LONNIE DONEGAN"LONNIE"1958 10"LP VERY RARE STEREO ISSUE

	£		20
	$		27

AN ORIGINAL 1958 STEREO 1ST EDITION LONNIE DONEGAN 10"LP IN EXCELLENT++++ CONDITION!

"LONNIE"PYE NSPT 84000. 

THE VERY FIRST LONNIE DONEGAN STEREO LP AND INDEED ONE OF THE FIRST UK"POP"STEREO LPs EVER FROM 52 YEARS AGO WHEN HARDLY ANY LONNIE DONEGAN FANS WERE BUYING STEREO OR EVEN KNEW WHAT IT WAS!

THE FIRST UK STEREO LPs WERE ISSUED IN 1958.

PYE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST AND AS WITH MOST RECORD COMPANIES INITIALLY CONCENTRATED ON ISSUING EASY LISTENING AND CLASSICAL MUSIC AS MOST EARLY STEREO BUYERS WERE RICH ADULTS WHO DID NOT CARE FOR POP!

THE EARLIEST STEREO EQUIPMENT WAS VERY EXPENSIVE AND EVEN IN 1958,MOST LONNIE DONEGAN FANS WERE STILL STICKING WITH THE OLD 78 RPM SINGLES FORMAT!!!! 

TO START WITH, STEREO EDITIONS WERE VERY EXPENSIVE(PRICED MUCH HIGHER THAN THE MONO EDITIONS)WITH MANY SHOPS NOT STOCKING THEM,ONLY OBTAINING TO SPECIAL ORDER.

YOU COULD NOT CONVERT THE EXISTING MONO RECORD PLAYERS OF THE TIME! 

VERY SELECTIVE POP ARTISTS HAD STEREO ISSUES AND IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE MID 1960s THAT DUAL MONO/STEREO RELEASES CAME OUT.

INFACT JUST ABOUT ALL OF LONNIE'S LATER ALBUMS WERE MONO ONLY AND IT IS A RARE CHANCE TO HEAR HIM IN GENUINE STEREO!!! 

INFACT SOME LABELS CONTINUED WITH A MONO ONLY POP LPs POLICY UNTIL THE END OF THE 1960s! THIS WAS ONE OF THE VERY FIRST POP/ROCK AND ROLL ERA STEREO UK LPs!!!!! 

THE PRINT RUN FOR STEREO LPs,ESPECIALLY TEENAGE AIMED WAS EXTREMELY SMALL.

A FEW HUNDRED,PROBABLY 500 AT THE MOST!

I WOULD ESTIMATE THAT LESS THAN A HUNDRED SOLD IN STEREO WITH PROBABLY ONLY A DOZEN SURVIVING AS GOOD AS THIS ONE!!!!!

I HAVE ONLY FOUND ONE STEREO COPY BEFORE IN OVER 35 YEARS OF COLLECTING!!!!

IT WAS PROBABLY DELETED WITHIN A YEAR OR SO WHEN PYE STOPPED MAKING 10"LPs,INFACT THE UK RECORD INDUSTRY MORE OR LESS STOPPED MAKING 10"LPs BY 1961 WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS (NOSTALGIC REISSUES etc!!)  

THOSE THAT DID SELL WERE OFTEN PLAYED ON POOR EQUIPMENT, SO OFTEN MONO EQUIPMENT IN ERROR,RUINING THE DELICATE GROOVES FOREVER!!!!!

VERY FEW SURVIVE, 52 YEARS LATER!!

EVEN MOST"NORMAL"MONO 10"LPs TEND TO TURN UP WRECKED LET ALONE IN STEREO!

THE FIRST DECENT COPY TO BE SEEN ON EBAY OR ANYWHERE IN MONTHS,PROBABLY YEARS FROM A RELIABLE POWER SELLER AND LONG TERM COLLECTOR!  

A-1/B-1 MATRIXES-EARLIEST POSSIBLE!!! 

