JIMI HENDRIX Electric Ladyland D/LP 1968 1st BLUE TEXT UNCORRECTED MATRIXES
  £   1,019
  $   1,350

 


£ 1019 Sold For
Dec 16, 2013 Sold Date
Dec 13, 2013 Start Date
£   3 Start price
25   Number Of Bids
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On offer here is a VERY rare Double LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Jimi Hendrix Experience called "Electric Ladyland" and is an ORIGINAL 1968 UK 'Earliest' 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Track labels!!!!  THIS DOUBLE LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF JIMI HENDRIX'S RAREST & MOST SOUGHT AFTER LPs 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 TRACK LABEL - AND IS INCREDIBLY TOUGH TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS DOUBLE LP EVEN RARER STILL - IS THAT IT IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE!!!!  AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS DOUBLE LP!!!!  THIS IS A 100% GENIUNE 1968 UK 1ST PRESSING - WITH MASSIVELY THICK VINYL (LATER ONES ARE THINNER), 1ST PRESS 1/1/1/1 MATRIX ENDINGS (LATER ONES DONT), AND 1ST PRESS 'UPSIDE DOWN' MATRIXES ON THE RECORD LABELS (LATER ONES DONT HAVE THIS!)!!!!  AND INCREDIBLY - THIS DOUBLE LP IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE, WITH ULTRA RARE 'BLUE TEXT' & LARGE PICTURES OF NOEL REDDING & MITCH MITCHELL ON THE INSIDE OF THE COVER!!!!  ONLY A FEW HUNDRED COPIES WERE EVER MADE WITH BLUE TEXT & 'LARGER' INSIDE PICTURES - BEFORE THE COVER WAS IMMEDIATELY CHANGED IN THE VERY FIRST WEEK OF RELEASE!!!!  ONLY AN ABSOLUTELY TINY HANDFUL OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS ONLY, WERE EVER MADE LIKE THIS - AND IT IS QUITE LITERALLY THE 'EARLIEST' & RAREST 1ST PRESSING YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET!!!! 

THIS DOUBLE LP ALSO HAS THE INFAMOUS 'NUDE' COVER FRONT PICTURE, WHICH WAS BANNED IN MANY UK RECORD SHOPS AT THE TIME (AND ALSO BANNED IN MANY OTHER COUNTRIES ASWELL!)!!!!  AND NOW TAKING PICTURES OF THE FRONT PICTURE HAS ALSO BEEN BANNED BY EBAY - WHICH IS WHY I CANNOT SHOW A FULL PICTURE OF THE COVER FRONT!!!!  SO IF YOU ARE WONDERING WHY THERE IS NO FRONT COVER PICTURE - THATS THE REASON!!!!

BUT INCREDIBLY THERE IS MANY MORE DETAILS ON THIS DOUBLE LP - THAT MAKE IT QUITE LITERALLY THE ALL TIME RAREST & 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE (DATING IT TO THE FIRST HANDFUL OF 'PRE-RELEASE' & 'UNCORRECTED' COPIES MADE WAY BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE!)!!!!  AND THESE VITALLY IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES MAKE THIS, THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER & 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD TODAY - WITH 1 BATCH ONLY EVER MADE!!!!  THIS DOUBLE LP WAS MADE BEFORE THE DECISION WAS MADE TO CHANGE THE SIDE ORDER OF THE RECORDS - AND IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT JIMI HENDRIX LP EVER TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE - EVER!!!!  PLEASE READ ON BELOW - FOR THE FULL DETAILS:-

