LEONARD COHEN 1st ALBUM INSANELY RARE SEALED ORIG '67 LP w/AUTOGRAPHED PRESS KIT

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696

WE CURRENTLY HAVE  NEARLY 500  LISTED ITEMS

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·       LEONARD COHEN - SONGS OF LEONARD COHEN (LEONARD COHEN'S FIRST ALBUM) – INSANELY RARE ORIGINAL "AUTOGRAPHED SLIPCASE" PRESSING WITH BEAUTIFUL PRESS KIT - ORIGINAL COLUMBIA RECORDS 1967 STEREO LP CS-8733

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

*** INSANELY RARE STILL SEALED GUARANTEED ORIGINAL FIRST STEREO PRESSING ***

·       PERSONALLY AUTOGRAPHED BY LEONARD COHEN – PLEASE SEE THE MAGNIFIED DETAIL OF HIS SIGNATURE, SHOWN BELOW

·       INCREDIBLY RARE PROMOTIONAL-ONLY RELEASE WITH A CRUDE PAPER BAGGY ENVELOPING THE ENTIRE ALBUM, AUTOGRAPHED BY LEONARD COHEN, WHICH SERVES AS A "POUCH" WHICH HOLDS THE ORIGINAL ALBUM, PLUS THE MASSIVE, GORGEOUS PRESS KIT

·       *** THE ALBUM COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC, AND BIZARRELY RARE PRESS (PUBLICITY KIT) (SOME OF WHICH WAS USED FOR THE 2010 LEONARD COHEN DELUXE SERIES CD REISSUES) CONSISTING OF:

·       THREE AWESOME 11 X 11" -INCH GLOSSY, BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS IN INCREDIBLE STATE OF PRESERVATION -- PRACTICALLY UNTOUCHED.

1-   A 4-PAGE BLACK & WHTE PHOTO-ILLUSTRATED LETTER OF INTRODUCTION FROM THE LABEL (THE ARTISTS'S BIO)  ON COLUMBIA RECORDS' STATIONARY

2-   B&W PHOTO-ILLUSTRATED 11 X 11" SHEET CONTAINING BOOK REVIEW EXCERPTS FROM TRADE MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS.

3-   CRUDE, DRAWING PAPER-TYPE BROWN PAPER BAGGY PERSONALLY AUTOGRAPHED BY LEONARD COHEN, WHICH HOUSES ALL THESE INSERTS (SEE THE PHOTO)

·       ACCORDING TO THE SOURCES CLOSE TO LEONARD COHEN HIMSELF, LESS THAN 50 OF THESE WERE EVER MADE, AND THESE RARE COPIES WERE MAILED OUT STRICTLY TO THE INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS AND MUSIC INDUSTRY EXECUTIVES. WE WOULD HAZARD A GUESS  THAN LESS THAN 20 COPIES SURVIVE, OF WHICH PROBABLY LESS THAN 10 FULL AND COMPLETE. YOU ARE (LITERALLY) LOOKING AT THE PROVERBIAL HOLY GRAIL OF ALL LEONARD COHEN PRESSINGS

·       GUARANTEED ORIGINAL RED & WHITE COLUMBIA "360 STEREO SOUND" LABEL, LATE 60’s STYLE , SUCH AS THE ONE SHOWN BELOW, FROM OUR PREVIOUS AUCTION 

·       THE THICKNESS OF THE VINYL, THE APPEARANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COVER, LABEL’S LOGO AND OTHER PERIPHERAL ELEMENTS OF THE COVER, ARE ALL PERFECTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING OF THIS TITLE.

·       FOUR “BREATHE” (AIR) HOLES NOTED ON THE SHRINK WRAP (TWO ON EACH SIDE)

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·       VERY RARE ORIGINAL , FIRST VERSION OF THE COVER WHICH SHOWS LEONARD COHEN’S NAME SPLIT IN TWO (2) LINES  AND HIS LAST NAME SPILLING OVER ONTO THE BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO OF OUR HERO (PRACTICALLY ON HIS FOREHEAD!)  THE LATER PRESSINGS PUSH “COHEN” ABOVE HIS PHOTO AND ONTO THE BLACK BORDER AND COMPRESS HIS NAME INTO ONE LINE!

·       NOTE: WHILE ALMOST ALL MONO PRESSINGS OF THIS ALBUM (WHICH ARE EXCEPTIONALLY RARE) HAVE THIS, RARE COVER,  VERY FEW STEREO COVERS WITH “FOREHEAD” TITLE EXIST: THIS IS ONLY THE FIFTH STEREO “FOREHEAD” COPY WE HAVE SEEN IN A LIFETIME OF COLLECTING! (ALL EUROPEAN COVERS ARE THE TWO-LINE VARIETY, THOUGH)!

·       INCLUDES ORIGINAL FOLDOUT INSERT (LYRICS SHEET), STILL NEATLY FOLDED AROUND THE OPENING SIDE)

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

 (►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you’ll get.  GUARANTEED!)

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At a time when a growing number of pop songwriters were embracing a more explicitly poetic approach in their lyrics, the 1967 debut album from Leonard Cohen introduced a songwriter who, rather than being inspired by "serious" literature, took up music after establishing himself as a published author and poet. The ten songs on Songs of Leonard Cohen  were certainly beautifully constructed, artful in a way few (if any) other lyricists would approach for some time, but what's most striking about these songs isn't Cohen's technique, superb as it is, so much as his portraits of a world dominated by love and lust, rage and need, compassion and betrayal. While the relationship between men and women was often the framework for Cohen's songs (he didn't earn the nickname "the master of erotic despair" for nothing), he didn't write about love; rather, Cohen used the never-ending thrust and parry between the sexes as a jumping off point for his obsessive investigation of humanity's occasional kindness and frequent atrocities (both emotional and physical). Cohen's world view would be heady stuff at nearly any time and place, but coming in a year when pop music was only just beginning to be taken seriously, Songs of Leonard Cohen was a truly audacious achievement, as bold a challenge to pop music conventions as the other great debut of the year, The Velvet Underground & Nico, and a nearly perfectly realized product of his creative imagination. Producer John Simon added a touch of polish to Cohen's songs with his arrangements (originally Cohen wanted no accompaniment other than his guitar), though the results don't detract from his dry but emotive vocals; instead, they complement his lyrics with a thoughtful beauty and give the songs even greater strength. And a number of Cohen's finest songs appeared here, including the luminous "Suzanne," the subtly venomous "Master Song" and "Sisters of Mercy," which would later be used to memorable effect in Robert Altman's film McCabe and Mrs. Miller. Many artists work their whole career to create a work as singular and accomplished as Songs of Leonard Cohen, and Cohen worked this alchemy the first time he entered a recording studio; few musicians have ever created a more remarkable or enduring debut.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY MARK DEMING, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

Finding a still sealed original copy with the RARE COVER, personally AUTOGRAPHED by our hero and with a MASSIVE PRESS KIT? ?!?! Forget it – not even a HOPE!!!   Not in this vale of tears,  you won't. This may be the last one you will ever see.

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·       CONDITION:

·       RECORD

 (IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          THE ALBUM IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them. For our policy on still sealed records ►click here (PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING A BID).

(b)          The album comes with its original insert (lyrics sheet) intact  (still neatly folded around the opening)

(c)           The record is believed to come in its original stock inner sleeve.

(d)          The album comes with a PERSONALLY AUTOGRAPHED 4-piece PRESS KIT (please see above for details). ALL PRESS KIT AND ALBUM INSERTS ARE IN REMARKABE STATE OF PRESERVATION!

(e)           The record is  apparently pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(f)            Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·       COVER

COVER IS STRONG NEAR MINT, STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL ►SHRINK WRAP

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        Cover has a light "wrinkle" (crease)  in one of the corners

-        Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine and the bottom seam(BARELY VISIBLE)

NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

-        No split seams

-        No ring wear

-        No cut-out (drill) holes.

-        No cut-out corners

-        No saw-marks or indents

-        No dirt/dust rubbing stains (friction marks caused by rubbing against other covers)

-        No yellowing from aging

-        No writing

-        No stamps

-        No tearing: no chips, dents or nicks on the seams

-        No peel-off marks

-        No stains

-        No mold or mildew spots

-        No stickers or labels

-        No water damage

-        No razor marks, scratches, pressure marks, lines, streaks, or  cuts.

-        No warping

-        No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover

-        No glue traces or wax residue.

-        No bar codes

-        No RIAA stamps or stickers. 

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