FRANK SINATRA+COUNT BASIE"IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SWING".1964 REPRISE MONO.NEAR MINT

	£		59
	$		78

ATTENTION FRANK SINATRA,COUNT BASIE,1960s ALBUM COLLECTORS AND CONDITION UPGRADERS! IGNORE EVERY OTHER COPY ON EBAY(IF YOU CAN FIND ONE)AND LOOK AT THIS STUNNING ORIGINAL 1ST EDITION MONO LP FROM 1964:  FRANK SINATRA AND COUNT BASIE:"IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SWING".  HERE IS WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT THE VERY BEST COPY I HAVE EVER SEEN AND HEARD IN NEARLY 30 YEARS AS A DEALER OF AN ALBUM WHICH USUALLY TURNS UP IN DREADFUL CONDITION AS WELL AS BEING THE EARLIEST MONO EDITION FROM 1964 WITH THE SPECIAL FRANK SINATRA PHOTO LABEL DESIGN THAT WAS NOT USED IN 1970s REPRESSES. AS THE MAJORITY OF FRANK SINATRA LP BUYERS HAD STEREO EQUIPMENT BY THE MID-1960s,MOST MONO COPIES WOULD BE PLAYED ON VERY OLD EQUIPMENT CAUSING DAMAGE-THIS COPY IS EXCEPTIONAL! 

THIS IS AN ORIGINAL 1964 MONO 1ST ISSUE  IN GREAT SOLID MONO SOUND ON QUIET AND MEGA-THICK VINYL!  1964 PYE PRESSED REPRISE "MULTI COLOURED+SINATRA PHOTO LABELS:R 1012 WITH THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE 1M/1M MATRIXES. HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL LAMINATED+FLIPBACK COVER WITH THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE "PATENTS PENDING" TEXT WHICH HAS A TINY DATE AT THE BACK IN PEN BUT NO OTHER WRITING. THERE ARE A FEW TINY EDGE CREASES BUT NO RIPS,REPAIRS OR MAJOR STAINING!

FROM THE COLLECTION OF A FORMER JAZZ AND CLASSICAL MUSIC COLLECTOR THAT CLEARLY HAS HAD VERY FEW PLAYS INDEED! JUST BEGIN TO IMAGINE WHAT AN LP FROM 52 YEARS AGO SOUNDS LIKE WITH PRACTICALLY NO CRACKLE,NO DISTORTION,NO CLICKS,NO STICKS,NO SWISHES-EVEN IN BETWEEN THE TRACKS! THIS IS A TRULY AMAZING COPY! GLEAMING SURFACES THAT RARELY EXIST ON ANY LP OF THIS AGE LET ALONE A 1960s SINATRA ONE THAT WOULD HAVE MAJOR SURFACE MARKS ADDED WITHIN A FEW DAYS OF USE BY THE MAJORITY OF MONO BUYERS IN 1964 ALTHOUGH OF COURSE MOST HAD SWITCHED TO STEREO IN THOSE DAYS! UNDER VERY STRONG LIGHT THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF FAINT,WISPY SURFACE MARKS AND THAT IS BEING MEGA-STRICT!

DOES THE GRADING MINT EXIST? ONLY IF IT IS 100% UNPLAYED AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED WHICH IS WHY REGULAR BUYERS WILL KNOW MY NEAR MINT GRADINGS EQUAL MOST PEOPLE'S MINT! THEREFORE FOR ME TO ADD "VERY"TO MY NEAR MINT GRADING GIVES YOU THE IMPRESSION JUST HOW OUTSTANDING THIS EXAMPLE IS!

LOCATING AN OUTSTANDING VERY NEAR MINT COPY IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE AS THE MAJORITY OF COPIES WERE PLAYED OVER AND OVER AGAIN CAUSING DISTORTION AND MAJOR WEAR. THIS COPY IS THE BEST I HAVE SEEN AND HEARD AND AS SUCH THE DISC IS STRICTLY GRADED AS NEAR MINT CONDITION.

  PLEASE SEE ALL THE PHOTOS SHOWING THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE COVER,THE SPINE+BOTH LABELS! NOTHING TO HIDE! A LOW,REALISTIC £12 STARTING PRICE WITH MORE RARE LPs FROM ME ON EBAY.

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I test on a lightweight pickup of approx 2 grammes and listen with the treble full on and no filtering or mono switch used.As both a collector and dealer,I AM VERY STRICT ON GRADING but DO CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR GRADING PROOF!!!!  

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