JONI MITCHELL 1st LP 1968 REPRISE 1st Press TEST PRESSING

	£		197
	$		261

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Joni Mitchell called "Joni Mitchell" (Or "Song To A Seagull") and is an ORIGINAL 1968 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Reprise label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND (ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION!)!!!!  THIS WAS JONI MITCHELL'S FIRST & RAREST UK LP EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1968 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED IN THE UK - IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DELETED!!!!  AS A RESULT IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS THE 'EARLIEST' & RAREST 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE!!!!  AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  THIS IS THE ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' PRE-RELEASE WHITE LABEL 'TEST PRESSING' OF THIS INCREDIBLE LP - AND HAS TO BE REGARDED AS JONI MITCHELL'S RAREST LP EVER TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE - EVER!!!!  JUST FINDING A STANDARD 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP IN NICE CONDITION IS VERY HARD INDEED - BUT FINDING AN ULTRA RARE 'TEST PRESSING' IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE!!!!  ONLY A ABSOLUTELY TINY HANDFUL (NO MORE THAN 10-20 COPIES!) OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS ONLY - WERE EVER MADE AS 'TEST PRESSINGS', TO TEST THE SOUND QUALITY & MIX OF THE LP PRIOR TO FINAL APPROVAL!!!!  ONLY AFTER THIS 'TEST PRESSING' WAS FINALLY APPROVED - COULD THE 1ST PRESSING RUN BEGIN!!!!  AND UNLIKE LATER 'WHITE LABEL' TEST PRESSING LPs (WHICH WERE OFTEN SENT OUT TO RADIO STATIONS AS PROMOS) - REPRISE 'TEST PRESSINGS' FROM THIS PERIOD WERE NEVER SENT OUT FROM THE FACTORY, AND USUALLY DESTROYED STRAIGHT AFTER THE MIX HAD BEEN APPROVED!!!!  SO MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT - THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF JONI MITCHELL'S ALL TIME RAREST LPs EVER TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE (LIKE THIS!) - AND MUST BE REGARDED AS A TRUE 'ONCE IN A LIFETIME' OPPORTUNITY!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN GREAT CONDITION - AND CLEARLY HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1968 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING (TEST PRESSING!) ON 'EARLIEST' WHITE LABEL 'TEST PRESS' REPRISE LABEL, ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'RELEASE SHEET' (DATED WAY BEFORE THE UK RELEASE DATE!), 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS A-1*G/B-1*G MATRIXES, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'STICKERED' GATEFOLD 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 Reprise UK 'Earliest' 1st Pressing from 1968 and is in GREAT condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is RSLP 6293 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press '3-Colour' Reprise label (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st Pressing (there were NO Monos)!!!!

The ULTRA RARE 'White label' TEST PRESS record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing (apart from the Cat Number & 'A Side'), and only a VERY few light spindle marks!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  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 scratches, only a few VERY light hairlines, NO scufflines, only 2 or 3 ULTRA light surface traces, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND SHINES LIKE NEW!!!!  It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, barely ANY clicks AT ALL, 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 MEGA STRICTLY 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 inner sleeve which is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  THE ULTRA RARE 'RELEASE SHEET' IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION - APART FROM SOME RESIDUE TRACES TO THE VERY EDGES ONLY!!!!  The 'Earliest' 1st Press 'Stickered' Gatefold Cover is in GREAT condition!!!!  It has NO stickers, only 1 TINY residue/wear mark on the cover back, only VERY slight spinal wear, only slight edge wear, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), barely ANY creases AT ALL (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), only 1 TINY 'touched in' mark on the cover front, NO ringwear, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the inside of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, NO rubbing, NO ringwear, and NO writing (apart from 2 TINY 'lyric' corrections - which was probably done at the factory where this test pressing was made!)!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good (PROPERLY graded, NOT trashed!) if not better - and is still a very VERY decent cover indeed!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS (ESPECIALLY AS AN ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS TEST PRESSING!) - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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 ADDITION:- I have also just noticed 2 or 3 clicks on the outer part of 1 run on groove - though these end WAY behind the music begins!  Of course most people wouldnt play this part anyway, but I am including it for accuracies sake.