SUPERB EXAMPLE HOUSED IN A CLEAN  GLOSSY  COVER WHICH HAS THE MONO NUMBER AND NO REFERENCE TO STEREO,BUT THE PREVIOUS COPY I FOUND HAD  STEREOPHONIC STICKERS OVER THE CATALOGUE NUMBERS AND SO IT IS LIKELY THEY WERE PEELED OFF!

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF MINOR EDGE CUTS AND  A LITTLE LAMINATION PEELING AND SOME EDGE WEAR BUT  NO WRITING! NO STAINING! NO REPAIRS!

YOU RARELY EVER SEE SUCH AN EARLY STEREOPHONIC PYE LP,LET ALONE AN LONNIE DONEGAN ONE OF 52 YEARS AGO!!! 

AN ALBUM THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN RARE IN STEREO,ESPECIALLY IN EXCELLENT CONDITION BUT 52 YEARS LATER IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AS GOOD AS THIS ONE!

THE MAJORITY WERE PLAYED ON RADIOGRAMS,PORTABLE PLAYERS AND EVEN THE MOST CAREFUL FANS WOULD HAVE PLAYED IT DOZENS OF TIMES,THIS COPY HAS HAD HARDLY ANY PLAYS AT ALL!

GLEAMING SURFACES WITH ONLY A FEW ULTRA FAINT LIGHT SURFACE MARKS AND HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE-JUST THE ODD"POP"HERE AND THERE!NO CLICKS,NO JUMPS,NO STICKS,NO HISS!  

THIS COPY HAS CLEARLY NOT HAD MANY PLAYS!   

 OUTSTANDINGLY QUIET VINYL!

BEAUTIFUL STEREO MIXES-SOUNDED FABULOUS ON HEADPHONES WHICH IS HOW I DETECT ANY OF EVEN THE SLIGHTEST FAULTS! 

NO HORRIBLE"DISTORTION FIZZ"!

I LISTEN WITH THE TREBLE ON TO HEAR SUCH POTENTIAL GROOVE DAMAGE!!!  

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR AN UPGRADER/ULTIMATE COPY -THIS COULD BE THE ONE FOR YOU!

IT IS TIME FOR ANOTHER DELIGHT FROM ONE OF THE UKs LEADING RECORD  EXPERTS/DEALERS.

MUSICALLY LONNIE DONEGAN WAS A MAJOR INFLUENCE ON SO MANY,ESPECIALLY THE BEATLES,THE ROLLING STONES,BOB DYLAN AND SO MANY OTHERS.

STARTING OFF IN THE CHRIS BARBER JAZZ BAND,HIS BOSS WAS ALWAYS A BLUES FAN AND ENCOURAGED LONNIE TO PERFORM BLUES MATERIAL WITH JAZZ AND COUNTRY INFLUENCES AT CONCERTS AND INCLUDE TRACKS ON CHRIS BARBER ALBUMS.THIS RESULTED IN THE BIRTH OF BRITISH SKIFFLE,THE INTERNATIONAL HIT"ROCK ISLAND LINE"AND SUBSEQUENTLY LONNIE'S OWN BAND ENCOURAGING MANY YOUNGSTERS TO"HAVE A GO".HE WAS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE MAIN REASON FOR THE QUARRYMEN SKIFFLE GROUP THAT JOHN LENNON STARTED IN 1956,LEADING TO THAT HISTORIC DAY IN 1957 WHEN PAUL McCARTNEY JOINED AND THE REST IS HISTORY.

PAUL AND OTHERS STILL STATE HOW IMPORTANT LONNIE WAS AND HIS ENTHUSIASM AND UNDERSTANDING OF AMERICAN BLUES AND FOLK IS CLEAR ON THIS LP,BUT IN FANTASTIC STEREO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BRILLIANT,EXCITING VOCALS,GREAT BACKINGS WITH PYE'S FAMOUS RECORDING QUALITY(DON'T FORGET THE TERRIFIC EQUIPMENT THEY USED TO MAKE)+THE ALL ROUND STEREO WARMTH IS MAGIC!

A SLEEVE NOTE BY LONNIE DONEGAN AS WELL AS A GREAT MOODY COVER COLOUR PHOTO!

