CREAM Fresh Cream 1st LP 1966 REACTION 1st Press EARLIEST STEREO EVER

	£		93
	$		123

On offer here is a very VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Cream called "Fresh Cream" and is an ORIGINAL 1966 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Reaction label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS WAS CREAM'S FIRST & RAREST LP EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  IT IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER LPs ON THE REACTION LABEL - AND IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS 1ST PRESSED IN MEGA RARE STEREO!!!!  AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  BACK IN 1966 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED, VIRTUALLY EVERY 1ST PRESSING WAS MADE IN COMMON MONO - WITH VIRTUALLY NONE IN MEGA RARE STEREO AT ALL!!!!  MOST SHOPS DIDNT EVEN STOCK STEREO'S AS STANDARD BACK IN 1966 - AND THEY WERE ONLY EVER AVAILABLE BY 'SPECIAL ORDER' ONLY!!!!  AS A RESULT, FINDING A 1ST PRESSING OF THIS INCREDIBLE LP IN MEGA RARE STEREO IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE - AS BARELY ANY WERE EVER MADE!!!!

AND UNLIKE 99.9% OF STEREO PRESSINGS OF THIS LP - THIS ONE IS FOR ONCE THE REAL THING!!!!  THIS IS QUITE LITERALLY THE 'EARLIEST' & RAREST STEREO 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP EVER MADE - AND IS BY SOME DISTANCE THE RAREST CREAM LP ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD TODAY!!!!  I WILL EXPLAIN:-

MANY PRESSINGS OF THIS LP WERE MADE THROUGHOUT THE 1960s AND THIS IS NOT HELPED BY THE FACT, THAT ALL LOOK ALMOST IDENTICAL!!!!  SO YOU CAN MISTAKENLY BUY A 1969 3RD OR 4TH PRESSING OF THIS LP (MADE 3 OR 4 YEARS AFTER RELEASE, AND WELL AFTER CREAM SPLIT UP!) WITHOUT KNOWING IT!!!!  AND TO BE FAIR, 99% OF THE TIME, THE PERSON SELLING WOULDNT KNOW EITHER - AS THERE IS VERY LITTLE INFORMATION ON THE SUBJECT!!!!  AND THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT, AS THIS IS A STEREO 1ST PRESSING!!!!  AS MOST PEOPLE ALREADY KNOW - MONOs DOMINATED IN 1966, WITH 99% OF COPIES ON THE DAY OF RELEASE BEING SOLD IN MONO.  AND LETS BE HONEST, THE TYPE OF PERSON WHO BOUGHT THIS 'HEAVY' RECORD ON RELEASE BACK IN 1966, WASNT EXACTLY GOING TO BE A 'HI-FI' ENTHUSIAST WERE THEY????  NO, THIS TYPE OF MUSIC WAS MEANT TO BE PLAYED - AND THATS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IN ALMOST EVERY CASE!!!!  HOWEVER, BECAUSE 99% OF 'DAY OF RELEASE' PRESSINGS WERE BOUGHT IN MONO - THERE IS ALWAYS A CHANCE OF FINDING ONE IN NICE CONDITION!!!!  NOT BECAUSE THEY WERE TREATED WELL - BUT MOST OFTEN BECAUSE THEY WERE BOUGHT AND NOT LIKED, AND THEREFORE REMAINED UNPLAYED OR ONCE PLAYED.  HOWEVER, THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE SEEKING OUT A STEREO 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'DAY OF RELEASE' WAS ABSOLUTELY TINY - TO NON-EXISTENT!!!!  EVEN THE 1 PREVIOUS OWNER OF THIS LP ONLY BOUGHT IT, BECAUSE THE MONOs WERE ALL SOLD OUT!!!!  LUCKILY HIS SYSTEM HAD A BUILT IN STEREO NEEDLE, SO ALTHOUGH THIS ONE ISNT IN PERFECT CONDITION, THE SOUND QUALITY IS STILL VERY NICE INDEED!!!!  WHAT THIS ALL MEANS - IS THAT FINDING A 'DAY OF RELEASE' STEREO 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE.  AND IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT ONLY 1 BATCH OF 'EARLIEST' STEREO 1ST PRESSINGS (500 COPIES ONLY!) WERE EVER MADE!!!!  TO DEMONSTRATE THE SHEER RARITY OF THIS LP (AND AS INFORMATION ON THE SUBJECT IS NON EXISTENT!) - I HAVE LISTED ALL THE PRESSINGS OF THIS LP BELOW (AND I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THE CHANGES AS THEY HAPPENED ON EACH PRESSING BY UNDERLINING THE DIFFERENCES ON EACH ONE!):-

