FLEETWOOD MAC - Tusk

Item Description

2 x Vinyl, , Embossed
LP Album

Released in a single outer sleeve, with two individual picture inner sleeves, each with another sleeve inside.

This version:
Label rim text goes 360º around the entire label on all four sides.
STEREO designation is on the right side of the label, last line, small text.
Front cover dog photo is raised/embossed.
All four labels have a bevelled pressing ring of 64mm diameter, and within that indented area a groove-like ring of 32mm.

The pressing rings are consistent with [l141989] pressings from 1979, but plant of origin cannot be stated with certainty as there is no 'D' or Damont designation in the runouts. Damont was acquired by WEA in early 1979 and was likely used. Runout configurations are more consistent with CBS plates.

℗ 1979 Warner Bros. Records Inc
Manufactured in the UK

Digital mix-down equipment furnished by Soundstream Inc.
The U.S.C. Trojan Marching Band appears on the song "Tusk" recorded live at Dodger Stadium.

This album is dedicated to Wing Commander Fleetwood and to Morris Buckingham.

© 1979 A Warner Bros. Recording.

A version with matching label layouts on all four sides is here: [r=9796948]; it has flat labels, different pressing rings and additional mother/stamper numbers in its runout.
A Damont pressing with mismatched labels but clear 'D' indicators is here: [r=12087902].

Mother/Stamper Notes:
Three of these four runouts have CBS-style mother/stamper indications – an A or B (easily mistaken for a D) at 9 o'clock and a numeral at 3 o'clock, with an additional smaller numeral somewhere nearby. These are usually badly stamped and difficult to make out with any certainty, but on this copy they look like:
Side A: ⁴ // Side B: B 3 ⁶ // Side C: B 9 ⁶ // Side D: B 7 ⁶