- Brian Eno David Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

This is a unique test pressing of the 1st UK edition, housed in a typographic proof of the sleeve with handwritten corrections in Eno's handwriting. Its labels are standard PRS big-1/big-2 generic test pressing labels (without 'test pressing' specified), and its runout matrices are earliest variants of those found on the released first issue [r=2408445].

The sleeve is printed on one side, without glue flaps, and folded, gatefold style. Handwritten corrections appear on both the back cover and the inside plain-card surface. Additional notes have been taken in different handwriting on the inner sleeve, along with a fountain pen drawing of Eno's three-speaker "ambient speaker system" later described on the sleeve of On Land (1982). The drawing is likely Eno's but it's impossible to be sure. The inner sleeve handwriting details the title differences between this version and an earlier acetate.

This '1 1 1' pressing was presumably delivered to Eno in the proof sleeve at some late stage prior to production, and returned to EG with corrections and notes, almost all of which appear in type on the released sleeves. This is a rough draft, clearly not intended to be seen by anyone but the design, production and/or label people.

* * * Differences in printed text as follows * * *

No printed attribution for "Title from a novel by Amos Tutuola." – correction inline, note inside
No printed line for "Rooks on A4 courtesy April Potts, Eglingham Hall." – note inside
Incomplete credit for Prairie Prince – correction inline, note inside
No printed credit for Tim Wright – correction inline, note inside
Misspelled "David" for Dave Jerden engineering credit – correction inline
No printed line for "Special Thanks to Dave Jerden." – note inside

* * * The following notes & corrections are in handwriting on the rear sleeve * * *

All compositions by _ _ _
The title is taken _ _ _ _
[On Prairie Prince credit line] , bass drum ,8
Tim Wright bass 1
[On Dave Jerden credit line, 'David' crossed out and corrected to] Dave

* * * Handwritten notes inside left gatefold as follows * * *

[left column:]
Changes
All compositions –
Dunya Yusin

[right column:]
Prairie Prince Bass Drum 5,8
Tim Wright, Click Bass 1
* Rooks on 4 courtesy [scribbled-out insertion] April Potts, Eglingham Hall, Northumberland, England
Special thanks to David Jerden [sic]

[top right corner:]
Michael Rosenblatt

* * * Handwritten notes on inner sleeve * * *

[fountain pen speaker diagram at top]

[bottom left, different handwriting:]
TITLE DIF ON A 10–16–80 ACETATE
THE EXORCIST (JEZEBEL SPIRIT)
ETHIOPIAN MAN (THE CARRIER
SAMIRA (A SECRET LIFE)

[reverse, top left:]
EGLP 48
ENO & BYRNE

* * * * * *

The sleeve text in all other details matches the released sleeve.

Sleeve text is in gold, no barcode, small Polydor/EG logos on back cover.
Tracks are numbered from 1 to 11 on the sleeve.
℗© 1981 E.G. Records Limited