THE TRACKS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

LONESOME TRAVELLER

THE SUNSHINE OF HIS LOVE

AIN'T NO MORE CANE ON THE BRAZOS

AIN'T YOU GLAD YOU GOT RELIGION

TIMES ARE GETTING HARD BOYS

LAZY JOHN

LIGHT FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE

I'VE GOT ROCKS IN MY BED

LONG SUMMER DAY.

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FROM A RECENTLY PURCHASED COLLECTION OF MAINLY TOP QUALITY LPs OWNED FROM NEW BY A FORMER DECCA EMPLOYEE(WHO HAD CONTACTS AT PYE)AND HARDLY USED HIS LPs AND STORED AWAY FROM LIGHT AND HEAT IN A CUPBOARD FOR OVER  50 YEARS!

THERE ARE A FEW ULTRA MINOR/SEMI FAINT SURFACE COVER REMOVAL MARKS BUT HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE OR AUDIBLE SIGNS OF USE-NOT EVEN ANY CLEANING WAS NECESSARY! AMAZING!!! 

A LONNIE DONEGAN COLLECTORS DREAM-PLEASE READ ON FOR IN DEPTH DETAILS!!

I HAVE NOT FOUND SUCH BREATHTAKING QUALITY FOR SUCH AN EARLY STEREO 10" LP OF THIS VINTAGE FOR QUITE SOMETIME.THEY ARE SIMPLY NOT TURNING UP AS FREQUENTLY AS THEY DID,EVEN FIVE YEARS AGO.MOST HAVE NOW LEFT THE UK FOR THE COLLECTIONS OF JAPAN,AMERICA AND THE FAR EAST NEVER TO RETURN TO THE SELLING MARKET.

THIS MAY BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GET SUCH A MUSICALLY BRILLIANT LP LIKE THIS ONE IN ALMOST AS NEW CONDITION!

NO CLEANING WAS NEEDED,THE SURFACES GLEAM,NO FINGERPRINTS,PATCHES OR BAD STORAGE ISSUES,NO WARPING,NO SCUFFS,NO SCRATCHES,NO FADING etc.

THERE ARE ACOUPLE OF ULTRA FAINT"WISPY"COVER REMOVAL MARKS BUT THESE DO NOT SOUND.

PLEASE LOOK AT THE PHOTO OF THE BRIGHTNESS AND SHARPNESS OF THE LABELS AND THE COVER!

NO WRITING,NO REPAIRS,NO RIPS,NO SPLITS,NO SPILLAGES,NO STAINS,HARDLY ANY LAMINATION PEELING,JUST A FEW EDGE,CORNER CREASES AND A COUPLE OF TINY EDGE CUTS.

DON'T FORGET JUST HOW EXPENSIVE EARLY STEREO LPs WERE FOR THE AVERAGE FAN OF THE LATE 1950s.AN LP WAS USUALLY A CAREFULLY CONSIDERED PURCHASE OVER WEEKS AND EVEN MONTHS,WHICH EXPLAINS WHY SO FEW TURN UP.

THOSE THAT DID BUY THEM WERE OFTEN SCARED OF HAVING THEM STOLEN OR BORROWED WITHOUT RETURN AND WOULD WRITE NAMES ON THE COVER-JUST COMPARE WITH ANY OTHER SIMILAR LPs ON EBAY.THE MAJORITY HAVE WRITING,SELLOTAPE REPAIR OR WORSE STILL DRAWINGS AND DOODLES ADDED.

THIS IS ABOUT THE BEST I HAVE SEEN IN YEARS AND YEARS.

CHECK OUT YOUR COPY-CAN YOU REALLY PUT UP WITH THE ONE YOU HAVE GOT AND WILL YOU REGRET IT LATER?

IF NOTHING ELSE THIS IS A FANTASTIC INVESTMENT!

I AM SURE TO REGRET NOT KEEPING IT BUT THAT'S LIFE!

THE HOUSE IS FULL AS IT IS! 

