LOVE Forever Changes ELEKTRA 1967 1st Press GOLD Label ReH Master VG+ LP w/Inner

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PHASE ONE of a large group of Vintage 60s & 70s PSYCH LPs in this Auction series.
from 50+ years collection of decades-long radio DJ, Record Store associate and dedicated Vinyl Collector. MORE (Phase 2 and Phase 3) to be listed in the coming weeks.
These AUCTIONS are Long Overdue! Medical issues got in the way over the last few months, but Back on track now with many Highly Sought obscure Rarities, Classic Cornerstone LPs and Faves finally here for you! My apologies to any and all loyal collectors and past buyers who have waited so long.  .
All Auctions in this series start at 99¢ opening bid!
...everybody should have a good chance at taking a few of these treasures home.
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Mostly 1st PRESSINGS, including a number of PROMOs and UK Imports.
Many still in Shrink wrap, some Still Sealed. Most of these LPs are in strong VG+ to NM Condition.
Quite a few STERLING, MASTERDISK, ARTISAN and BELL SOUND Masters and MONARCH Pressings  in the mix!
Hard Psych, Acid Psych, Garage Psych, Folk Psych, Fuzz Psych, Hippie Psych, Guitar God Psych, Mod Psych, Mad Psych, Experimental Psych, Popsike, San Francisco Flower Power Psych, Texas Psych, UK Psych, Blues Psych, Private Psych, Stoner Psych, Punk Psych, Proto-Punk-Folk Psych, Dark Psych, Baroque Psych, Underground Psych, Prog Psych, Unknown Psych, Regional Psych ... and solid batches of multiple Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, Love and The Grateful Dead in this 1st Phase. HAVE FUN!
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LOVE forever changes
ELEKTRA Records 74013
Original 1967 issue Stereo LP
FIRST PRESSING "ReH" MASTER
VINYL is VG+
Clean, Glossy Vinyl with scattered light surface scuffs, hairlines, Viewed under hard bright light; Nothing feelable. Labels are extremely clean both sides.
NOTE FOREVER CHANGES first pressings info (from DISCOGS): 
"It is hard to find a copy that plays without excessive surface noise. This is not necessarily because the vinyl is of poor quality, but because the recording itself had to be mastered very softly (due to its length, dynamic range and stereo separation). *Elektra had this title pressed in 1967 by three different plants: Allentown (AL), Columbia, Terre Haute (CTH) and Monarch (MON). Each plant was sent a different master lacquer to cut from (rather than a copy of the mastertape which was more common in those days), thus ensuring that all pressings had similar high sound quality."
*THIS copy has definite surface noise at beginning grooves of each side, between tracks and in some quiet passages. Most of the time though, the music plays clearly, without audible background noise.  The RAY HAGERTY Laquer Cut / Master is broadly considered the best of all the masters. The result is Very High Sound Quality: warm-bodied wide dynamics, bold, full, high and low ends with very clearly defined tonalities and instrument separation.
Like all the other first pressings, this is delivered over the noticeable background noise described above. The Trade-off is Audible background noise in parts / Superb sonic dynamics throughout.
.COVER is VG
Bright and overall clean, but with some light tan streaking in the white background. a couple of creases at bottom right edge/corner. Back has "BEN" written in pale blue ink on left edge. Sharp corners and straight edges all around. Seams and spine completely intaact with no wear or splits.  

STRICT CONSERVATIVE GOLDMINE GRADING
NM / EX(VG++) / VG+ / VG


LOVE's 1967 Folk/Psych Masterpiece • Original 1st Pressing • ReH MASTER

Thick, solid Pressing with Gold/Tan ‘BIG E’ Elektra labels.
STEREO on the left side of the labels  and 3 lines of text:  STEREO EKS-74013 A (B)
SIDE 1 (2) on the right side of both labels. Pressing groove 5/8” in from label edge. The tiny Registered Trademark symbol: ® is to the left of the big E on the label.
EKS-74013 Stereo printed in top left corner of Front Cover and in 2 lines on Back top right corner.
Original ELEKTRA Gold company sleeve included.
*Disc inside separate anti-static lined inner sleeve,
to protect both the Vinyl and the original inner.

Published by Grass Roots Music, Maclean Breadcrust 
Produced by Arthur Lee and Bruce Botnick
Production Supervision - Jac Holzman
Mastered, Lacquer cut by Ray E. Hagerty - ReH
Pressed by Allentown Record Co. Inc.
MATRIX NUMBERS SIDE ONE:EKS 74013 A  (AL-1)      1   ReH   1   AR 2 21318
SIDE TWO: EKS 74013 B  (AL)       AR 2-21318     ReH *The "ReH" in the runouts is Ray Hagerty's signature. It's often described as a tiny scribble. "AL" denotes the Allentown pressing plant. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
LOVE's Forever Changes made only a minor dent on the charts when it was first released in 1967, but through the years it became recognized as one of the finest and most haunting albums to come out of the Summer of Love, which doubtless has as much to do with the disc's themes and tone as the music, beautiful as it is. 
Track Listing SIDE ONE Alone Again Or  3:15
A House Is Not A Motel  3:25
Andmoreagain  3:15
The Daily Planet  3:25
Old Man     2:57
The Red Telephone  4:45
SIDE TWO Maybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark And Hilldale  3:30
Live And Let Live  5:24
The Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This  3:00
Bummer In The Summer. 2:20
You Set The Scene  6:49 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Vinyl inside anti-static lined inner sleeve
Album kept in a protective, poly outer-sleeve

Please see my other listings for more LOVE, more Rare Vintage Collectible PSYCH and related 
Vintage 1960s and 70s Rock LPs. ______________________________________________________________________________

From an utterly vast and deep record collection, from my life-long best friend
who was a DJ at the Radio Station I co-founded in the 1970's - and who worked for me at my California record store in the '70s and '80s.
Sadly he has now finally left this mortal coil, bequeathing me his deep Vinyl Mine.
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Several thousand records (mostly LP's, but also hundreds of 45's), several hundred collectible and Rare, Out of Print CDs and Box Sets, plus posters and other memorabilia will all eventually be listed.

Truly a great (and enormous) collection! _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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