1) 'EARLIEST' STEREO 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE (THIS ONE!) WHICH WAS MADE 'PRE-RELEASE' ONLY AND AVAILABLE ON THE 'DAY OF RELEASE':-  WITH 'FULLY TEXTURED' LABELS,  'DOUBLE RIDGED' LABEL CENTRE,  A1/B1 MATRIXES,  111/111 STAMPERS (ALL STAMPERS ARE '1'!),  'JEWEL' LABEL CREDITS FOR SIDE 1,  'DRATLEAF/COPYRIGHT CONTROL/JEWEL/M.P.C.S.' LABEL CREDITS FOR SIDE 2,  AND AN 'ERNEST J. DAY' LAMINATED 'PATENTS PENDING' COVER WITH VERTICAL '594 001' CAT NUMBER IN THE TOP RIGHT ON THE REVERSE!

2) (STILL IN 1966) NOW WITH:-  TEXTURED LABELS,  'DOUBLE RIDGED' LABEL CENTRE,  A1/B1 MATRIXES,  HIGHER STAMPER NUMBERS,  'JEWEL' LABEL CREDITS FOR SIDE 1,  'DRATLEAF/COPYRIGHT CONTROL/JEWEL/M.P.C.S.' LABEL CREDITS FOR SIDE 2,  AND AN 'ERNEST J. DAY' LAMINATED 'PATENTS PENDING' COVER WITH VERTICAL '594 001' CAT NUMBER IN THE TOP RIGHT ON THE REVERSE!

3) (STILL IN 1966) NOW WITH:-  SMOOTH LABELS,  'DOUBLE RIDGED' LABEL CENTRE,  A1/B1 MATRIXES,  HIGHER STAMPER NUMBERS,  'JEWEL' LABEL CREDITS FOR SIDE 1,  'DRATLEAF/COPYRIGHT CONTROL/JEWEL/M.P.C.S.' LABEL CREDITS FOR SIDE 2,  AND AN 'ERNEST J. DAY' LAMINATED 'PATENTS PENDING' COVER WITH VERTICAL '594 001' CAT NUMBER IN THE TOP RIGHT ON THE REVERSE!

4) (EARLY 1967) NOW WITH:-  SMOOTH LABELS,  'DOUBLE RIDGED' LABEL CENTRE,  A1/B1 MATRIXES,  MUCH HIGHER STAMPER NUMBERS,  'DRATLEAF/JEWEL' LABEL CREDITS FOR SIDE 1,  'DRATLEAF/COPYRIGHT CONTROL/JEWEL/ESSEX MUSIC' LABEL CREDITS FOR SIDE 2,  AND AN 'ERNEST J. DAY' LAMINATED 'PATENTS PENDING' COVER WITH VERTICAL '594 001' CAT NUMBER IN THE TOP RIGHT ON THE REVERSE!

5) (MID 1967) NOW WITH:-  SMOOTH LABELS,  'DOUBLE RIDGED' LABEL CENTRE,  A2/B1 MATRIXES, 'DRATLEAF/JEWEL' LABEL CREDITS FOR SIDE 1,  'DRATLEAF/COPYRIGHT CONTROL/JEWEL/ESSEX MUSIC' LABEL CREDITS FOR SIDE 2,  AND AN 'ERNEST J. DAY' LAMINATED 'PATENTS PENDING' COVER WITH VERTICAL '594 001' CAT NUMBER IN THE TOP RIGHT ON THE REVERSE!

6) (LATE 1967) NOW WITH:-  SMOOTH LABELS,  'SINGLE RIDGED' LABEL CENTRE,  A2/B1 MATRIXES, 'DRATLEAF/JEWEL' LABEL CREDITS FOR SIDE 1,  'DRATLEAF/COPYRIGHT CONTROL/JEWEL/ESSEX MUSIC' LABEL CREDITS FOR SIDE 2,  AND AN 'ERNEST J. DAY' LAMINATED 'PATENTS PENDING' COVER WITH VERTICAL '594 001' CAT NUMBER IN THE TOP RIGHT ON THE REVERSE!