THE PREVIOUS OWNER WAS A HI-FI BUFF AND BEING AN ENGINEER AT DECCA HAD THE BENEFIT OF GETTING THE BEST FROM OTHER COMPANIES AND INDEED IT IS HIGHLY PROBABLE THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST AND ONLY EXAMPLES OF THIS RECORD IN STEREO TO APPEAR ON EBAY FOR YEARS DIRECT FROM SOMEONE WHO WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME! 

THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH ME ON EBAY SINCE 2002 AND INDEED ELSEWHERE BEFORE SINCE 1986, WILL PROBABLY KNOW I HAVE BEEN A RESPECTED  MUSIC EXPERT AND COLLECTOR FOR MANY YEARS CALLED UPON BY RADIO,TV AND PRICE GUIDES FOR MY ADVICE AND KNOWLEDGE.

WHILST I AM IN THE BUSINESS TO SELL, I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE ITEMS I AM SELLING.

IN A COMPETITIVE MARKET SUCH AS EBAY, THIS IS GETTING RARE SO YOU CAN BID WITH COMPLETE CONFIDENCE!

A VERY NICE THICK PRESSING!  

MOST COPIES THAT SURVIVE ARE IN POOR CONDITION-THIS ONE IS IN EXCELLENT+++++ CONDITION WITH HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE WHATSOEVER ,EVEN AT HIGH VOLUME WITH THE TREBLE FULL ON TO"CATCH"ANY GROOVE WEAR AND THAT IS BEING STRICT! 

NO STICKS!/NO JUMPS!/NO CLICKS!/NO SWISHES!/NO DISTORTION!

A COPY THAT HAS BEEN PLAYED ONLY A HANDFUL OF TIMES,POSSIBLY AS FEW AS 4-5 HAVING SPOKEN AT LENGTH TO THE PREVIOUS OWNER,SELLING DUE TO DOWNSIZING AND A HOUSE MOVE!!!!

Just how many were preserved like this one FROM A RELIABLE INDUSTRY SOURCE ??!!!!!!  

The STEREO mixes are Superb and full of bass, with a natural warmth from those VERY EARLY STEREO LP days OF AROUND 52 YEARS AGO!

In 1958, many were using terrible old and heavy equipment and using worn styli or nasty autochangers that would scuff the discs forever in seconds at the time not aware that years later even the slightest damage would be evident on more sophisticated audio.

The early STEREO equipment was quite often a bit basic and it was suggested to play LPs at between 5 and 8 grammes, which of course after a few plays would produce on later plays that nasty"film of fizzy distortion"so often IGNORED by sellers and in MY LISTENING GRADING is ALWAYS LISTENED OUT FOR WITH THE TREBLE FULL ON AND PLAYED TWICE TO ENSURE THE BEST AND MOST ACURATE GRADING!!!! 

 To find immaculate copies all these years later is getting almost impossible!FACT!

THEY ARE SIMPLY DRYING UP! 

These mixes are far punchier but are rather flat on the CDs that have come out!

Vinyl is still the best way to hear LONNIE DONEGAN and always will be!  

GREAT WIDE RANGE SOUND WITH GREAT BASS!

I TEST ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITHOUT FILTERING OR A MONO SWITCH.

There is NO spindle wear.  

Look elsewhere on ebay and you MIGHT see other copies-Look closer and you will find they are often MONO versions, reissues,inferior USA issues or lower grade copies with all manner of faults.

MOST RECORDS ON EBAY ARE IN DIABOLICAL, BAD CONDITIONS ATTEMPTED TO BE  SOLD BY PEOPLE WHO DO NOT KNOW HOW TO GRADE OR BOTHER TO ACTUALLY PLAY THEM FOR AN ACURATE DESCRIPTION!

This is A POSSIBLE UPGRADER COPY-EXAMINE YOURS IF YOU HAVE ONE AT ALL AND IT MAY NOT BE AS GOOD AS YOU THINK!

THE LP ITSELF AS USUAL WILL BE REMOVED FROM IT'S COVER BEFORE SENDING!   

REMEMBER I AM GRADING STRICTLY! PLEASE STUDY THE PHOTO! 

