GRAHAM BOND ORGANISATION Bond Between Us LP 1965 MONO 1st Press

	£		114
	$		151

HELLO AND WELCOME TO MY 'ONE OFF' WEDNESDAY AUCTIONS (ENDING LATE WEDNESDAY 23RD JANUARY!)!!!!

As many people may already know, I usually end all my items on Sunday nights - and my next set of auctions will STILL end as usual on Sunday 27th January (they will start to be listed during the week!)!!!!  But as I had quite a few extra items of UTMOST RARITY come in to me this week - I decided to do a 'one off' set of listings of Wednesday auctions!!!!  So PLEASE NOTE that this auction will end late on Wednesday 23rd January (NOT Sunday!) - and believe me, there are some items of absolutely HUGE rarity!!!!  Thanks for reading and please take a look at this AMAZING item below:-

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Graham Bond Organization called "Theres A Bond Between Us" and is an ORIGINAL 1965 UK MONO 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Blue/Black Columbia label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS THE GRAHAM BOND ORGANIZATION'S RAREST LP EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1965 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED, IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS - AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DELETED!!!!  AS A RESULT IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  THIS LP ALSO FEATURES SOME AMAZING MUSICIANS (BEFORE THEY BECAME MORE FAMOUS!) INCLUDING:- GINGER BAKER & JACK BRUCE - WHO BOTH WENT ON THE FOLLOWING YEAR TO FORM 'CREAM' WITH ERIC CLAPTON!!!! 

THIS LP IS MADE EVEN RARER STILL - FOR 2 VERY IMPORTANT REASONS!!!!  FIRSTLY, THIS LP WAS THE FIRST UK LP EVER TO FEATURE THE 'MELLOTRON' (THE MOST FAMOUS PSYCHEDELIC INSTRUMENT IN THE LATE 1960s) - SHOWING EXACTLY HOW FAR AHEAD OF HIS TIME GRAHAM BOND REALLY WAS!!!!  AND SECONDLY THIS LP IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - WITH 1/1 MATRIX ENDINGS AND '33SX' CAT NUMBER ON THE COVER AND LABELS (THE '33' PART OF THE CAT NUMBER WAS DROPPED FROM THE LABELS ON ALL LATER PRESSINGS!)!!!!  SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' & RAREST 1ST PRESSINGS OF THIS INCREDIBLE LP THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN GREAT CONDITION, HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL - AND IS VERY PRESENTABLE INDEED!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1965 UK MONO 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS BLUE/BLACK COLUMBIA LABEL, 1ST PRESS 1/1 MONO MATRIX ENDINGS, 1ST PRESS 'EMITEX' INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' FLIPBACK LAMINATED 'PATENTS PENDING' MONO COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Columbia UK 1st Pressing from 1965 and is in GREAT condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is 33SX 1750 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Blue/Black Columbia label (see picture) and is a UK MONO 1st Pressing!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, NO wear, and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in GREAT condition - and plays BRILLIANTLY!!!!  Most of these 60s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable.  This one is NOT and has NO concentric marks (NO jumps!), only 2 or 3 lateral hairline type marks, 3 or 4 MEGA light scufflines, only 3 or 4 VERY light hairlines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND SHINES LIKE NEW!!!!  It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, only a few VERY light clicks (though mostly NONE!), NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some VERY slight background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  And because this LP has BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL - the sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good (PROPERLY graded, NOT trashed!) if not better!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!!  I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!!  Brillant!!!!  The record also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Emitex' inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Garrod & Lofthouse' Flipback Laminated 'Patents Pending' MONO Cover is in GREAT condition - and VERY presentable indeed!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, slight corner wear, only a few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), shiny laminate, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering!!!!  There is also an absolutely TINY (and PERFECTLY repaired!) nick in the opening edge - though this is 100% strong here, and as you can clearly see in my pictures, this is absolutely TINY!!!!  Even the unlaminated back of the cover is in GREAT condition with NO yellowing, NO grubbyness, NO ringwear, NO rubbing, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good (PROPERLY graded, NOT trashed!) if not better - and is very VERY decent indeed!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!!  It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE LP!!!!  THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1965 UK MONO 1ST PRESSING OF "THERES A BOND BETWEEN US" BY THE GRAHAM BOND ORGANIZATION, IN GREAT CONDITION!!!!  Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have.  Postal discounts for multiple buys are always available - and I guarantee to ALWAYS undercharge on postage!  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

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