WHEN THIS DOUBLE LP WAS FINISHED IN THE STUDIO AND EVERYONE WAS HAPPY WITH THE MIX, THIS DOUBLE LP WAS PREPARED IN THE NORMAL WAY FOR RELEASE.  THE FIRST BATCH OF RECORDS WERE MADE (AROUND 300 COPIES) WITH THE NORMAL A/B/C/D RUNNING ORDER, AND THE COVER HAD BEEN FINISHED AND WAS IN PRODUCTION.  HOWEVER - AT THE LAST MOMENT, THE DECISION WAS TAKEN TO CHANGE THE ORDER OF THE SIDES TO SUIT THE NEW (AT THE TIME) 'AUTOCHANGER' RECORD MACHINES.  THE 'NEW' SIDE ORDER WAS A & D ON 1 RECORD, AND B & C ON THE OTHER RECORD.  THIS MEANT, THAT THE 'AUTO CHANGER' MACHINES WOULD DROP THE LP DOWN IN ORDER TO PLAY THE CORRECT SIDES IN ORDER.  HOWEVER - THE PROBLEM HERE WAS THAT 1 BATCH OF RECORDS HAD ALREADY BEEN CUT & PRESSED WITH THE NORMAL RUNNING ORDER!!!!  NAMELY THE NORMAL A/B/C/D ORDER!!!!  SO THIS HAD TO BE IMMEDIATELY SCRAPPED - WITH THE MATRIXES ON THE RECORDS RE WRITTEN (ACTUALLY 'OVERLAID' ON TOP OF THE EXISTING 'STAMPED' MATRIXES), AND THE RECORDS COMPLETELY RE-CUT ONCE AGAIN FOR THE NEW RELEASE IN THE 'AUTOCHANGER' ORDER!!!!  WHEN THIS DECISION WAS TAKEN - THE ORDER WAS IMMEDIATELY GIVEN TO DESTROY ALL RECORDS WITH THE OLD RUNNING ORDER (A/B/C/D) AS THEY WERE OBVIOUSLY UNFIT FOR SALE!!!!  HOWEVER - A TINY AMOUNT OF THE ORIGINAL BATCH DID LEAK OUT FROM THE FACTORY (IN THIS CASE - AN ENGINEER AT THE FACTORY WHO SAVED THIS LP FROM DESTRUCTION)!!!!  NOW MOST PEOPLE HAVE NEVER BELIEVED OF THIS DOUBLE LPs EXISTENCE WITH 'UNCORRECTED MATRIXES' - BUT HERE IT IS!!!!  AND HOW MANY EXIST TODAY????  PROBABLY ONLY 10 OR 20 LIKE THIS - AS MOST WERE DESTROYED!!!!  AND IN FACT, DEPENDING ON YOUR POINT OF VIEW - THIS DOUBLE LP ACTUALLY MAKES ALL LATER 'RELEASED' COPIES OF THIS DOUBLE LP (WITH LOADS OF CORRECTIONS TO THE MATRIXES!) ACTUALLY ALL 2ND PRESSINGS, AS THE PRESSING MACHINES WERE ACTUALLY STOPPED, AND EACH RECORD RE-CUT WITH COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MATRIXES WITH MANY CORRECTIONS!!!!  SO IN REALITY - THIS DOUBLE LP IS THE ONLY 'TRUE' 1ST PRESSING IN EXISTENCE - WITH ALL LATER ONES (INCLUDING ALL THE STANDARD 'RELEASED' BLUE COVER COPIES) ACTUALLY BEING LATER PRESSINGS!!!! 

I WILL NOW DESCRIBE ALL THE DIFFERENCES TO THE RECORDS BELOW - PROVING WITHOUT DOUBT THAT THIS DOUBLE LP ON SALE HERE, IS THE 'EARLIEST' & RAREST 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE!!!!

RECORD DIFFERENCES (NORMAL PRESSING LISTED FIRST & THE RAREST & EARLIEST 'UNCORRECTED' 1ST PRESSING LISTED SECOND):-
  FIRSTLY NORMAL 'RELEASED' FIRST PRESSINGS HAVE THESE MATRIXES BELOW (IN THE A/D B/C 'AUTO CHANGE' ORDER ON THE RECORDS MADE AFTER THE DECISION TO CHANGE THE SIDE ORDER):-   RECORD 1:-

