JETHRO TULL UK 1st PRESS - This Was LP -Pink Eye ISLAND Textured Labels N.MINT SEE OUR OTHER RARE RECORDS AND MEMORABILIA From an amazing collection of UK first pressings in unplayed or mint condition, we're happy to offer…

A UK Stereo first pressing of THIS WAS by the great Jethro Tull on the earliest Pink Eye Island textured label. The cover is in NEAR MINT - condition--this is the wide spine variation (the earliest again) and has a bit of a crease inside the middle of the gatefold as a result of the wide spine--but is very clean overall, and of course fully laminated on the outside. The disc is a very clean NEAR MINT/NEAR MINT -, lightly played and very clean. "Made in England" is stamped on both labels.

Original Inner Sleeve - Included

Labels - Near Mint, textured

A Side Matrix- ILPS + 9085 + A

B Side Matrix- ILPS + 9085 + B

As nice a copy as you could ever expect to find.

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