FIELDS Selftitled Debut LP CBS 1971 Stereo UK 1st Press KING CRIMSON McCULLOCH

	£		42
	$		56

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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 : Fields - Selftitled Debut

Label & year : Original CBS S 69009 LP , UK Stereo ULTRA RARE 1971 TRUE DAY-OF-RELEASE 1st Press!!!

Matrix's : Side A : S-69009-A1 , Side B : S-69009-B1 (EARLIEST EVER!!!)

OUTRAGEOUSLY UNDERRATED UK PROG CLASSIC FEATURING KING CRIMSON “ISLANDS” DRUMMER ANDREW McCULLOCH!!! A BEAUTIFUL, ATMOSPHERIC AND HEAVY PROGRESSIVE MASTERPIECE THAT HAS RIGHTFULLY BECOME A SERIOUS COLLECTOR’S ITEM!!! INCREDIBLY HARD TO FIND ORIGINAL 1971 UK CBS PRESSING, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION!!! TRULY AWESOME CONDITION!!! STUNNING AUDIO!!!

IMPOSSIBLE EARLIEST EVER TRUE DAY OF RELEASE 1971 STEREO UK 1ST (THERE WERE NO MONO’S!!!) WITH EARLIEST A1 B1 MATRIXES!!! ONLY A MINISCULE AMOUNT OF THE EARLIEST EVER DAY OF RELEASE EXAMPLES WERE EVER LIKE THIS!!! SOLD NEXT TO NOTHING!!! FIELDS WAS FORMED BY EX RARE BIRD MEMBERS GRAHAM FIELD AND ALAN BARRY FOLLOWING THE BREAK-UP OF THAT LEGENDARY BAND, AND WITH ANDREW McCULLOCH FRESH FROM KING CRIMSON’S ISLANDS LINE-UP, THE RESULT IS A POWERFUL, ORGAN-DRIVEN PROG LP PACKED WITH MOODY ATMOSPHERICS, HEAVY RIFFS AND SUPERB SONGWRITING!!! A TRUE CULT CLASSIC OF THE EARLY 70’S UK PROGRESSIVE SCENE!!!

FEATURING THE EPIC “A FRIEND OF MINE”, THE HAUNTING “WHILE THE SUN STILL SHINES”, AND THE THUNDEROUS “NOT SO GOOD” - THIS IS A RICH, DEEP AND IMMERSIVE LISTEN FROM START TO FINISH!!! PRESSED ON QUALITY EARLY 70’S UK CBS VINYL WITH THAT WARM, FULL-BODIED ANALOGUE SOUND THAT SIMPLY BLOWS AWAY LATER PRESSINGS!!!

HEAR THIS MILESTONE IN ROCK AS IT'S MEANT TO BE HEARD!!! ONE OF THE VERY RAREST AND BEST UK 1ST PRESS PROG ROCK LP'S OUT THERE!!! THIS SOLD NEXT TO NOTHING!!!

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE RARITY OF THIS EARLIEST EVER CLASSIC - IT'S VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND A TRUE DAY-OF-RELEASE 1ST PRESS LIKE THIS IN SUCH AWESOME CONDITION!!! YOU'RE GOING TO BE BLOWN AWAY BY THE SOUND AND FEEL OF THIS!!! PHENOMENAL AUDIO!!! THIS IS ONE THAT YOU COLLECTORS OF PROG ROCK GENIUS MUST NOT LET PASS YOU BY!!! ULTRASONICALLY CLEANED FOR MAXIMUM FIDELITY - OUTSTANDING!!! Please check out my other auctions for more rare 1st Press classics, and do NOT miss out on this FANTASTIC earliest ever example of this masterpiece piece of British prog history – bid now!!!

Musicians : Graham Field – Organ / Piano / Vocals, Alan Barry – Bass / Vocals, Andrew McCulloch – Drums.

