LES SAUTERELLES Les Sauterelles (Columbia) RARE Swiss Beat 1st Pressing EX+
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LES SAUTERELLES Les Sauterelles (Columbia ZPX 10-108) RARE Swiss Beat 1st Pressing EX
RARE Swiss first pressing of Les Sauterelles` eponymously-titled debut album "Les Sauterelles" on Columbia Records (November 1966). A very rare find nowadays in any condition!
"Much of Les Sauterelles first LP (1966) was filled with covers of popular rock hits. These were interpreted, however, with a brash energy that makes the record stand out above the scores of similar covers-oriented albums produced around the globe during the era." - Richie Unterberger, allmusic.com
GRADING:
VG+ COVER with a bit of general wear. Please see photos for details.
- Original fully laminated Swiss first pressing sleeve with ringwear front and back.
- Slight scuffing to bottom edge.
- A fair bit of all-round creasing to cover, as shown.
- Small seam split to the spine (2 inches long).
VG+ RECORD, played a number of times over the years.
- Original deep-groove Swiss first pressing.
- Visually excellent vinyl on both sides, with impeccable audio reproduction throughout.
- Play-graded at loud volume as very fine EX+ condition.
- Light general hairlining from sleeve removal, as well as some visible scuffing.
- Superficial background crackle in the run-in, as well as in between some tracks.
- One scratch (1 cm long; in "Desolation Row"), as well as a second, light scratch (3 cm long; see photo). Thanks to the deep grooves, the scratches are 100% inaudible.
- Dark blue first-pressing Columbia Records labels in EX condition, with light spindle wear to both sides.
- Standard paper inner sleeve in EX++ condition included.
- The matrix stamps in the run-off grooves read "XZX-177-1 Made in Switzerland" and "XZX-177-2 Made in Switzerland", respectively.
- This issue of "Les Sauterelles" is fully certified to be a very first Swiss pressing, released in November 1966.
