SANTANA Lotus 3/LP 1975 CBS 1st 100% COMPLETE SUPERB

	£		51
	$		68

On offer here is a VERY rare Triple LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Santana called "Lotus" and is an ORIGINAL 1975 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press CBS labels!!!!  THIS TRIPLE LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF SANTANAS RAREST LPs EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1975 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED IN THE UK - IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS, AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DELETED!!!!  AS A RESULT IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  THIS TRIPLE LP IS ALSO 100% COMPLETE IN EVERY WAY - WITH ITS ORIGINAL 3 X LOTUS INNER SLEEVES, AND 2 HUGE POSTERS!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS TRIPLE LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS AN ULTRA RARE UK 'DEMO' (PROMO) LP - AND IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE!!!!  AND THIS IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  ONLY 200 OR 300 DEMOs OF THIS LP WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE (WAY BEFORE THE RELEASE!) - SPECIALLY FOR RADIO STATIONS & MUSIC REVIEWERS TO PROMOTE THIS LP PRIOR TO THE RELEASE DATE!!!!  AND AS YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE IN MY PICTURES - THE UK GOLD 'DEMO' STAMP IS CLEARLY PRINTED ON THE REVERSE OF THE COVER!!!!  IT IS ALSO WORTH NOTING - THAT AS THIS WAS SUCH A COMPLICATED TRIPLE LP TO MAKE, MOST OF EUROPE HAD EXACTLY THE SAME LP!!!!  THE POSTERS WERE MADE IN GERMANY, AND THE COVER AND RECORDS ARE MADE IN HOLLAND.  BUT OF COURSE - IN THIS CASE, WE KNOW THAT THIS TRIPLE IS A 100% GENIUNE UK 1ST PRESSING - AS IT HAS A UK ONLY 'GOLD DEMO' STAMP ON THE REVERSE OF THE COVER!!!!

BUT WHAT MAKES THIS TRIPLE LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION!!!!  AND THIS IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS TRIPLE LP!!!!  THIS TRIPLE LP COMES FROM A 1 OWNER COLLECTION OF LPs, FROM SOMEONE WHO WAS VERY HIGH UP IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS BACK IN THE LATE 1960s & EARLY 1970s!!!!  ALL OF HIS RECORDS WERE RECEIVED DIRECT FROM THE FACTORY AND STORED OUT OF THE LIGHT (VERTICALLY IN CLOSED BOXES!) AND REMAINED IN PLASTIC SLEEVES SINCE NEW!!!!  AS A RESULT THIS TRIPLE LP HAS REMAINED IN SUPERB CONDITION - AS IT HASNT SEEN THE LIGHT OF DAY SINCE THE YEAR IT WAS MADE!!!!  AND IN THIS TRIPLE LPs CASE, ALL THREE RECORDs HAVE BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL (ONLY ONCE OR TWICE AT THE VERY MOST!) AND ARE IN AWESOME CONDITION, THE 3 MATCHING INNER SLEEVES ARE SIMPLY AWESOME, BOTH POSTERS ARE QUITE SIMPLY MINT, AND THE TRIPLE GATEFOLD COVER IS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1975 UK 'DEMO' 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS CBS LABELS, 1ST PRESS 'MATCHING' LOTUS INNER SLEEVES, 1ST PRESS POSTERS, AND 1ST PRESS TRIPLE GATEFOLD 'DEMO STAMPED' COVER!!!!  THIS TRIPLE LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL CBS UK 1st Pressing from 1975 and is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is CBS 66325 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press CBS labels (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st Pressing (there were NO Monos!)!!!!

The record labels are all in AWESOME condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THESE RECORDS HAVE BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl on ALL 3 records is in SUPERB condition!!!!  Most of these 60s/70s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and ALL 3 records have NO scratches, NO hairlines, NO scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORDS STILL RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOK SUPERB!!!!  It is also great to find that the records play as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The records must grade Excellent+ if not better!!!!  WHAT A SUPERB SET OF RECORDS!!!!  Believe me these records are NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!!  I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  The records also come in their ORIGINAL 'matching' 1st Press 'Lotus' inner sleeves which are all in SUPERB condition and UNSPLIT!!!!  THE 2 COLOUR POSTERS ARE IN AWESOME CONDITION - AND CLEARLY HAVENT EVER LEFT THE COVER!!!!  The 1st Press 'DEMO Stamped' Triple Gatefold Cover is in SUPERB condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), NO ringwear, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL (virtually NONE!), NO sticker tears, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edges are beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!!  Even the inside of the cover is in AWESOME condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, NO ringwear, NO rubbing, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Excellent+ if not better!!!!  SUPERB COVER!!!!  THIS TRIPLE LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!!  It really is a GREAT looking Triple LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE TRIPLE LP!!!!  THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1975 UK 1ST PRESSING OF "LOTUS" BY SANTANA, IN SUPERB CONDITION!!!!  Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. P&P £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World (Postal discounts are available - see below for details).  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

On 24-Nov-02 at 12:19:15 GMT, seller added the following information: