LOVE DA CAPO ELEKTRA EKL 4005 RARE 1ST UK PRESS

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Apr 5, 2010 Sold Date

Mar 29, 2010 Start Date

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LOVE DA CAPO ELEKTRA 4005 MONO 1967
MATRIX SIDE 1. COL (-2) EKL 4005 A-1A e 34-4 11-66
SIDE 2. COL (-2) EKL 4005 B-1B e 34-4 11-66
LOVES SECOND ALBUM IS A MASSIVE SLICE OF WEST COAST MID SIXTIES PSYCHE, LOUD AND LOADED WITH ATTITUDE AND THE SOUND OF WHAT WAS STILL TO COME, SIX PUNCHY AND SOMETIMES ANGRY TRACKS ON DIDE 1 AND A HUGE PSYCHE JAM OUT FILLING THE WHOLE OF SIDE 2.
AN AMAZING RECORDING AND INCREDIBLY RARE AS A TRUE FIRST UK PRESSING, WHEN THIS LP WAS RELEASED IN THE UK ELEKTRA WERE STILL WITHOUT A UK DISTRIBUTOR, AND PRESSING THEIR ALBUMS AND RELEASING THEM IN US SLEEVES WITH UK CREDITS, UNABLE TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND, ONLY DAYS (LITERALLY!) AFTER THIS LP WAS RELEASED - ELEKTRA CONTRACTED POLYDOR TO TAKE OVER THE PRESSING & DISTRIBUTION OF ALL ELEKTRA LPS IN THE UK (WHICH POLYDOR DID THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE 1960s). POLYDOR ADDED THE TEXT 'POLYDOR RECORDS LIMITED' TO THE BOTTOM OF ALL ELEKTRA LABELS, SECONDLY THIS SLEEVE IS THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESS COVER WITH BOTH THE U.S. ELEKTRA ADDRESS AND THE UK ONE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE REAR OF THE COVER - AND NO 'POLYDOR RECORDS' TEXT!!!! THIS COVER TEXT WAS REPLACED IMMEDIATELY - TO A SLEEVE WITH A 'POLYDOR RECORDS' CREDIT INSTEAD, VERY, VERY RARE.
THE SLEEVE IS THE THICK HEAVYWEIGHT UNLAMINATED CARD US TYPE, UNDAMAGED WITH NO SPLITS OR TEARS, THE FRONT ARTWORK IS STILL CLEAR AND BRIGHT WITH VERY LITTLE WEAR THERE IS A VERY SMALL FAINT NAME, THE REAR IS STILL CLEAN AND WHITE ALL FOUR CORNERS AND EDGES ARE STILL PRESENTABLE WITH A FULLY READABLE SPINE A LOVELY SLEEVE THE REAR OF THE SLEEVE HAS THE VERY RARE UK/US CREDITS ALONG THE BOTTOM. GRADED VERY GOOD.
THE VINYL IS A CLASSIC HEAVYWEIGHT AND THICK PRESSING WITH TEXTURED ORANGE UK ELEKTRA LABELS AND WITHOUT THE LATER MORE COMMON POLYDOR CREDITS AGAIN THERE IS A FAINT NAME ON SIDE 1. THE PLAYING SURFACES ARE CLEAN BUT HAVE VERY LIGHT SURFACE MARKING AND HAIRLINES MORE SO ON SIDE 1, NOT PERFECT BUT STILL HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THIS DISC IS NEARLY 43 YEARS OLD, THE AUDIO PLAYBACK IS GREAT AND PLAYS WITH A VIBRANT LOUD MONO THROUGHOUT, WITH NO SKIPS OR JUMPS AND GRADED VERY GOOD.

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