H.P. LOVECRAFT II (2d ALBUM) ULTRA-RARE SEALED ORIGINAL '68 PHILIPS LP w/STICKER

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·       H.P.LOVECRAFT - H.P. LOVECRAFT II (THE SELF-TITLED SECOND ALBUM) - ORIGINAL 1968 PHILIPS STEREO LP PHS-600-279

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

*** STILL SEALED ORIGINAL LP -  100% GUARANTEED ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING  (REISSUES DO NOT EXIST) ***

·       GUARANTEED ORIGINAL BLACK 'PHILIPS' STOCK LABEL WITH MULTICOLOR LOGO  (GREY STOCK LABELS ALSO EXIST AND ARE ALSO EQUALLY VALID, LEGITIMATE FIRST PRESSING – THE RECORD WE HAVE HERE MAY BE EITHER ONE)

·       THE THICKNESS OF THE VINYL, THE APPEARANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COVER, LABEL’S LOGO AND OTHER PERIPHERAL ELEMENTS OF THE COVER, ARE ALL PERFECTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING OF THIS TITLE.

·       ONE “BREATHE” (AIR) HOLE NOTED ON THE SHRINK WRAP

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL UNIPAK-STYLE COVER (ONE SIDE OF THE GATEFOLD OPENS, THE OTHER ONE IS A SINGLE-PLY CARDBOARD)

·       COVER HAS A NIFTY 'HYPE' (ADVERTISEMENT) STICKER STILL AFFIXED TO THE SHRINK WRAP.

·       FAIRLY THICK VINYL PRESSING On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least thick, and  10 being the thickest), we assess the thickness of the vinyl as 7.

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you'll get.  GUARANTEED!)

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If we had our way, this album would be enshrined in the "Psychedelic Hall of Fame" as one of probably 5 to 10 best psychedelic albums of all time, right up there with "Forever Changes", "Electric music for body and mind", Doors' first album, "Surrealistic Pillow" , Tim Buckley's "Starsailor" or works by West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, Chocolate Watch Band, QMS, Byrds, or very early Pink Floyd (did we miss anyone?). If you have never heard this album, take our word: you are missing a lot. The album aged better than 99% of its contemporaries and attained a genuine cult status. This is the masterpiece of intricate, delicate musicianship, subtle and haunting melody and vocal harmony that transcends even the romantic age of the late 1960's, The songs are uniformly minor-key, with an added touch of melancholic, moody, brooding, mesmerizing, 'trippy' feel: every little trick known in a Psychedelic Cookbook has been successfully attempted here: fuzz, feedback, cheesy Farfisa organs, multi-layered, multi-tracked and back-played vocals, touches of classical and avant-garde music, bits and pieces of Gregorian chant, arrangements which include flutes and strings, and a potent dose of West Coast psychedelic aesthetics that could kill even an elephant. Apparently, by the time band recorded this, their second and last album, they were massively influenced by Jefferson Airplane, and the album sounds like an amalgamated version of Jefferson Airplane, very early Country Joe McDonald and the Fish, and Charlatans. To make Jefferson Airplane's influence even more apparent, the band covers here a version of "High Flying Bird" (the best version in existence, in our humble view), which was associated with very early Jefferson Airplane, Judy Henske and Richie Havens, among others. Your trip is utterly incomplete without this one… A psychedelic must!!! Track listing:Spin, spin,spin - It's about time - Blue Jack of Diamonds - Electrallentando - At the mountains of madness - Mobius trip - High Flying Bird - Nothing's boy - Keeper of the keys.

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               THE RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          THE ALBUM IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them. For our policy on still sealed records ►click here (PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING A BID).

(b)          The record is  apparently pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(c)           Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·                               THE COVER

COVER IS NEAR MINT, STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL ►SHRINK WRAP

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        Cover has a tiny, barely visible cutout hole in one of the corners

-        Cover has a light "wrinkle" (crease)  in two corners on the opening side (one in each)

-         Cover has two corners slightly dinged (nothing significant)

-         Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine   (nothing significant)

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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