JANIS JOPLIN CHEAP THRILLS INSANELY RARE ORIG '68 COLUMBIA MONO LP w/DIFF MIXES

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·       BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY WITH JANIS JOPLIN - CHEAP THRILLS – ULTRA-RARE ORIGINAL MONO PRESSING - ORIGINAL 1968 COLUMBIA RECORDS MONO LP KCL-2900

·       ORIGINAL US PRESSING

·       INSANELY RARE ORIGINAL MONO PRESSING; ONE OF  THE RAREST COLUMBIA MONO ALBUMS IN EXISTENCE

·       ORIGINAL RED COLUMBIA MONO LABEL WITH WHITE PRINT.

·       THIS IS EXACTLY THE FIFTH MONO COPY WE HAVE SEEN IN 46 YEARS OF COLLECTING– AND ONE OF THE ONLY TWO THAT WERE BETTER THAN VG

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

·       ORIGINAL GATEFOLD COVER, MADE OF THICK CARDBOARD (AMERICAN STYLE) 

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       ORIGINAL ROBERT CRUMB- ILLUSTRATED COVER: A TRUE CLASSIC.

·       MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) ENDS WITH '-1A/-1A'.  ON SOME LABELS,  SUFFIX '–1' DENOTES THE VERY FIRST, ORIGINAL PRESSING)

·       MONO version of this album has NEVER been available on legitimate Compact Disc or in any other digital format.

 (►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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In one of the interviews, Sam Andrew, the original member of the BB&H/Co. characterized their music on this concert appearance as a "crazy, raw sh!t". Fair enough. We can't think of a single less polished and more crude, emotionally charged white electric/psychedelic blues album of the 1960's. And then, of course, there's that glorious voice of Janis Joplin. The lady sings her heart and guts and everything else out. The almost 9 minute long "Ball and Chain" with its torrents and mudslides of fuzz, feedback and all kinds of guttural sounds made by Janis Joplin is itself worth the price of admission. This is the defining moment of the Psychedelic Sixties and the first (to my knowledge) psych album to ever reach the #1 spot on Billboard's top list of albums. Mono pressing? Forget it – it’s a sight unseen. This is the first, the one and the only copy we’ve ever seen.

And, oh…did we forget to mention the timeless, groundbreaking ►Robert Crumb cover artwork that is still, 36 years later, a joy to behold. Track listing: Combination of the two - I need a man to love - Summertime - Piece of my heart - Oh Sweet Mary - Ball and Chain - Turtle Blues

For its extraordinary contribution to the contemporary music, superb production, craftsmanship, fine musicianship, revolutionary significance and influence it exerted on numerous generations of musicians, songwriters and general public, or for some other inherent quality, this album was voted one of top-200 albums of all time in one of the largest poll of critics, music reviewers, show business professionals and producers ever organized: the poll, which was conducted by Paul Gambaccini, the legendary BBC Radio A&R man, surveyed more than 50 top music professionals (including Roy Carr, Jonathan Cott, Robert Christgau, Cameron Crowe, Chet Flippo, Ben Fong-Torres, Charlie Gillett, Greil Marcus, Murray the K., Lenny Kaye, Bruce Morrow (a/k/a "Cousin Brucie"), Tim Rice , Lisa Robinson, Robert Shelton, Ed Ward, Joel Whitburn, Pete Wingfield, etc.). For more details, see: "Critics Choice: Top-200 albums" , Omnibus Press, Library of Congress Catalog No.7855565 (or ►click here  for the complete album listing)

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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)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS STRONG VERY GOOD+(+) . CAUTION: The vinyl is NOT MINT or NEAR MINT, but is nevertheless in a very nice and clean condition. There are some surface marks and abrasions, mostly light and superficial, although some may be longer than 1.1/4 inches (1 inch = 2.5 centimeters)

(b)          The record is 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)           Mono pressing of this title is much rarer, and by far more  preferable to its stereo counterpart. We think that the mix is more natural, humane, "organic" and that the mixes are somewhat different than on the stereo version. We estimate that stereo copies of this album outnumber mono pressings by a ratio of at least 500:1 (no, we are NOT exaggerating).

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

·                               THE COVER

THE COVER IS ABOUT VERY GOOD+ (VG+)

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        The gatefold cover has partially split seams on 1 out of 4 "legs" of the cover (about 5 inches / 1 inch = 2.5 centimeters); a small section of the chipboard is missing on the top seam ( (VISIBLE ON THE INSIDE GATEFOLD ONLY)

-         Cover has some light ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 4; Inside gatefold has some light ring wear

-         Back cover has circular tarnish (grayish, dust-covered sections, which closely follow the contour of the record),  probably caused by friction or by rubbing against other covers during the storage. The tarnish is similar in appearance to a common ring wear, but, UNLIKE ring wear, these grayish areas may be possible to clean up with a minor effort and with a right cleansing solution.

-         Cover shows some yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging.  Yellowing is also noted on the INSIDE gatefold

-         Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine

-         Cover has some visible fraying/tattering on the top seam

-         Visible shelf wear noted on the bottom seam and spine

-         Cover has two corners slightly worn / dinged

-         Cover has a visible "wrinkle"(crease)  in one of the corners.   (VISIBLE ON BACK SIDE ONLY)

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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