Sail Away - Original 1972 US Reprise label 12-track LP

Original 1972 US Reprise label 12-track LP - Los Angeles born singer/songwriters third studio album... which was ranked number 321 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2003.

Allmusic critic Mark Deming wrote in his review: "On his third studio album, Randy Newman found a middle ground between the heavily orchestrated pop of his debut and the more stripped-down, rock-oriented approach of 12 Songs, and managed to bring new strength to both sides of his musical personality in the process".

Vinyl has the tan 'Steamship' labels with boxed orange ':r' logo just above company name on top label - no Burbank address or Warner Communication logo in label rim text.

Vinyl is housed in an inner pasted gatefold picture cover, accompanied by a 12 x 24" photo insert. No tracklisting on back cover.

Vinyl has the matrix info:
Side 1: p   MS 2064 31,354 1B LH ('p' is hardly detectable), mother/stamper ?A
Side 2: p   MS 2064 31,355 1A LH, mother/stamper 3B

Labels suggest this to be a first issue - the 1B/1A matrix endings reaffirms this. Pressed by the New Jersey located Columbia Records Pressing Plant. Mastered by Lee Herschberg. 

Condition: VG++ (Vinyl and Labels)/VG++ (Insert)/VG++ (Cover):

Vinyl is nice bright and shiny - has almost no signs play or handling - labels does not indicate any play either. A little fingerprints, but no spindletraces. Vinyl is overall graded near mint.

Insert is likewise nice - hardly any signs of handling.Cover has absolutely next to no edge rubbing - almost no signs of storage - easily a near mint grading.

Tracklisting:

Side 1:
1. Sail Away 2:56
2. Lonely at the Top 2:32
3. He Gives Us All His Love 1:53
4. Last Night I Had a Dream 3:01
5. Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear 2:00
6. Old Man 2:42

Side 2:
1. Political Science 2:00
2. Burn On 2:33
3. Memo to My Son 1:56
4. Dayton, Ohio - 1903 1:47
5. You Can Leave Your Hat On 3:18
6. God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind) 3:36

All songs written and composed by Randy Newman.

Recorded at Amigo Studios (11114 Cumpston St, Los Angeles, CA 91601), Western Studios (6000 Sunset, Hollywood, Ca.) and Poppi Studios, Los Angeles.
Pressed by Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman, NJ 08071, USA

Credits:
Randy Newman - piano, vocals
Ry Cooder - slide guitar on "Last Night I Had a Dream" and "You Can Leave Your Hat On"
Russ Titelman - guitars
Jim Keltner, Gene Parsons, Earl Palmer- drums
Chris Ethridge, Wilton Felder, Jimmy Bond - bass
Milt Holland - percussion
Abe Most - alto saxophone on "Lonely at the Top"

Technical Credits:

Lenny Waronker, Russ Titelman - production
Bob Kovach, Bruce Botnick, Donn Landee, Harold "Lanky" Linstrot - engineering

Randy Newman - arrangements
Emil Newman - conductor on "Sail Away" and "Burn On"
Larry Marks - conductor on "Old Man"
Louis Kaufman - concertmaster
Judy Maizel, Trudy Portch - production assistants
Lee Herschberg - mastering, recording and mixing engineer

Artwork:
Mike Salisbury - graphics, photography