7) (VERY LATE 1967 THROUGH TO LATE 1968) NOW WITH:-  SMOOTH LABELS,  'SINGLE RIDGED' LABEL CENTRE,  A2/B1 MATRIXES, 'DRATLEAF/JEWEL' LABEL CREDITS FOR SIDE 1,  'DRATLEAF/GETAWAY SONGS/JEWEL/ESSEX MUSIC' LABEL CREDITS FOR SIDE 2,  AND AN 'ERNEST J. DAY' LAMINATED 'PATENTS PENDING' COVER WITH VERTICAL '594 001' CAT NUMBER IN THE TOP RIGHT ON THE REVERSE!

8) (LATE 1968 - THROUGH TO THE EARLY 1970s) NOW WITH:-  SMOOTH LABELS,  'SINGLE RIDGED' LABEL CENTRE,  A2/B1 MATRIXES, 'DRATLEAF/JEWEL' LABEL CREDITS FOR SIDE 1,  'DRATLEAF/GETAWAY SONGS/JEWEL/ESSEX MUSIC' LABEL CREDITS FOR SIDE 2,  AND AN 'ERNEST J. DAY' LAMINATED 'PATENTS PENDING' COVER WITH HORIZONTAL '594 001' CAT NUMBER IN THE TOP RIGHT ON THE REVERSE & ADDED 'STEREO WARNING' TEXT!

AND ALTHOUGH THIS LP ISNT IN PERFECT CONDITION - IT IS STILL BRIGHT & SHINY, PLAYS THROUGH ABSOLUTELY FINE, AND IS 100% SOLID IN EVERY RESPECT!!!!  AND IN THIS CASE - THIS IS ONE LP WHERE RARITY HAS TO BE CONSIDERED WAY OVER CONDITION, AS THE CHANCES OF EVER FINDING ANOTHER ONE AGAIN IS TRULY VIRTUALLY ZERO (THERE IS BARELY ANY LEFT IN EXISTENCE LIKE THIS ONE!)!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1966 UK 'DAY OF RELEASE' EARLIEST POSSIBLE STEREO 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'FULLY TEXTURED' REACTION LABELS, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'DOUBLE RIDGED' CENTRE HOLES, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS A1/B1 STEREO MATRIX ENDINGS, 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESS 111/111 STAMPER CODINGS, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS LABEL CREDITS (AS DETAILED ABOVE!), 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'E.J.DAY' LAMINATED 'PATENT PENDING' STEREO COVER (WITH 'VERTICAL' STEREO TEXT!)!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE (THE CHANCES OF EVER SEEING ANOTHER ONE IS VIRTUALLY ZERO!) - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Reaction UK 1st Pressing from 1966 and is SERIOUSLY rare in EVERY respect!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl!!!!  The Cat. No is 594 001 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Blue Reaction Labels (see picture) and is a much MUCH rarer UK STEREO 1st pressing!!!! 

The record labels are in GREAT condition (see pictures) with NO writing, NO wear (apart from a few touches around the centre holes!), and only a few VERY light spindle marks!!!!  The vinyl is still VERY bright & shiny looking and still plays WELL!!!!  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, only a few scufflines/hairlines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  THE RECORD IS STILL VERY BRIGHT & SHINY LOOKING INDEED!!!!  It is great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO skips, only a few light clicks (though mostly NONE!), NO sticking, barely ANY distortion AT ALL, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, NO groovwear, and only some VERY slight background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The record must MEGA STRICTLY grade Good (PROPERLY graded, NOT trashed!) if not better - though it is still a VERY presentable example that plays WELL!!!!  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 also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeve which is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'E.J.Day' Laminated 'Patents Pending' STEREO Cover is still VERY solid & presentable!!!!  The cover has NO edge wear (though there is evidence of an EXTREMELY well done repair to the top edge), slight spinal wear, slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), a few light creases (cover is still VERY flat looking!), shiny laminate, only some VERY minor evidence of 'tipping in' to the corners, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the unlaminated back of the cover is in GREAT condition with NO yellowing, NO grubbyness, NO rubbing, an almost INVISIBLE small area of wear in the EXTREME bottom left corner ONLY, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Good+ if not better - and is still a VERY solid and presentable cover indeed!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE LOCATE (ESPECIALLY AS THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' STEREO 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - WITH 111/111 STAMPERS & A1/B1 MATRIXES!) - DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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PLEASE NOTE - I may be called in for an operation on Monday should the opening arise.  If so, there maybe a slight delay of sending of up to a week (but clearly it is likely to be far shorter as recovery times are thankfully quicker in this day and age).  Of course, I will still be contactable even in the hospital bed.  I will also schedule more auctions in advance anyway, so there will still be something to look at next week!