BOB DYLAN " THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN" STEREO LP w/ SHRINK UNPLAYED NrMT+

$

40

                                                DESCRIPTION

ARTIST:                                BOB DYLAN

TITLE:                      “THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ”

PRESSING:              1965 Early 2nd Pressing STEREO LP with the scarce “Epitaphs” sheet inset

CATALOG #:           COLUMBIA  CS 8905

LABELS:                   Superb “Red” labels with “COLUMBIA” in white along top. “360 SOUND  STEREO  360 SOUND” in white along bottom.

Comments:                Extremely SCARCE LP to locate in pristine condition.

                                                CONDITION  ( Please refer to Grading Standards below)

COVER:                    Strong NrMT

Comments:                Super clean “pastedown” cover displays sharp, vivid black and white colors with the “original” shrink wrap fully intact! There is No Ring wear beneath the shrink on the important front side of the cover and just a touch at the very top of the back side of the cover (see photograph). There are No marks or writing, No seam splits, No creasing, and No cut out marks, discount holes or bar codes. Light wear in the lower right corner is really the only minor flaw and mentioned for accuracy. The “Epitaphs” insert sheet is n NrMT+ condition with No flaws. This is one of the cleanest covers for this particular release that you can ever expect to locate, a condition rarity!

VINYL:                      NrMT+

Comments:                Appears Unplayed!! Full original gloss “Thick” vinyl with virtually no flaws, just a faint rub or two from sliding in and out of the original inner sleeve. I can’t even find any hairlines under bright light and the LP plays beautifully throughout the entire recording! Probably opened and played just a time or two, if that. It doesn’t get much better than this for an almost 50 year-old vinyl LP.

INNER SLEEVE:    Original mid to late sixties COLUMBIA paper inner sleeve advertising other selections from their catalog used during the time period. The inner sleeve is in extremely clean NrMT- condition, which is amazing for a nearly 50 year-old sleeve to this classic album.

Comments:                Pristine copies of this popular and highly sought after Bob Dylan album are extremely difficult to locate in Superb collectible condition!! LP features several classic early Bob Dylan songs including “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll”, “Boots of Spanish Leather”, “North Country Blues”, and of course one of his biggest hits ever and title track “The Times They Are A-Changin”!

                                    I have listed many more pristine First and second pressing Bob Dylan albums from the “sixties” this week, so please check out my other auctions!

I am very conservative with my grading.  There is NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE for multiple LPs won in the same auction cycle.  Payment is due within 72 hours of the end of the auction.  e-mail if you have any questions prior to placing a bid.  All of my LPs come with a protective poly album sleeve and will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard LP mailer, tightly wrapped in bubble wrap for added protection.

Shipping:  $4.00 Media Mail.  If you purchase multiple LPs in this auction cycle, please wait to make payment until I adjust the eBay invoice to reflect one shipping cost.

PLEASE NOTE:  I ship to the United States only!!  NO International bids will be accepted, no exceptions – I will NOT ship overseas.

                                    GRADING STANDARDS

                        COVER

MINT             Perfect in every way, rarely used grade

NrMT+           Hint of corner/edge wear, no ring wear

NrMT             Slight corner/edge wear, hint of ring wear

NrMT-            Very light corner/edge wear, faint ring wear

VG+                Light overall corner/surface wear, light ring wear

VG                  Moderate shelf wear, light to moderate ring wear

                        VINYL

MINT             Absolutely no marks on the vinyl surface, rarely used grade

NrMT+           Very faint rub or two with no surface marks

NrMT             No scratches or spindle marks – may have a few extremely faint, inaudible hairlines or a paper scuff seen only under very bright light

NrMT-            No scratches or spindle marks – may have a few light, inaudible hairlines seen under bright light from sliding in and out of the inner paper sleeve

VG+                No scratches, may have a spindle mark – light inaudible hairlines and/or paper scuffs will be present, which do not affect play or overall quality of the recording

VG                  May have a scratch deep enough to feel with a fingernail, but no skips – several hairlines and needle trails will be present which do not affect overall play