FLAMING YOUTH Ark II 1969 LP RAREST PRESSING EVER
  £   104
  $   138

 


£ 104 Sold For
Jun 9, 2007 Sold Date
Jun 2, 2007 Start Date
£   3 Start price
9   Number Of Bids
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On offer here is a very rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Flaming Youth called 'Ark 2' and is an ORIGINAL UK 1969 'ALTERNATE' 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Fontana label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST LPS EVER RELEASED ON THE FONTANA LABEL AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS THE RAREST PRESSING OF THIS LP EVER MADE!!!!  I WILL EXPLAIN WHAT MAKES THIS LP SO IMPOSSIBLY RARE!!!! 

WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED IN 1969 FONTANA MADE A BIG EFFORT WITH THE PROMOTION OF THIS LP.  ALL 1ST PRESSINGS HAD A TRIPLE GATEFOLD COVER WITH A 'PLASTIC WINDOW' GIVING A 'STAINED GLASS' EFFECT ON THE COVER FRONT (I HAVE ONE ONLINE RIGHT NOW!).  HOWEVER THIS LP COMPLETELY FLOPPED ON RELEASE AND DESPITE THE PROMOTION & THE 'DE-LUXE' COVER - IT SOLD ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.  WHEN FONTANA SAW THAT THIS LP WASNT GOING TO SELL IN ANY GREAT AMOUNT - THEY IMMEDIATELY STOPPED PRODUCTION OF THE 'PLASTIC WINDOW' COVER AND INSTEAD DISPOSED ON THE FEW REMAINING RECORDS THEY HAD LEFT IN STOCK - IN A STANDARD GATEFOLD COVER!!!!  AND THIS IS FAR FAR RARER THAN THE STANDARD 1ST PRESSING!!!!  ONLY A FEW HUNDRED COPIES WERE EVER SOLD LIKE THIS (JUST BEFORE IT WAS DELETED FOREVER!) AND ARE SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER!!!!

IT IS ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT THE COVER WAS ALSO RE-DESIGNED (PROBABLY HOPING FOR MORE SALES), WITH THE BANDS NAME & LP TITLE PUT ON THE COVER FRONT - AND THE 'PLASTIC WINDOW' WAS INSTEAD 'PRINTED' ON THE COVER FRONT!!!!  THE INSIDE OF THE COVER & THE COVER BACK REMAINED EXACTLY THE SAME.  HOWEVER DESPITE THIS EFFORT IN RE-DESIGNING - IT WAS TO NO AVAIL AS THE LP SOLD EVEN WORSE THAN BEFORE - WITH ONLY A FEW HUNDRED COPIES IN THIS COVER EVER BEING SOLD!!!!  IT WAS THEN DELETED FOREVER!!!!  AND THIS MAKES THIS VERSION OF THIS LP THE RAREST LP EVER RELEASED ON THE FONTANA LABEL!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN SUPERB CONDITION!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1969 UK 1ST PRESSING ON 1ST PRESS FONTANA LABEL, 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE AND ULTRA RARE 'ALTERNATE' 1ST PRESS GATEFOLD 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 Fontana UK 1st pressing from 1969 and is in STUNNING condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is STL 5533 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Fontana label (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st Pressing (there were NO Monos)!!!!

The record labels are in AWESOME condition (see pictures) with NO wear, 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 AWESOME condition!!!!  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 scratches, NO hairlines, NO scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOKS AWESOME!!!!  It is great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY (if not BETTER) as the visual with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only the ULTRA faintest touches of AMAZINGLY low background sound on 1 run on groove ONLY - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply AWESOME with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade Excellent++ if not better!!!!  AWESOME RECORD!!!!  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 inner sleeve!!!!  The ULTRA RARE 'Alternate' 1st Press Gatefold Cover is in STUNNING condition!!!! It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour), barely ANY creases AT ALL (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), only an absolute TINY touch of ULTRA light wear on the cover front (virtually INVISIBLE on the white background!), and NO writing!!!!  The opening edges are beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!!  Even the unlaminated inside is in STUNNING condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, NO rubbing, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Excellent(Minus) if not better!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS MEGA RARE 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 1969 UK 'ALTERNATE' 1ST PRESSING OF "ARK 2" BY FLAMING YOUTH, IN STUNNING 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. P&P £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World (Postal discounts are available - see below for details).  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

 

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