As both a collector and dealer,I AM VERY STRICT ON GRADING but DO CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR GRADING PROOF!!!!

Realistic  £20 STARTING price with no annoying reserve. BUY IT NOW OFFERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED!

HARDLY ANY STEREO  LPs OF THIS VINTAGE SELL FOR LESS AND I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH HOW GOOD THEY ARE.DO NOT BE SURPRISED IF THERE IS FRANTIC BIDDING AT THE LAST MINUTE.

DON'T LEAVE IT AND REGRET IT LATER!!!!!!!!!!!THIS MAY NOT BE REPEATED FOR A LONG TIME! 

THIS IS A GREAT CHANCE TO OWN A SUPER AND RARE LP. A GREAT INVESTMENT! 

Postage is FREE INCLUDING RECORDED DELIVERY TO THE UK WITH SOLID PACKING FAR BETTER THAN THE MAJORITY OF SELLERS-LOOK AT THE FEEDBACK FOR PROOF! YOU WILL GET IT IN FINE SHAPE!!

Outside UK extra depending on destination.£5 EUROPE. REST OF THE WORLD £7. PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO SEVERAL ITEMS OVERSEAS BEING"LOST", IF THE OPTION TO SEND INSURED IS REFUSED THEN I CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST ITEMS. I DO NOT DRAMATICALLY INCREASE POSTAGE ON SEVERAL ITEMS BOUGHT.Paypal or cheque within 7 days please.

CHEQUE WILL NEED TIME TO CLEAR BEFORE DELIVERY. 

SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES FOR SEVERAL ITEMS BOUGHT

DO NOT BID UNLESS YOU INTEND TO PAY.Feedback always left. BE AWARE!!!! NON PAYERS AND TIMEWASTERS WILL BE DEALT WITH AND REPORTED TO EBAY AS WELL AS CIRCULATED VERBALLY AND BY EMAIL TO MY MANY DEALER AND COLLECTOR FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!

Checkout my power seller status and my own feedback of OVER 10,000 comments of my standards and service many from some of the world's most respected collectors and dealers. BUY with confidence! Always adding quality Records, cd's and related items to ebay several times a week. Customers from all over the world regard my  ebay selections as the #1 for QUALITY,VARIETY AND SERVICE.

I HAVE BEEN A DEALER SINCE 1986 WITH OVER 7 YEARS ON EBAY.

I ACTUALLY LISTEN TO MY ITEMS ON GOOD QUALITY EQUIPMENT, USUALLY TWICE TO ENSURE THE VERY BEST POSSIBLE AND ACURATE GRADE-I WANT LONG TERM REGULAR CUSTOMERS WHO WANT TO RETURN TO BUY FROM ME WITH FAITH AND TRUST.

LOOK AT MY FEEDBACK AND SEE WELL KNOWN RESPECTED COLLECTORS AND DEALERS WHO BUY FROM ME OVER AND OVER-NOTE WHAT THEY SAY-PAGE AFTER PAGE OF GLOWING STATEMENTS! 

UK Customers are very welcome to collect ebay winnings  by prior email arrangement.OVER 7 YEARS ON EBAY and many more before as a keen collector! Thanks for looking and good luck.

OTHER STYLES OF MUSIC ON EBAY FROM ME-SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE-LOOK NO FURTHER!!!!!

DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS OPPORTUNITY,MAYBE FOR THE LAST TIME FOR THIS LP IN THIS CONDITION!

I HAVE MENTIONED EVERYTHING BUT IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK.

MANY MORE FANTASTIC  LPs TO COME IN FUTURE WEEKS FROM THIS COLLECTION FROM THE SAME ERA OF THE LATE 1950s AND EARLY 1960s!

KEEP WATCHING!

 DON'T LEAVE YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN!

THIS COULD BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GET SUCH A RARE LP LIKE THIS ONE IN STEREO!

GOOD LUCK AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST.

MORE LONNIE DONEGAN UK LPs ENDING FROM ME, SHORTLY BEFORE THIS ONE ENDS!