LOU REED Transformer LP 1972 RCA 1st FULLY LAMINATED

	£		69
	$		91

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Lou Reed called 'Transformer' and is an ORIGINAL 1972 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press RCA label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF LOU REED'S RAREST LPs EVER - AND SIMPLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE LIKE THIS!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL - IS THAT IT IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE (WITH SOME AMAZING DIFFERENCES THAT ALL LATER PRESSINGS NEVER HAD!)!!!!  AND THIS IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  I WILL NOW EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHY THIS LP IS SO INCREDIBLY RARE!!!!

THIS LP WAS 1ST RELEASED IN DECEMBER 1972 AND WAS RELEASED AT A TIME WHEN LOU REED WAS STILL VIRTUALLY A COMPLETE UNKNOWN.  ANYTHING LOU REED HAD BEEN INVOLVED WITH BEFORE (INCLUDING ALL OF HIS PREVIOUS BANDS RELEASES - THE VELVET UNDERGROUND) HAD SOLD VIRTUALLY NOTHING IN THE UK AND HAD BEEN QUICKLY DELETED.  AND WHEN THIS LP 'TRANSFORMER' WAS RELEASED ON RCA IN THE UK IN DECEMBER 1972 - IT AGAIN SOLD ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLY AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DELETED AFTER ONLY SELLING IN TINY AMOUNTS!!!!  AND IT WASNT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN 1973 (AFTER THE MASSIVE SUCCESS OF THE 45 'WALK ON THE WILD SIDE') WHEN THIS LP WAS THEN RE-ISSUED AND RE-DISTRUBUTED AND SOLD IN MUCH LARGER AMOUNTS!!!!  HOWEVER, THE RE-ISSUE COPIES OF THIS LP THAT SOLD IN LARGE AMOUNTS IN 1973 ONWARDS WERE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TO THIS ORIGINAL 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING WHICH WAS 1ST RELEASED (AND COMPLETELY FLOPPED!) BACK IN DECEMBER 1972!!!!  AND AS A RESULT FINDING A 100% GENIUNE 1972 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING (WITH SOME AMAZING DIFFERENCES!) IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE AND MAKES THIS LP THE RAREST LOU REED LP EVER!!!!  I WILL EXPLAIN THE ALL IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES BELOW....

FIRSTLY THE MOST OBVIOUS DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE COVER IS FULLY LAMINATED (ALL LATER ONES WERENT!), AND IS THICKER & FAR BETTER QUALITY!!!!  THIS IMMEDIATELY MAKES THE LPS COVER LOOK AMAZING COMPARED TO THE POORER QUALITY THINNER UNLAMINATED RE-ISSUES, AND IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT ONLY THE 100% GENIUNE UK 1972 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS WERE EVER FULLY LAMINATED LIKE THIS!!!!  AND SECONDLY THE LABELS HAVE THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' & COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LABEL CREDITS (SO BEWARE OF 'SWOPPED' AND LATER RECORDS - BECAUSE ONLY THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS HAD THESE LABEL CREDITS!)!!!!  AND LASTLY THIS LP HAS 1/1 MATRIXES - WHEREAS ALL LATER ONES DONT!!!!  AND SO EVERY SINGLE PART OF THIS LP IS COMPLETELY ORIGINAL TO THE VERY 1ST PRESS 'DAY OF RELEASE' BACK IN 1972 - AND IS THE RAREST & 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP EVER MADE!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1972 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS ORANGE RCA LABELS, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 1/1 MATRIXES, AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS FULLY LAMINATED 'CLOUT & BAKER' 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 RCA UK 'Earliest' 1st Pressing from 1972 and is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is LSP 4807 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press RCA labels (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st pressing (there were NO Monos)!!!!

The record labels are in AWESOME condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in SUPERB condition!!!!  Most of these 60s/70s 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, NO hairlines, NO scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED LOOK AND LOOKS SUPERB!!!!  It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some MEGA low level background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade Excellent+ if not better!!!!  SUPERB RECORD!!!!  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 also comes in its 1st Press inner sleeve!!!!  The IMPOSSIBLY RARE 'Earliest' 1st Press FULLY Laminated 'Clout & Baker' Cover is in SUPERB condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour), barely ANY creases AT ALL (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), STUNNING shiny laminate, only a thin line of laminate lifting along the spinal edge, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!!  Even the laminated back is in SUPERB condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, STUNNING shiny laminate, only a VERY thin line of laminate lifting along the spinal edge, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade FULL Excellent if not Excellent+!!!!  SUPERB COVER!!!!  THIS LP SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AS A 100% GENIUNE 1972 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!! 

HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!! It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE LP!!!! THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1972 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING OF "TRANSFORMER" BY LOU REED, IN SUPERB CONDITION!!!!  Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. P&P £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World (Postal discounts are available - see below for details).  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

On 24-Nov-02 at 12:19:15 GMT, seller added the following information: