Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick 12" Vinyl LP 1972 Newspaper Gatefold CHR 1003

	£		15
	$		20

Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
This is the first UK release of the album in Mar 1972 with green Chrysalis labels with Island logo at top. It comes in a gatefold style sleeve which opens out to be a 12 page newspaper.  Cat # CHR 1003.
Visual and play graded to Goldmine Standard - Vinyl is VG, sleeve is VG.
Vinyl - Visually graded as VG.  Not many surface marks or hairlines but one side is really blotchy where it has been in storage.  A good clean up would help.  I listened through a few parts of each side, and there is audible surface noise. Not enough to overpower the music in any way, but it is noticeable, mainly on side 1.  VG
Sleeve - Really hard to grade due to the novelty newspaper attachment.  It has general ageing and edge wear and the fold out flap to the bottom is slightly torn about 1-2 cm.  Price sticker on back. The section that holds the record is partially coming away from the sleeve but not exactly hanging by a thread. All 12 pages of the newspaper are intact and readable. Plain inner is creased and has writing.  Fair to say it's just about VG
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Grading:
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