BILLY JOEL Cold Spring Harbor LP 1971 UK TEST PRESS

	£		22
	$		29

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Billy Joel called "Cold spring Harbor" and is an ORIGINAL 1971 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Philips label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS WAS BILLY JOEL'S FIRST & RAREST LP EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE (ESPECIALLY AS A UK 1ST PRESSING!)!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1971 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED IN THE UK - IT ONLY SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS, AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DELETED!!!!  AS A RESULT IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY TOUGH TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS MADE EVEN RARER STILL - AS IT IS AN ULTRA RARE 'WHITE LABEL' TEST PRESSING!!!!   AND THIS IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  'WHITE LABEL' TEST PRESSINGS WERE ONLY EVER PRESSED IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS (NO MORE THAN 2 OR 3 COPIES ONLY!), AND WERE ONLY EVER USED TO TEST THE QUALITY OF THE PRESSING - PRIOR TO APPROVAL!!!!   NATURALLY, THEY WERE ALWAYS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE (AS IN THIS CASE!) - AND ARE OF THE UTMOST RARITY!!!!  AND AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, THIS ULTRA RARE 'WHITE LABEL' TEST PRESSING HAS THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' A//1/B//1 UK 1ST PRESS MATRIX ENDINGS CLEARLY SHOWING THAT THIS IS QUITE LITERALLY THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE!!!!  BARELY ANY 'WHITE LABEL'' TEST PRESSINGS OF THIS LP WERE EVER MADE - MAKING THIS THE RAREST & 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET!!!! 

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT CONDITION AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1971 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING ON THE ULTRA RARE 'WHITE LABEL' TEST PRESS PHILIPS LABEL, 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS COVER!!!!  AND ACCORDING TO THE 'PRODUCER' I ACQUIRED THIS LP FROM, WHEN THIS 'TEST PRESSING' WAS MADE, THERE HAD BEEN NO DEFINITIVE DECISION TO RELEASE THE LP IN THE UK AND THIS 'TEST PRESSING' WAS THE FIRST STEP BEFORE FULL PRODUCTION!!!!  AS A RESULT - THIS LP HAS AN IMPORTED U.S. 1ST PRESS COVER (WITH UK TEST PRESS DISC!) AS UK COVERS AT THIS POINT HADNT EVEN BEEN MADE YET!!!!  THIS THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Philips UK 1st Pressing from 1971 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is 6369 150 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Philips label (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st Pressing (there were NO Monos!)!!!!

The ULTRA RARE 'Test Press' record labels are in BRILLIANT condition overall and are 'as pictured' (see pictures) and have barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  Most of these 60s/70s 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 hairline traces, 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 also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!!  BRILLIANT RECORD!!!!  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 which is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The 1st Press Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), barely ANY creases AT ALL (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), NO ringwear, NO rubbing, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!!  Even the back of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, NO ringwear, barely ANY rubbing, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!!  BRILLIANT COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE 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 1971 UK 1ST PRESSING (TEST PRESSING!) OF "COLD SPRING HARBOR" BY BILLY JOEL, 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: