JETHRO TULL-THIS WAS-PINK ISLAND 1ST PRESS MONO ILP.985 1968 EX+
  £   80
  $   106

 


£ 80 Sold For
Oct 18, 2015 Sold Date
Oct 8, 2015 Start Date
£   5 Start price
12   Number Of Bids
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JETHRO TULL-THIS WAS TYPE SINGLE LP -MONO LABEL/PRESSING INFO

ISLAND 1ST PRESS PINK LABEL CIRCLE LOGO WITH RIDGED TEXTURED LABELS SHARP CUT EDGES AND MATRIX NUMBERS: ILP+985+A & ILP+985+B

CATALOGUE NUMBER ILP 985 YEAR OF RELEASE 1968 COUNTRY OF RELEASE U.K. SLEEVE TYPE GATEFOLD- WIDE SPINE LAMINATED OUTER BOARDS WITH TOP INTERNAL FLIPBACKS INSERTS/EXTRAS NONE   GRADING/CONDITION DISC(s)

EXCELLENT+ (NICE CLEAN RECORD with VERY LIGHT playwear and VERY LIGHT handling and storage wear, and the reproduction is brilliant really crisp and clear and in GLORIOUS MONO too which really does make a difference.)

LABELS

EXCELLENT+ ( CLEAN UNWORN LABELS with - NO writing rips tears user stickers or removal marks with LIGHT spindlewear and VERY LIGHT handling storage and ageing) nb the labels are the nice pink colour that you would expect and the dull colour my camera thinks they are.

SLEEVE

 

Front board.Inner gatefold EX+

CLEAN with NO rips tears writing stickers or removal marks. The front laminate is clean and shiny with very light rubbing wear and pressure marking and a couple of small "thumbnail" type creases. INNER GATEFOLD is clean and unmarked with LIGHT wear and agein only

Rear Board EX+ Rear is very clean and shiny with minimal wear and creasing and just the hint of a pressure mark at the top. Flipbacks EX+ Internal flipbacks are clean unworn and firmly attached to the boards Spine EX+ Nice wide spine uncrushed with VERY LIGHT wear and nice clear and complete lettering, I'll make a little raised insert for shipping so that it doesnt get flattened in transit. Top & bottom edges EX Top edges have minimal wear with no laminate wear or cracking as does the front lower edge, rear lower has small patch of wear in the centre. Opening EX Openings have light usage and some light wear Corners EX Ends of the openings have a bit of light wear, spine ends is a bit heavier.   INNER /EXTRAS

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Jethro Tull was very much a blues band on their debut album, vaguely reminiscent of the Graham Bond Organization only more cohesive, and with greater commercial sense. The revelations about the group's roots on This Was -- which was recorded during the summer of 1968 -- can be astonishing, even 40 odd years after the fact.

Original lead guitarist Mick Abrahams contributed to the songwriting and the singing, and his presence as a serious bluesman is felt throughout, often for the better: "Some Day the Sun Won't Shine for You," an Ian Anderson original that could just as easily be credited to Big Bill Broonzy or Robert Johnson; "Cat's Squirrel," Abrahams' big showcase, where he ventures into Eric Clapton territory; and "It's Breaking Me Up," which also features some pretty hot guitar from Abrahams.

Roland Kirk's "Serenade to a Cuckoo" (the first song Anderson learned to play on flute), their jazziest track ever, is one of the best parts of the album. The drum solo on "Dharma for One" now seems like a mistake, but is understandable in the context of the time in which it was done.

The one number here that everybody knows, "A Song for Jeffrey," almost pales amid these surroundings, but at the time it was a superb example of commercial psychedelic blues. This would be the last album of its kind by the group, as Abrahams' departure and the lure of more fertile inspiration tugged them toward English folk music.

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