SPLIT ENZ Mental Notes RARE 1975 Press NEW ZEALAND Laminated Gatefold NM/NM- LP

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SPLIT ENZ
MENTAL NOTES
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INTERFUSION Records L 35588 / WC-101
Original 1975 issue Stereo LP
N.Z. 1st Year, 2nd Pressing Laminated Gatefold Cover Original Track Listing

VINYL is NEAR MINT / NEAR MINT-
Super-clean, Full Gloss Vinyl is pristine, SIDE ONE with no marks. SIDE TWO has a very few extremely faint sleeve wisps, viewed under hard bright light, that are inaudible. LP plays superb throughout. Labels are immaculate both sides.
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COVER is EX
Crisp, vibrant Laminated Gatefold Front/Back shows very mild shelf rub only. Inside Gatefold shows a couple of very small spots of faint wear. No creases, fading, writing or soil. small, faint discoloration spot at u.r. edge from removed 1970's store price sticker. All edges straight, all corners sharp. Seams and spine 100% intact with no wear or splits. Sharp, crystal clear spine titles.

*Please excuse any 'grainy' look to pictures (...from low-light photos).

STRICT CONSERVATIVE GOLDMINE GRADING
NM / EX(VG++) / VG+ / VG

RARE 1975 NEW ZEALAND PRESS of SPLIT ENZ Debut LP!

NOTE: the release of the same title and cover in the UK is different; missing some of these original tracks.
This 1st year NZ issue contains the original track listing.

a rare 1975 NEW ZEALAND copy of the band's stunning 1975 debut album, with cover painting by band member Phil Judd. Laminated outside, Matte inside, gatefold cover.
Features the classics: "Mental Notes”, Stranger than Fiction”, “Spellbound” and "Maybe".
Original (Die-cut top corners) white paper inner sleeve included - NM w/ no creases, tanning or splits.
Vinyl kept in additional protective anti-static inner sleeve.
 
Manufactured & released in New Zealand by Interfusion Records.
1975 INTERFUSION Records L 35588 / WC-101
1st Year, 2nd Press

1st INTERFUSION Tan labels

“Distributed in New Zealand by Festival Records (N.Z.) LTD.”
printed on labels at bottom.
“Box 6750, Auckland New Zealand” “© White Cloud Records” and  “Marketed under License by Festival Records Ltd. P.O.Box 1170 Auckland, New Zealand”
Printed on cover, inside Gatefold, l.l. corner

Catalog # L 35588 on labels.
Catalog #s L35588 and WC-101 on back cover (u.r. corner).
…WC-101 being the WHITE CLOUD Records cat. number.

    Distributed by Festival Records (NZ) Ltd.
    Marketed by Festival Records (NZ) Ltd.
    Lacquer cut at Festival Studios
    Phonographic Copyright ℗ Sundowner

MATRIX NUMBERS
SIDE ONE: SMX47553   L35588 A •
SIDE TWO: L35588 B   SMX47554 •

TRACK LISTING SIDE ONE
Walking Down A Road   
Under The Wheel   
Amy (Darling)   
So Long For Now   
SIDE TWO
Stranger Than Fiction   
Time For A Change   
Maybe   
Titus   
Spellbound   
Mental Notes

VERY HARD-to-FIND outside of New Zealand - almost never shows up in USA
especially in such CLEAN CONDITION.

Vinyl inside anti-static lined inner sleeve
Album kept in a protective, poly outer-sleeve

Please see my other listings for more First Press SPLIT ENZ
and other Rare Vintage Collectible NEW WAVE, PUNK, POST-PUNK,1980s ROCK
and related LPs.
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Many PROMOS, IMPORTS and 1st PRESSINGS are included
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