kentgirl22 is pleased to offer for sale the following very rare 1968 UK original 1st pressing MONO LP:

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE

"CROWN OF CREATION"

ORIGINAL 1968 UK LP 1st PRESS RCA BLACK LABEL RD 7976

VERY RARE ORIGINAL UK 1st PRESS LP *MONO*

UK 1st PRESS FRONT LAMINATED SLEEVE, DECCA PRESSED 'DEEP GROOVE' VINYL

Great ORIGINAL 1968 RCA Records UK 1st PRESSING Vinyl LP. Catalogue Number RD 7976 (MONO).

Matrix WPRM - 0547 - 2 K / WPRM - 0548 - 2 K (100% Genuine UK First Mono Pressing).

Highly collectable ORIGINAL UK (Made In England) 1st PRESS RCA VICTOR Label MONO LP from the legendary American 60s psychedelic band Jefferson Airplane, issued in 1968 and very sought after, this is the extremely rare and very desirable 1st UK MONO 'DEEP GROOVE' (Decca Manufactured) pressing in near excellent condition.

This album is a work of collective rock genius and, along with 'After Bathing At Baxters', one of the two greatest albums in the Airplane canon!

"CROWN OF CREATION" is a truly wonderful album and in its original MONO format it sounds fabulous!! Don't Miss It!

Tracks

Side 1.

1. Lather
2. In Time
3. Triad
4. Star Track
5. Share A Little Joke
6. Chushingura

Side 2.

1. If You Feel
2. Crown Of Creation
3. Ice Cream Phoenix
4. Greasy Heart
5. The House At Pooneil Corners

Rare Original 1968 UK RCA Records 'Red Spot' Black Label 1st Pressing MONO LP

Record Label: RCA Victor

Catalogue No: RD 7976

Matrix Nos: WPRM-0547-2K / WPRM-0548-2K

(Signifies original 1st pressing) 

Year: 1968

Made In England

CONDITION

Vinyl:

Side One: VG+

Side Two: EX

**See notes below:

A thick heavy vinyl 1968 UK RCA 'DEEP GROOVE' first pressing manufactured in England by Decca on behalf of RCA Victor. Vinyl plays excellently.

Side two still retains a deep, glossy sheen with only a few very light surface marks, and a few faint inaudible wispy hairlines, seen under a bright light. ** Side one you can see a non-audible and non-feelable stylus mark / paper scuff on three tracks, this does not affect the playback at all. The record plays excellently, delivering great audio throughout with powerful MONO sound, a little occasional minor surface noise, only really noticeable on the track divisions and quiter lead-in sections. No jumps, no sticks, nothing to seriously affect the listening experience. A very nice original 1968 UK RCA 1st PRESS MONO DEEP GROOVE issue of this seminal psychedelic rock album.

Labels: EX

(The labels are clean and bright with a few spindle marks and tiny scuffs)

LP Sleeve: EX

(Original 1ST PRESS MONO front laminated sleeve, featuring the iconic 'Hiro Bomb Photo' on the front and back, is in excellent condition. On the front there is a little impression wear with a couple of tiny scuffs and some tiny laminate crinkles mainly near the spine edges. Nothing serious. All the seams are solid with only a little shelfwear to speak of. The spine is very straight with the text bold and fully legible. The rear is very clean with only light wear. An excellent original UK copy of this rarely seen 1st press Mono cover)

NOTES

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE

"CROWN OF CREATION"

UK MONO RD-7976, 1968 RCA Records 'Red Spot' Black Label First Pressing LP, Deep-Groove Pressing, With 1st Press 2-K / 2-K Matrixes.

Line-up / Musicians

Marty Balin: guitar, vocals
Jack Casady: bass
Spencer Dryden: percussion, organ, vocals
Paul Kantner: guitar, vocals
Jorma Kaukonen: guitar, vocals
Grace Slick: keyboards, vocals

On offer here, from my own collection, is this very rare original 1968 UK RCA Records 1st PRESS 'DEEP GROOVE' MONO LP

On the original 1st pressing UK RCA Victor 'Red Spot' Black labels

Housed in original front laminated sleeve

Complete with its original 'Made In England' poly-lined inner sleeve

Catalogue Number: RD 7976

Matrix numbers: WPRM-0547-2K / WPRM-0548-2K

Ultra RARE ORIGINAL 1968 UK 1st MONO PRESSING issue of the classic 4th JEFFERSON AIRPLANE LP 'CROWN OF CREATION'

On offer here is an ORIGINAL 1968 UK MONO RCA 1st 'DEEP GROOVE' 1st pressing of 'CROWN OF CREATION' the classic 4th lp by the awesome JEFFERSON AIRPLANE, released on the UK (Made In England) 1st press RCA Victor 'Red Spot' Black label.

Jefferson Airplane were one of the best-known bands of San Francisco’s legendary 60s psychedelic rock scene. They were pioneers of the genre and the first band from the area to achieve any notable commercial success.

Some months after 'After Bathing at Baxter's', Jefferson Airplane finally came down to earth...more or less. On this, "Crown Of Creation" their fourth album, JA were able to meld their full blown psychedelic sound with their commercial interests, and they put together an LP more like "Surrealistic Pillow" - listenable all the way through, with a number of songs that could or should have been hit singles.

Founder folk-rocker Marty Balin, missing in action for most of Baxters's, re-appeared, singing writing or co-writing some great songs. Vocalist Grace Slick, guitarists Paul Kantner and Jorma Kaukonen, bassist Jack Cassidy, and drummer Spence Dryden are all playing and singing better than ever.

Slick's odd and folky Lather - about the growing numbers of brain or otherwise damaged American youth?- and her meatier sounding Greasy Heart have her typically literate and surreal lyrics. On the group's tasteful arrangement of Triad ( David Crosby's folk-jazz ballad about free love and polygamy ) Grace's voice is controlled and expressive, and shows how good a singer she really was. And the first side of this original LP, opening with Lather, has a more mellow feel and works nicely as a chill-out antidote to what came next- the subsequent songs and lyrics are heavier stuff.

That side starts off happily enough with Balin's ode to freedom, If You Feel, fading in on little wah wah guitar licks, bouyed by Jack Cassidy's fluid electric bass. Next comes the title tune, Paul Kantner's blend of apocalyptic sci-fi and a youth revolution call to arms. The Jorma Kaukonen penned and sung Ice Cream Phoneix calms things down only a shade. Greasy Heart precedes the albums closer and highlight, the communally sung House at Pooneil Corners - more apocalyptic revolutionary sci-fi lyrics, and someway related to the band's folk hero Fred Neil. But the interplay of three or four strong vocalists, plus the stop and start changes and feedback guitars, were unlike anything by any American group at the time.

Along with "After Bathing at Baxter's" this is truly the highest achievement the Airplane achieved. And this album doesn't sound dated at all. Great songs from everyone, Jorma's guitar is at its searing best, Jack puts most jazzos to shame. Words are superfluous. Highlights for me: Lather, In time, Share a little joke, If you feel, Greasy Heart. Spencer Dryden, an experienced jazz drummer lends to the unique feel of the music - it's rarely a straightforward rock approach; bass player Jack Casady, the best musician who ever played in a rock band is delicious all through this; Jorma Kaukonen - on acoustic guitar he's been described as John Renbourn and Bert Jansch rolled into one and these days he's more respected than ever - by the time of this album he was well on top of electric guitar and producing excitement easily to match Hendrix or Clapton; and three distinct and original singer songwriters in Paul Kantner, Marty Balin and Grace Slick - Marty and Grace being universally recognised as each being among the finest singers ever - it's worth saying again: few bands ever had one singer as good as Marty or Grace, no other band ever had 2! Imagine the Pentangle meets the Jimi Hendrix experience meets the Mamas and the Papas!

The Airplane had their share of hit singles over the years but didn't have as many instantly catchy songs as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who or the Doors but when it all came together they flew higher than anyone else.

