Lighthouse – Sunny Days (1972 LP Original Canadian GRT Gatefold Pressing) - EX/NM Vintage Vinyl (9230-1021)

Catalog a classic 1970s Canadian brass-rock studio album for your archival inventory: Sunny Days by Lighthouse. Manufactured in Canada by GRT of Canada Ltd. (Willowdale, Ontario) on orange-and-white vertical-logo GRT Records labels (9230-1021; Side 1 / Side 2; full four-quadrant MAPL Canadian content logo), this 12-inch stereo vinyl LP was produced by Jimmy Ienner for C.A.M. Productions (in association with Skip & Paul Prod.), recorded at Thunder Sound Studios in Toronto, Canada (engineered by Phil Sheridan), mixed at O.D.O. Sound Studios in New York City (engineered by Jack Sherdel), and mastered at Mercury Sound Studios in New York City (engineered by Gilbert Kong). Featuring Skip Prokop, Paul Hoffert, Ralph Cole, Bob McBride, Don Dinovo, Dick Armin, Larry Smith, Howard Shore, John Naslen, and Alan Wilmot, the tracklist spans Side 1 ("Silver Bird", "Sunny Days", "You Girl", "Beneath My Woman", "Merlin") and Side II ("Broken Guitar Blues", "Letter Home", "You Give To Me", "Lonely Places"). Housed in its original unipak/gatefold outer sleeve (9230-1021) featuring David Street's sunlit meadow group photography and graphics by Stephen Bailey, the vinyl disc is preserved in an archival Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MoFi) Original Master anti-static inner sleeve.

Structural & Visual Inspection

• Vinyl Surface & Labels Condition - EXCELLENT / NEAR MINT (EX / NM): Glossy black vinyl retains deep groove luster with crisp micro-groove definition, showing only faint, non-feelable hairline sleeve marks and minor surface dust flecks under angled macro inspection. Both Side 1 and Side 2 orange-and-white GRT labels (9230-1021) remain bright, vibrant, and clean with sharp black typography, minimal spindle marks, and clean center holes.

• Gatefold Jacket & Inner Sleeve Integrity - VERY GOOD PLUS / NEAR MINT (VG+ / NM): Original gatefold outer sleeve exhibits warm backlit field photography on the front, sunset poplar trees and tracklist on the back, and full-bleed band photography and credits inside, showing light edge/corner rubbing, mild ring/surface wear on the back panel, and a solid intact spine with no seam splits. Includes a clean Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MoFi) Original Master anti-static archival inner sleeve.

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