JOHN MARTYN London Conversation LP 1967 MONO 1st Press

	£		311
	$		412

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by John Martyn called "London Conversation" and is an ORIGINAL 1967 UK MONO 1st Pressing on the 1st Press 'Textured' Pink Island 'Circle Logo' label!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS WAS JOHN MARTYN'S FIRST & RAREST LP EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1967 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED - IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS, AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DELETED!!!!  AS A RESULT IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  AND JUST LISTENING TO THIS LP - TELLS YOU EXACTLY WHY 1ST PRESSINGS OF THIS AMAZING LP ARE SO VERY SOUGHT AFTER!!!!  THIS INCREDIBLE SOUND THIS 1ST PRESSING HAS - GIVES YOU EVERY REASON TO AVOID THE (POORER QUALITY) MULTIPLE RE-ISSUES THAT FOLLOWED THIS ULTRA RARE 1ST PRESSING!!!!  THE MASSIVELY THICK '1ST PRESS ONLY' VINYL GIVES AN AMAZING 'WARM' SOUND TO THIS INCREDIBLE LP - WHICH LATER RE-ISSUES SIMPLY FAIL TO RE-CAPTURE!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS ORIGINAL 1967 UK MONO 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS 'TEXTURED' PINK ISLAND 'CIRCLE LOGO' LABEL, 1ST PRESS A-1 B-1 'MACHINE STAMPED' MATRIXES, 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS MONO COVER!!!!  IT IS ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT THE COVER ON THIS LP IS UNLAMINATED - THOUGH IT LOOKS PERFECTLY ORIGINAL TO ME, AND THE RECORD MOST CERTAINLY IS!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Island UK 1st Pressing from 1967 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is ILP 952 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Textured' Pink Island 'Circle Logo' Label (see picture) and is a UK MONO 1st Pressing!!!! 

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and some slight spindle marking!!!!  The vinyl is in BRILLIANT 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, only 2 or 3 MEGA light hairlines, NO scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL JUST PRESSED LOOK AND SHINES LIKE NEW!!!!  It is also GREAT to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!!  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 also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeve which is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The 1st Press MONO Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The cover has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only slight corner wear (NOT through the colour), only a few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking!), NO ringwear, NO rubbing, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!!  Even the back of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, NO ringwear, NO rubbing, and NO writing!!!!  The only very VERY minor defect to mention is that there has been a small top edge split on this cover that has been STUNNINGLY and PERFECTLY repaired!!!!  It is virtually IMPOSSIBLE to notice and 100% strong at this point!!!!  So it really is completely irrelevant!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good++ if not better!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS ULTRA 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 1967 UK MONO 1ST PRESSING OF "LONDON CONVERSATION" BY JOHN MARTYN, IN BRILLIANT 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!!!!!

On 24-Nov-02 at 12:19:15 GMT, seller added the following information: