Description
Offered for sale is an original red vinyl pressing of the Japan-only compilation Best of Grand Funk by Grand Funk Railroad, including the original obi.
About this copy: This copy of Best of Grand Funk is a 1970 first issue on the green Capitol label.
The cover is VG , with wear at the edges and corners. The obi is VG, with some wrinkles, a small tear where a sticker was removed, and some edge wear. The “hojyuhyo,” or reorder tag, has been removed.
The lyric insert is M-.
The red vinyl disc is M-, with a number of spindle marks on the labels, but no marks on the vinyl. Clean disc!
A nice copy of an album that rarely turns up as a complete first pressing.
Background: The market for English-language music is a relatively small one in Japan, so the record companies there have frequently issued compilation albums for buyers who aren’t interested in buying an artist’s entire catalog of LPs.
Best of Grand Funk, is one such album. Released in 1970 only in Japan, the LP compiles tracks from the band’s first three albums – On Time, Grand Funk, and Closer to Home.
Tracks are:
- Sin’s A Goodman’s Brother
- Heartbreaker
- Mr. Limousine Driver
- Closer To Home
- Are You Ready
- Time Machine
- Nothing Is The Same
- Aimless Lady
- Got This Thing On The Move
- Inside Lookin’ Out
You can listen to “Inside Looking Out” here:
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZM25ZG6ZZU]
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| Country of origin: | Japan |
| Size: | 12″ |
| Record Label: | Capitol |
| Catalog Number: |
CP-80100 |
| Year of Release: | 1970 |
| Format: | Stereo |
| Share: |       |
