Selected titles from the private collection of a music business veteran are now being made available for the first time. Titles offered by this Seller are one-owner and came directly from the pressing plant, record company warehouse, other label reps or record store unless otherwise noted. 

Grading is based on visual inspection..

I package records outside the cover to avoid seam splits.

New and vintage vinyl is hard to grade strictly using eBay’s system because the record and the cover are two different components. Therefore, I call a record new and mint if it is opened but has never been played.  I use the grading category to describe the cover condition.

This White Label Promotional Copy is a First Pressing of the original 1978 release. It has never been played. The gold foil Promo stamp is top left back cover. The single piece board cover has tight seams and shows no wear. The original white generic inner sleeve is included. This is a one-owner that the Seller got new from Epic Records in 1978. It has been in storage for 42 years. Tracklist A1Safe European Home3:48A2English Civil War2:34A3Tommy Gun3:14A4Julie's In The Drug Squad Piano [Uncredited] –  3:02A5Last Gang In Town5:10B1Guns On The Roof Written-By – *, * 3:14B2Drug-Stabbing Time Saxophone [Uncredited] –  3:42B3Stay Free3:38B4Cheapskate3:23B5All The Young Punks (New Boots And Contracts)4:54 Companies, etc. Phonographic Copyright (p) –  Credits Arranged By, Performer –  Engineer – , *, , * Producer –  Recorded By, Mixed By –  Written-By – *, * Notes Original US issue with block font for The Clash logo on cover (later pressings used an oriental style lettering).
White-coloured labels.
"Demonstration - not for sale"
℗ 1978 CBS Records

Track B5 is listed as "That's No Way To Spend Your Youth" on the back cover and "All The Young Punks (New Boots and Contracts)" on the inner label and Promo Track Listing sticker on back cover.

Gold stamp on back cover, at top-left:
"FOR PROMOTION ONLY
Ownership Reserved by CBS
Sale is Unlawful"

Not all copies have the white tracklisting sticker on the back cover.

Some copies come with a promo-only insert measuring approx 11x13", and folded once. It is printed on one side with a pic of the band on top and "The Clash" in yellow, plus text at bottom.

[Lanier/Bronstein credits according to the book "Passion Is A Fashion" by Pat Gilbert, page 210] Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout): P AL 35439-1AA PAL 35543-1AA Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout): P BL 35439-1G -35543- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, Side A - stamped): P AL 35439-1J \ (etched) T 35543 B Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, Side B - etched): 35543 (stamped) P BL 35439-1K (etched) T P B Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): AL 35543 Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): BL 35543