Jean-Michel Jarre - The Concerts In China - 2xLP, Album, Gat - Near Mint (NM or M-)

Format:                      2xLP, Album, Gat

Media Condition:     Near Mint (NM or M-)

Sleeve Condition:     Very Good Plus (VG+)

Country:                       New Zealand  

Record Label:              Polydor,Polydor

Catalog No:                  2612 039, 2612039

Released:                     1982

Genre:                           Electronic

Style:                             Electro, Synth-pop, Ambient

Tracklist:

A1. The Overture 4:50
A2. Arpegiator 6:53
A3. Equinoxe IV 7:45
B1. Fishing Junks At Sunset 9:45
B2. Band In The Rain 1:21
B3. Equinoxe VII 9:53
C1. Orient Express 4:21
C2. Magnetic Fields I 0:21
C3. Magnetic Fields III 3:50
C4. Magnetic Fields IV 10:37
C5. Laser Harp 3:36
D1. Night In Shanghai 7:01
D2. The Last Rumba 2:12
D3. Magnetic Fields II 6:16
D4. Souvenir Of China 3:59

Comments:
Very clean vinyl and labels. Sleeve has light edge wear, no splits or writing. Records are in excellent condition, no obvious signs of wear. Comes with both Printed Inners. Supplied with new high-quality sleeve protector.

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Notes:

Released in gatefold sleeve with thick picture inner sleeves. 

Inner sleeves:

This double album was recorded during five concerts which Jean-Michel Jarre presented in Peking and Shanghai. The concerts were the first performances of rock or contemporary music ever given in the People’s Republic of China.

Jean-Michel Jarre wrote several new compositions for this historic occasion, including: 'Night in Shanghai', 'Laser Harp', 'Arpegiator', 'Orient Express', 'Souvenir of China', and 'Fishing Junks at Sunset', which was performed and recorded with the Peking Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra.
 
Recorded during concerts performed on Peking and Shanghai in October 1981 on the Flight Mobile with the Saje Console.
Mixed on MCI equipment. 
Released on Dreyfus Records, Paris ©℗ 1982. 

Inner sleeve lists 'Laser Harp' as track B4, though vinyl label lists as track C5 (which is correct).

Labels:
All tracks: Intersong.
Made in New Zealand by Phonogram Ltd. Recorded by Polydor Int. GmbH.
Marketed In Australasia by PolyGram TV Merchandising Division under exclusive licence.

In each runout matrix, there are two strings of characters, with each string upside-down relative to the other.  These are split in the Barcode and Other Identifiers field below.  Generally speaking, each string is either stamped or hand-etched (but see below).  Details of the matrix no.s are as follows:
- side A hand-etched: "PDM - 1 8-110 - A" is struck through
- side A stamped: between "1 610" and "6" is a series of difficult-to-decipher characters crossed out
- side C hand-etched: there are indecipherable hand-etched characters etched over each other and then struck through between "2335-" and "261-A"
- side C stamped: the final "3" actually sits between the hand-etched "C" and "2335-"
- side D hand-etched and stamped: the initial "12" and the final "1 · 5 6" are stamped, all other characters in this string are hand-etched;  the "5" in "1 · 5 6" is crossed out.
- side D stamped: the final "L" is stamped over the final "2"

Catalog# on spine: 2612039
Catalog# on labels: 2612 039

Phonographic Copyright (p) Disques Dreyfus
Marketed By PolyGram TV Merchandising Division
Made By Phonogram Ltd.
Mixed At Studios Ferber
Published By Francis Dreyfus Music
Published By Intersong
Recorded By Studio Flight Mobile