HOPETON LEWIS:COOL COLLIE+DERRICK MORGAN:JUDGE DREAD.1979 ISLAND DEMO+SKA COVER.

	£		19
	$		25

ATTENTION 1960s SKA  COLLECTORS!

HERE IS A VERY RARE ITEM,NOT TO BE FOUND VERY OFTEN AS GOOD AS THIS!

INFACT THE FIRST DEMO COPY I HAVE SEEN IN 25 YEARS AS A DEALER! 

THREE CLASSIC 1967 SKA TRACKS INCLUDING THE MUCH SOUGHT AFTER ROCKSTEADY SKA GEM FROM HOPETON LEWIS:"COOL COLLIE" THAT IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO GET ON AN ORIGINAL ISSUE ALONGSIDE TWO OTHER SKA CLASSICS REISSUED IN 1979 TO COINCIDE WITH THE MOD/2-TONE REVIVAL IN THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE PRESSING AND IN SUPERB CONDITION WITH IT'S USUALLY MISSING SPECIAL SKA COVER. 

THIS HAD MINIMAL SALES-PROBABLY DELETED WITHIN A FEW WEEKS OF ISSUE.

THE OTHER TRACKS ARE DERRICK MORGAN'S "JUDGE DREAD IN COURT" AND DESMOND DEKKER'S "007".

ISLAND WIP 6592 WITH A-1U/B-1U MATRIXES-THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE. THIS IS VERY HARD TO FIND IN DEMO FORM,ONE OF JUST A FEW HUNDRED COPIES MADE IN ADVANCE FOR DJs AND REVIEWERS! NO SPECIAL DEMO WORDING BUT IT HAS THE LARGE"A"ON THE"A"SIDE(!!)UNLIKE THE STANDARD SHOP COPIES! 

  CLEAN LABELS WITH NO WRITING! 

PLEASE SEE THE PHOTOS! 

THIS IS VERY TOUGH TO FIND AS A UK DEMONSTRATION  PRESSING AS ONLY A FEW HUNDRED WERE MADE PRE-RELEASE!

ONE OF AROUND 250 COPIES,

MADE IN ADVANCE FOR SELECTED RADIO DJs/PRODUCERS AND RECORD REVIEWERS!

THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE PRESSING!

CRISP SOUND AS EXPECTED ON ONE OF THE FIRST OFF THE MASTER STAMPERS!

EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH A FEW FAINT SURFACE MARKS. THERE IS A LITTLE SURFACE NOISE BUT NO SWISHES,CLICKS,STICKS OR JUMPS. HOUSED IN IT'S ORIGINAL DIE CUT SKA LOGO COVER WITH A FEW CREASES.

STRICT GRADING AND OF COURSE THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN ANY CONDITION AS A DEMO-YOU'LL WAIT YEARS TO FIND ANOTHER! 

IT MAY SEEM INCREDIBLE TO YOUNGER COLLECTORS , BUT  WHEN THIS DEMO 45 WAS MADE,THERE WERE VERY FEW RADIO STATIONS AND MUSIC PAPERS OR REVIEWERS TO SEND UPFRONT PROMOTIONAL RECORDS TO.A FEW IMPORTANT MAJOR RECORD DEALERS AND JUKE BOX OPERATORS MIGHT GET THEM BUT IT HAS BEEN REPORTED BY SEVERAL RESPECTED MUSIC INDUSTRY PROMOTIONAL STAFF THAT THE ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM PRINT RUN FOR A DEMONSTRATION DISC BEFORE THE MID-1960s PIRATE RADIO AND NIGHTCLUB EXPLOSION WAS 250 COPIES-EVEN THE BEATLES"LOVE ME DO"HAD JUST 250 DEMOS MADE-SEE MARK LEWISOHN's EXCELLENT AND ESSENTIAL BOOK"BEATLES RECORDING SESSIONS"PAGE 22 FOR PROOF-HE SHOULD KNOW!!!!

THE VAST MAJORITY OF DEMOS THAT SURVIVE OFTEN HAVE CENTRES MISSING,MAJOR LABEL DEFACEMENT AND DEEP SCRATCHES etc etc. 

SO HOW MANY SURVIVE AS GOOD AS THIS ONE????

THIS DEMO WAS SENT TO A FORMER BBC RADIO ONE DJ,WHO CAREFULLY FILED HIS RECORDS  ON STURDY SHELVES AWAY FROM STRONG LIGHT AND HEAT IN A CAREFULLY TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED LIBRARY AREA OF HIS HOME.

