JETHRO TULL - This Was

Item Description

Vinyl, , Gatefold
LP Album Stereo

Black and orange ‘eye’ logo on pink label variation with "Made in England" and Chrysalis logo.
Laminated gatefold sleeve with ‘wide’ spine.

On rear sleeve:
Chrysalis logo with address "Island Records Ltd., 155 - 157 Oxford Street, London, W1, England".
‘STEREO ILPS 9085′ on rear sleeve (top right corner).
Inside gatefold unlaminated spread, overlapped glue-tab at top, ''flipback''

Pink label editions exist with the three earliest Island logo designs on pink background:
First issue: [r=1727092] (mono) /[r=2853698] (stereo) with a black and orange 'bullseye' logo; one variation (this one) additionally states "Made in England" and another [r=6562099] (mono) / [r=5187285] (stereo) adds a BIEM credit.
Second issue: [r=4930782] with a black block 'i' logo.
Third issue: [r=3102455] with a white 'i' logo.
(reissued again on every label style since, including pink rim, palm tree etc.).

© Chrysalis Productions Ltd. 1968.
Jethro Tull songs published by Chrysalis Music.
'Serenade To A Cuckoo' published by Flamingo Music.

℗ 1968
Made in England

Recorded Thursday 13th June to Friday 23rd August, 1968 at Sound Techniques Studio, Chelsea, London.
Also issued in mono (#ILP 985).