TRAFFIC Traffic LP 1968 ISLAND 1st EARLIEST EVER

	£		80
	$		106

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Traffic called 'Traffic' and is an ORIGINAL 1968 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Pink 'Circle' logo Island label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF TRAFFICS RAREST LPS EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT - BUT THIS LP ALSO HAS A 'STAPLED IN' BOOKLET ON THE INSIDE OF THE COVER (THIS WAS REMOVED ON ALL LATER PRESSINGS)!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE!!!!  IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT MY 'CLOSE UP' PICTURES OF THE LABELS - YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT BOTH LABELS ARE TEXTURED & THE RECORD ITSELF IS PRESSED ON MEGA THICK QUALITY VINYL!!!!  AND THIS IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  BECAUSE ONLY DAYS AFTER THIS LP WAS RELEASED - THE TEXTURED LABELS WERE REPLACED WITH SMOOTH LABELS & THE VINYL BECAME MUCH THINNER!!!!  IT IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE OF THIS INCREDIBLE LP - WITH IMPOSSIBLY RARE 'TEXTURED' LABELS (BECAUSE ONLY A TINY HANDFUL WERE EVER MADE!)!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1968 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS PINK ISLAND 'CIRCLE' LOGO 'TEXTURED' LABELS, 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' GATEFOLD FLIPBACK COVER (+ 'STAPLED IN' BOOKLET!)!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS ULTRA RARE OPPORTUNITY!!!! This is the ORIGINAL Island UK 'Earliest' 1st Pressing from 1968 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The record is pressed on thick quality vinyl. The Cat. No is ILPS 9081T on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Pink Island label (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st pressing (there were NO Monos)!!!!  All the tracks are pure quality Traffic at their best!!!! Any fan of  Traffic, or 60s music in general, will want to have this in their collection!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO writing, 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 2 or 3 MEGA light hairlines, NO scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND SHINES LIKE NEW!!!!  It is great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some absolutely ULTRA faint touches of MEGA low level background sound on the run on grooves and VERY occassional gap - NOT in the music 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 'Garrod & Lofthouse' Gatefold Flipback Cover (+ 'Stapled In' Booklet!) is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has barely ANY edgewear AT ALL, barely ANY spinal wear AT ALL, only slight corner wear (NOT through the colour), only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), only the VERY slightest 'fading' to the EXTREME edges on the cover front ONLY, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, only 1 VERY small indentation to the cover back (completely INVISIBLE!), NO ringwear, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edges are beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!!  Even the unlaminated inside is in BRILLIANT condition with NO rubbing, STUNNING flipbacks, only VERY slight yellowing, NO grubbyness, and NO writing!!!!  The booklet is still PERFECTLY 'stapled in' and there is absolutely NO damage to ANY of the pages AT ALL!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good+ if not better!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS ULTRA RARE 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 1968 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING OF "TRAFFIC" BY TRAFFIC, 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 (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: