TEN YEARS AFTER 1st LP 1967 MONO TEST PRESS

	£		63
	$		83

On offer here is a very rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Ten Years After called "Ten Years After" and is an ORIGINAL 1967 UK MONO TEST Pressing on the ULTRA RARE 'Grooved' 1st TEST Press Deram label!!!!  THIS IS QUITE SIMPLY ONE OF THE RAREST TEN YEARS AFTER LPS YOU WILL EVER SEE!!!!  THIS IS AN ULTRA RARE 'FACTORY SAMPLE' TEST PRESSING OF THEIR FIRST LP AND IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  ONLY A HANDFUL OF THESE WERE EVER PRESSED BEFORE RELEASE TO CHECK THE QUALITY AND SOUND OF THE PRESSING BEFORE PRODUCTION - AND OFTEN THESE FACTORY SAMPLE TEST PRESSINGS ALSO HAVE SUBTLE (AND IN SOME CASES MAJOR) MIX DIFFERENCES!!!!  NATURALLY IT IS IMPORTANT TO CHECK THAT THIS ULTRA TEST PRESSING IS 100% GENIUNE - AND THIS IS VERY EASY TO VERIFY.  AS WELL AS HAVING MACHINE STAMPED 1ST PRESS DERAM MATRIXES, AND A 'GROOVED' 'FACTORY SAMPLE' TEST PRESS LABEL - THE MAIN THING THAT SHOWS THIS TEST PRESSING TO BE 100% GENIUNE IS THAT IT HAS 1/B 1/B MOTHER AND STAMPER CODES (THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE)!!!!  THESE DECCA 'FACTORY SAMPLE' TEST PRESSINGS WERE ONLY PRESSED IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS (IN SOME CASES - AS LITTLE AS 2 OR 3!) - AND NATURALLY THEY SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS MOTHER AND STAMPER CODINGS!!!!  THIS LP IS EASILY TEN YEARS AFTERS RAREST EVER LP - AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AS A TEST PRESSING!!!!  IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT AS A 100% GENIUNE STEREO TEST PRESSING - IT NATURALLY HAS SOME WRITING (RELATED TO THE TEST PRESSING) ON THE INNER SLEEVE & COVER BACK (SEE PICTURE) - INCLUDING THE 'CAT NUMBER'!!!!   NATURALLY THIS WRITING SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS A DETRACTION IN ANYWAY AT ALL - AND IS EXACTLY HOW VIRTUALLY ALL TEST PRESSINGS WOULD HAVE COME DIRECTLY FROM THE FACTORY!!!!   INTERESTINGLY - THIS TEST PRESS ALSO HAS A VERY UNUSUAL COVER!!!!  THE SPINE & TOP LEFT FRONT BORDER HAS 'SML' STEREO TEXT - BUT THE COVER BACK HAS NO MONO/STEREO IDENITFICATION AT ALL (WHEREAS USUALLY IT WOULD HAVE MONO OR STEREO TEXT IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER)!!!!  INSTEAD IN THAT CORNER IT HAS THE HAND WRITTEN 'DML 1015 MONO' CAT NUMBER I MENTIONED ABOVE!!!!  SO CLEARLY AT THE TIME OF THIS ULTRA RARE MONO TEST PRESSING, NO MONO COVERS WERE AVAILABLE - OR PERHAPS COVERS WERE PRINTED LIKE THIS WITH BLANK AREAS IN THE TOP RIGHT COVER BACK TO HAND WRITE THE DETAILS!!!!  EITHER WAY THIS IS CERTAINLY NO DETRACTION AT ALL - AND THIS IS WITHOUT ANY DOUBT ONE OF THE RAREST TEN YEARS AFTER LPS YOU WILL EVER SEE!!!!  THIS IS THE 1967 UK 1ST TEST PRESSING ON THE ULTRA RARE 'TEST PRESS' FACTORY SAMPLE 'GROOVED' LABEL, 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, 1ST PRESS 1/B 1/B MOTHER & STAMPER CODES, AND 1ST PRESS LAMINATED COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL UK DERAM 1st Test pressing from 1967 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!! The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is DML 1015 on the ORIGINAL 'Grooved' Test Press 'Factory Sample' Label (see picture) and is a UK MONO 1st TEST pressing!!!! 

The record labels are in STUNNING condition (see pictures) with NO wear, and only a few light spindle marks!!!! The vinyl is in BRILLIANT 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, only 1 VERY light hairline, only 2 or 3 VERY light scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ALL ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK!!!! It is great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual!!!!  It plays with barely ANY clicks/pops AT ALL (virtually NONE), NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!! The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!!  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 also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeve!!!! The 1st Press Laminated Cover is in STUNNING condition!!!! It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear, STUNNING shiny laminate, only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking), and NO writing (apart from a MEGA faint number indentation ONLY on the cover front - NO actual writing)!!!! The opening edge is beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!! Even the unlaminated back is in STUNNING condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, NO rubbing, only an absolutely TINY area of virtually INVISIBLE wear in one corner (IMPOSSIBLE to notice), and NO writing (apart from what is mentioned above of course!)!!!!  The cover must grade Excellent(Minus) if not better!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING 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 LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE LP!!!! THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL UK 1967 MONO 1ST TEST PRESSING OF "TEN YEARS AFTER" BY TEN YEARS AFTER, IN BRILLIANT 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.  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: