ELTON JOHN - GREATEST HITS VOLUME II 1977 USA 1st PRESS SEALED VINYL/LP MCA-3027

Description: Elton John - Greatest Hits Volume II 1977 US First/Original Pressing OOP (Out of Print) Factory Sealed Vinyl/LP containing 10 total tracks featuring 7 US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart Top 10 hits, 4 of them topped the Chart: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Certified Platinum Single by the Recording Industry Association of America), Don’t Go Breaking My Heart (with Kiki Dee and #1 too on the UK Singles Chart then has been Certified 2x Platinum in the UK by the British Phonographic Industry and Certified Platinum in the US by the Recording Industry Association of America), Philadelphia Freedom (Certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America) and Island Girl (Certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America) with the other 3 Top 10 songs being: The Bitch Is Back (peaked at #4 and at #1 on the Canada Top Singles Chart), Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word (reached #6 and #1 on the Canada and US Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart and has been Certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on January 25, 1977; for copyright reasons it no longer appears on the current version of this album), Someone Saved My Life Tonight (climbed to #4 and has been Certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America based on 1M shipments alone). For full track listing and sequence (Photo #5) with the track covered by a store sticker being ‘Someone Saved My Love Tonight’. The singles, Grow Some Funk On Your Own peaked at #14 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart and Levon reached #24. The album made it to #21 on the US Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart then has been Certified 5x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Catalog number: MCA-3027 (Photos #8, 9 and 10) confirming a 1977 release. Custom (cardstock) color inner sleeve contains photos/credits. Includes booklet containing color artwork/lyrics/photos. Condition is "New". Album cover conservatively graded Excellent. No notch/saw cuts, punch/drill holes nor gold promo stamp. Not a club (Columbia House nor RCA Music Service) either. Shipped with USPS Media Mail. Payment is due within 5-7 days from the purchase date. Thanks for stopping by. The vinyl will be one of the following pressing variants: For Pinckneyville Pressing- Matrix / Runout - A Side Label: MCA1334 Matrix / Runout - B Side Label: MCA1335 Matrix / Runout - A Side Runout, variant 1: MCA 1334 W-10 •-P-A Matrix / Runout - B Side Runout, variant 1: MCA 1335 W-4 •-P-A LB Matrix / Runout - A Side Runout, variant 2: MCA 1334 W-10 •-P-A Matrix / Runout - B Side Runout, variant 2: MCA 1335 W-6 •-P-• LB Matrix / Runout - A Side Runout, variant 3: MCA 1334 W-10 •-P-• 1111 1 vv v Matrix / Runout - B Side Runout, variant 3: MCA 1335 W-4 •-P-< -circle inside a diamond shape-P- circle inside a diamond shape LB v Matrix / Runout - A Side Runout, variant 4: MCA 1334 W-10 •-P-• IIvvv Matrix / Runout - B Side Runout, variant 1: MCA 1335 W-4 A-P-A LB Matrix / Runout - A Side Runout, variant 2: MCA 1334 W-10 •-Р-A Matrix / Runout - B Side Runout, variant 2: MCA 1335 W-6 D-P-A LB Matrix / Runout - A Side Runout, variant 3: MCA 1334 W-10 •-P-• 1711 1 vv v Matrix / Runout - B Side Runout, variant 3: MCA 1335 W-4 •-P-• 111 LB v Matrix / Runout - A Side Runout, variant 4: MCA 1334 W-10 A-P-• IIvvv Matrix / Runout - B Side Runout, variant 4: MCA 1335 W-6 •-P-• IIII LB -For Gloversville Pressing- ("◈-P-◈" stamped in runouts denotes an MCA Pressing Plant, Pinckneyville pressing. Runout is etched except Gloversville pressing plant ID which is stamped) Matrix / Runout - A-side label: MCA1334 Matrix / Runout - B-side label: MCA1335 Matrix / Runout - A-side runout, variant 1: MCA 1334 W-9 D-G-D LB Matrix / Runout - B-side runout, variant 1: MCA 1335 W-2 D-G-D LB Matrix / Runout - A-side runout, variant 2: MCA 1334 W-1 LB 1 D-G-O Matrix / Runout - B-side runout, variant 2: MCA 1335 W-2 O-G-D LB Matrix / Runout - A-side runout, variant 3: MCA 1334 W-9 D-G-D LB Matrix / Runout - B-side runout, variant 3: MCA 1335 W-5 LB 6 Pressing Plant ID - Stamped in runout: 回-G-回

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