BOB DYLAN Blonde On Blonde LP CBS 1967 Transitional UK 1st

	£		131
	$		174

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I've collected 50's, 60's, and early 70's records of almost every genre - Psych, Prog, Psychedelic Funk, Soul, Rhythm 'n' Blues, Pop, Folk, Garage, Acid, Freakbeat, Rock, Jazz e.t.c and everything in between for all my life!!! Obviously, 90% of the LP's I've ever gotten hold of are completely trashed from the hard living ways and the rock 'n' roll, drug and booze fuelled debauchery of all the wild parties of the times, but the golden 10%? Reluctantly, I've decided to offer them to all of you serious record collectors out there!!! I'm currently trying to set up a record label so unfortunately personal sacrifices have to be made when it comes to my collection, resulting in GREAT benefits for all you shrewd bidders and serious connosieurs of TRUE solid gold music history out there!!! Make no mistake, I'll try my best to consistently offer some of the VERY BEST records available on ebay, many which have taken me YEARS to find!!!
I aim to put a weekly batch up (time permitting) every Wednesday, all timed to end 10 days later on Saturday night. I'll only ever offer THE BEST, MOST AMAZING, MOST IMPORTANT, VERY RAREST UK 1ST PRESS ORIGINAL RELEASE RECORDS I've got!!! I won't insult you with later 2nd pressings unless they are of exceptional quality and rarity. I'm sure you love good music as much as me, especially when it's a 1st Press LP, direct from the master tape, as the musicians intended it to be heard (none of this "digitally remastered",weak reissued, remixed rubbish from hired hands with one eye on the mixing desk and the other on the clock! If these session men really knew how genius should sound, surely they would've been geniuses themselves?! There will only ever be one Hendrix, and that's just a tiny example).
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Title : Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde

Label & year : Original CBS SBPG 66012 Double LP , UK Stereo 1966/67 IMPOSSIBLY RARE Transitional 1st Press!!!

Matrix's : Side A : SDDP 66012 A1 , Side B : SDDP 66012 B1 , Side C : SDDP 66012 C1, Side D : SDDP 66012 D1 (EARLIEST EVER!!!)

STUNNING BARELY PLAYED UNIQUE TRANSITIONAL EDITION OF THIS ABSOLUTE CLASSIC!!! BY FAR THE RAREST VERSION!!! DYLAN GOES PSYCHEDELIC!!! NOW HERE IS A ONE-OFF RARITY!!! INSTEAD OF THE USUAL LARGE "33" ON ALL 4 LABELS, THE SECOND DISC HAS LARGE "33 1/3" ON EITHER SIDE!!! NOW DON'T CONFUSE THIS WITH THE COMMON SECOND PRESS - THE 33 1/3 IS OF A MUCH LARGER TEXT THAN THE COMMON 2ND ISSUE LABELS!!! AND NOT ONLY THAT, IT HAS THE C1 D1 MATRIXES WHICH ONLY THE VERY 1ST PRESS AND NONE OF THE REISSUES EVER HAD!!! 

THIS CAN ONLY BE AN OUTRAGEOUSLY RARE TRANSITIONAL PRESS MADE JUST TO SATISFY A HANDFUL OF ORDERS DURING THE LABEL CHANGEOVER TO THE SMALL "33 1/3" LABELS THAT CBS LP'S FROM 1967 ONWARDS HAD - AND OF COURSE, THE COMMON 1967/68 PRESS OF THIS LP HAD LATER MATRIXES AND A NON-FLIPBACK SLEEVE!!! WITHOUT ANY DOUBT, THIS IS EASILY THE VERY RAREST STEREO EDITION OF THIS MAGNIFICENT LP EVER MADE!!!

ALL OF DYLAN'S 1ST PRESS "33" LABELLED LP'S ARE NOTORIOUSLY DIFFICULT TO FIND AS 1ST PRESSES, BUT THIS TRANSITIONAL A1B1C1D1 STEREO IS SIMPLY NEAR IMPOSSIBLE!!!

Die hard fans will be pleased to hear that this is a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MIX TO THE CD AND VINYL REISSUES!!! It sounds exceptionally special with plenty of extra things, such as more instruments on Fourth Time Around, LOUD kick-drum on Sad Eyed Lady..., and even a longer outro on Temporary Like Achilles to name but a few things I noticed!!! The final album in the Bringing It All Back Home and Highway 61 Revisited trilogy of unrivalled brilliance, and it truly is Dylan at his very best!!!

Unfortunately I don't have the time to write about the phenomenal brilliance of this LP (I really wish I did), but all you need to know is that it's EASILY ONE OF THE GREATEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME EVER, IT CONTAINS MAGIC!!! That's about all I can do right now. You really don't want to miss out on this LP, it's a TRUE classic - and this IMPOSSIBLY RARE transitional version may NEVER turn up again - bid now!!!

Labels :

Classic UK orange CBS rough textured labels!!! All sides are AMAZING with NO signs of age, NO writing, NO stickers, and NO tears whatsoever!!! Just has an absolute MINISCULE amount of ultra light spindle marks which suggests that you can EASILY count the number of plays this has had on just the one hand!!! INCREDIBLE for a 50 year old record!!! Both must grade overall at least as Excellent++++!!!

