BOB DYLAN Freewheelin LP 1963 MONO 1st Press EARLIEST EVER

	£		92
	$		122

HELLO AND WELCOME TO MY 'ONE OFF' SATURDAY NIGHT AUCTIONS (ENDING LATE SATURDAY 22ND NOVEMBER!)!!!!

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Bob Dylan called "The Freewheelin Bob Dylan" and is an ORIGINAL 1963 UK MONO 1st Pressing on the 1st Press 'Textured' Orange CBS label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF BOB DYLAN'S RAREST LPs EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1963 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED - IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS (AS A 1ST PRESSING!), AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY CHANGED!!!!  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!!!!  AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  LATER PRESSINGS (EVEN FROM THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN 1964/5) ARE VERY EASY TO FIND - BUT GENIUNE 1ST PRESSINGS FROM THE 'DAY OF RELEASE' BACK IN 1963 ARE INCREDIBLY HARD!!!!  AND THIS LP HAS EVERY SINGLE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS DETAIL (PLACING IT AT THE VERY 'DAY OF THE RELEASE' BACK IN 1963!) - INCLUDING:- 'FIRST PUBLISHED 1963' LABEL TEXT (LATER ONES HAVE 'P 1963' INSTEAD!), '33' LABEL TEXT (LATER ONES DONT!), A 'THICK' CENTRAL BOX ON THE LABELS (LATER ONES DONT!), 1L-1/2L-1 MATRIXES (LATER ONES DONT!), 'FULLY TEXTURED' LABELS (LATER ONES DONT!), THE CBS MONO CAT NO. SET TO THE SIDE OF THE CBS LOGO ON THE REVERSE OF THE COVER (AGAIN, LATER ONES DONT!), AND LASTLY A 'DOUBLE FLIPBACK' LAMINATED COVER WITH NO MANFUACTURERS CREDITS (LATER ONES DONT HAVE THIS AT ALL - THEY ARE EITHER:- THICKER PASTE COVER BACK (1964) G&L 'ROUNDED 3-FLIPBACK' (1965/6) 'DAWSON ROSSITER' 'FOLD-AROUND' 3-FLIPBACK COVER 1967), OR 'E.J.DAY' NON-FLIPBACK (1968/69!)!!!!  SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL, THAT THIS IS THE 'EARLIEST' & RAREST 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1963 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING (AS FULLY DESCRIBED ABOVE!) ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'FULLY TEXTURED' ORANGE CBS LABEL, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS '33' LABEL TEXT, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 1/1 MONO MATRIXES, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'FIRST PUBLISHED 1963' LABEL TEXT, 1ST PRESS 'THICKER' CENTRAL BOX ON THE LABELS, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'BLACK TEXT' FOREIGN PATENTS PENDING 'POLY LINED' INNER SLEEVE, AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'DOUBLE-FLIPBACK' LAMINATED MONO COVER (AS DESCRIBED ABOVE!)!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL CBS UK 1st Pressing from 1963 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is BPG 62193 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Textured' CBS label (see picture) and is a UK MONO 1st Pressing!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO writing, only 1 TINY residue trace, NO wear, and only a few VERY 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 VERY light hairlines, only 2 or 3 MEGA light 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 playing of the record is as STUNNING as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO pops, barely ANY clicks AT ALL, NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle 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 which is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The ORIGINAL 'Earliest' 1st Press 'Double Flipback' Laminated MONO Cover is in GREAT condition - and is a still very VERY decent cover indeed!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), only a few light creases (cover is still VERY flat looking!), shiny laminate, only 2 or 3 areas of laminate lifting along the spinal edge, NO rips, NO tears, only some very VERY minor evidence of 'tipping in' to the corners, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the unlaminated back of the cover is in GREAT  condition with NO grubbyness (apart from the usual slight touch to the flipbacks!), barely ANY  yellowing, NO ringwear, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, and NO writing (apart from 1 ULTRA faint tiny single line towards the EXTREME left - but absolutely NO words, letters, or numbers AT ALL!)!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good(Minus) if not Very Good (PROPERLY graded, NOT trashed!) - and is still a VERY decent cover indeed, with NO major defects AT ALL!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS (ESPECIALLY AS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE!) - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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