GRATEFUL DEAD Europe '72 3/LP 1972 W/B TEST PRESSING + RELEASE SHEETS SUPERB

	£		43
	$		57

On offer here is a VERY rare triple LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Grateful Dead called "Europe '72" and is an ORIGINAL 1972 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Warner Bros label!!!!  THIS TRIPLE LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD'S ALL TIME RAREST LPs EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1972 WHEN THIS TRIPLE LP WAS FIRST RELEASED IN THE UK - IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS, AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DELETED!!!!  AS A RESULT IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE, AND IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS TRIPLE LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS THE 'EARLIEST' & RAREST 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - AND IS PROBABLY UNIQUE!!!!  AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  THIS IS THE ULTRA RARE 'TEST PRESSING' OF THIS INCREDIBLE TRIPLE LP - AND HAS TO BE REGARDED AS THE RAREST GRATEFUL DEAD LP EVER TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE - EVER!!!!  JUST FINDING A STANDARD 1ST PRESSING OF THIS TRIPLE LP IN TOP CONDITION IS VERY VERY HARD INDEED - BUT FINDING AN ULTRA RARE 'TEST PRESSING' IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE!!!!  AND WHAT MAKES THIS ONE EVEN RARER STILL - IS THAT IT IS AN 'INTERNAL FACTORY TEST PRESSING' SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR APPROVAL INSIDE THE FACTORY (AND NEVER MEANT FOR PROMOTIONAL USEAGE!)!!!!  ONLY AN ABSOLUTELY TINY HANDFUL (NO MORE THAN 2 OR 3 COPIES!) OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS ONLY - WERE EVER MADE AS 'INTERNAL TEST PRESSINGS', TO TEST THE SOUND QUALITY & MIX OF THE LP PRIOR TO FINAL APPROVAL!!!!  ONLY AFTER THIS 'TEST PRESSING' WAS FINALLY APPROVED - COULD THE 1ST PRESSING RUN BEGIN!!!!  AND UNLIKE 'STANDARD' TEST PRESSING LPs (WHICH WERE OFTEN SENT OUT TO RADIO STATIONS AS PROMOS!) - THIS ONE WITH ITS 'PRE-RELEASE' FACTORY INFORMATION SHEETS ON EACH COVER, WAS CLEARLY MEANT FOR FACTORY USEAGE ONLY, AND WOULD HAVE USUALLY BEEN DESTROYED STRAIGHT AFTER THE MIX HAD BEEN APPROVED!!!!  SO MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT - THIS HAS TO BE THE ALL TIME RAREST GRATEFUL DEAD LP EVER TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE - AND MUST BE REGARDED AS A TRUE 'ONCE IN A LIFETIME' OPPORTUNITY!!!!

THIS TRIPLE LP IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT - AS THERE COULD EVEN BE MIX DIFFERENCES COMPARED TO THE RELEASED VERSION!!!!  THE DATE PRINTED ON THE 'FACTORY INFORMATION' SHEETS ON THE FRONT OF EACH COVER IS '30TH OCTOBER 1972' (WELL BEFORE THE UK RELEASE DATE!) AND I HAVE TAKEN VERY CLEAR PICTURES OF THESE!!!!  AND EACH ONE HAS THE 'TRACK TIMES' PRINTED ON THEM - SO IF THESE DIFFER TO THE RELEASED VERSION, THEN THE CHANCES ARE THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENT MIX ON THAT TRACK OR TRACKS!!!!  SADLY I DO NOT HAVE A STANDARD VERSION TO COMPARE IT TO - OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE ALREADY DONE SO!!!!  SO NOT ONLY IS THIS TRIPLE LP DATED WAY BEFORE THE UK RELEASE DATE - BUT IT COULD EVEN HAVE SOME IMPORTANT MIX DIFFERENCES ASWELL!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS TRIPLE LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION - AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL (3 SIDES HAVE ONLY BEEN PLAYED ONCE, AND THE OTHER 3 SIDES HAVE NEVER BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!)!!!!  AND EVEN THE 'TEST PRESS' WHITE COVERS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION - AND THE 'FACTORY INFORMATION' PRE-RELEASE SHEETS ON THE FRONT OF EACH COVER ARE SIMPLY STUNNING WITH NO DAMAGE AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1972 UK 'TEST PRESS' 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS WHITE LABEL 'TEST PRESS' WARNER BROS LABELS, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'MATCHING' INNER SLEEVES, AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS WHITE 'TEST PRESS' COVERS + 'PRE-RELEASE' INFORMATION SHEETS!!!!  THIS TRIPLE LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Warner Bros UK 1st Pressing from 1972 and is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The records are pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is K 66019 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Warner Bros label (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st Pressing (there were NO Monos!)!!!!

The ULTRA RARE 'White label' TEST PRESS record labels are in AWESOME condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing (each label is UNWRITTTEN and blank white!), and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL (3 SIDES HAVE ONLY BEEN PLAYED ONCE - AND 3 SIDES ARE UNPLAYED!)!!!!  The vinyl is in SUPERB condition!!!!  Most of these 60s/70s Triple LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and ALL sides have NO scratches, NO hairlines, NO scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORDS STILL RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOK SUPERB!!!!  It is also great to find that the records play as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  And although most people would EASILY grade this AWESOME set NM/NM/NM, I will be MEGA strict to avoid disapointment, and grade these records Excellent+ if not better!!!!  WHAT A SUPERB SET OF RECORDS!!!!  Believe me these records are NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!!  I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  The records also come in their ORIGINAL 1st Press 'matching' set of inner sleeves which are ALL in SUPERB condition!!!!  The ORIGINAL 'Test Press' 1st Press Plain White Covers (+ Pre-Release Sheets!) are ALL in SUPERB condition!!!!  They have NO edge wear, NO splits, NO annotations, NO spinal wear, NO sticker marks, only VERY slight corner wear, only a VERY few light creases (ALL covers are VERY flat looking indeed!), NO rubbing, NO ringwear, barely ANY grubbyness AT ALL, NO sticker tears, and NO writing (apart from an almost INVISIBLE 'tick' trace in one corner of each cover - which no doubt was done at the factory after this Triple LP was checked!)!!!!  The opening edges are beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the back of the covers are in SUPERB condition with NO grubbyness, NO rubbing, NO yellowing, and NO writing!!!!  ALL the covers must grade Excellent(Minus) if not FULL Excellent!!!!  WHAT A SUPERB SET OF COVERS!!!!  THIS TRIPLE LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - 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 1972 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING OF "EUROPE '72" BY THE GRATEFUL DEAD, IN SUPERB 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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