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JETHRO TULL 'FLUTE CAKE' ANAHEIM 10-19-70 WCF FC-8888 RARE 1973 PRESSING
JETHRO TULL "FLUTE CAKE" RECORDED: LIVE ~ ANAHEIM CONVENTION CENTER ~ OCTOBER 19th, 1970 LABEL: (WCF) WHITE COVER FOLKS FC-8888 S-2585 BLACK VINYL ~ ORANGE LABELS - RED SLIP-SHEET COVER RELEASED: LATE 1972 or early 1973 ONE OF THE 'CLASSIC' EARLY JETHRO TULL 'COLLECTOR' RECORDS MATRIX (SIDE A): FC-8888-A S-2585 MATRIX (SIDE B): FC-8888-B S-2586
CONDITION: VINYL: VG+  INSERT COVER ART: VG+
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I've been going thru my massive vinyl record collection these past few weeks and pulling out some LPs that I thought that someone else would want for their collection. I've been collecting records for over 45 years and it's time to pass some of them on to the next generation of collectors.
This week on EBay I am offering up this classic Jethro Tull 'collector' album "Flute Cake" a 1973 release of Jethro Tull recorded live on the 1970 'Benefit' Tour.
This is my original copy, purchased back in the 70's, shortly after it's release, that I've taken great care of for many years. See details on Condition below.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'Flute Cake' was recorded at the Anaheim Convention Center on October 19th 1970. This is a lovely, classic, well-done 'collector' record. A beautiful audience recording of a great early Jethro Tull performance from the 1970/71 'Benefit' Tour.
This is an audience recording, but the fidelity is very good, better than what is usually heard on these 'collector' records. A really terrific album and a very desirable classic piece of Jethro Tull history. An excellent sounding recording for this period, and a great example of Tull's early live act from the 'Benefit' tour.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The jacket is just a sturdy plain white sleeve with a slip-sheet paper insert for a cover.
The Red printed paper insert cover is the classic early 'Flute Cake" drawing of a trippy weird Insect and animated Flower enjoying a Fruit cake.
I thought that this was an early William Stout drawing, like the many he did for Pig's Eye and TMOQ records, but the artwork seems to be signed 'Viva' in the bottom right corner. I've never been able to discover who actually drew this strange artwork. It may be an early William Stout piece as it is certainly his 'style'.
The more you look at it, the more you see and the stranger it gets. There is no 'eye' that I can find, Stout's usual trademark, but I don't believe this was ever released on the 'Pig's Eye" label.
The slip-sheet artwork is attached to the actually jacket, but I see no evidence of tape or glue. I don't recall if I did that, or I purchased it that way. It was a long long time ago....
Also the 4 corners of the slip-sheet artwork are diagonally 'clipped'. Again, I don't remember if I did that, or it's how I originally got it. I suspect that there might have been tape remnants at the corners, holding the original artwork in place, and that the unsightly 'damaged' corners were clipped off. I just don't remember. No artwork is 'clipped' and the corners look very nicely done.
In the many decades since I first purchased this album, I have seen others, out in the wild, that have the same 'clipped' corners, so maybe that's how it was originally done, but I suspect it was a 'clip' job. The original record presser wouldn't have taken the time to 'clip' the corners. Anyhow, I showed close-ups of the 4 corners to show how nice they look. Not sure if I'm responsible for that or not.
The artwork is clean and bright. No marks, writing, sticker residue or 'faults', other than the corner clips. The plain white jacket does have a 'seam spli't at the bottom of the opening side, which doesn't affect the artwork. The split can be easily 'fixed' with a new plain white jacket. I just never bothered.
This record has the early, 1973 period 'Orange' labels with Black text. I have also seen (later?) pressings with brownish and brick red labels, but the first WCF pressings were Orange, like these.
The labels have the song titles, but as is common, they are mis-titled or misspelled.
This also has the early WCF White Cover Folks Matrix markings with the stamped 'FC-8888' and the etched 'S-2585/86'.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jethro Tull's "Flute Cake" is a classic, early, well-loved and great sounding 'collector' record.
Side one has a terrific, long version of 'My God!' Side two has a nice long version of 'With You There to Help Me...By Kind Permission Of'  
The songs on this album include:
Nothing is Easy  (07:44) My God!  (10:30) We Used to Know   (03:07) With You There to Help Me...By Kind Permission Of  (12:20) Song for Jeffrey  (04:56) Sossity You're A Woman...Reasons For Waiting...Sossity (05:20)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This classic 'collector' record was originally released and pressed on the TMOQ, Trade Mark of Quality, label in the summer of 1972, (TMOQ 71044) and made from Dub Taylor's original masters.
