CHAPMAN & WHITNEY Streetwalkers LP 1974 REPRISE 1st + TEST PRESS 1/1 UNIQUE
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On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Chapman & Whitney called "Streetwalkers" and is an ORIGINAL 1974 UK Reprise 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Reprise label!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!! THIS SI ONE OF THE RAREST LPs ON THE REPRISE LABEL - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!! JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!! BACK IN 1974 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED - IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS (LIKE THIS!)!!!! AS A RESULT IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!! BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT, NOT ONLY IS THERE A 100% COMPLETE 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP - BUT THERE IS ALSO A TEST PRESSING ASWELL WITH UNRELEASED MATRIXES!!!! AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!! I WILL EXPLAIN WHAT MAKES THIS LP UNIQUE - AND HUGELY DESIRABLE!!!!
1) INCLUDED IN THIS AUCTION IS A BRILLIANT CONDITIONED 1ST PRESS - 100% COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL INSERT!!!! AND AS MOST PEOPLE ALREADY KNOW, THE STANDARD 'STOCK' 1ST PRESSING HAS 'K 54017' 2/2 MATRIXES AND CROSSED OUT 'RA 58502' 2/2 MATRIXES IN THE RUN ON GROOVES.
2) AND THIS IS BECAUSE, AS THE TEST PRESSING CLEARLY SHOWS, THE ORIGINAL UK 1ST PRESS CAT NUMBER FOR THIS LP WAS DUE TO BE 'RA 58052'.
3) AND THE 'TEST PRESSING' RELEASE SHEET ON THE FRONT OF THE COVER OF THE TEST PRESSING (SEE PICTURES!) IS VERY INTERESTING INDEED!!!! FOR IT SHOWS THAT THIS LP WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE IN APRIL 1974 - BUT FOR SOME REASON WAS HELD BACK UNTIL MAY 1974!!!! AND BETWEEN APRIL AND MAY 1974 THE CAT NUMBER WAS CHANGED FROM 'RA 58502' TO 'K 54017'!!!!
4) BUT THE MOST INTERESTING PART OF ALL IS THE MATRIXES. FOR EVEN THE 'CROSSED OUT' 'RA 58502' MATRIXES ON THE RELEASED VERSION END IN 2/2. YET THIS TEST PRESSING HAS THE MATRIXES ENDING IN 1/1 - WHICH WAS NEVER EVER RELEASED!!!! WHICH CLEARLY MEANS THAT THIS 'TEST PRESSING' MUST HAVE SOME MIX OR TONAL DIFFERENCES - AS 1/1 MATRIXES WERE NEVER USED IN THE FINAL RELEASE!!!! AND THIS MAKES THIS LP COMPLETELY UNIQUE!!!!
CONDITION:- AND RATHER THAN GO THROUGH BOTH LPs I WILL SIMPLY AND QUICKLY DESCRIBE THE CONDITION - AS IT IS FAIRLY SIMPLE.
THE STOCK 1ST PRESSING + INSERT IS OVERALL AT LEAST VERY GOOD++++ IF NOT BETTER!!!! IT ONLY SHOWS ONE OR TWO PLAYS, AND THE VINYL IS STUNNING APART FROM 2 OR 3 VERY LIGHT SCUFFLINES THAT DO NOT SOUND!!!! THE VINYL EASILY GRADES VERY GOOD++++ IF NOT BETTER!!!! THE INSERT IS IN NM CONDITION AND PROBABLY HASN'T EVER LEFT THE COVER!!!! THE FULLY LAMINATED COVER IS AT LEAST VERY GOOD++++ IF NOT BETTER AND LOOKS BRILLIANT!!!! MOST PEOPLE WOULD SAY EXCELLENT I AM CERTAIN!!!!
THE TEST PRESSING COVER IS A BIT TATTY AND AS PICTURED!!!! PROBABLY AROUND THE 'VG' GRADING. THE TEST PRESSING RECORD IS AGAIN AROUND 'VG'. THERE IS NOTHING TERRIBLE OR DISTURBING ON IT - JUST A FEW VERY LIGHT HAIRLINES, AND SOME VERY LIGHT PAPER SCUFFING UNDER LIGHT!!!!
ALL IN ALL A BRILLIANT EXAMPLE OF A RECORD THAT IS CLEARLY COMPLETELY UNIQUE - WITH UNRELEASED 1/1 MATRIXES AND A DIFFERENT UNRELEASED CAT NUMBER!!!!
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