Every Picture Tells A Story - 1971 UK Philips label 2nd Issue 8-track LP - Blue Grid Labels

Scarce 1970ies UK Vertigo label 8-track LP - the 2nd Issue of Stewarts 3rd solo album - recorded with all five members of the Faces incl. guitarist/bassist Ronnie Wood and keyboardist Ian McLagan on Hammond B3 organ... also featuring Lindisfarne mandoline player Ray Jackson.

'Every Picture...' is influenced by hard rock, folk and blues styles and comprises the Rod Stewart classics Reason To Believe, Maggie May, Mandolin Wind.
Vinyl has the generic blue company labels with top oval Mercuty logo and mid-data 'grid' - housed in a single pocket picture cover.

For those into the machine stamped matrix information:
Side 1: 6338063 1Y//3▽420 05 1 2 1 5
Side 2: 6338063 2Y* 3  420 1 2 1 5

Condition: VG++ (Vinyl and Labels)/VG++ (Cover):
Vinyl is bright and shiny and has next to no sleeve wear. Labels are mint and vinyl is overall very close to near mint.
Cover has perfect front and back centres - seams are extraordinarily close top perfect with just a little rubbing to lower seam against corners. Spine is easily readable and with only a point of very light pressure to top spine and opening without rubbing. Corners are pointy with almost no rubbing - cover is overall likewise close to mint. Very nice.

Tracklisting:

Side 1:
1. Every Picture Tells a Story (Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood) 6:01
2. Seems Like a Long Time (Theodore Anderson) 4:02
3. That's All Right / Amazing Grace (Arthur Crudup/ traditional - arranged by Stewart) 6:02
4. Tomorrow Is a Long Time (Bob Dylan) 3:43

Side 2:
0. Henry (Martin Quittenton ) 0:32
1. Maggie May (Rod Stewart) 5:15
2. Mandolin Wind (Rod Stewart) 5:33
3. (I Know) I'm Losing You (Norman Whitfield, Eddie Holland, Cornelius Grant) 5:23
4. (Find a) Reason to Believe (Tim Hardin) 4:05

Recorded at Morgan Studios, London, November 1970 - January 1971
Pressed by Phonogram ltd., Record Works, Walthamstow Ave., Chingford E4, UK

Credits:
Rod Stewart - lead vocals, acoustic guitar
Ronnie Wood - guitar, pedal steel guitar, bass guitar
Sam Mitchell - slide guitar
Martin Quittenton - acoustic guitar
Pete Sears - piano, celeste
Micky Waller - drums
Ian McLagan - Hammond organ, piano on "(I Know) I'm Losing You"
Danny Thompson - upright bass
Andy Pyle - bass guitar
Dick Powell - violin
Long John Baldry - vocals on "Every Picture Tells a Story"
Maggie Bell - "vocal abrasives" on "Every Picture Tells a Story"
Madeline Bell and friends - "vocal abrasives" on "Seems Like a Long Time"
Lindsay Raymond Jackson ("the mandolin player in Lindisfarne") - mandolin
Kenney Jones - drums on "(I Know) I'm Losing You" (uncredited)
Ronnie Lane - bass guitar and backing vocals on "(I Know) I'm Losing You" (uncredited)
On the album's liner notes, the names of two alcoholic beverages (Martell Brandy and Mateus Rosé) are interspersed amongst the personnel credits.

Technical Credits:
Rod Stewart - Production

Artwork:
Desmond Strobel - art direction
John Craig - design, illustration
Lisa Margolis - front cover photo
Aaron Sixx - back cover photo