The Diary Of A Band - Original 1968 UK Decca label 1st Pressing LP

Rare original 1968 UK Decca Records 1st issue stereo LP album presented with:

1. blue deep ridge/groove company labels with silver printing, unboxed company name, 'Full Frequency Stereophonic Sound' strip above centre hole and 'ffss' circle logo at top label. The deep groove labels was only used start 1968 indicating that this is a first pressing.

2. trail off matrix info is:

Side 1: ZAL-8169-1W
Side 2: ZAL-8169-1W

The 1W matrix ending indicates first pressing.

Vinyl is held in a generic era specific protective polylined blue stereo company inner sleeve - ultimately in a front 'Clarifoil' front laminated Robert Stace manufactured picture cover.

Condition: VG++ (Vinyl And Labels)/VG+ (Cover):
Vinyl is in great near perfect condition with only very light sleeve scuffing. labels are in very close to perfect condition with a couple of light spindlemarks and no wear to centrehole itself.

Picture cover light wrinkling from edges and a couple of small ones along opening - a crease along the upper right back and a tag tear in the uppermost entirely left back area - otherwise close to perfect with only very little discolouration and wear - all in all a straight VG+ cover.

Tracklisting:

Side 1:
1 Blood On The Night (9:05)
2 Edmonton-Cooks Ferry Inn (2:56)
3 I Can't Quit You Baby (10:02)

Side 2:
1 Medley: (9:36):
a Keef Hartley Interview
b Anzio Ann
c Keef Hartley Interview And John Mayall Interview
d Snowy Wood
e John Mayall Interview
f The Lesson
2 My Own Fault (11:25)
3 God Save The Queen (2:50)