I'm Crying/ Take It Easy Baby

This copy of the early Animals classic is a label variant distinguished by large type for the artist name, so that it's wider than the song title, no hyphens in the matrix numbers, and the addition of "Corp." to the A side publisher's name. Note: This beautiful copy comes in a vintage MGM Records factory sleeve. It has one flaw that I didn't notice at first glance — a small date written in black ink against the black background; the writing doesn't show up in the accompanying scan. The clean, sharply focused audio sounds mint to me.