Yep, pretty obvious this was the station copy! This was one of the special albums in the library and labelled accordingly. There was also an ID label on the rear but that has been removed, which did unfortunately change the graphics slightly.
Interesting music for those who like to listen "out of the box"
KEVIN AYERS - Bananamour
Harvest Records (remember them? what a great label which had so many fantastic artists on their books)
Cat# SHVL 807
Matrix coding (stamped):
SHVL 807 A-3
SHVL 807 B-3
Record label rim printing begins with "THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD. .."
1973
UK release (first pressing)
Gatefold cover (textured finish) is in good condition, no personal writing, light edgeware from normal handling, no seam splits, no tears but there is the very obvious front cover label and on the rear cover (look around the Banana graphics) there is some light damage to the print as a result of a label removal. I have not attempted to remove the front label - NOT A GOOD IDEA! I know who did those and they were intended NEVER to be removed. I also notice on the rear cover that there is a partial vinyl ring visible.
NOTE: Some of the very first copies had a booklet inside, this copy just has an empty pocket now ... booklet went astray.
New inner plastic sleeve
Vinyl is in very good condition, visually inspected under a bright White halogen light source and I can only see a couple of very light marks on each side, no scratches observed. Just looking at your disc of Black plastic isn't a very good method of judging the condition so I then played the ENTIRE album, every single track, and there are no issues at all with surface noise nor click/pops - a good solid playback!
New outer protective sleeve
TRACKS: Don't Let It Get You Down, Shouting In A Bucket Of Blues, When Your Parents Go To Sleep, Interview, Internotional Anthem, Decadence, Oh! What A Dream, Hymn, Beware Of The Dog