Record : Visual -

Spectacular Original UK CBS Vinysl!!! Nice bright, clean and shiny as if they were just pressed!!! Fantastic jet black mirror like surfaces, they look ASTONISHING with NO nasty marks, NO scuffs, NO scratches, NO fingerprints, and NO groovewear whatsoever!!! The only blemishes off TRUE perfection are only a TINY amount of ULTRA light, wispy sleeve traces (only visible in mega strong angled light) from where it has sat or been removed from it's cover over the years!!! Of course, none of these ULTRA light blemishes interfere with play AT ALL!!! Most probably wouldn't/couldn't even mention them!!! UNBELIEVABLE for a record of this age and rarity!!! You'll be amazed by how clean and unworn it is!!! Must grade overall visually at least as Excellent++++ (LP 1) and Excellent++ (LP 2)!!! (graded STRICTLY to the UK RRPG standards, not overgraded AT ALL!!! Customer satisfaction is of 100% importance to me)

Record : Audio -

Thankfully, it plays AMAZINGLY with fantastic stereo separation and clarity!!! It really sounds incredible with NO hisses, hops, distortion, skips OR sticks!!! Only like pretty much ALL records has the very RAREST quiet isolated tick here and there, and possibly just the MEREST TOUCH of low level static in the rarest few and far between places such as on the run in grooves and between some tracks, but that's truly about it!!! The vast, vast, majority of the music is TRULY crystal clear - It really does play with a CD-like near 100% black silence, but with that bass, depth, clarity and warmth you can only get from original UK vinyl!!! EVEN the vast majority of the quiet sections!!! Absolutely ESSENTIAL!!! ASTONISHING for a record of this age and rarity!!! Must grade overall audibly at least as Excellent++++!!! (graded STRICTLY to the UK RRPG standards, not trashed or overgraded AT ALL!!! Customer satisfaction is of 100% importance to me)

Sleeve :

Original UK 1966 1st Press transitional unstickered laminated flipback gatefold sleeve complete with original mega rare advertisement inners (only one very minor split to each, remarkably unaged)!!! IMPOSSIBLE to find this sleeve in anything approaching a good condition - most are spent, torn and worn due to age and the lifestyles of the buyers of this particular LP!!! This one is NOT, and looks FANTASTIC, especially considering the nature of these fragile sleeves!!! NO tears, NO writing OR graffiti, NO dulling, NO bad marks AT ALL, and still ULTRA strong and solid after all these years!!! Only has a few minor signs of ageing such as just a small amount of ultra light creases and a hint of a record imprint, some minor touches of general laminate glazing here and there from where it has sat between sleeves over the years (truly minimal) and a tiny little nick toward the top of the front opening, a touch of denting to the four corners which basically ALL vintage LP's have, and POSSIBLY (just to be sure!!!) one or two other minor signs of age here and there, though nothing that really stands out to note at all!!! And that's truly about it!!! I tend to bring it down by listing the most minor negatives I can possibly find, but this remains an OUTSTANDING sleeve, and a TRUE rarity to find one as fantastic as this - most have been virtually destroyed or are just about being held together, but not this one!!! The colours are as vibrant as the day it was pressed and the artwork looks AWESOME - and even the unlaminated inside is magnificently unaged with barely any ageing at all!!! It remains ultra strong, solid, unsplit and unspoilt, and even the spine remains ultra strong, solid, unsplit and 100% readable!!! Must grade overall at the least as Very Good+++!!! (graded STRICTLY to the UK RRPG standards, not trashed or overgraded AT ALL!!! Customer satisfaction is of 100% importance to me)

Summary : A PHENOMENAL example of this INCREDIBLY RARE classic original 1966 Stereo Transitional UK 1st Press LP!!! Hard to find in ANY condition, but SERIOUSLY RARE TO FIND THIS MASTERPIECE IN THIS OUTRAGEOUSLY RARE BARELY PLAYED TRANSITIONAL FORM!!! YOU MAY NEVER GET THE CHANCE AGAIN, so don't miss out on this scarce opportunity to own a true piece of 60's/70's music history!!! Bid now!!!

Please take a look at all my other auctions for many other ultra rare classic LPs, and feel free to contact me with any questions you may have. Thanks again for looking, it's truly appreciated!! Cheers!!!

I've realized that most countries have their own unique grading system. I base mine strictly on the UK RRPG grading system (occasionally with a + or a - to indicate the higher and lower ends of the grade, though I only use these if i'm having real trouble deciding!), so please check their chart for further clarity if you are unsure of what my grades mean. As a general rule, a mint record will be 100% perfect, an excellent record will be in fantastic clean condition with the occasional mild mark and minor use from the years, and a very good record will have noticeable, yet light visual markings and obvious signs of age and use, but will still remain clean with relatively light wear and will play fantastically well with plenty of life remaining in it. I very rarely offer records below the very good region unless they are of an EXCEPTIONAL rarity and playing quality...I hope this helps!

Postage and packing (UK bidders) will be £4.99 signed for for the first item, £2.00 for every item after that. Europe buyers, postage is £13.99 signed for for the first item, £3.00 for every item after that. Rest of the world buyers, postage is £17.99 signed for for the first item, £3.00 for every item after that (orders over £30 need to be sent signed for). Contact is expected to be made within a day, and payment expected within 3 days of the auction ending, otherwise you may lose priority over the item and it may be offered second chance to the under bidder or relisted e.t.c. Contact is king! UK bidders, I accept paypal or postal orders. International bidders, I accept Paypal or Bank Transfer! Unfortunately, I cant accept any other internet payment other than paypal. Please PLEASE get in touch via the ebay messaging system rather than opening a case if there’s any kind of problem, I will do my very best to sort it out.

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