NICK DRAKE PINK MOON LP Ist PRESS 1975 - A-1U / B-1U - GATEFOLD - EXCELLENT

Sold Date: January 17, 2016
Start Date: January 10, 2016
Final Price: £100.00 (GBP)
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THE VINYL IS IN GREAT CONDITION - LOOKS HARDLY PLAYED. NO SCRATCHES OR MARKS.
THE MATT GATEFOLD COVER HAS NO SPLITS, TEARS OR WRITING. HAS VERY LIGHT CORNER RUB - SEE PICS FOR DETAIL
THIS IS AN ORIGINAL FIRST PRESS AND MUCH RARER THAN THE PINK RIM VERSION.
THIS IS THE EXTREMELY RARE TRANSITIONAL COPY - 
ONE OF THE LAST - THEY SAY 200 COPIES - OF THE ORIGINAL A-1U / B-1U FIRST PRESS, 
ISLAND RECORDS CHANGED TO THE PALM TREE LABEL CREATING THE MUCH SOUGHT AFTER HYBRID.
INCREDIBLY RARE - ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN THIS CONDITION.
 ‎– Pink Moon Label:  ‎– ILPS 9184 Format: , LP, Album, Transitional Press 
Country: Released: Genre: Style: Tracklist A1Pink MoonA2Place To BeA3RoadA4Which WillA5HornA6Things Behind The SunB1KnowB2ParasiteB3Free RideB4Harvest BreedB5From The Morning Companies, etc. Printed By –  Credits Cover –  Photography By –  Producer –  Vocals, Piano, Acoustic Guitar –  Written-By –  Notes This is the transitional Press. (1.5th press) 

The matrix says A-1U and B-1U, just as the first press. But this transitional version has the second press label (palm tree) on the vinyl instead of the 'pink rim' label. 
It was made right after the record label changed the Label layout from 'pink rim' to 'palm tree'. The last wax presses where already pressed. And the company decided to press the second press label on those last waxes. Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (Runout A, stamped): ILPS 9184 A-1U Matrix / Runout (Runout A, etched): I-2 Matrix / Runout (Runout B, stamped): ILPS 9184 B-1U Matrix / Runout (Runout B, etched): I-9