Rare US support sampler for Solid Air tour
John has two tracks on this item; I'd Rather Be The Devil is shortened like the other long tracks (as indicated after the album titles).
"NOT FOR SALE"
"island records | available from capitol records"
Cash Box was a US based weekly magazine for the music industry trade publishing record charts. This two page advert was to support sales during the stadium tour with Traffic and Free.
The text is clearly written for shop owners.
Part of the campaign was also a special promo album, 'An Island Sampler', with ten sample tracks of the artists mentioned. It has two catalogue numbers, one for each side: SPRO-6619 and SPRO-6620.
Although the delicacy that so beautifully counterbalances the hard edges of its music was totally lost in the Long Beach Arena sound system,
Interesting approach to marketing from the States
