1st Mono Vinyl LP Incredible String Band 5000 Spirits Mispress Label
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On offer here is a very rare LP (especially in this condition!) by The Incredible String Band called 'The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion' and is an ORIGINAL UK 1967 MONO 1st pressing on the 1st Press 'Textured' Orange Elektra label!
THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND! IT IS ONE OF THE RAREST INCREDIBLE STRING BAND LP'S EVER AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE.
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 (WITH A MASSIVE LABEL ERROR ON BOTH SIDES!)
ON THE FIRST FEW HUNDRED COPIES ONLY (QUITE THE LITERALLY THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE!) - THERE WAS SERIOUS MISTAKE ON THE LABELS. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE LABELS ON THIS LP - YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE IT HAS PRINTED ON BOTH LABELS 'THE 5000 SPIRITS' ONLY AND WAS THIS WAS A SERIOUS OMISSION (MISSING HALF THE LP'S TITLE!) AND THIS WAS IMMEDIATELY CORRECTED TO 'THE 5000 SPIRITS OR THE LAYERS OF THE ONION' STRAIGHT AFTER THIS LP WAS RELEASED (WITH ALL LATER PRESSINGS HAVING THE 'CORRECTED' FULL TITLE INSTEAD!) THIS AMAZING MISTAKE WAS CORRECTED EVEN BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE - AND ONLY AN ABSOLUTELY TINY HANDFUL (NO MORE THAN A FEW HUNDRED COPIES AT THE VERY MOST!) OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS ONLY - EVER HAD THIS ULTRA RARE LABEL ERROR BEFORE IT WAS CORRECTED, 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!
THE SLEEVE ALSO LISTS TRACKS 4 & 6 THE WRONG WAY ROUND FROM THE LABEL!
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THIS LP IS IN VERY GOOD + CONDITION!! JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES, THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1967 UK MONO 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'TEXTURED' ORANGE 'MISPRINTED' ELEKTRA LABELS, 1ST PRESS 'PATENT APPLIED FOR' INNER SLEEVE!
THE VINYL STILL HAS A GREAT SHEEN AND IS IN VERY GOOD + CONDITION. THERE ARE SOME SURFACE MARKS BUT VERY LIGHT WHICH DON'T AFFECT PLAYING - SEE THE PICTURES. THE SLEEVE HAS WEAR AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE OVER THE YEARS ESPECIALLY AT THE EDGES - AGAIN SEE THE PICTURES. IT ALSO HAS A STICKER IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER WHICH YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE. I PICKED THIS UP A WHILE AGO AND IT HASN'T BEEN PLAYED FOR A LONG TIME, STORED SAFELY.
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 rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE LP!
THIS LP WENT FOR £227 ON EBAY IN 2012!! I WILL SEND THE RECORD BY 'SIGNED FOR' POST.
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