LOVE DA CAPO ELEKTRA EKL 4005 1ST UK PRESS EX
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LOVE DA CAPO ELEKTRA 4005 MONO 1967
MATRIX SIDE 1. COL (-2) EKL 4005 A-1A e 34-4 11-66 (HAND ETCHED)
SIDE 2. COL (-2) 1 EKL 4005 B-1B e 34-4 11-66 (HAND ETCHED)
LOVES SECOND ALBUM IS A MASSIVE SLICE OF WEST COAST MID SIXTIES PSYCHE, LOUD AND LOADED WITH ATTITUDE AND THE SOUND OF WHAT WAS STILL TO COME, SIX PUNCHY AND SOMETIMES ANGRY TRACKS ON SIDE 1 AND A HUGE PSYCHE JAM OUT FILLING THE WHOLE OF SIDE 2.
AN AMAZING RECORDING AND INCREDIBLY RARE AS A TRUE FIRST UK PRESSING, WHEN THIS LP WAS RELEASED IN THE UK ELEKTRA WERE STILL WITHOUT A UK DISTRIBUTOR, AND PRESSING THEIR ALBUMS AND RELEASING THEM IN US SLEEVES WITH UK CREDITS, UNABLE TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND, ONLY DAYS (LITERALLY!) AFTER THIS LP WAS RELEASED - ATLANTIC, ELEKTRAS PARENT COMPANY CONTRACTED POLYDOR TO TAKE OVER THE PRESSING & DISTRIBUTION OF ALL ELEKTRA LPS IN THE UK (WHICH POLYDOR CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE 1960s). POLYDOR ADDED THE 'POLYDOR RECORDS LIMITED' TEXT TO THE BOTTOM OF ALL ELEKTRA LABELS, AND ALSO TO THE REAR OF ALL ELEKTRA COVERS. AND AS POLYDOR BEGAN DISTRIBUTION OF THIS LP ONLY DAYS AFTER THIS LP WAS 1ST RELEASED IN THE UK (99% OF COPIES OF THIS LP HAD THE COMMON 'POLYDOR RECORDS' TEXT ON THE LABELS & COVER BUT NOT THIS ONE) THIS IS THE EARIEST UK PRESSING OF THIS RECORDING, AND IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM ALL LATER PRESSINGS, FIRSTLY ON EACH LABEL, THERE IS NO POLYDOR RECORDS TEXT (LATER ONES ALWAYS HAVE THIS) - AND INSTEAD IT CLEARLY STATES 'MANUFACTURED IN ENGLAND BY ELEKTRA (UK) LTD' (SEE PICTURE) AND THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THIS IS ONE THE VERY 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS, BECAUSE THE 'ELEKTRA (UK) LTD' TEXT APPEARED ONLY ON ELEKTRA LPS RELEASED BEFORE THIS LP - AND NEVER AFTERWARDS, SECONDLY THE COVER IS THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST ISSUE THICK CARD COVER WITH BOTH THE U.S. ELEKTRA ADDRESS AND THE UK ONE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE REAR OF THE COVER - AND NO 'POLYDOR RECORDS' TEXT! THIS COVER TEXT WAS REPLACED IMMEDIATELY - TO SLEEVES WITH A 'POLYDOR RECORDS' CREDIT INSTEAD, VERY, VERY RARE
THE SLEEVE IS THE THICK HEAVYWEIGHT UNLAMINATED CARD US TYPE, UNDAMAGED WITH NO SPLITS OR TEARS, THE FRONT ARTWORK IS STILL CLEAR AND BRIGHT WITH VERY LITTLE WEAR THE REAR IS STILL CLEAN AND WHITE ALL FOUR CORNERS AND EDGES ARE STILL PRESENTABLE WITH A FULLY READABLE SPINE A LOVELY SLEEVE THE REAR OF THE SLEEVE HAS THE VERY RARE UK/US CREDITS ALONG THE BOTTOM. GRADED VERY GOOD+.
THE VINYL IS BRILLIANT A CLASSIC HEAVYWEIGHT AND THICK PRESSING WITH TEXTURED ORANGE LABELS THAT ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION SUPERCLEAN WITH MINIMAL WEAR AND WITHOUT THE LATER MORE COMMON POLYDOR CREDITS, THE PLAYING SURFACES ARE VERY, VERY CLEAN AND GLOSSY JUST VERY VERY MINIMAL OF VERY LIGHT SURFACE MARKING FROM SLEEVE REMOVAL, A REALLY LOVELY LOOKING RECORD AND HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THIS DISC IS NEARLY 43 YEARS OLD, THE AUDIO PLAYBACK IS NOT A DISAPPOINTMENT AND EASILY MATCHES ITS BRILLIANT LOOKS AND PLAYS WITH A VIBRANT LOUD MONO THROUGHOUT WITH NO INTERUPTIONS OR DISTORTION OF ANY KIND, BOTH SIDES ARE AMAZING SUPER CLEAR MONO WITH NO DISTORTION AND GRADED EXCELLENT.
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