JETHRO TULL-THIS WAS - ISLAND 1ST PRESS PINK LABEL STEREO ILPS.9085 1968 TOP EX+

	£		103
	$		136

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        JETHRO TULL-THIS WAS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           TYPE SINGLE LP - STEREO LABEL/PRESSING INFO

ISLAND - 1ST PRESS PINK LABEL with ORANGE/BLACK CIRCLE LOGO

CATALOGUE NUMBER ILPS 9085 YEAR OF RELEASE 1968 COUNTRY OF RELEASE U.K. SLEEVE TYPE GATEFOLD - LAMINATED OUTER BOARDS INTERNAL LAMINATED FLIPBACKS and A HUGE WIDE SPINE INSERTS/EXTRAS

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        GRADING/CONDITION                   DISC(s) TOP EXCELLENT+ REALLY NICE AND CLEAN  with MINIMAL playwear and MINIMAL overall storage and handling marking, .PLAYS AND SOUNDS GREAT with a clear and concise STEREO reproduction LABELS EXCELLENT+                  

(CLEAN   LABELS  with  NO      Writing rips tears  stickers with VERY LIGHT spindleusage and  VERY LIGHT overall handling  storage and ageing marks

                  SLEEVE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Front board/Inner gatefold EX+

NICE CLEAN SLEEVE with  NO writing rips or tears stickers.. FRONT LAMINATE is very shiny and unworn with VERY LIGHT pressure marking and rubbing wear and MINIMAL creasing. INNER GATEFOLD is really clean with hardly any wear.

Rear Board EX+ Rear   board is  clean and unmarked and much as the front with just VERY LIGHT wear and marking. Flipbacks EX+ CLEAN and unworn and stuck fast Spine EX Very Wide spine is complete and uncrushed with no wear and just a couple of small nicks. Top   & bottom edges EX+ Top and bottom edges have VERY LIGHT wear only Opening EX+ Openings have VERY LIGHT usage and  VERY LIGHT wear Corners EX Spine ends have some light storage wear   INNER /EXTRAS N/A                                                

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                                                                                                                                                   DETAILS

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 50 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 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.                 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Postal Shipping & Handling charges Region SINGLE ITEM EXTRAS UK (2ND CLASS) FOR A SINGLE LP/12" SINGLE £4.20 1 EXTRA SINGLE LP FREE - 3 TO 4 SINGLE LP'S ANOTHER £3.00 - 5 UPWARDS PLEASE ASK AS ITS GETTING COMPLICATED. Europe FOR 1 SINGLE LP £8.00 FOR 1 EXTRA SINGLE LP - £1.50 , 3 ITEMS & ABOVE PLEASE EMAIL FOR A POSTAGE PRICE USA Canada and Japan FOR 1  SINGLE LP £12.00 FOR 1 EXTRA SINGLE LP - £2.50, 3 ITEMS & ABOVE PLEASE EMAIL FOR A POSTAGE PRICE Australia and New Zealand FOR 1  SINGLE LP £13.00 FOR 1 EXTRA SINGLE LP £3.50, 3 ITEMS & ABOVE PLEASE ASK FOR A POSTAGE PRICE Recorded Delivery (U.K.) £1.10 N/A International Signed for £5.30 OVER £50 - 7.90 per package PLEASE READ: Unfortunately due to ongoing problems with buyers in certain countries any item or combination of items that exceed £25.00 in total will be invoiced with a charge for trackable shipping (International signed for). There are no exceptions to this rule. Thanks                      

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Terms and Conditions Guarantee I like to believe that I have an inkling about these things and accurately describe the item I am selling,but I along with everyone else am only human,and there might be an occasion where my assessment differs from yours,in this instance please contact me,and I will without question accept your criticism and arrange a full refund + your return costs if we need to go down that route. Communication and Feedback I have always been a great believer that feedback is a mutual thing between parties,and should be recognised upon the satisfactory completion of a sale .I know that these days it really matter when it is left as there is no recriminatory comments allowable for a buyer no matter how despicable they behave,but non the less I still prefer to leave feedback once I know that the buyer has received and is happy with the item,and have set my feedback profile to automatically reply to feedback given -So you will get your feedback minutes after you send yours,alternately I could do it manually and with my memory you could be waiting a loooong time. Payment We accept the following payment types - UK Customers - Paypal Cheque or Postal Order. Overseas Customers - Paypal Only