About : Ultra Rare Original 1971 UK 1st Press!!! This MASSIVELY RARE LP initially sold barely anything (LP's were also really expensive to most people back then!!!) and therefore had a very small run, and is INCREDIBLY HARD TO FIND, especially in this condition!!! AN absolute classic LP from this incredible band!!! An astonishing album that really DESERVES to be in EVERY serious 60's / 70's record collection!!! Don't miss out on this MEGA RARE LP!!! If you like good music, bid now!!!

The LP :

Labels :

Classic UK 1st Press orange CBS labels!!! Both sides are OUTSTANDING with NO real signs of age, NO graffiti, and NO writing OR tears whatsoever!!! Just has a small amount of ultra light spindle marks which suggests that this has barely had much play at all!!! FANTASTIC for a 55 year old record!!! Both must grade overall at least as Excellent!!!

Record : Visual -

Spectacular Original 1971 UK 1st Press Vinyl!!! Nice bright, clean and shiny as if it was just pressed!!! Fantastic jet black mirror like surfaces, it looks AWESOME with NO nasty scratches, groovewear, or nasty deep scuffs whatsoever!!! The only blemishes are just a few totally non-sounding mild cosmetic paper scuffs, a few of the lightest, wispy sleeve traces/cleaning lines (only visible in strong angled light) and only a few ULTRA light incredibly feint hairlines mostly 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!!! MAGNIFICENT for a record of this age and rarity!!! You'll be amazed by how generally clean and unworn it is!!! Must grade overall at least as Very Good+++!!! (graded STRICTLY to the UK RRPG standards, not overgraded AT ALL!!! Customer satisfaction is of 100% importance to me)

Record : Audio -

Thankfully, it plays BRILLIANTLY with fantastic stereo separation and clarity!!! It really sounds incredible with NO hisses, hops, distortion, sticks OR skips!!! Only like pretty much ALL records has just a mere touch of the lightest crackle here and there, a few light ticks here and there on rare occasions, and a hint of low level ultra light "bluesman's fag" atmospheric static in few and far between places such as on some of the quieter sections like the run in grooves and between some tracks e.t.c, but it TRULY doesn't overshadow the music AT ALL!!! I'd even argue it gives it added soul!!! And that's truly about it!!! The vast, vast majority of the music is ultra clear and sounds ABSOLUTELY AWESOME with that bass, depth, warmth and clarity you can only get from 1st Press UK vinyl!!! An outstanding listen! Absolutely ESSENTIAL!! FANTASTIC for a record of this age and rarity!!! Must grade overall audibly at 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)

Sleeve :

Original UK 1971 1st press unlaminated gatefold Shorewood “patent pending” sleeve complete with original unsplit advertisement inner!!! 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 AWESOME, especially considering the nature of these fragile sleeves!!! NO really bad marks AT ALL, NO graffiti, NO writing, NO tears, NO splits, and still ULTRA strong and solid after all these years!!! Only has a few very light signs of ageing such as literally just one or two ultra light edge creases and the merest ghost of a record imprint, some very light touches of general very minor age wear such as a little sunfading to the still fully legible spine and a little whitening to the seams from where it has sat on the shelf over the years (absolutely NO splits whatsoever!!!) and possibly just one or two signs of ULTRA mild ink rubbing in few and far between places (barely any at all), 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 a FANTASTIC sleeve, and a TRUE rarity to find one as outstanding as this - most have been virtually destroyed or are just about being held together, but not this one!!! The inside pic looks MAGNIFICENT with next to no ageing whatsoever!!! It remains ultra strong, solid, unsplit and unspoilt, and even the spine remains ultra strong, solid, unsplit and totally readable!!! Must grade overall at 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 FANTASTIC example of this INCREDIBLY RARE classic original 1971 CBS PROG CLASSIC Stereo UK 1st Press LP!!! Hard to find in ANY condition, but SERIOUSLY RARE TO FIND ONE AS TRULY AWESOME AS THIS!!! 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!

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