JOHN MAYALL - PLAYS JOHN MAYALL - KLOOKS KLEEK - MONO

	£		72
	$		95

JOHN MAYALL – PLAYS JOHN MAYALL

           (Recorded Live at Klooks Kleek!)

ORIGINAL UK 1st PRESSING – DECCA MONO  

VERY RARE AND HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE UK LP ESPECIALLY IN THIS BRILLIANT CONDITION!!, 1965 FIRST ORIGINAL PRESSING  EX+/EX+

“I have decided to sell my record collection which has been accumulated over many years”

I am not a trader or record shop. I am music fan who has collected vinyl records over many years and over the coming days/weeks I will be offering rare, and much sought after vinyl records including Prog Rock, Blues, Folk, etc from collectible labels such as Pink Island, Blue Horizon, Deram/Decca, Atlantic plum, Vertigo swirl, Chess etc etc..

Artist:  John Mayall (and the Bluesbreakers)

Title:   Plays John Mayall – Recorded Live at Klooks Kleek

Catalogue No:  LK 4680

Release Year:  1965

Country of origin:  UK

This LP is in truly EXCELLENT CONDITION+ and is another genuinely a reluctant sale.

This is a rare UK Decca Mono pressing by the brilliant John Mayall accompanied by the fledgling Bluesbreakers. This LP is a beautiful example of this rare first pressing and highly sought after LP. There is absolutely no groove-wear, no pops, no clicks no ‘breakfast frying’, no sticks or jumps. Held at an angle towards light it is incredible there are no blemishes or paper scuffs observable...It is in outstanding condition and still retains its brilliant gloss/sheen as when it was first produced!!

Discerning and serious collectors of John Mayall’s music know that to have this LP on this original Decca UK 1st pressing label in the collection is a ‘must’, and an indispensable addition to their catalogue.

Record Grading

Before I offer for sale I play grade to check my LP’s and I have just played both sides on an upmarket deck.

There is truly only one way to describe the vinyl of this LP – a superb Excellent+! – The winning bidder will not only be thrilled, but also as with all UK Decca 1st pressings amazed at the sound quality of the vinyl! Remember and please bear in mind that this original pressing is 45yrs old!

The vinyl is a superb heavyweight pressing. I doubt if you will ever again find this vinyl in as stunning and beautiful condition!! ‘Run-in’s’ and run-out’s on both sides are brilliant. You would be very, very fortunate to find another with sound quality like this and in such brilliant overall condition!! The LP is superb!

As always, I am being genuine and highly critical, but honest in my evaluation of the LP; You’d be thinking I’m doing myself an injustice with my description but I treat others the way I wish to be treated myself so I am describing it to the best of my ability. (Also, I have not attempted to clean the record in case of damage to the LP and because it’s in such outstanding condition it doesn’t require any object or cleaning agent applied, in fact the only implement this LP requires is a stylus!)

LP Cover

Laminate front, single sleeve. – Absolutely superb condition with very little signs of ageing. – no rips, tears, unwanted ink etc..etc!

The front and back of the sleeve is clean and bright with no unsightly blemishes. The printed essay on the reverse of the sleeve by Alexis Korner is unfaded and the print on the spine is also excellent+. The spine is also ‘square’. No edges wear, no feathering whatsoever (see images). Original sleeve “printed in England by James Upton, Birmingham, England”. (see images)

Labels

Absolutely immaculate! Held at an angle towards light you would be hard pressed to see any of very few trace of spindle marks! And 45yrs old to boot!… Both labels truly stunning! – No unwanted ink/writing or unsightly blemishes (see images)

Inner Sleeve

The LP is housed in its original Decca ‘mono’ sleeve.

The winning bidder will not be disappointed as this is a truly remarkable LP and easily the best I have seen – it is absolutely immaculate!!

Please take into consideration that I am not a photographer or a professional salesman. What you can be certain of are the descriptions of all the LP’s I shall be offering for sale, and that they are all critically evaluated.

I will do my best with any further images you require and, if you have any questions about the LP please email me.

Contact is to be made within 3 days of winning bid and payment to be made within one week of winning bid.

Postage and packing within the UK = £3.00

International worldwide postage = £7.00

(If the winning bidder requires further postage security on the LP please email for price – see details below)

Thanks and Good Luck!

I am a private seller gradually disposing of my vinyl collection.  Please note that whilst it is rare for items to be lost or damaged in the post, I am unable to accept responsibility for any loss or damage by the postal services. Whilst I am happy to provide assistance, advice, and proof of postage, all such claims remain the responsibility of the buyer. All items sold for more than £39 will be subject to an extra charge for 'signed for' posting (This is not usually very expensive) if the purchaser requires package to be covered for compensation to cover the unlikely loss/damage in the post an extra charge will be necessary. If compensation cover is required buyers should contact me so that the full cost can be invoiced for insurance purposes.

Album review

John Mayall's debut album, recorded live in December 1964, is a little unjustly overlooked, as it was recorded shortly before the first of the famous guitarists schooled in the Bluesbreakers (Eric Clapton) joined the band. With Roger Dean on guitar (and the rhythm section who'd play on the Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton album, bassist John McVie of Fleetwood Mac fame and drummer Hughie Flint), it has more of a rock/R&B feel, rather like the early Rolling Stones, than the purer bluesier material Mayall would usually stick to in his subsequent recordings. The record doesn't suffer for this, however, moving along quite powerfully, and — unusually for a British R&B/blues band of the time — featuring almost nothing but original material, all penned by Mayall. Nigel Stanger's saxophone adds interesting touches to a few tracks, the songs are quite good, and while Dean's guitar and Mayall's vocals aren't on the same level as the best instrumentalists and singers in the British blues-rock movement, they're satisfactory. [The 2006 U.K. expanded CD edition added five enjoyable cuts that round up everything else recorded by the pre-Eric Clapton version of the Bluesbreakers, including the 1964 single "Crawling Up a Hill"/"Mr. James"; the early 1965 single "Crocodile Walk"/"Blues City Shakedown"; and the February 1965 outtake "My Baby Is Sweeter," which first showed up on the early-'70s British compilation Thru the Years. "Crawling Up a Hill" and "Crocodile Walk" also appear on the original John Mayall Plays John Mayall album in live performances, but the bonus track versions are entirely different studio recordings done for those non-LP singles, and are pretty good as well.]