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Item Description

Vinyl, , Rainbow label
LP Album Reissue Stereo

1987 release, part of Capitol’s series of issuing their earlier UK album catalog for the first time in the US (outside the Mo-Fi limited editions), matching their CD counterparts (and using the same catalog numbers). Digital masters were used in these pressings.

There are 3 variations to this series.
This listing is for variation #1:

#1
-Original run, catalog # of CLJ-46439 (seen on spine, upper left front cover,lower left back cover and labels)
-Capitol Rainbow/colorband label design with the Parlophone logo on the left side of label above the “1” and “2”.
-Capitol oval and EMI rectangle logos along the bottom back
-UPC on the back is square in shape

Pressed at Allied Record Co as identified by what looks like an upper case Q (but is really a lower case "a" with a tail) stamp in the run out.

Most pressings came with a 2” round red sticker stating “DIGITALLY REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL BRITISH CATALOG” with the album title, cat # and Printed in U.S.A. (see photo)

Disc comes in a clear rice-paper sleeve.

For variation #2 (1988): [r9609799]
For variation #3 (1995): [r2165809]