HANNIBAL S/T DEBUT UK B&C LP 1970 1ST UK Press PROG PSYCH Rarity Vertigo

	£		151
	$		200

HANNIBAL

orig. UK PRESS 1970

B&C CAS 1022

Machined Matrices: A-1U  B-1U

earliest mother stampers

Stunning example which for the vinyl is a museum condition upgrade!!! Barely or unplayed.

Hannibal are squarely in that unique early 70s UK blues rock school of saxophone/flute lead proto prog, similar in scope to other same-era English acts like Diabolus, Aquila, Jethro Tull and Raw Material (circa their first album). Some really nice jazz-tone guitar work too. Despite the lengthy tracks, there isn’t much in the way of inter-song development. Highlights are certainly the last two tracks: 'Wet Legs' and 'Winter'. A good example of the style and clearly topnotch prog, very overlooked at the time and as a result mega rare and impossible to find with just a couple of thousand ever pressed ...

Vinyl: EX+ to NM.  I'm very happy to be able to present this HANNIBAL gem in this wonderful condition. The audio is simply sublime played on my Technics deck with Linn Sondek cartridge and through my Rotel amp and B&W speakers.  This vinyl sounds out of this world, a majestic album that showed that really went largely under the radar. Why ...? 

 Unbelievably it has no hairlines or marks and the audio is simply stunning. Judging by the absence of any spindle traces or hairlines this ha probably not evr been played at all!! Just a few paper retraction traces only visible under a very strong light! Even a new vinyl would have these. The audio has beautiful separation and there is hardly ever any background noise. A beautiful silent full stereo joyful experience. I played this through in full and thoroughly enjoyed it, indeed my most intensive listen for this week.. I was even tempted to keep this as it will be very hard to find this again, it is indeed mega rare now in this kind of condition. Needless to say NO jumps, clicks or ticks. 

Gatefold Sleeve: VG++ to EX.  Fantastic looked after matt gatefold sleeve with beautiful rich colours and without any creasing.  It sits superbly flat and has a sharp crisp opening. Light storage wear on the edges, the spine is fully legible.  A beautiful original sleeve and a fantastic upgrade condition. One sticker with a number to the right top corner. The winner will be very pleased indeed!! No marks, no seam splits or tears. The inside gatefold is totally unmarked without any writing.  This is an upgrade for most psych and prog collectors.

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This an excellent investment opportunity!!! Any questions please ask me and I will try to answer soon.

Though there are rarely ever any problems with my items, I always try my very best to describe everything exactly!  PLEASE REMEMBER to contact 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! Similarly with the amount of stars, anything less than a full 5 * rating is effectively detrimental to a seller's rating as lower ratings will incur higher Final Value Fees  and lower priority in the bidlists eventually making it unattractive to list items on Ebay at all. I know of at least one major previous Ebay seller who has decided not to list via Ebay again. 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!!

This an excellent investment opportunity!!! Any questions please ask me and I will try to answer soon.