SPENCER DAVIS GROUP Best Of....LP 1967 MONO 1st Press PINK ISLAND MINT

	£		194
	$		257

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Spencer Davis Group called "The Best Of The Spencer Davis Group - Featuring Stevie Winwood" and is an ORIGINAL 1967 UK MONO 1st Pressing on the 1st Press 'Circle Logo' Pink Island label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST LPs ON THE PINK ISLAND LABEL - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1967 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED - 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!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - AND OF THE UTMOST RARITY!!!!  AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  I WILL EXPLAIN THE VERY IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THIS ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING - AND ALL LATER PRESSINGS!!!!  FIRSTLY THE COVER HAS AN ULTRA RARE 1ST PRESS ONLY FLIPBACK COVER (LATER ONES DONT!) MADE BY 'DAWSON ROSSITER' (LATER ONES ARENT!)!!!!  SECONDLY THE RECORD HAS A1/B1 MONO MATRIXES (LATER ONES DONT)!!!! THIRDLY THIS LP HAS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS PINK ISLAND 'CIRCLE' LOGO LABELS (LATER ONES DONT!)!!!!  AND LASTLY THIS LP LISTS AN INCORRECT TRACK ON THE COVER FRONT 'PLEASE DO SOMETHING' - BUT ACTUALLY PLAYS 'TOGETHER TILL THE END OF TIME'!!!! SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS IS THE 'EARLIEST' & RAREST 1ST PRESSING OF THIS INCREDIBLE LP, THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET!!!!

AND WHAT MAKES THIS LP EVEN HARDER TO FIND IS THAT IT SOLD SO TERRIBLY ON RELEASE!!!!  ONLY A FEW THOUSAND COPIES WERE EVER MADE, AND MOST OF THESE WERE IN STEREO!!!!  ONLY A FEW HUNDRED MONO 1ST PRESSINGS WERE EVER MADE - MAKING THIS LP ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN MONO!!!!  AND PLEASE DONT CONFUSE THIS LP WITH THE 1970s RE-ISSUE, FOR THEY ARE VERY COMMON INDEED (AND ALWAYS STEREO!)!!!!  BUT 'TRUE' MONO 1ST PRESSINGS ALMOST NEVER TURN UP FOR SALE - EVER!!!!  AND OF COURSE, AS STEVIE WINWOOD HAD LEFT THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP TO FORM 'TRAFFIC' BY THE TIME THIS LP WAS RELEASED IN 1967 - IT SOLD ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLY, AND COMPLETELY BOMBED ON RELEASE!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY AWESOME CONDITION - AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL (ONLY ONCE!)!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1967 UK 'EARLIEST' MONO 1ST PRESSING ON 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS PINK 'CIRCLE LOGO' ISLAND LABEL, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS A1/B1 MONO MATRIX ENDINGS, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'DAWSON ROSSITER' FLIPBACK MONO COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS (ESPECIALLY AS A 100% GENIUNE UK 1ST PRESSING IN MONO!) - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Island UK 1st Pressing from 1967 and is in AWESOME condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is ILP 970 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Pink Island label (see picture) and is a much MUCH rarer UK MONO 1st Pressing!!!!

The record labels are in AWESOME condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and only 1 TINY spindle trace!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS ONLY EVER BEEN PLAYED ONCE!!!!  The vinyl is in AWESOME condition!!!!  Most of these 60s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, NO hairlines, NO scufflines, only 2 or 3 absolutely ULTRA light TINY surface traces (almost INVISIBLE!), and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOKS AMAZING!!!!  It is also great to find that the record plays 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 record must grade Excellent++++ if not MINT(Minus)!!!!  AWESOME RECORD!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!!  I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  The record comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Dawson Rossiter' Flipback MONO Cover is in absolutely SUPERB condition - and is easily the VERY best cover I have EVER seen for this LP!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO grubbyness, barely ANY spinal wear AT ALL (virtually NONE - and side words still readable!), NO yellowing, NO splits, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), NO sticker tears, NO sticker marks, only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), NO ringwear, NO rubbing, only 1 TINY indentation on the bottom edge, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the unlaminated back of the cover is in SUPERB condition with NO grubbyness, NO ringwear, NO rubbing, NO yellowing, SUPERB flipbacks, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Excellent+ if not better!!!!  SUPERB COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS (ESPECIALLY AS A 100% GENIUNE UK 1ST PRESSING IN MEGA RARE MONO!) - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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