JIMI HENDRIX Smash Hits LP 1968 1st EARLIEST EVER

	£		56
	$		74

On offer here is a very rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by called "Smash Hits" by Jimi Hendrix and is an ORIGINAL 1968 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Track labels!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - AND IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TO ALL LATER PRESSINGS!!!!  IN FACT, THIS IMPOSSIBLY RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING IS SO RARE - THAT I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANOTHER!!!!  I WILL EXPLAIN THE VERY IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES BELOW:

FIRSTLY IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THIS IS THE FAR FAR RARER STEREO 1ST PRESSING!!!!  WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED - VIRTUALLY ALL WERE 1ST PRESSED IN MONO, AND VIRTUALLY NONE WERE 1ST PRESSED IN STEREO AT ALL!!!!  LATER ON OF COURSE (IN 1969/70) WHEN MONOS ENDED - STEREOS DID SELL IN LARGER AMOUNTS - BUT THIS ONE IS THE VERY 'EARLIEST' STEREO 1ST PRESSING AND HAS SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES WHEN COMPARED TO ANY OF THE LATER COMMON STEREO RE-PRESSINGS!!!!  DONT UNDERESTIMATE THE RARITY OF THIS LP - WHILST LATER STEREOS RE-PRESSINGS ARE VERY COMMON - THIS ONE IS THE 'EARLIEST' STEREO 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE, AND IS WITHOUT DOUBT THE RAREST PRESSING OF THIS LP EVER MADE!!!!  I WILL EXPLAIN THE AMAZING DIFFERENCES IN DETAIL.  FIRSTLY THIS MATRIXES ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!!!!  ON THIS 'EARLIEST' STEREO 1ST PRESSING THEY END IN A/1 B//3 (ALL LATER PRESSINGS END IN A/2 B/5)!!!!  SECONDLY THE VINYL IS MUCH THICKER THAN ANY LATER PRESSING - AND THE TYPEFACE ON THE LABELS ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT (WITH A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LAYOUT)!!!!  ALSO ON THIS 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING THERE IS NO 'BRACKETS' BELOW THE 613 004 CAT NUMBER ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE LABELS (LATER ONES DO!)!!!!  THIRDLY THE COVER IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ON THIS 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING!!!!  IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT MY COMPARISON PICTURES BELOW - YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THE DIFFERENCES!!!!  IN EACH PICTURE - THIS ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS STEREO COVER IS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE!!!!  I WILL EXPLAIN THE COVER DIFFERENCES:  FIRSTLY ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS COVER - THE '613 004' STEREO CAT NUMBER IS PRINTED IN SMALL TEXT - IN THE EXTREME TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER ON THE REVERSE OF THE COVER!!!!  AS YOU CAN SEE - ON THE LATER COVER THE 'STEREO CAT NUMBER' IS PLACED MUCH FURTHER DOWN (AND ALSO HAS A 'STEREO WARNING' PARAGRAPH NEXT TO IT)!!!!  LATER STILL - STEREO COVERS COMPLETELY OMITTED THE CAT NUMBER ALTOGETHER (AND HAD NO STEREO TEXT)!!!!  THE SECOND COVER DIFFERENCE IS ON THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE COVER!!!!  ON THIS 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS COVER - THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO TEXT AT ALL - BUT ON THE LATER COVER THE TEXT 'ENHANCED FOR STEREO FROM ORIGINAL MONO RECORDINGS' WAS PLACED THERE!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  IT IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AN 'EARLIEST' STEREO 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP WITH ALL THESE AMAZING DIFFERENCES!!!! JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1968 UK 'EARLIEST' STEREO 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS TRACK LABELS, 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS LAMINATE COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!! This is a 1968 Track 1st Pressing, and is very VERY hard to find indeed!!!! The Cat. No is 613 004 on the 1st Press Track label (see picture) and is a much MUCH rarer STEREO 1st pressing!!!! All the tracks are Pure quality Jimi Hendrix at his best!!!! Any fan of Jimi Hendrix, or 60s music in general, will want to have this in their collection - especially in this condition!!!!

The record labels are in STUNNING condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing and only a few light spindle marks!!!!  The vinyl is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  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 scratches, only 2 or 3 light hairlines, NO scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK!!!!  It is also great to find that the playing of the record is as STUNNING as the visual!!!! It plays with NO pops, NO jumps, NO sticks, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some absolutely MEGA faint touches of ULTRA low level background sound on the run on grooves and VERY occassional gap - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good++ 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 inner sleeves!!!!  The 'Earliest' 1st Press STEREO Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only slight corner wear (NOT through the colour), only a few light creases (cover is flat looking), and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!! Even the unlaminated back is in BRILLIANT condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, only an absolutely TINY sticker residue trace in the top right corner, and NO writing!!!! The cover must grade Very Good+ if not better!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS MEGA RARE 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 in this sort of condition!!!!  THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO OWN AN ORIGINAL UK 1968 'EARLIEST' STEREO 1ST PRESSING OF "SMASH HITS" BY JIMI HENDRIX, IN BRILLIANT 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. P&P £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World (Postal discounts are available - see below for details).  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

On 24-Nov-02 at 12:19:15 GMT, seller added the following information: