Sold Date: January 28, 2014
Start Date: January 18, 2014
Final Price: £20.00 (GBP)
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The first Virgin Album  - Tubular Bells, Mike Oldfield

this is a first pressing - has the original wording on the back of the album - referring to  'mono'.  Later pressings refer to stereo and mono

Stereo record joke

FIRST PRESSINGS (THE ONE FOR SALE INCLUDES )

The album cover contains humorous statements about the record being in stereo. Under the label's logo on the back, there is the statement, "In Glorious Stereophonic Sound", followed by the line: "Can also be played on mono-equipment at a pinch". Another statement appears at the lower left of the back cover, a spoof on the warnings about compatibility between stereo records and mono equipment (or vice versa) as found on older albums:

This stereo record cannot be played on old tin boxes no matter what they are fitted with. If you are in possession of such equipment please hand it into the nearest police station.

LATER PRESSINGS ;-

The use of record vs. equipment warnings re-appeared on album covers when albums were marketed in the early to mid-1970s, and when Tubular Bells was later issued in quad, the American pressing removed the "tin boxes" statement. British and Australian quad pressings retained the statement, and most quad editions modified the top-right statements to read: "In Glorious Quadrophonic Sound; Can also be played on stereo and mono equipment at a pinch". Some British editions also had a sticker on the front declaring the quad edition to be "for people with four ears". The quadrophonic version was mixed and according to the SQ system in the UK, QS in Continental Europe and the four original quadraphonic tracks were modulated and recorded in CD-4 for North American and Japanese releases

in very very good condition - no visible marks or scratches

album cover no damage - has been kept in a clear plastic sleeve all these years

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