BOB DYLAN Rolling Stone 45 1965 CBS 1st+PICTURE SLEEVE

	£		135
	$		179

On offer here is a VERY rare single (especially in this condition!!!!) called "Like A Rolling Stone" by Bob Dylan and is an ORIGINAL UK 1965 1st Pressing on the 1st Press 'Textured' Orange CBS label!!!!  The B side is called 'Gates Of Eden'. THIS SINGLE IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS EASILY BOB DYLANS RAREST 45 EVER AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  ONLY AROUND 100 WERE EVER MADE LIKE THIS ONE - AND THE CHANCES OF EVER SEEING ANOTHER ONE AGAIN ARE VIRTUALLY ZERO!!!!  AND OF COURSE, WHAT MAKES THIS SINGLE REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT COMES WITH ITS IMPOSSIBLY RARE 'PROMOTIONAL ONLY' BOB DYLAN PICTURE SLEEVE!!!!  AND THIS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS 45!!!!  ONLY A TINY HANDFUL (NO MORE THAN 100 OR SO) OF 'PROMOTIONAL COPIES' WHICH WERE SENT OUT TO RADIO STATIONS PRIOR TO THE RELEASE DATE, EVER CAME IN THIS 'PROMOTIONAL ONLY' PICTURE SLEEVE - AND THIS 45 IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS!!!!  AND MOST IMPORTANTLY OF ALL - THIS IS EXACTLY THE CORRECT 45 FOR THIS PICTURE SLEEVE!!!!  FOR YEARS THERE HAS BEEN HOPELESSLY WRONG INFORMATION GIVEN ABOUT THIS ULTRA RARE UK ONLY 'PROMOTIONAL' PICTURE SLEEVE - PROBABLY BECAUSE THE PEOPLE GIVING OUT THE INFORMATION NEVER HAD ONE!!!!  OR PERHAPS - THEY DIDNT TAKE THE TIME TO READ THE BACK OF THE COVER!!!!  BECAUSE THE 'MIS-GUIDED' AND COMPLETELY WRONG IMFORMATION IN MANY RECORD GUIDES - STATED THAT THIS PICTURE SLEEVE CAME WITH 'TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' (BOB DYLAN'S FIRST UK 45) ONLY!!!!  YET IF THEY HAD TAKEN THE TIME TO READ THE BACK COVER OF THIS PICTURE SLEEVE - IT CLEARLY STATES (SEE PICTURE OF TEXT!) THAT BOB DYLANS FIRST 2 UK 45s ('TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' & 'SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK BLUES') HAD ALREADY BEEN RELEASED IN THE UK (THE TEXT EVEN STATES THE COUNTRY!) BEFORE THIS PICTURE SLEEVE WAS EVEN MADE!!!!  SO NEITHER OF THESE FIRST 2 BOB DYLAN 45s EVER HAD THIS PICTURE COVER - AND SO THE FACT IS, THAT ANYONE WHO HAS A COPY OF 'TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' IN THIS PICTURE COVER, HAS EITHER HAD THE RECORD SWOPPED, OR WORSE STILL IS A COMPLETE FAKE!!!!  AND BECAUSE OF THIS TEXT ON THE BACK COVER - IT CLEARLY SHOWS THAT THIS PICTURE SLEEVE WAS DESIGNED EXACTLY FOR THIS 45 - AND IS 100% ORIGNAL IN EVERY SINGLE RESPECT!!!!   AND BACKING UP THIS EVIDENCE - THE BACK COVER (IN THE 'TITLES' BOXES) CLEARLY HAS WRITTEN 'LIKE A ROLLING STONE' & 'GATES OF EDEN' BY THE DJ WHO ORIGINALLY RECIEVED THIS 45!!!!  AND ALSO ON SIDE 1 OF THE RECORD LABEL - IT ALSO HAS A 'DATE STICKER' WITH '29-07-1965' WHICH WAS OVER 1 WEEK BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE!!!!  ALSO ON THIS STICKER IT IS WRITTEN 'a + P/L' BY THE RADIO STATION WHO RECIEVED THIS 45!!!!  THE LETTER 'A' IS SELF EXPLANATORY (IT EITHER RELATES TO THE SIDE OF THE RECORD, OR THE RADIO PLAYLIST LEVEL) - BUT I BELIEVE THE 'P/L' CLEARLY STANDS FOR 'PLAY LIST' TO INDICATE THE SIDE FOR THE PLAY LIST ON THE RADIO PROGAMME!!!!  THE RECORD ALSO HAS THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESS LABEL TYPEFACE, 'FULLY TEXTURED' LABELS, AND //1 //1 MATRIXES!!!!  THIS IS WITHOUT ANY DOUBT THE RAREST UK BOB DYLAN RECORD YOU WILL EVER SEE - AND COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND 100% COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL 'PROMOTIONAL ONLY' PICTURE COVER!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS 45 IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1965 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS 'FULLY TEXTURED' ORANGE CBS LABEL, 1ST PRESS '//1 //1' MATRIXES, AND IMPOSSIBLY RARE 'PROMOTIONAL ONLY' BOB DYLAN PICTURE SLEEVE!!!!  THIS SINGLE IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL UK 1965 CBS 1st Pressing on the 1st Press 'Fully Textured' Orange CBS label and the Cat No is CBS 201811. 

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO writing, NO wear, and only a few light spindle marks!!!!  The record is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  Most of these 60s singles had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This record is NOT and has NO scratches, only 2 or 3 VERY light hairlines, only 2 or 3 MEGA light scufflines, only 1 ULTRA light surface trace. and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK!!!!  It is GREAT to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO nasty loud pops, NO jumps, NO sticks, 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!!!!  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 ULTRA RARE 'Promotional ONLY' Bob Dylan Picture Sleeve is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has barely ANY edge wear AT ALL (NOT through the colour!), only VERY slight corner wear, NO splits, NO rips, NO tears, NO damage, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL (virtually NONE!), only a few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking), and a VERY straight opening edge with NO feathering!!!!  There is the merest hint of 'touching in' to a VERY few parts of the EXTREME edges ONLY - though this is completely IMPOSSIBLE to notice & and completely INVISIBLE and only serves to enhance what is already an absolutely BRILLIANT conditioned Picture Cover!!!!  This ULTRA RARE 'Promotional ONLY' Picture Sleeve is in absolutely BRILLIANT condition and must grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!!  THIS SINGLE IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING 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 record and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE single!!!!  THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1965 UK 'PROMOTIONAL ONLY' 1ST PRESSING OF "LIKE A ROLLING STONE" BY BOB DYLAN, IN BRILLIANT CONDITION!!!!  PLEASE ALSO NOTE - THAT THIS RECORD WILL BE DESPATCHED IN A PLASTIC COVER & THE RECORD IN A PLAIN SLEEVE (SEE PICTURES) TO FULLY PROTECT THE IMPOSSIBLY RARE PICTURE SLEEVE!!!!  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 £1.50 in the UK, £2 Europe, £3 Rest Of The World.  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: