THE CRICKETS - The "chirping" Crickets

Item Description

Vinyl, , Pinckneyville Pressing
LP Album Styrene Mono

First [l763542] pressing, identified by ♦ after B-side label matrix: pressed on styrene.
Non-textured sleeve.

Label variant
• Smaller 1 and 2 of "Side 1" and "Side 2" set in the same sans-serif font as the rest of the typeset text.
• Titles and credits for tracks A3 and B1 are on two lines.
• B-side matrix # MG 6037♦
• 2.82" pressing ring (outside diameter).
Side B runouts have a roughly-stamped or etched "1" above an inverted "2"

While the textured sleeve has long been held to identify "first" pressings for this release, the textured sleeve appears to exist only with pressings from Decca's Gloversville, NY plant. Pinckneyville, IL pressings with non-textured sleeves (this) would normally have been simultaneous.