What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes?

@bassbuyer 

Yep

@dogberry

What you have is a 1976 reissue. They switched to the blue rim orange palm tree label for that reissue.

@billpete 

You definitely have a 1971 or 1972 reissue. Does it say anywhere who it was printed by? Possibly on the inner sleeve. But I am not sure. If it says who it was printed by that will narrow it down. Also does the ILPS9135 on the labels not the cover, have a hyphen ILPS-9135 or just a space ILPS 9135? That will narrow it down. Since it appears that only one issue did not have the hyphen on the labels. I would need the dead wax matrix info in order to pinpoint it.

@bassbuyer

I don't think that many people saw the early Steely Dan  concerts since they quit touring very early in their career. I also saw the first tour after they released Two Against Nature in 2000. I saw them at "George at the Gorge" in Washington State. The outside venue sits right on the edge of the gorge that has been carved by the Colombia River. It is near the small town of George, Washington. Located in the south eastern part of Washington State. In the middle of nowhere. They released a live album of that tour. And the cover photo was taken from that show.

I have since seen them a number of times.

@flash56 

Inside the gatefold, at the bottom, says Printed and made by the E I (I think) Day Group, London and Bedford.

The ILPS-9135 in hyphenated on the label.

In the wax, I can read the same ILPS space 9135  A-3 u. It also says Sterling in very small print as well as RD

Sounds like a re-issue? All I can say is, it sounds better than the A&M's. Too bad my 180G has the off-center hole.