TIM HARDIN:"TIM HARDIN 4".1968 VERVE/FOLKWAYS MONO+A-1/B-1 MATRIXES.NEAR MINT

	£		25
	$		33

ATTENTION TIM HARDIN AND 1960s FOLK/SINGER-SONGWRITER COLLECTORS!     HERE IS AN ORIGINAL 1968 1ST MONO ISSUE OF THE RARELY SEEN ALBUM BY TIM HARDIN:"TIM HARDIN 4". IT VERY RARELY TURNS UP IN 2016 AS AN ORIGINAL UK ISSUE. 

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH LATER REISSUES THAT EXIST-THIS IS THE ORIGINAL UK 1ST ISSUE! MOST BUYING LPs IN 1968 WERE USING OLD,HEAVY EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD WEAR OUT ANY RECORD VERY QUICKLY INDEED AS THE MAJORITY HAD SWITCHED TO STEREO BY THEN AND EVEN THE MOST BASIC NEWER MONO RECORD PLAYERS COULD SAFELY PLAY STEREO RECORDS RESULTING IN FEWER MONO COPIES MADE AND SOLD!   THIS EXAMPLE DIRECT FROM THE COLLECTION OF A MAJOR COLLECTOR WHO HAS FINALLY DECIDED TO SELL HAVING CARED AND CHERISHED HIS RECORDS-MOST BOUGHT NEW AT THE TIME WITH MINIMAL PLAYS AS OFTEN THE CASE WITH LARGE COLLECTIONS.THEY WERE STORED UPRIGHT ON STRONG SHELVING AWAY FROM LIGHT,HEAT,DAMP AND THE PREVIOUS OWNER WAS A NON-SMOKER!  THIS EXAMPLE HAS HAD VERY CAREFUL USE IN NEARLY 48 YEARS AS WELL AS A CLEAN COVER.

ISSUED ON THE VERY THICK 100% FLAT VINYL EMI PRESSED VERVE/FOLKWAYS LABELS:VLP 6016 WITH THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE A-1/B-1 MATRIXES AND THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE CURVED EDGES PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE WITH THE "PATENTS APPLIED FOR" TEXT DENOTING ONE OF THE FIRST EVER PRINTED FOR THIS LP.THE MAJORITY OF COPIES WERE PLAYED OVER AND OVER AGAIN CAUSING MAJOR DISTORTION AND GENERAL WEAR. THIS COPY HAS HAD SLIGHT,CAREFUL SOME USE WITH GLEAMING SURFACES AND JUST A COUPLE OF TINY,FAINT,WISPY SURFACE MARKS. HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE AND PLAYS VERY NICELY INDEED! THE 1968 PRESSINGS HAVE FAR MORE BASS THAN THE LATER REPRESSINGS.  THE RECORD HAS NO LOUD CLICKS,NO STICKS OR JUMPS.THE RECORD IS STRICTLY AND SERIOUSLY GRADED AS NEAR MINT CONDITION! THICK VINYL.THERE IS HARDLY ANY SPINDLE WEAR AND NO LABEL WRITING,STAINING,RIPS OR DEFACEMENT! 

THE LAMINATED FRONT+FLIPBACK COVER HAS SOME SLIGHT STAINING,A FEW SMALL CREASES-MOSTLY NEAR THE EDGES AND A LITTLE PART OF THE FLIPBACK HAS COME UNSTUCK AND A LITTLE TATTY BUT NO WRITING,RIPS OR REPAIRS!  PLEASE SEE ALL THE PHOTOS SHOWING THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE COVER AND BOTH LABELS! NOTHING TO HIDE! A LOW,REALISTIC £25 STARTING PRICE  WITH MORE RARE LPs FROM ME FOR AUCTION ON EBAY THIS WEEK AND TO FOLLOW SO CHECK THEM OUT!.  PERSONAL COLLECTION IS WELCOME FROM MY SHOP IN NORWICH AT A MUTUALLY CONVENIENT TIME.

Over the years I have helped to add to the collections of many  collectors and given my experience, I am aware of the titles that are GENUINE RARE ITEMS.

Now of course for those who are"chained"to the record collector price guide books,for whom I am one of the main consultants, the prices are still a SUGGESTION and as we all know ACTUAL prices SOLD can vary.

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This is my honest grading!!!

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I test on a lightweight pickup of approx 2 grammes and listen with the treble full on and no filtering or mono switch used.As both a collector and dealer,I AM VERY STRICT ON GRADING but DO CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR GRADING PROOF!!!!  

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