Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord 1968 LP Deram DES 18017 RARE SEALED

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Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord 1968 LP Deram DES 18017 RARE! SEALED!

Shipped via USPS Media Mail in cardboard LP mailer, wrapped in bubble wrap with cardboard insert for perfect protection of this very rare LP!

THE MOODY BLUES – IN SEARCH OF THE LOST CHORD (THE GROUP'S THIRD ALBUM; SECOND WITH THE GROUP'S CLASSIC LINEUP) – ORIGINAL 1968 DERAM RECORDS STEREO LP DES-18017

*** STILL SEALED GUARANTEED ORIGINAL USA FIRST PRESSING ***

·    GUARANTEED ORIGINAL WHITE AND BROWN DERAM  LABEL, (NO OTHER PRESSINGS OR LABELS EXIST THAT WE ARE AWARE OF)

·    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 TINY “BREATHE” (AIR) HOLES NOTED ON THE SHRINK WRAP ON THE FRONT COVER

. TWO CORNER BUMPS WITH SLIGHT BENDS (CLEARLY SHOWN IN PICTURES), OTHERWISE THIS IS AS CLOSE TO A PERFECT 52-YEAR OLD LP AS YOU WILL EVER FIND!!

. ORIGINAL EXTREMELY RARE “BUDGET TAPES AND RECORDS” PRICE TAG ON FRONT

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

(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.

IF YOU OPEN THE RECORD BY REMOVING ANY PART OF THE SHRINK WRAP WE CANNOT ACCEPT ANY RETURN, DUE TO THE FACT THAT YOU WILL BE DESTROYING THE INHERENT VALUE. PLEASE GUIDE YOURSELF ACCORDINGLY.

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

(c)   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!

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

(e)           US Mono copies of this album are NOT known to exist.

COVER IS MINT, STILL SEALED AND WRAPPED IN IT’S BEAUTIFUL TIGHT ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP! A TRUE COLLECTOR’S ITEM!!

In Search of the Lost Chord is the album on which the Moody Blues discovered drugs and mysticism as a basis for songwriting and came up with a compelling psychedelic creation, filled with songs about Timothy Leary and the astral plane and other psychedelic-era concerns. They dumped the orchestra this time out in favor of Mike Pinder's Mellotron, which was a more than adequate substitute, and the rest of the band joined in with flutes, sitar, tablas, and cellos, the playing of which was mostly learned on the spot. The whole album was one big experiment to see how far the group could go with any instruments they could find, thus making this album a rather close cousin to the Beatles' records of the same era. It is all beautiful and elegant, and "Legend of a Mind"'s chorus about "Timothy Leary's dead/Oh, no — he's outside, looking in" ended up anticipating reality; upon his death in 1996, Leary was cremated and launched into space on a privately owned satellite, with the remains of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry (another '60s pop culture icon) and other well-heeled clients.

(REVIEW REPRINTED COURTESY OF ALL MUSIC GUIDE (ALLMUSIC.COM)

Track listing: Departure - Ride my see saw - Dr. Livingstone, I presume - House of Four Doors - Legend of Mind - House of Four Doors, pt.2 - Voices in the sky - The best way to travel - Visions of Paradise - The actor - The Word - Om