Has this picture been mutilated?

Those pictures hardly proves anything...it just says that the album was recorded in 1971 not that it was relased in 1971.

Also when the material is recorded it also is copyrighted by that year.

Forexample Iron Maidens first record is RECORDED in 1979 but released in 1980

Lindsay Lohan wrote: Because im guessing that you discuss when Fragile was released?

That topic is going on in it's own thread, if you have time you can read it all over, and comments are welcome. Here I am just asking if you think the second picture has been manipulated.

Lindsay Lohan wrote: What exactly is it that is manipulated really Besides what would be the point?

Honsetly, I don't understand, he claims the part below Atlantic seal is cut, as you see in his last post on the page 12 of that thread, maybe he is pulling my legs!

The date 1971 on the actual disc is fake:

Unfortunately it doesnt come out very well on here but the area surrounding the digits shows evidence of manipulation.Some kind of "cloning" tool has been used and the boldness of the digits is not the same as black type elsehere on the disc.There is a tell-tale "swirling" on the red background.

I wish this would display larger (photobucket reduced it) but I cloned the "7" from 1972 and even slightly changed the colour of some of the pixels of the "7" I placed over the 9 (of 1972) so that even though they started out identical they arent any more...if you catch my drift...

You can go on for ever....

The first iniatal press of FRAGILE with the original lineup