Nights In White Satin/ Cities

Here's a beautiful copy of the 1968 pressing of this classic tune, which credits the A side writer as "Justin Hayward" and has a track time of 4:26. (An earlier 1968 pressing credits the A side to "Redwave.") In this first release, the song just 'bubbled under' the Bilozoard Hot 100 at #103 in February 1968. The song was re-released in 1972 in the wake of the band's other recent chart successes and went all the way to #2 that year. Collector Nerd Alert: The 1968 and 1972 pressings are difficult to distinguish because they look a lot alike and have the same catalog number. One distinguishing characteristic that I believe is useful is that the 1968 pressings (regardless of who is credited as the A side writer) have a catalog number preceded by "45-", rather than the "5N-" prefix Deram used in the 1970s. All the various releases are specially edited versions of a 7:38 album track. Note: This beautiful copy comes in a vintage Deram Records factory sleeve. It has very nearly Mint-looking labels and vinyl (styrene), and the audio grades Near Mint as well, with just a faint touch of surface noise here and there but no distortion.