Small Faces OGDENS' NUT GONE FLAKE UK LP 1ST MONO LILAC LABEL PLAYS NEAR MINT

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SMALL FACES - OGDENS' NUT GONE FLAKE

IN MAGNIFICENT 1-2 PLAY NEAR MINT!!!!! CONDITION

RARE 1ST PRESS ON THE LILAC IMMEDIATE LABEL

MONO PRESS

MINT MINUS SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:IMMEDIATE IMLP 012
• MATRIX:IMLP012-2L / 1L
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 R / 2 T

• FIRST PRESS

THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES MUST BE PRESENT TO HAVE A VERY FIRST PRESS OF THIS ALBUM

FIRSTLY THE LABEL MUST BE LILAC IN COLOUR (THE PINK LABEL IS A SECOND PRESS)

SIDE A MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING WORDS AROUND THE RIM 'FOR AMAZING RESULTS THIS RECORD MUST BE PLAYED AT FULL VOLUME'(REMOVED ON LATER ISSUES)

THE MATRIX NUMBERS MUST BE EITHER -1 / -2 OR -2 / -1

THE SLEEVE MUST ONLY HAVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AT THE BOTTOM OF THE REAR SURFACE ' UK PATENT APPLICATION NO 21639/68' (LATER PRESSES HAD AN EXTRA DESIGN APPLICATION NUMBER AS WELL). THIS EXTRA NUMBER WAS ADDED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE INITIAL RELEASE, SO TO FIND ONE WITH ONLY THE ONE NUMBER IS EXTREMELY RARE!!!

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY RARE LP TO FIND, BEING A GENUINE VERY FIRST PRESS IN MONO FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS

FIRSTLY BECAUSE IT IS MONO!! IN 1968 STEREO RECORD WERE FAR OUTSELLING MONO PRESSINGS, THUS THE MONO PRESS IS NOW THE SOUGHT AFTER COLLECTIBLE

SECONDLY THE LABEL CHANGED COLOUR TO PINK ALMOST AS SOON AS THE VINYL WAS RELEASED MAKING THE VERY FIRST PRESS IN LILAC A VERY SHORT LIVED AND NOW VERY RARE FIND

THIRDLY BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL SLEEVE WAS INSTANTANEOUSLY CHANGED DUE TO A MISSING APPLICATION NUMBER AT THE FOOT OF THE REAR SURFACE, MAKING THE SLEEVE WITH JUST ONE NUMBER VERY VERY HARD TO FIND

HERE THEN IS ONE OF THE RAREST LP'S I HAVE LISTED FOR A WHILE IN A SUPERB ALL ROUND CONDITION , THAT WOULD GRACE ANY COLLECTION

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE LILAC LABELS ARE IN JUST MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THE PASTEL BASE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND HAS NO MARKS OR STAINS ON IT ANYWHERE. IT ALSO STRETCHES FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE AND LOGO'S ARE ALSO IN PRISTINE UNRUBBED CONDITION, WITH EACH LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

A CLOSE STUDY OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS JUST 1-2 REALLY SMALL AND BARELY VISIBLE SPIDER LINES, SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS INCREDIBLE VINYL HAS BEEN PLAYED IN THE PAST 44 YEARS

THE VINYL

A GLEAMING DISC THAT HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND SHEEN. THIS IS NATURALLY ALSO A HEAVY WEIGHT FIRST PRESS DISC.IN DAYLIGHT THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE ON THE SURFACE OF THE VINYL,AND IT LOOKS FLAWLESS.

WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SMALL DULL PATCHES AND SOME WISPY HAIRLINES VISIBLE 

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I AM NOW DOING WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THE RICH AND POWERFUL MONO SOUND IS JUST MAGNIFICENT AND PURE FIRST PRESS. THE REPRODUCTION IS JUST SECOND TO NONE, AND EVERY NOTE IS CLEAR AND CRISP, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU FOLLOW  THE ADVICE ON THE LABEL AND PLAY AT FULL VOLUME

THE FIRST THING TO STATE IS THAT IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT SHOWING THAT THE COUPLE OF PLAYS THE RECORD HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS 

THE VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND NO LOUD CLICKS AT ANY POINT.

I DON'T EVEN THINK I HEARD MORE THAN ONE OR PERHAPS 2 TINY DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

WHAT YOU WILL HEAR IS SOME STATIC LIKE VINYL NOISE WHICH IS BARELY AUDIBLE AND ONLY IN THE LINKING GROOVES. WHEN I MOVED AWAY FROM MY SPEAKERS TO A NORMAL LISTENING DISTANCE EVEN THIS WAS ONLY JUST ABOUT HEARD.(SLIGHTLY MORE ON SIDE 2) THIS IS NO MAN MADE NOISE JUST EMBEDDED IN THE VINYL, BUT TRUST ME THIS IS A VERY MINOR ANOMALY AND THE ONLY REASON I GRADE THIS INCREDIBLE VOLUME AT NEAR MINT AND NOT MINT MINUS, PERHAPS SIDE 2 SHOULD GRADE NEAR MINT MINUS!!

DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH , TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE EVER SEEN OR HANDLED THIS SLEEVE AND FOUND IT TO BE IN MINT OR CLOSE TO CONDITION. USUALLY THE EDGE TO THE CIRCULAR COVER IS RUINED, AND AT LEAST ONE OF THE RIDICULOUSLY THIN HINGED JOINTS ARE RIPPED. ON MOST COPIES THE CIRCULAR SECTIONS ARE ALL SEPARATE, BUT ON THIS IMMACULATE COPY IT IS ALL PERFECTLY INTACT AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE THE VINYL HAS HARDLY BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE

ALL OF THE COLOURS ON ALL OF THE SURFACES ARE IMMACULATE AND RUB AND WEAR FREE. AS MENTIONED ALL OF THE JOINTS ARE PRISTINE AND THE ONLY REASON THIS GETS A MINT MINUS GRADE IS BECAUSE ON THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE CIRCULAR SLEEVE THERE IS A VERY SLIGHT AMOUNT OF SCUFFING (THE ACTUAL OUTSIDE EDGE NOT THE MAIN BODY)

NO RING WEAR WHATSOEVER, AND NOT EVEN ANY RECORD SHAPE.

THE POCKET INSIDE THE SLEEVE THAT HOUSES THE RECORD IS ALSO IN PRISTINE UNSPLIT CONDITION AGAIN MOST COPIES WILL HAVE A TORN POCKET HERE. THE REASON FOR THIS ONE BEING IN MINT CONDITION IS THAT THE ORIGINAL OWNER CHOSE TO KEEP THE LP OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE

ALSO THERE ARE NO CREASES, CREASE LINES, BENDS OR DINGS TO THE SLEEVE AT ALL AND NO THUMB LINES OF EDGE LINES EITHER

THE VINYL WAS ORIGINALLY HOUSED INSIDE AN ENVELOPE DESIGNED POLY INNER SLEEVE, WHERE THE ERE WAS FLAP THAT WAS PULLED OVER THE TOP SECTION OF THE DISC ONCE IT HAD BEEN SLID INTO THE INNER, EFFECTIVELY LOCKING THE VINYL IN PLACE. MOST OF THESE I HAVE EVER SEEN HAVE SUFFERED TEARS TO THE TOP AREA AND SERIOUS CREASING TO THE ACTUAL MAIN BODY OF THE INNER. BUT THIS ONE IS IN THE MOST AMAZING CONDITION AND HAS BARELY A WRINKLE TO THE SURFACE AND CERTAINLY NO TEARS

THIS SLEEVE EASILY GRADES NEAR MINT MINUS!!!!

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY