BILL WITHERS Live At Carnegie Hall 2LP NearMINT Vinyl & VG+ gatefold FIRST Press

Sold Date: April 8, 2024
Start Date: March 20, 2024
Final Price: $29.99 (USD)
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This is the FIRST pressing with etched matrix numbers in the dead-wax, and also the machine-stamped symbol (logo) for Artisan Sound Recorders, which is where the tapes mastered, and the lacquer was cut.
Visually graded NEAR-MINT vinyl surfaces.
Both original SUSSEX labels are clean. 
Gatefold jacket has faint bin wear on front and rear panels.
Top edges have some nicks and wear.
Spine is mostly intact with a couple of tiny nicks.
Bottom edges have light wear, the front bottom edge (seam) is split a half-inch next to the opening edge.
NO stickers, NO stains, NO corner cutting or notch or drill hole.
Original company innersleeves (PLEASURE FROM THE BUDDAH GROUP) with no seam-splits, one of them is flat, the other has creases from scrunching up from the pressing plant insertion.

A1Use Me8:30
A2Friend Of Mine4:26
A3Ain't No Sunshine2:25
A4Grandma's Hands (With Rap)5:08
B1World Keeps Going Around5:08
B2Let Me In Your Life (With Rap)4:35
B3Better Off Dead3:36
B4For My Friend2:58
C1I Can't Write Left Handed  6:52 Co-Written by Ray Jackson
C2Lean On Me5:47
C3Lonely Town Lonely Street3:54
C4Hope She'll Be Happier4:23
D1Let Us Love5:21
D2Harlem/Cold Baloney13:07

Vinyl surfaces are graded visually. Grading is conservative, using the traditional "Goldmine" grading standard, with a very bright light and checking from many angles. 

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