ACDC First album 1st Press 1975 High Voltage Vinyl LP Blue Roo Albert APLP-009

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ACDC First album 1st Press 1975 High Voltage Vinyl LP Blue Roo Albert APLP-009

Catalog Number - APLP - 009

Matrix / Run-out (A-side ) YAPAX1177 Stamped.
Matrix / Run-out (B-side ) YAPAX1178 Stamped.

Please read carefully. as this record has 3 small scratches on side one.
Do not despair, as the issues only effect about 20 seconds of the record, and  the rest of the audio is superb, and equals any other pressing I have heard.
The three scratches are almost identical. very short ( -2mm ). You can't see them under natural light, even when you know where they are.
See grading description below for full description of flaws.

This is the highly elusive first press of the first ever AC/DC album "High Voltage".
Early pressing with Broonzy being incorrectly credited for "Baby Please Don't Go" on both the cover and the label.

Released only in Australia and New Zealand in 1975, on the Albert Records Label, complete with the very rare Blue Kangaroo.

AC/DC High Voltage (1974)Produced by Harry Vanda & George Young, as were all the band's albums until Highway To Hell. .
Only two songs ("She's Got Balls," and "Little Lover") made it onto the US release of High Voltage.

 "Stick Around" and "Love Song" have never been released in the USA.

High Voltage is the first album released by the legendary Rock band - AC/DC. Bursting forth in 1974 the group started hard, and haven’t let up since!

The US version of the same name was a blend of this album and their next album – TNT.

This is one of the first AC/DC vinyl records ever pressed, and was the introduction of AC/DC to Australia, before they went on to conquer the world.

Genuine first edition - Dark blue Albert records label with yellow border AND the very elusive "Blue Roo" kangaroo.

Grading

Cover - (G+)  Complete and in good condition. scuffing to edges, faint record impression and minimal ring wear, small wrinkles near the edges, tiny central seam split to spine.

Labels - (EX)  See pics, can't fault them really.

Side One Vinyl - (P)   Good shiny black lustre with some faint surface sleeve marks, 3 scratches.. without the scratches,it would be graded EX.

Play tested :
A1 - Baby Please Don't Go. - about 30 seconds into the track it goes...tick - skip - skip - tick - tick - faint tick.....
It lasts for about 10 seconds total, and skips out about 4 seconds of the track.

A2 - She's Got Balls - Half way through the song it goes... skip - skip - skip - skip - faint tick.....
It lasts for about 8 seconds total, and skips out about 8 seconds of the track.

A3 - Little Lover - about one third into the track it goes... skip - skip - faint tick.
It lasts for about 5 seconds and skips out about 4 seconds of the track.
 
All skips are forward skips, it does not get stuck at all. 
The rest is very quiet in quiet areas. Strong, loud and clear sound.

Side Two Vinyl - (EX) Good shiny black lustre with some faint surface marks 
Play tested :  Uninterrupted playback, light static in quiet areas. Strong, loud and clear sound.

Worthy of note, is the fact that this record would pass most casual visual inspections. So when shopping for vinyl, realise a visual inspection is no guarantee it is good. sealed or play-tested are the only options I offer.

I always give full honest descriptions, and I am most careful with high value rarities.
I offer a service that I would like to have offered to me.

See my other listings for some of the rarest Metal vinyl records on eBay, with some more still to come from Darkthrone, Poison, Sadistik Exekution, Celtic Frost, Carcass (signed) , Hobbs (signed), Death Angel, Venom, Kreator, Benediction, Slayer, Bathory, Profanatica, Impaled Nazarene, Ancient, Mercyful Fate, Gorgoroth,  ABBA and more. (sorry, ABBA sold out)


AC/DC ?– High Voltage Label: Albert Productions ?– APLP.009
Albert Productions ?– APLP-009
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Australia Released:
17 Feb 1975 Genre: Rock Style: Hard Rock

Tracklist Hide Credits

Companies etc

• Made By – EMI (Australia) Limited

Credits

• Producer – Vanda And Young*
• Written-By – Young-Young-Scott* (tracks: A2 to A4, B2 to B4)

Notes

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (A-side Label): YAPAX1177
• Matrix / Runout (B-side Label): YAPAX1178