Crown of Creation is, in my opinion, the crowning glory of JA's career. This is the crystallization of their psychedelic vision.

UK RCA VICTOR (RD 7976) FIRST *MONO* PRESSING OF JEFFERSON AIRPLANE'S INCREDIBLE 4th LP 'CROWN OF CREATION' - THIS IS THE VERY EARLY FIRST MONO 'DEEP GROOVE' PRESSING HOUSED IN THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE FRONT LAMINATED SLEEVE AND IT WAS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR A VERY SHORT TIME IN MONO BEFORE BEING QUICKLY DELETED!! MOST COPIES OF THIS GREAT LP YOU TEND TO SEE ARE THE STEREO VERSION!

THIS COPY HAS BEEN MINE FROM NEW AND HAS BEEN CAREFULLY PLAYED AND HANDLED OVER THE INTERVENING 40 + YEARS !! IT STILL SOUNDS VERY IMPRESSIVE INDEED PROVIDING A HUGELY ENJOYABLE LISTEN AS I TYPE THIS.

PRESSED ON QUALITY THICK VINYL WHICH DELIVERS A CRYSTAL CLEAR AND SHARP MONO CUT - AS YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM DECCA (THEY MANUFACTURED THE RCA VICTOR LABEL) WHO PRODUCED SOME OF THE FINEST SOUNDING RECORDS OF THE PERIOD.
THE VINYL HAS THE FIRST ISSUE 'RED SPOT' RCA VICTOR BLACK LABELS
MATRIX: WPRM - 0547 - 2K / WPRM - 0548 - 2K
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 2/B and 1/U (reputedly indicating this to be one of the initial batch of 1,000 copies of the press!!)
AND THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL (FIRST ISSUE) FRONT LAMINATED SLEEVE
COMES COMPLETE WITH THE CORRECT ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE

VERY RARE UK RCA 'RED SPOT' BLACK LABEL MONO ORIGINAL 1968 FIRST PRESSING LP. CAT.NO. RD 7976 - MONO. FRONT LAMINATED SLEEVE. ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE.

VERY RARE ORIGINAL 1968 UK 1st PRESSING MONO COPY OF THIS SUPERB LP WHICH IS OFFERED TO YOU IN VG+ NEAR EXCELLENT CONDITION.

 Low Start....No Reserve....Don't Miss Out!!

Please take a look at my other JEFFERSON AIRPLANE original UK 1st PRESS LPs listed this week

POST & PACKING:

UK: 1st Class: £4.00 (Recorded Delivery) each additional LP will cost £1.50
EUROPE: Airmail: £5.00 or £10.00 (International Signed For Delivery) each additional LP will cost £2.50 
INTERNATIONAL / REST OF WORLD: Airmail: £8.00 or £13.00 (International Signed For Delivery) each additional LP will cost £3.00

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ALL RECORDS ARE VERY WELL PACKAGED WITH THE VINYL OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE TO PREVENT ANY 'KNIFING' DURING TRANSIT. A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, CRUCIFORM (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY.

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Records / CDs Are Graded In The Following Way:

MINT (M): The record / cd displays barely any signs of use, if any, with no marks or deterioration in sound quality. Extra items and cover are near perfect.

EXCELLENT (EX): Shows only minor signs of being played with very little lessening in sound quality. The Cover and extras will have some light wear and or creasing

VERY GOOD (VG): Has been played many times but has no major deterioration in sound quality, despite some noticeable surface marks and occasional light scratches. Cover and extras will have normal wear and tear but no major defects

GOOD (G): Has been played so much that the sound quality has noticeably deteriorated with some distortion and mild scratches. The cover and any extras may suffer from folding, scuffing, split spine, discoloration etc.

FAIR (F): The record is still just playable and has considerable surface noise and may even jump. Cover and contents will be torn stained and/or defaced.

POOR (P): The record will not play properly. Covers badly damaged or partly missing

+ or - : Indicates slightly better (+) or slightly lesser (-) condition than main grade

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