LESS than it costs me to send and packing costs are FREE

FREE

TONS OF SOBS

ISLAND SIL 933589 (AUSTRALIA) 1969

late in 1969, Festival Australia began issuing the first of the UK pink Island releases

'underground' or progressive music was still very much a new and mysterious thing in Australia

and the relatively primitive printing facilities (then available) struggled to meet demand for ever more elaborate sleeve designs

consequently, Free's classic Tons Of Sobs was again housed (following the ultra primitive turquoise & blue label 1st issue) in a truncated non-gatefold cover, albeit with nice high-quality lamination to the front

by this time, the mono / stereo option notation of the Festival sleeve had been replaced by a stereo-only catalogue number, although a large circular pink ISLAND RECORDS LTD sticker, with the 'white i' logo, was added to the front to cover the Festival logo

AGAIN, RECORDS WERE PRESSED DIRECTLY FROM UK MASTERS

AND BORE ILPS + 9089 + A2 / B2 MACHINE-STAMPED MATRIX NUMBERS

AS WELL AS HAND-INSCRIBED (BY THE FESTIVAL CUTTING ENGINEER) DOMESTIC NUMBERS

I ALSO RECENTLY LISTED THE MONSTER RARE AUSTRALIAN BLUE & SILVER FESTIVAL

(PRE-PINK ISLAND) ISSUE OF THIS ALBUM

matrix

I L P S + 9 0 8 9 + A 2        I L P S + 9 0 8 9 + B 2

cutting engineer inscriptions

3MX 33031    33033    31032    II-8        MX 33032    33034

FREE

PAUL KOSSOFF

PAUL RODGERS

ANDY FRASER

SIMON KIRKE

RARE PINK ISLAND ISSUE

THICK, HEAVY RECORD LOOKS VERY NEAR MINT AND RETAINS ITS SUPER FACTORY-FRESH GLOSS

THERE ARE VIRTUALLY NO SIGNS OF HANDLING OR PLAY

THE LABELS ARE BRIGHT, SHARP AND CLEAR WITH RICH PINK COLOUR AND JET-BLACK TEXT

MERELY ONE OR TWO OF THE FAINTEST SPINDLE TRACES TO EACH SIDE

MAGNIFICENT LAMINATED (FRONT) COVER WITH BLAZING SHINE

THESE RARE AND SHORT-LIVED TRANSITIONAL (FESTIVAL to ISLAND) SLEEVES NO LONGER DISPLAYED DUAL MONO ('MONAURAL'!) / STEREO CATALOGUE NUMBERS - THESE WERE REPLACED BY THE AUSTRALIAN STEREO NUMBER (WITH THE UK ISLAND NUMBER IMMEDIATELY BELOW) TO THE REAR TOP RIGHT AND A PRINTED BOXED STEREO LOGO APPEARS ON THE FRONT TOP LEFT

PINK ISLAND RECORDS LTD STICKERS, WITH 'WHITE I' LOGO WERE ADDED TO THE OPPOSITE TOP CORNER

THIS NEAT BONUS ITEM IS IN PERFECT MINT CONDITION

THE COVER HAS JUST A FEW TINY CREASES - GREAT SPINE, SEAMS AND OPENING EDGES

THERE IS LIGHT BUMPING TO THE LOWER FRONT RIGHT CORNER

THE LAMINATION GLOSS IS TRULY DAZZLING (SEE PHOTOS!)

THE REAR COVER IS AMAZINGLY SNOW-WHITE, CLEAN AND BRIGHT, WITH CRISP, CLEAR TURQUOISE LETTERING AND LOGOS

INTERESTING LINER NOTES MAKE AMUSING USE OF SOME THE THEN-HIP TERMINOLOGY AND DESCRIBE HOW FREE WERE FORMED FOLLOWING A MEETING (AND RESULTANT JAM) BY RAUL RODGERS AND PAUL KOSSOFF AT THE FICKLE PICKLE CLUB IN OUTER LONDON

ALSO FEATURED ARE 1969 QUOTES FROM FIVE UK MUSIC AND MAINSTREAM PRESS REVIEWS OF THE ALBUM - GREAT STUFF!

POSSIBLY EVEN MORE ENTERTAINING IS THE BOXED FEATURE ENTITLED FREE FORM, DESCRIBING OTHER ALBUMS IN THIS STRANGELY (AND SURELY ERRONEOUSLY) DESIGNATED MINI-SERIES, THEN AVAILABLE ON FESTIVAL / ISLAND

THIS LISTS LPs by BLODWYN PIG, McKENNA MENDELSON MAINLINE, TARANTULA, TRAMLINE, FUSION and T.I.M.E.

ANOTHER SPLENDID FREE AND ISLAND COLLECTORS' ARTEFACT

OVER THE GREEN HILLS – Part I    WORRY    WALK IN MY SHADOW

WILD INDIAN WOMAN    GOIN' DOWN SLOW

I'M A MOVER    THE HUNTER    MOONSHINE

SWEET TOOTH    OVER THE GREEN HILLS – Part II

SEE MY OTHER 1969! LISTINGS

specialising in mint archive and very near mint UK LPs & 45s

this item is in Australia

worldwide shipping & handling

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currently selling from Australia

many thousands of worldwide late 60s / early 70s prog & psych LPs / 45s in my UK and Australian stock

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packing

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packing is of the highest standard with oversized inner boards and additional internal wrapping so that record and cover are well protected

record and cover always housed separately in quality plastic sleeves

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©1969!