SIDE A – ‘613008 (THE ‘8’ IS CROSSED THROUGH, THEN HAND CORRECTED WRONGLY AND CROSSED THROUGH AGAIN, AND FINALLY CORRECTED PROPERLY WITH A ‘HAND ETCHED’ 8) A//1
SIDE D – ‘’613009 (THE ‘9’ IS CROSSED THOUGH, AND THEN CORRECTED WITH A ‘HAND ETCHED’ 8) B//1   RECORD 2:-

SIDE B – ‘613008 (THE ‘8’ IS CROSSED THOUGH, AND THEN CORRECTED WITH A ‘HAND ETCHED’ 9) A//1 – WITH THE ‘A’ ORIGINALLY BEING STAMPED ‘B’ – BUT CORRECTED WITH A ‘HAND ETCHED’ ‘A’ SIDE C – ORIGINALLY THIS SIDE WAS STAMPED ‘613009 (THE ‘9’ IS CROSSED THOUGH, AND THEN CORRECTED WITH A ‘HAND ETCHED’ 8) A//1 – HOWEVER THERE WERE SO MANY ERRORS HERE THAT THE WHOLE OF THIS ORIGINAL MATRIX WAS CROSSED THROUGH USING ‘XXXXX’s AND EVENTUALLY COMPLETELY ‘HAND ETCHED’ 613009 B’ (LEAVING THE ORIGINAL STAMPED ‘1’ AS THE 1 IN THE B//1 MATRIX).   IN SHORT ALL STANDARD 'RELEASED' COPIES HAVE MATRIXES THAT ARE A COMPLETE MESS!!!!  HOWEVER – THIS ‘EARLIEST EVER’ 1ST PRESSING (MADE BEFORE THE ABOVE CORRECTIONS & AND IN THE ORIGINAL A/B/C/D RUNNING ORDER!) READS:-   RECORD 1:-

SIDE A - ‘613008 (THE ‘8’ IS CROSSED THROUGH, THEN HAND CORRECTED WITH A ‘HAND ETCHED’ 9) A//1 SIDE B - ‘613008 (THE ‘8’ IS CROSSED THOUGH, AND THEN CORRECTED WITH A ‘HAND ETCHED’ 9) B//1   RECORD 2:-

SIDE C - ’613009 (THE ‘9’ IS CROSSED THROUGH, AND THEN CORRECTED WITH A ‘HAND ETCHED’ 8) A//1 SIDE D - ’613009 (THE ‘9’ IS CROSSED THROUGH, AND THEN CORRECTED WITH A ‘HAND ETCHED’ 8) B//1   AND AS YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE – THIS ‘EARLIEST’ 1ST PRESSING WAS MADE, BEFORE THE DECISION WAS MADE TO CHANGE THIS DOUBLE LP’s SIDES TO MATCH AUTOCHANGERS!!!!  AND THE MATRIXES ON THE ABOVE RECORDS ARE COMPLETELY UNCORRECTED (APART FROM 1 SINGLE NUMBER ON EACH SIDE!) AND WERE MADE BEFORE THE MESSY HAND MADE CORRECTIONS WERE MADE OVER THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS MATRIXES SHOWN ABOVE!!!!  THEY ALSO OBVIOUSLY LOOK MUCH NEATER AND NICER THAN THE LATER MESSY CORRECTIONS THAT APPEAR ON THE 'RELEASED' VERSIONS!!!!  THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL & ‘EARLIEST’ 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE, AND MIXED IN THE CORRECT ORDER - BEFORE ANY LATER CORRECTIONS FOR THE FINAL RELEASED VERSION WERE EVER MADE!!!!  IT IS ALSO WELL WORTH NOTING THAT RECORD 1’s GROOVES LOOK VERY DIFFERENT UNDER LIGHT WHEN COMPARED TO THE LATER 'RELEASED' VERSIONS, AND THERE IS NO DOUBT AT ALL THAT AT LEAST ONE OF THESE RECORDS WAS COMPLETELY ‘RE-CUT’ BEFORE THE EVENTUAL FINAL RELEASED VERSION WAS EVER MADE!!!!  SO IN SHORT THIS ‘EARLIEST’ PRE-RELEASE 1ST PRESSING – MADE IN ONLY TINY AMOUNTS (1 BATCH ONLY!) HAS THESE DIFFERENCES COMPARED TO ALL LATER PRESSINGS:-   1) THE GROOVES LOOK DIFFERENT ON RECORD 1 – LATER ONES WERE RE-CUT.
2) THE LP WAS MADE & MIXED IN THE CORRECT ORDER (A/B/C/D) AND PLAYS AS A NORMAL DOUBLE LP DOES – RECORD 1:- A/B RECORD 2 C/D 3) SIDE A HAS NO ‘DOUBLE CORRECTION’ TO THE MATRIX THAT ALL ‘FINISHED’ 1ST PRESSINGS HAVE (THIS WAS LATER ADDED BEFORE FINAL RELEASE). 4) SIDE B HAS NO ‘CORRECTIONS’ TO THE STAMPED ‘B’ IN THE MATRIX THAT ALL ‘FINISHED’ 1ST PRESSINGS HAVE (THIS WAS LATER ADDED BEFORE FINAL RELEASE). 5) SIDE C HAS NO ‘EXTRA MULTIPLE CORRECTIONS’ TO THE STAMPED MATRIX THAT ALL ‘FINISHED’ 1ST PRESSINGS HAVE (THESE WERE LATER ADDED BEFORE FINAL RELEASE). 6) THE LABELS ON THIS ‘EARLIEST’ 1ST PRESSING WERE INCORRECTLY STUCK IN ORDER, AND OVERSTUCK WITH CORRECTED LABELS FOR APPROVAL (WHICH WAS NOT APPROVED AS THE DECISION TO CHANGE TO SUIT ‘AUTOCHANGERS’ HAD JUST BEEN MADE – AND THIS RESULTED IN ALL THE ‘EXTRA CORRECTIONS’ THAT ALL ‘FINAL RELEASED’ 1ST PRESSINGS ENDED UP WITH – AS DESCRIBED ABOVE!)
7) IT ALSO WORTH NOTING (SEE PICTURES!) THAT THE INNER SLEEVES ARE ALSO THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' - BEING UNDATED (LATER ONES HAD DATES!) AND PRINTED IN 'BLACK INK' (LATER ONES WERE MADE IN BLUE INK INSTEAD!)

SO THERE IS NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS IS THE ALL TIME 'EARLIEST' & RAREST 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE, WITH 'UNCORRECTED MATRIXES' AND NONE OF THE NASTY LOOKING CORRECTIONS THAT ALL 'RELEASED' COPIES ENDED UP WITH!!!!  BARELY ANY OF THESE CAN BE LEFT IN EXISTENCE TODAY (AS MOST WERE DESTROYED!) - AND THE TRUTH IS, THAT ONLY THIS 'PRE-RELEASE' & 'UNCORRECTED' DOUBLE LP CAN REALLY BE DESCRIBED AS A 'TRUE' 1ST PRESSING, AS IT WAS MADE BEFORE THE PRESSING MACHINES WERE STOPPED AND EVERYTHING WAS COMPLETELY CHANGED FOR THE FINAL 'RELEASED' VERSION!!!!  THIS IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE ALL TIME RAREST JIMI HENDRIX LP ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD TODAY (WITH UNCORRECTED MATRIX ENDINGS!) - AND IT WILL SURELY BE A VERY VERY LONG TIME (IF EVER!) BEFORE YOU GET THE CHANCE TO EVER OWN ANOTHER ONE!!!!  SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE (AND POSSIBLY UNIQUIE!) OPPORTUNITY!!!!


NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS DOUBLE LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION (WITH AN AWESOME SET OF RECORDS & A BRILLIANT COVER!)!!!!  AND THE RECORDS THEMSELVES SHOW NO SIGN OF EVER BEING PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1968 UK 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS TRACK LABELS, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'UPSIDE DOWN' MATRIXES ON THE LABELS, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'UNCORRECTED' 1/1/1/1 MATRIXES, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS A/B/C/D SIDE ORDER, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'MATCHING' INNER SLEEVES (WITH 'BLACK TEXT'!), AND ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'E.J.DAY' FULLY LAMINATED 'BLUE TEXT' GATEFOLD COVER (WITH 'LARGER PICTURES' & 'BLUE TEXT' ON THE INSIDE OF THE COVER!)!!!!  THIS DOUBLE LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Track UK 'Earliest' 1st Pressing from 1968 and is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The records are pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is 613 008/9 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Matt' Track Labels (see picture) and is a Stereo 1st pressing (there were NO Monos)!!!!

The record labels to BOTH records are in AWESOME condition (see pictures) with NO writing, NO wear, and NO spindle marks!!!!  I CAN SEE NO EVIDENCE OF ANY PLAY AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in absolutely SUPERB condition!!!!  Most of these 60s Double LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. These records are NOT and BOTH records have NO scratches, NO hairlines, NO scufflines, and only VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  BOTH RECORDS STILL RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOK SUPERB!!!!  It is great to find that BOTH records play as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, NO hiss, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  Both records are also fractionally uneven (and I mean virtually NOTHING!) - though even the most sensitive system in the world would track them effortlessly!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  Most people here would graded these records MINT - as they show NO signs of EVER being played, and look SUPERB!!!!  However because there are a few of the VERY lightest paper scuffs under light (simply from sitting in their inner sleeves for many MANY years!) I will MEGA STRICTLY grade them Excellent+ if not better to avoid any issues!!!!  And believe me I am being MEGA strict - as these records look and play SUPERB!!!!  WHAT AN AMAZING SET OF A RECORDS!!!!  Believe me these records are NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!!  I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  The records also come in their ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Matching' undated inner sleeves which are both in SUPERB condition!!!!  The ULTRA RARE 'Earliest' 1st Press 'E.J.Day' FULLY Laminated 'Blue Text' Gatefold Cover is in absolutely BRILLIANT condition - and definitely one of the best I have EVER seen!!!!  It has NO annotations, NO splits, NO edge wear, NO rips, NO tears, only some very VERY minor evidence of 'touching in' to the spinal edge (and believe me this is very VERY minor indeed and the spine still looks BRILLIANT!), NO sticker tears, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), possible very VERY minor evidence of 'tipping in' to a couple of the EXTREME corner tips, NO laminate loss, STUNNING shiny 'mirror-like' laminate, barely ANY creases AT ALL (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), NO annotations, only the VERY slightest touch of uneveness towards the spine (this is VERY minor indeed - with the edges & opening edges still PERFECTLY straight with NO ripples in the opening edges AT ALL!), NO indentations, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edges are beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the laminated inside of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with NO grubbyness, only a few VERY light creases, NO yellowing, shiny laminate, and NO writing!!!!  The only other detail I will say - is that although this cover is PERFECTLY in position now (and folds properly flat with the outside of the cover in PERFECT position!) I believe this cover was probably folded the wrong way in the early years of its life to hide the women on the cover front.  I only say this - because the inside of the cover has a few light creases, and slightly duller laminate than the AWESOME outside of the cover (which has laminate that looks AMAZING!).  This has also meant that there are slight 'overlaps' on the opening edges - which whist they could have been from manufacture (I have seen this before) they could equally have been caused by the cover being stored the wrong way.  On the plus side however - it has meant that the 'ladies' on the cover front are in near PRISTINE condition, and almost NEVER seen with laminate as shiny as this cover has!!!!  And even the inside of the cover (with the 'Blue Text' looks BRILLIANT!)!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good++++ if not better - and is very VERY hard to find in this condition now!!!!  THIS DOUBLE LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS (ESPECIALLY AS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE WITH 'BLUE TEXT' COVER & 'UNCORRECTED' MATRIX ENDINGS!) - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE 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 DOUBLE LP!!!!  THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1968 UK 'EARLIEST EVER' 1ST PRESSING OF "ELECTRIC LADYLAND" BY THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE, IN SUPERB 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.  Postal discounts for multiple buys are always available - and I guarantee to ALWAYS undercharge on postage!  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

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