MOBY GRAPE 1st RARE LIMITED EDIT AUDIOPHILE LP w/FINGER

$

60

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·       MOBY GRAPE (WITH SKIP SPENCE) - SELF-TITLED FIRST ALBUM (“MOBY GRAPE”) – RARE ORIGINAL (AND VERY SHORT-LIVED) AUDIOPHILE, EXTENDED DYNAMIC RANGE, HALF-SPEED MASTERED, LIMITED EDITION PRESSING MADE FROM ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES AND ON HI-GRADE VIRGIN VINYL - ORIGINAL 1980 SAN FRANCISCO SOUND STEREO LP SFS-04805

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING (NOTE: THE ORIGINAL PRESSING CAME OUT IN 1968; THE ORIGINAL AUDIOPHILE PRESSING – SUCH AS THE ONE WE HAVE HERE - CAME OUT CIRCA 1980)

·       THIS IS ALSO “UNCENSORED” VERSION OF THE POSTER (WITH DON STEVENSON’S FINGER CLEARLY VISIBLE)

·       ORANGE AND RED SAN FRANCISCO LABEL WITH THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE MOTIF

·       COURTESY OF THE ORIGINAL OWNER, THE WINNING BIDDER GETS TO RECEIVE THE ORIGINAL

·       LIMITED, NUMBERED EDITION (THIS ONE IS # 0023)

·       ORIGINAL, THIN CARDBOARD COVER (NO THICK CARDBOARD COVERS WERE EVER PRODUCED FOR THE AUDIOPHILE PRESSING OF THIS ALBUM)

·       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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When Matthew Katz (Moby Grape’s original manager) and The Group parted their ways (under quite unfriendly circumstances), Mr. Katz walked away with the original master tapes of the Group’s classic studio albums (which, alas, he still owns and partially controls). In the late ‘70s, Matthew Katz reissued all Moby Grape albums (long out of print by that point) in their original covers, by using those original master tapes. These titles sound awesome and are on par with (if not better than) the original Columbia pressings in every way. Finding an audiophile version of this album is practically unheard of. Bid now or weep your heart out later!!!

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One of the very finest albums to come of the West Coast/San Francisco Psychedelic explosion. Track listing: Hey Grandma --- Mr. Blues --- Fall On You --- 8.05 --- Come In The Morning --- Omaha --- Naked, If You Want To --- Someday --- Ain't No Use --- Sitting By The Window --- Changes --- Lazy Me --- Indifference.

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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)            WE GRADE THE VINYL AS NEAR MINT. Some VERY LIGHT AND SUPERFICIAL abrasions – mostly sleeve scuffs - are (barely) visible, but are probably inaudible, and do not affect visual integrity or beauty of the vinyl. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)            The record is 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!

(c)             The record is pressed on a beautiful, high-quality, virgin-grade vinyl, which is usually used for audiophile, extended-dynamic-range, half-speed mastered and connoisseur pressings.

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

·       COVER

THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT EXCELLENT OR VERY GOOD+++.

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-         Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the bottom seam (VISIBLE ON BACK SIDE ONLY)

-         Cover has a minor 'bumping' (chipping/denting) along the upper seam (nothing significant)

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

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 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 bar codes

-         No RIAA stamps or stickers.

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