BREWERS DROOP(TOM McGUINNESS):"OPENING TIME".1972 RCA+GATEFOLD COVER.NEAR MINT

	£		20
	$		27

ATTENTION 1970s BRITISH PROGRESSIVE ROCK AND MANFRED MANN COLLECTORS!   

HERE IS AN ORIGINAL 1972 1ST ISSUE OF THE RARELY SEEN(ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION)ALBUM BY BREWERS DROOP THAT INCLUDED THE FORMER MEMBER OF MANFRED MANN-TOM McGUINNESS. THE ALBUM IS CALLED "OPENING TIME" AND HAD VERY LITTLE ATTENTION OR SALES,46 YEARS AGO AND AS SUCH WAS PROBABLY DELETED WITHIN A FEW MONTHS OF ISSUED DUE TO POOR SALES.  THIS IS THE 1ST RCA VICTOR LABEL DESIGN AND THE VINYL IS VERY THICK. RCA SF 8301 WITH THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE 1E/1E MATRIXES-STEREO MIXES(THERE WERE NO MONO EDITIONS OF THIS LP). IT'S THE FIRST COPY I HAVE FOUND IN YEARS AS A DEALER! 

THIS EXAMPLE DIRECT FROM THE COLLECTION OF A MAJOR COLLECTOR WHO HAS FINALLY DECIDED TO SELL HAVING CARED AND CHERISHED HIS RECORDS-MOST BOUGHT NEW AT THE TIME WITH MINIMAL PLAYS AS OFTEN THE CASE WITH LARGE COLLECTIONS.THEY WERE STORED UPRIGHT ON STRONG SHELVING AWAY FROM LIGHT,HEAT,DAMP AND THE PREVIOUS OWNER WAS A NON-SMOKER!  THIS IMPRESSIVE EXAMPLE HAS HAD CAREFUL AND MINIMAL USE IN 46 YEARS.

ISSUED ON THICK 100% FLAT VINYL.  LOCATING A REALLY OUTSTANDING 1972 COPY IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE AS THE MAJORITY OF COPIES WERE PLAYED OVER AND OVER AGAIN CAUSING MAJOR DISTORTION AND GENERAL WEAR. THIS COPY HAS HAD SOME MINIMAL USE WITH GLEAMING SURFACES,JUST A COUPLE OF ULTRA TINY,FAINT,WISPY HAIRLINE SURFACE MARKS VISIBLE UNDER STRONG LIGHT. THERE IS HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE! NO NASTY LOUD CLICKS,NO STICKS OR JUMPS! THE 1972 PRESSINGS HAVE FAR MORE BASS THAN THE LATER 1970s LPs.  STRICTLY AND SERIOUSLY GRADED AS NEAR MINT CONDITION! THICK VINYL. THERE IS HARDLY ANY SPINDLE WEAR AND NO LABEL WRITING,STAINING,RIPS OR DEFACEMENT!  THE GATEFOLD COVER HAS SOME SLIGHT EDGE WEAR AS WELL AS A FEW SMALL CREASES BUT NO WRITING,RIPS OR REPAIRS!  PLEASE SEE ALL THE PHOTOS SHOWING THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE GATEFOLD COVER AND BOTH LABELS!    NOTHING TO HIDE! A LOW,REALISTIC £20 PRICE WITH MORE 1970s RARE LPs FROM ME FOR SALE ON EBAY THIS WEEK AND TO MANY MORE FOLLOW SO CHECK THEM OUT!.

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Over the years I have helped to add to the collections of many  collectors and given my experience, I am aware of the titles that are GENUINE RARE ITEMS.

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This is my honest grading!!!

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