PRETTY THINGS S.F.Sorrow LP 1968 COLUMBIA 1st Press! EARLIEST EVER!! 1G/1G!!!!

$609.73 USD
13
February 17, 2018 - 10:14:09 PM GMT (about 6 years ago)
xxxrecords
Hello! Please note, that I will be doing a HUGE full weekend of auctions this week! This auction will end on late Saturday February 17th UK time. Of course, I usually end my auctions on Sundays. However, as I have a large amount of AWESOME extra LPs, I will be doing 2 AMAZING sets of listings this week on both Saturday & Sunday!!!! So don't forget to check back before Saturday 17th UK time - to see some incredible items added to BOTH auctions throughout the week! Please read on about this AMAZING item below, and GOOD LUCK if you decide to bid:- On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Pretty Things called "S.F.Sorrow" and is an ORIGINAL 1968 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Blue/Black Columbia label!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!! THIS IS EASILY THE PRETTY THINGS RAREST & MOST SOUGHT AFTER LP EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!! JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!! BACK IN 1968 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED - IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS, AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DELETED!!!! AS A RESULT IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!! BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL - IS THAT IS IT 1ST PRESSED IN MEGA RARE STEREO - WITH A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STEREO MIX!!!! AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP - AND EASILY 10 TIMES RARER (AND BETTER SOUNDING!) THAN THE COMMON MONOs!!!! AND DESPITE MANY PEOPLE 'RAVING' ABOUT THE MONO 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP, THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE LATE 1960s LP WHERE THE STEREO 1ST PRESS MIX IS INFINITELY BETTER THAN THE MONO VERSION!!!! HAVING SPOKEN TO A BAND MEMBER MYSELF - I ALSO KNOW THE MAIN INPUT WAS PUT INTO THE STEREO MIX OF THIS LP (WHICH IS WHY IT SOUNDS SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE MONO VERSION!) WHEREAS THE MONO WAS SIMPLY CONTRACTED OUT FOR PRESSING TO ISLAND (WHICH IS WHY MONOs HAVE 'TEXTURED' LABELS!) AND ONLY THE STEREO 1ST PRESSINGS WERE EVER 1ST PRESSED BY EMI/COLUMBIA THEMSELVES DIRECTLY FROM THE MASTERS!!!! THE STEREO 1ST PRESS MIX ON THIS LP IS SIMPLY AMAZING AND BLOWS YOU AWAY COMPARED TO THE DULLER SOUNDING MONO VERSION!!!! AND I AM VERY CERTAIN - ANYONE WHO LISTENS TO THE STEREO 1ST PRESS MIX OF THIS LP, WILL NEVER WANT TO PICK UP A MONO VERSION EVER AGAIN (AS THERE IS SO MUCH MISSING ON THE MONO VERSION!)!!!! NOT ONLY THAT, BUT BARELY ANY 1ST PRESSINGS OF THIS LP WERE EVER MADE IN MEGA RARE STEREO - WITH VIRTUALLY ALL OF THEM MADE IN COMMON MONO (STEREO 1ST PRESSINGS ARE UNDOUBTEDLY 10 TIMES RARER THAN MONOs!)!!!! SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS IS THE RAREST & MOST SOUGHT AFTER 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP EVER MADE, AND IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE TODAY!!!! AND INCREDIBLY, THIS LP IS QUITE LITERALLY THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE!!!! FOR NOT ONLY DOES IT HAVE 1ST PRESS 1/1 MATRIX ENDINGS - BUT IT EVEN HAS THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESS 1G/1G MOTHER & STAMPER CODINGS ASWELL (CLEARLY SHOWING THAT THIS WAS QUITE LITERALLY THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - AND ONE OF THE FIRST 300 COPIES EVER PRESSED!!!! YOU SIMPLY CANNOT GET 'EARLIER' OR RARER THAN THIS LP!!!! THIS LP IS MADE EVEN RARER STILL - AS IT IS AN ULTRA RARE 'FACTORY SAMPLE' 1ST PRESSING!!!! AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!! 'FACTORY SAMPLE' PRESSINGS WERE ONLY EVER PRESSED IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS (NO MORE THAN A HUNDRED COPIES AT THE VERY MOST!), AND WERE ONLY EVER USED FOR 'IN-HOUSE' USE BY EMI / COLUMBIA THEMSELVES (FOR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES), SENT OUT TO RADIO STATIONS OR RECORD LIBRARIES (AS IN THIS CASE!), OR VERY OCCASSIONALLY ONE WAS GIVEN OUT TO 'IMPORTANT VISITORS' TO THE FACTORY - SUCH AS PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS FOR EXAMPLE!!!! BARELY ANY 'FACTORY SAMPLE' 1ST PRESSINGS OF THIS LP WERE EVER MADE - MAKING THIS LP OF THE UTMOST RARITY!!!!NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN GREAT CONDITION - AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!! JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!! THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1968 UK 'EARLIEST' STEREO 1ST PRESSING ON 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS BLUE/BLACK COLUMBIA LABEL, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 1/1 STEREO MATRIX ENDINGS, 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1G/1G MOTHER & STAMPER CODINGS, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'PATENTS APPLIED FOR' ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE, AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'E.J.DAY' FLIPBACK LAMINATED GATEFOLD STEREO COVER!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!! This is the ORIGINAL Columbia UK 1st Pressing from 1968 and is in GREAT condition!!!! The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is SCX 6306 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Blue/Black Columbia label (see picture) and is a much MUCH rarer UK STEREO 1st Pressing!!!! The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear (apart from a TINY 'touched in' trace around 1 centre hole!), NO writing, and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!! IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!! The vinyl is in GREAT condition overall - and is still VERY bright & shiny looking indeed!!!! Most of these 60s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO nasty concentric marks AT ALL, only a few light hairlines, NO nasty 'tick' marks AT ALL, only a few VERY light scufflines, only 2 or 3 TINY surface marks, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!! THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND SHINES LIKE NEW!!!! It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO skips, only a few VERY light clicks (though mostly NONE!), NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some slight background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!! The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!! The record must MEGA STRICTLY grade Good+ (PROPERLY graded, NOT trashed!) if not better - and is still a very VERY decent record indeed, which many would definitely grade higher still!!!! Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!! I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!! The record comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Patents Applied For' Advertising inner sleeve which is in BRILLIANT condition!!!! The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'E.J.Day' Flipback Laminated Gatefold STEREO Cover is in GREAT condition!!!! It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear (apart from some almost INVISIBLE 'touched in' traces!), NO splits, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), only a few light creases (cover is still VERY flat looking!), NO rips, NO tears, shiny laminate, only some very VERY minor evidence of 'tipping in' to the corner tips, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!! The opening edges are beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!! Even the unlaminated inside of the cover is in SUPERB condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, VERY nice flipbacks, and NO writing!!!! The cover must grade Very Good+ if not better!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE (ESPECIALLY AS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE!) - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!! HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!! It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE LP!!!! THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1968 UK STEREO 1ST PRESSING OF "S.F.SORROW" BY THE PRETTY THINGS, IN GREAT CONDITION!!!! Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. Postal discounts for multiple buys are always available - and I guarantee to ALWAYS undercharge on postage! Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!! --ooOOoo-- Though there are rarely ever any problems with my items (I always try my very best to describe everything exactly!) - PLEASE REMEMBER to contact with me FIRST, if you have any problems at all, before you leave feedback and star ratings, so I get a chance to turn any negative experience into a positive one! I can always happily sort anything out for you, if you let me know you have a problem! This way no one has to leave Negative/Neutral feedback - and we both walk away happy! Please do NOT bid if you cannot give me at least 1 chance to sort everything out to your FULL satisfaction in the unlikely event of a problem. Thanks again - Graham @ XXXRecords. PLEASE NOTE - Private feedback bidders must consult me first prior to bidding - due to previous problems regarding non-payment, and non-receipt. MY POSTAGE UNDERCHARGE GUARANTEE TO ALL BUYERS (I always undercharge on postage!):- Due to UK Royal Mail's obscene price increases this year - I have had no choice but to increase postage charges a little. Until this year - I had kept them exactly the same since I joined ebay back in 2002. However this years price increases have been so obscene, that I have had no choice but to increase my postage charges for the first time ever. However PLEASE NOTE - my absolute 100% guarantee to you as a buyer - is that I will ALWAYS undercharge postage on everything I send out. Even after the increases, I am still charging you the buyer LESS than I am being charged myself. On each package I send out - the price is clearly stated on the front of the package (please check it when you recieve it!). I also do NOT charge for packaging costs - ONLY for postal costs! And should you find that I have overcharged you postage in ANY way - I will refund DOUBLE the difference. THAT IS MY 100% POSTAL GUARANTEE FOR EACH AND EVERY BUYER! No buyer EVER deserves to be overcharged on postage - and on my listings, I'll make sure they are ALWAYS undercharged. Any questions - please ask!
332555076900
February 14, 2018 - 10:14:09 PM GMT (about 6 years ago)
GB
Psychedelic/Garage
LP (12-Inch)
33 RPM

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