FLEETWOOD MAC Mr. Wonderful MONO RARE UK ORIGINAL 1968

	£		135
	$		179

fleetwood mac

mr. wonderful

BLUE HORIZON 7-63205 (UK) 1968 MONO

produced by: Mike Vernon

sleeve notes: John Peel

MONO ISSUES OF THIS ALBUM ARE EXTREMELY RARE

PETER GREEN    JEREMY SPENCER    JOHN McVIE    MICK FLEETWOOD

with

CHRISTINE PERFECT    STEVE GREGORY    JOHNNY ALMOND    DAVE HOWARD    ROLAND VAUGHAN    DUSTER BENNETT

original UK 1st pressing of their 2nd LP almost never seen in mono

machine-stamped matrix numbers: 7-63205 A1 and 7-63205 B1

original laminated gatefold cover printed and made by EJ Day

record excellent to near mint

plays near mint throughout

very light surface hairlines / paper scuffs visible under 500 watts of light

labels mint

except for a tiny mark to side two (see photo) - above the band name

original poly-lined inner bag

cover excellent to near mint

laminated gatefold sleeve with inside upper & lower ‘flipbacks’

light bumps to just a couple of the corners - a few small lamination creases (see photos)

first run with ‘Printed and made by Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd., London, W11.’ in white lettering

STOP MESSIN’ ROUND

I’VE LOST MY BABY

ROLLIN’ MAN

DUST MY BROOM

LOVE THAT BURNS

DOCTOR BROWN

NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT

IF YOU BE MY BABY

EVENIN’ BOOGIE

LAZY POKER BLUES

COMING HOME

TRYING SO HARD TO FORGET

note: sleeve track listing switches ‘Coming Home’ with ‘I’ve Lost My Baby’

this LP is extremely rare in mono - I have seen just two copies in over 30 years of collecting and, in most price guides, the mono issue is not even listed - some of you have asked questions regarding how to tell mono and stereo pressings apart just by looking at them - it’s easy - in keeping with other UK Blue Horizon issues of the era, stereo LPs had ‘S7’ prefixes, although these are seen only on the labels and not on the front, rear or spine of the jacket - again, the ‘S7’ prefixes for the 1st and 2nd LPs are erroneously absent from many of the reputable price guides - therefore, the correct stereo catalogue number for this album is S7-63205 (mono issues 7-63205) - these numbers are machine-stamped in the matrix areas of the disc with ‘A1’ / ‘B1’ suffixes - there is also a çSTEREOè logo at the top centre of the labels on stereo pressings and an addition to the Blue Horizon logo on the rear sleeve stating ‘Stereo - Can also be played on mono equipment’ along with further ‘BLUE HORIZON STEREO RECORDS. . .’ information to the inside gatefold layout - mono labels also have a heavily-textured and ‘faceted’ appearance due to their distinctly different cutting and pressing process - the best way to tell them apart, however, is by PLAYING THEM! - the differences are many and various, with both mono and stereo pressings proving a joy to listen to - fantastic stereo separation on the stereo copy, certainly, but also a wonderful, authentic ‘bar-room’ quality on the mono original issue, with superb resonance and ‘fat’ tones, while still revealing crystal clarity and sharpness in the top end and mid-range - both issues are absolutely ESSENTIAL for Fleetwood Mac and Peter Green collectors but there are simply not enough copies to go around! - in fact, there are so few mono issues of ‘Mr. Wonderful’ in existence that one cannot help wondering if the manufacturing process of mono pressings was halted at a very early stage in order to allow the ongoing release of this LP in stereo only - it is MASSIVELY RARE and my opening price represents less than half the appropriate current value of this indispensable British blues artefact ~ christopher [1969!]

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