JOHN MAYALL Bluesbreakers + Eric Clapton LP 1966 MONO 1st Press SAMPLE COPY

	£		80
	$		106

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by John Mayall, Eric Clapton & The Bluesbreakers called "Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton" and is an ORIGINAL 1966 UK MONO 1st Pressing on the 1st Press UNBOXED 'Grooved' Decca label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF JOHN MAYALL'S RAREST LPS EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1966 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED - IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS (LIKE THIS!), AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY CHANGED!!!!  AS A RESULT, IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  THIS LP IS MADE EVEN RARER STILL - AS IT IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE, WITH AN ULTRA RARE 'FLIPBACK' LAMINATED COVER (LATER ONES DONT!), 'HANDLING/PLAYING' INNER SLEEVE (LATER ONES DONT!), DIFFERENT & 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS LABELS (WITH '1966' JUSTIFIED TO THE LEFT & 'LONG SET' TRACK LISTING!) WHICH ALL LATER COPIES SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE, AND 1A/1A MATRIX ENDINGS (ALL LATER ONES SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE ALL THESE DETAILS AT ALL!)!!!!

BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP EVEN RARER STILL - IS THAT IT IS AN ULTRA RARE PROMOTIONAL 'SAMPLE' 1ST PRESSING!!!!  AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  'SAMPLE' 1ST PRESSINGS WERE ONLY EVER PRESSED IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS (NO MORE THAN A FEW HUNDRED COPIES ONLY!), AND WERE ONLY EVER USED FOR 'IN-HOUSE' USE BY DECCA THEMSELVES (FOR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES), OR VERY OCCASSIONALLY ONE WAS GIVEN OUT TO 'IMPORTANT VISITORS' TO THE FACTORY - SUCH AS PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS FOR EXAMPLE!!!!  THEY WERE NEARLY ALWAYS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE (AS IN THIS CASE!) - AND ARE NOW VERY VERY HARD TO FIND!!!!  AND OF COURSE, ALTHOUGH YOU CAN NEVER BEE 100% CERTAIN THAT THEY WERE ON THIS LP FROM NEW (UNLESS YOU HAVE THE FULL LPs HISTORY!) - IN THIS CASE, I HAVE EXAMINED THE STICKER VERY CAREFULLY INDEED - AND IT IS 100% GENIUNE (NOT A RE-PRINT!), THERE IS NO GLUE RESIDUE, AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO EVIDENCE OF ANY 'RE-STICKING'!!!!  THE STICKER IS ALSO 100% FLAT TO THE TOUCH TOO (AND IS CLEARLY NOT COVERING ANYTHING UP!) - LEADING ME TO STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT IT HAS BEEN ON THIS LP FROM NEW, AND THE STICKER ITSELF IS DEFINITELY 100% GENIUNE IN ALL RESPECTS!!!!  BARELY ANY PROMOTIONAL 'SAMPLE' PRESSINGS OF THIS LP WERE EVER MADE - MAKING THIS LP OF THE UTMOST RARITY!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN GREAT CONDITION - AND IS STILL A VERY VERY DECENT EXAMPLE INDEED!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1966 UK 'EARLIEST' MONO 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS UNBOXED 'GROOVED' DECCA LABEL (WITH DIFFERENT 'DATE PLACING' & 'LONG SET' TRACK LISTING!), 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 1/A 1/A MONO MATRIXES, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'HANDLING/PLAYING' INNER SLEEVE, AND ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'MacNEILL' FLIPBACK LAMINATED MONO COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Decca UK 1st Pressing from 1966 and is in GREAT condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is LK 4804 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press UNBOXED 'Grooved' Decca label (see picture) and is a UK MONO 1st pressing!!!!

The record labels are in BRILLIANT condition (see pictures) with NO wear (apart from a TINY touch around the centre holes!), NO writing, and only a few spindle markings!!!!  The vinyl is in GREAT 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 nasty concentric marks, only 3 or 4 TINY surface marks, NO scufflines, only 2 or 3 VERY light hairlines, only 3 or 4 small lateral hairline type marks, 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 record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO skips, only a few light clicks (though mostly NONE!), NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle 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 - and is still a very VERY decent record indeed!!!!  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 comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Handling/Playing' inner sleeve which is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'MacNeill' Laminated Flipback MONO Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), only a few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking!), VERY shiny laminate, NO splits, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the unlaminated back of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with NO grubbyness, only the VERY slightest touch of uneveness (barely ANY), NO yellowing, VERY nice flipbacks, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, NO ringwear, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good++ if not better!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS (ESPECIALLY AS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE!) - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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