AL STEWART - Year Of The Cat

Item Description

Vinyl, , Gatefold, First Cover
LP Album Limited Edition Reissue Remastered Stereo

This is for the ORIGINAL Mobile Fidelity release with banner font set in a standard, non-italic typeface.

=> Original Mobile Fidelity pressings of this title use a standard typeface for cover banner text "ORIGINAL MASTER RECORDING".
=> Subsequent repressings used the familiar italic font for the banner text.

The second pressing (with the italic banner type) of this title can be found here: [r1803867]

Issued in a gatefold sleeve with musician photos, lyrics and credits appearing on the interior of the gatefold. Copies may include inserts: form to return for anything found objectionable in the pressing; and a single-fold Original Master Recordings insert with an excerpt from 'the absolute sound', list of releases and details of the equipment used.

[From back]
"℗ © Janus Records, a division of GRT Corporation"

[From spine]
"Printed in U.S.A."

[From gatefold interior]
"All selections.. published by Dick James Music (BMI), with the exception of "Year of the Cat", which was... published by Dick James Music (BMI) and Pepper Music Inc. (ASCAP).
Half Speed Master Lacquers by Stan Ricker, JVC
Imported High Definition Vinyl
Static Free Inner Sleeve
Manufactured and distributed by special license from Janus Records (GRT Corp.) by the Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London
Additional recording and mixing at Davlen Sound Studios, Universal City
Produced... for Janus Records, A Division of GRT® Corporation
Tim Renwick appears courtesy of CBS Records; George Ford & Stuart Elliot appear courtesy of EMI Records; Peter Wood appears courtesy of Private Stock Records, and David Pack appears courtesy of 20th Century Records."

[From labels]
"℗ Janus Records, A Division of GRT Corp. Manufactured & distributed by special license from Janus Records/GRT Corp.
Pressed in Japan

[Runouts]
Variant 3 has an actual ÷ rather than / as usually used in MFSL and has only one ✢ on side B
Variant 4: Runouts are recorded anti-clockwise towards the spindle hole. All are stamped except etched on side A 'SR ÷ 2', '1' in ⓂFSL1, and '✰⤫'. The ✰ is more like 8 dots in the shape of a star.