Jethro Tull Thick As A Brick EDITED WHITE LABEL PROMO

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Jethro Tull   "Thick As A Brick"

This is an original US vinyl pressing on Reprise MS 2072  from 1972.     This is an edited white label promo copy.      It's the rarest US Jethro Tull album.    I've only seen 3 copies in 40 years !!   

This album was their follow-up to the amazing 'Aqualung' album.     And they blew everyone away.    The whole album is one long song.    ( I saw them live in Hawaii in 1973 and they played the whole song and it lasted about an hour)    The writing is outstanding.   And they gave the credit to Gerald Bostock.     Plus it cames in a cover that opened up and opened down into a 12 page newspaper.   (  Have you ever read this entire newspaper ???    I still can't comprehend most of it.    It seems that every article is somehow inter-twined and you have to go back and re-read it over and over. )     What a great album !!   It was their last great album too.

This copy is an edited copy.   It's edited so that disc jockeys could pick out one short section and play it on the radio like it was one song.    On this pressing the music actually stops for about 5 seconds between each section.     ( when you are used to listening to it as a whole it really shocks you to hear the silence.)      Side one has been edited into 5 sections.    The edits seem to be in perfect places.    Each would sound good on the radio.      Side two is edited into 3 sections.    These don't seem to be as radio friendly.    The front cover has a time strip on it that lists the edits and timings.   

Overall Condition is : Cover is VG /  Record is M-

The cover is VG with no ring wear, no writing , and no seam splits.   The front cover has top edge wear, bent corners, and one tiny stain at top right.     The inside gatefold and newspaper is perfect.    The time strip on the front cover has corner wrinkles where someone tried to peel it off, but gave up quickly.       The vinyl looks near mint and it plays near mint.    The labels are perfect with no spindle marks.  The record comes in a WB/Reprise inner sleeve. 

The songs are : Thick As A Brick : side one edits : 3:02, 2:10, 5:40, 4:06, and 5:12.    Side two edits : 7:14, 5:10, and 3:30.

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I started collecting records in 1966.     I started selling in Goldmine in 1985.      I now sell records at all Northwest record conventions : Portland, Seattle, Tacoma, Eugene, Grants Pass, and Canby.       And at Crossroads Music in Portland, Oregon.     My records are from a no smoking and no pets home.  

Packaging :

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Postage :  Weight : 1 pound 11 ounces

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