It was such a popular, great sounding, and classic title that it was quickly followed by this WCF white Cover Folks pressing in late 1972, or early 1973.
Over the years, this 'classic' has been re-released by many labels: Ruthless Rhymes/Vicky Vinyl (From TMOQ plates), Dittolino, TAKRL, and many others. 
The 1972/1973 originals were such a popular, and well recorded, classic that many other Tull 'collector' records cashed in on the 'Flute Cake' name, releasing records with the same or similar title, but containing very different shows, leading to lots of confusion.
"Flute Cake' is one of the most common re-issued and mis-identified records in the Tull Collector's market.
This record is often mis-dated as the 1972 tour, or even the 1969 tour, despite the classic 1970 setlist and band lineup.
"Flute Cake" was also released on other labels as "The Jethro Tull Mess" and "Di Di My Lovely".
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When fist released, some fans and collectors felt that this was recorded at the L.A. Forum performance the night before, October 18th, but that's not the case. Confusing issues further, the LA Forum show came out many years later with the same 'Flute Cake' title.
There was also the January 9, 1969 Konserthuset, Stockholm show released years later as "Flute Cake" but that was a different concert altogether.
Part of the confusion was TMOQ's fault. They released the early classic 'collector' album "My God!" in May 1970, that contained some of Dub Taylor's April 19, 1970 Long Beach Arena Tull show.
That record had the early '20-1/20-2' Matrix, later to be TMOQ 71005, but was soon released by other labels.
"My God!", and it's various re-pressings, was still selling well, so when Dub Taylor recorded the L.A. Forum and Anaheim Convention Center Jethro Tull shows in October 1970, with his new 'shotgun' mics, he didn't release them right away, waiting over 20 months. The market was still saturated with Tull at the time, so he waited.
When "Flute Cake", the October 19th 1970 Anaheim show was finally released, in the summer of 1972, fans thought it was a much later show than it really was due to the lapse in time.
That led to lots of confusion as to what the show really was.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For various reasons, there has been lots of discussion about when this was recorded and who was in the band, but, listening to this record, it's pretty easy to date if you're a Tull fan.
It's clearly from the 1970/71 'Benefit' Tour. Gone is Mick Abrahams, but bassist Glenn Cornick and drummer Clive Bunker are clearly present, making it pre-May 1971. Martin Barre's guitar sound and style is obvious. 
John Evan's keyboards are present, making it after the Spring of 1970, so there's no way this could be the 1969 Tour or even 1972, as some have suggested.
This was performed by the 'Classic' early lineup of the band with:
Ian Anderson - Vocals, flute, & acoustic guitar Martin Barre - Electric & Acoustic guitars John Evan - Keyboards Glenn Cornick - Bass guitar Clive Bunker - Drums & Percussion
As you know, if you're a Tull fan, Glenn Cornick and Clive Bunker would soon be gone from the lineup.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This album deserves to be in any Jethro Tull, classic Rock, or Prog Rock collection.
~~~~~~~~~~~~ CONDITION: I tried to show good hi-resolution photos of the cover, labels and vinyl in my pictures.
I purchased this copy back in the mid 70's, 50 years ago, and have taken great care of it since.
VINYL: The vinyl looks excellent. Clean and bright. Maybe a few tiny hairlines, and a light scratch or two, but No serious scuffs, palpable scratches, or dings. It looks great, and I'm sure you'll be very happy with it.
The Deadwax has the early WCF matrix marks. See the full Matrix above.
I tried to show some close-up pictures of the vinyl to show how good it looks. I'm sure you'll be happy with it.
I haven't messed with it or cleaned it, other than my trusty 'DiscWasher' brush, in 50 years, since Nixon was in office. It could use a good deep cleaning to make it even bettter looking and better sounding than it already is. 
LABELS: This is pressed with the 'classic' early Orange WCF labels, the first WCF labels.
The labels are clean and bright. No marks or damage. The spindle holes are still sharp and clean, suggesting minimal playing and my careful handling over the years.
JACKET: As you can see from my pictures, this still looks very nice for a 50 year old OG copy.
I discussed the jacket and slip-sheet cover above. This copy is still quite nice. The artwork is bold and bright. A nice survivor.
Overall, I'll call the whole record at least VG+.
This record has been sleeved and stored properly for years, and is still quite nice for an original pressing. This copy is all original, and a real gem. I'm sure you'll love it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~ ** NOTE: I'm selling this rare 'Collector' record "AS IS" and "NO RETURN". It's rare and as described and I'm sure you'll be very happy with it.
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