new TKI: description

[Ronald.Girardin@Dartmouth.EDU (Ronald Girardin)]

--- Karen Newcombe wrote:
OKAY!!! DETAILS PLEASE!!! No fair popping up and saying you've gotten your
anniversary copy of TKI without describing it!  What does it look like?  Is
there a windout groove message?  Is the vinyl black or colored?  Is the
cover exactly the same?  Special printing or varnish? Stickers?  Inserts?
Vial of Kate's bathwater? Please fill us in.
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Ok,

   I got the album in front of me  :-)  as a matter of fact, yes, it came
with a vial of Kate's bathwater....how'd you guess?  ;-)

The cover has the same front and back pictures as the UK original release
(Kite cover).  The colours are a little bit more vivid (at least to MY eyes
they are).    There's a sticker on the upper left corner for the front cover.
The sticker is silver and about 4 x 6 centimeters in size.

it reads:

           EMI 100               (logo in read and white)
   1997 the first centenary      (small print under the EMI logo)
          --------> >            (a red and white, slightly curved arrow) 
     The Vinyl Collection        (large black font)
      . Classic Albums .         (small red font)
   . Direct Metal Mastered .     (small black font)
   . Virgin Vinyl Pressings .    (small red font)
   . Heavy Quality Sleeves .     (small black font)
             TVC1                (very small font)

The back cover is the same except for a bar code (yuk!)  and the EMI 100
logo.  both are in the lower right corner.  to accomodate the barcode and
logo, they had to shrink the size of the font where it says "producer: ..."

The catalog number is:  LPCENT 5     (72243 8 55667 1 4)  made in the UK.
 
The sleeve is glossy and the cardboard is thicker than a regular UK album.
 
The record comes in a poly-lined inner sleeve.  Nothing written on the inner
sleeve.  The record label is the standard EMI red and brown (orange), large
sideways EMI.   There is no message in the runout groove.    

The vinyl is thicker and heavier than a regular release....but not quite as
thick as the German half-speed master of Lionheart.    Oh,  and it's black
vinyl.

That's about it. 


peace

ron