NO ONE ELSE,UNTIL ME,HAS HANDLED THEM,THEY WERE NEVER LEANT OUT,TAKEN TO DJ NIGHT TIME EVENTS OR INDEED WERE FOR THE MOST PART NOT USED ON THE BBC,AS THE STATION HAD COPIES ALREADY,THIS COPY WAS PLAYED A FEW TIMES,AND THEN FILED AWAY UNTIL NOW!

MOST COPIES HAVE NOW ENDED UP IN LONG TERM COLLECTORS COLLECTIONS AND ARE GETTING LESS FREQUENT ON EBAY OR ANYWHERE!!!

NOT A DODGY REPRO AS MAY EXIST

THIS IS A GENUINE UK DEMO 45!!

(MORE DETAILS BELOW)!!!

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A VERY NICE DEMO 45 OF THIS FANTASTIC AND RARE SINGLE 

-THIS COULD BE THE ONE FOR YOU!

A DEMO 45 IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF ANY SKA COLLECTION AND WOULD LOOK WONDERFUL FRAMED UP AS AN EXAMPLE OF A VERY SPECIAL SINGLE IN A RARELY SEEN VARIATION!

MOST COPIES THAT SURVIVE ARE IN DREADFUL CONDITION.

YOU MAY NEVER FIND ONE AS GOOD AGAIN!

JUST LOOK AT MY PHOTOS!

AN ELITE ITEM FOR ANY COLLECTOR OF SERIOUSLY RARE 1970s RECORDS!

IT IS TIME FOR ANOTHER DELIGHT FROM ONE OF THE UKs LEADING RECORD EXPERTS/DEALERS.  

TIME FOR A LITTLE ABOUT ME! FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH ME ON EBAY SINCE 2002 AND INDEED ELSEWHERE BEFORE SINCE 1986, WILL PROBABLY KNOW I HAVE BEEN A RESPECTED DEALER,  MUSIC EXPERT AND COLLECTOR FOR MANY YEARS CALLED UPON BY RADIO,TV AND PRICE GUIDES FOR MY ADVICE AND KNOWLEDGE!! 

DEMOS WERE USUALLY PLAYED A LOT BY DJs AND IN THE"ROUGH"WORLD OF"DJing"SO OFTEN LEFT OUT OF THE COVER,BADLY TREATED OR EVEN THROWN OUT AFTER USE!

MOST DJs and REVIEWERS WOULD BE SENT DOZENS OF RECORDS EVERY WEEK AND HARDLY ANY THOUGHT LONG TERM INVESTMENT!!!!

The MONO mixes are brilliant and full of bass.

Vinyl is still the best way to hear 1960s SKA and always will be!   A FANTASTIC ITEM!

GREAT INVESTMENT FROM ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING RECORD EXPERTS! 

I TEST ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITHOUT FILTERING OR A MONO SWITCH.

I HAVE PLAYED IT TO CHECK FOR ANY FAULTS.

There is NO spindle wear.  

THE PRINT IS STILL VERY CLEAR AND SHARP.

THE COVER IS IN SUPER ORDER!

Look elsewhere on ebay and WON'T see other copies-It's been on many collectors wants lists for YEARS. 

MOST RECORDS ON EBAY ARE IN DIABOLICAL, BAD CONDITIONS ATTEMPTED TO BE  SOLD BY PEOPLE WHO DO NOT KNOW HOW TO GRADE OR BOTHER TO ACTUALLY PLAY THEM FOR AN ACURATE DESCRIPTION!

This is A POSSIBLE UPGRADER COPY-EXAMINE YOURS AND IT MAY NOT BE AS GOOD AS YOU THINK!

AT WORSE AND IN THE STRICTNESS OF POTENTIAL BUYERS,THE DISC IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION. FAR BETTER THAN MOST PEOPLES USE OF THE "NEAR MINT"GRADING BUT IT IS DOWN TO MY STRICT GRADING POLICY.

REMEMBER I AM GRADING STRICTLY! PLEASE STUDY THE PHOTOS! 

As both a collector and dealer,I AM VERY STRICT ON GRADING but DO CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR GRADING PROOF!!!!

Realistic  £5 STARTING PRICE. OFFERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED! 

THIS IS A GREAT CHANCE TO OWN A FANTASTIC DEMO 45. A GREAT INVESTMENT!   

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-GOOD LUCK!