EUROPE LPs | ABRAXAS [1970]
Side A : Singing Winds, Crying Beasts/Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen/Oye Como Va/Incident At Neshabur
Side B: Se A Cabo/Mother's Daughter/Samba Pa Ti/Hope You're Feeling Better/El Nicoya
Abraxas was released in Europe in Holland, Germany, UK , France, Italy, Spain by CBS in 1970. Below are covers (front, back & labels) of first pressings. All first pressings have a boxed CBS-walking eye spindle centered and come with plain orange labels. The gatefold sleeve is laminated on the outer panels. More details are listed to each item. Cover and label pressing variations can be found at Collector's Corner
1970 - HOLLAND (S 64087)
- Gatefold sleeve
- Wrongly spelled credit on Incident at Neshabur > A. Ginquinto (correct A. Gianquinto)
- Re-issued on CBS, Legacy, Music On Vinyl
1970 - GERMANY (S 64087)
- Gatefold sleeve, white band & title logo
- Re-issued on CBS, CBS Club Sonderauflage, Legacy
1970 - UK (S 64087)
- Non-gatefold sleeve, white band & title logo
- Standard original pressings have on tracks 1 - 4 Cop. Con. credits which were replaced soon by Chrysalis Music Lt./Petra Music
- Wrongly spelled credit on Incident at Neshabur > A. Ginquinto (correct A. Gianquinto)
- Re-issued on CBS, Simply Vinyl
1970 - FRANCE (S 64087)
- Gatefold sleeve with light blue CBS Walking Eye tag
- Wrongly spelled credit on Incident at Neshabur > A. Ginquinto (correct A. Gianquinto)
- Imprime en France on back cover
1970 - SPAIN (S 64087)
- Gatefold sleeve with Spanish titles and liner notes on back cover; includes a large b&w promotional band poster
- Very first Fonogram pressing [Cara 1/2] omits the band line up on the inner right panel soon to be replaced on the Fonogram [Cara a/b] pressing with the 6 piece line up pictured below the spotlight
- Slightly later CBS Discos orange label pressings [cara 1/2] came with a reduced font size; all three label variations have Spanish and English song titles
- Wrongly spelled credit on Incident at Neshabur > A. Ginquinto (correct A. Gianquinto)
- Re-issued on CBS
