JOHN MAYALL Hard Road LP 1967 DECCA 1st Press AWESOME

	£		75
	$		99

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by John Mayall's Bluesbreakers called 'Hard Road' and is an ORIGINAL 1967 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press UNBOXED Decca label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF JOHN MAYALL'S RAREST LPs 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!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS 1ST PRESSED IN MEGA RARE STEREO!!!!  AND THIS IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  BACK IN 1967 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED, MONOs ABSOLUTELY DOMINATED THE MARKET - WITH STEREO SALES BEING ABSOLUTELY TINY!!!!  DESPITE THE BEST EFFORTS OF RECORD COMPANIES TO PROMOTE STEREO - BUYERS SIMPLY WERENT INTERESTED AND DEMAND FOR STEREOs WAS VIRTUALLY ZERO!!!!  AS A RESULT - FINDING A 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP IN MEGA RARE STEREO IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION - AND AMAZINGLY HAS ONLY EVER BEEN PLAYED ONCE!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!! THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1967 UK 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS UNBOXED DECCA LABEL, 1ST PRESS 1W/1W MATRIX ENDINGS, 1ST RESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS 'ROBERT STACE' LAMINATED STEREO COVER!!!!  THIS LP ALSO HAS THE 'EARLIEST' STEREO 1ST PRESS COVER WITH NO MONO/STEREO HOLE IN THE COVER BACK (LATER ONES DO!)!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Decca UK 1st Pressing from 1967 and is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is SKL 4853 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press UNBOXED Decca Label (see picture) and is a much MUCH rarer UK STEREO 1st pressing!!!!  

The record labels are in AMAZING condition (see pictures) with NO writing, NO wear, and NO spindle marks!!!!  IN FACT, THE LABELS ON THIS LP SHOW NO TRACE OF THIS RECORD BEING PLAYED AT ALL (NO SPINDLE MARKS AT ALL!) - AND THE ONLY REASON I KNOW IT WAS PLAYED ONCE, IS BECAUSE THE 1 PREVIOUS OWNER TOLD ME HE PLAYED IT ONCE TO TAPE IT!!!!  The vinyl is in AMAZING 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, NO hairlines, NO scufflines, and only a VERY few of the VERY lightest paper scuffs only visible under EXTREME light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOKS AWESOME!!!!  It is also great to find that the playing of the record is as STUNNING 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 groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade Excellent++++ if not MINT(Minus)!!!!  AWESOME RECORD!!!!  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 SUPERB condition!!!!  The 1st Press 'Robert Stace' Laminated STEREO Cover is in SUPERB condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), only 2 light creases (NONE elsewhere and cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), VERY shiny laminate, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!!  Even the unlaminated back of the cover is in SUPERB condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, NO ringwear, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL (virtually NONE!), and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade FULL Excellent if not better!!!!  SUPERB COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - 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 1ST PRESSING OF "A HARD ROAD" BY JOHN MAYALL'S BLUESBREAKERS, IN AWESOME 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: