CREAM "WHEELS OF FIRE" 1st UK STEREO PRESS *POLYDOR RECORDS* HARD PSYCH-ROCK
  $   51

 


$ 51 Sold For
Feb 10, 2013 Sold Date
Feb 3, 2013 Start Date
$   19 Start price
6   Number Of Bids
  Germany Country Of Seller
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CREAM "WHEELS OF FIRE" MEGA RARE ORIGINAL UK STEREO PRESSING FROM 1968 ON THE RED POLYDOR RECORDS LABEL Cat. No. 583031/2!!! I´M VERY PROUD TO OFFER YOU THIS FANTASTIC CREAM ALBUM!!! RECORD ONE (IN THE STUDIO) WAS RECORDED BETWEEN JULY 1967 AND JUNE 1968 AT THE IBC STUDIOS/LONDON & ATLANTIC STUDIOS/NEW YORK - RECORD TWO CONTAINS LIVE RECORDINGS FROM THE FILLMORE (MARCH 1968) AND THE WINTERLAND BALLROOM (ALSO MARCH 1968)!!! WHEN YOU ASK ME ONE OF THE BEST CREAM ALBUMS EVER & TOGETHER WITH DISRAELI GEARS MY PERSONAL FAVORITE FROM THIS FANTASTIC UK BAND!!! FOUR SIDES FULL OF KILLER STUFF, A HEAVY MIX BETWEEN HARD-PSYCH AND BLUES-ROCK ON THE HIGHEST LEVEL & A ABSOLUTELY MUST HAVE!!! INCL. "WHITE ROOM" "SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD" "POLITICIAN" "THOSE WERE THE DAYS" "BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN" "CROSSROADS" "SPOONFUL" "TOAD" ETC.!!! WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THE TOP RARE 1st UK STEREO PRESSING ON THE RED POLYDOR LABEL!!! VERY NICE VINYL & COVER!!! UNLAMINATED GATEFOLD COVER PRINTED IN ENGLAND AND MADE BY "ERNEST J. DAY & CO."!!! THIS IS THE RAREST AND HARDEST TO FIND *SILVER FOIL* COVER WHICH WAS ONLY USED FOR THE EARLIEST 1st PRESSINGS, ALL LATER ISSUES WAS RELEASED WITH LAMINATED COVER!!! VERY EARLY A2/B1/A1/B2 MATRIX ENDINGS, TOGETHER WITH "1" MATRIX ON ALL FOUR SIDES THE HARDEST TO FIND COMBINATION!!! PLEASE NOTE: TO FIND A UK 1st PRESSING COMPLETE WITH THE SO CALLED *SILVER FOIL* COVER IS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE NOT MUCH COPIES WAS PRESSED BACK IN 1968, WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS 100% THE REAL THING SO TRY TO GET IT NOW - GOOD LUCK & HAPPY BIDDING!!! NICE COVER & VINYL, NOT A MINT COPY BUT A TOP RARITY WHICH IS HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE IN THIS CONDITION!!!

RECORDS: VERY GOOD ~ VERY GOOD+ (THERE ARE NOT TOO LESS SLEEVE REMOVAL MARKS AND A FEW HAIRLINES VISIBLE UNDER MY MEGA STRONG LIGHT - ON THE FOURTH SIDE I CAN SEE TWO "IN LINE" MARKS, THEY´RE NOT AUDIBLE & THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING DEEP OR FEELABLE!!! ALL FOUR SIDES PLAYS WITHOUT ANY SKIPS, STICKS ETC. I CAN HEAR LIGHT NOISE/MILD CRACKLING IN THE QUIETER PARTS BUT THE OVERALL SOUND IS GREAT & THERE IS NOTHING THAT DETRACT TOO MUCH FROM THE LISTENING EXPERIENCE!!! MY CORRECT GRADE FOR RECORD ONE IS A STRONG VG+, RECORD TWO IS A VERY NICE VG BECAUSE OF THE TWO "IN LINE" MARKS - A GREAT COPY & IT´S ONE OF THE EARLIEST PRESSINGS TO FIND!!!)

COVER: VERY GOOD (THE SPINE SHOWS SOME WEAR & THERE IS A TINY WRITING INSIDE THE GATEFOLD, STRONG VG FOR THIS ONE - LOOKS MUCH BETTER THAN MOST FOIL COVERS YOU´LL FIND!!!)

 

I´M A VINYL LOVER!! ALL MY RECORDS ARE 100% STRICTLY AND CONSERVATIVE GRADED!!!

I´M LOCATED IN GERMANY AND WILL SHIP WORLDWIDE, SO PLEASE ASK FOR SHIPPING COSTS BEFORE BIDDING!!!

PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT MY OTHER AUCTIONS OF RARE AND HARD TO FIND 60s AND 70s VINYL!!!!




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