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Taking Back Sunday - Tell All Your Friends, First Pressing, Clear Vinyl, Signed
First pressing of Taking Sunday’s first full length EP, Tell All Your Friends, released under Victory Records in 2002. One of 2000 copies made. Comes in a frame, ready to mount on your wall.
According to discogs.com this is the breakdown of colour variants for the first pressing.
FIRST PRESSING (March 2002)
813 - Clear
560 - Clear Gold
550 - Light Blue
210 - Grey
This particular vinyl came from a show they played in Syracuse New York, where they opened for Saves the Day, with Moneen being the opening act.
As a Canadian, I made the long drive down to the show with some friends, missed the opening act as we didn’t account for Map Quest’s incorrect estimated time of arrival. it said a 4 1/2 hour drive, and took us closer to 6.
As I got up to the merch both, they had just sold out of the last vinyl, and I asked if I could buy the one taped to the merch table. They took the tape off as carefully as possible (you can still see a slight tape residue mark in the last photo). We got to hang with the (Canadian) boys from Moneen after the show, who introduced us to the guys from TBS. I got the vinyl signed right then and there. All signatures are from the members performing that night, not all original members of the band.
