kentgirl22 is pleased to offer for sale the following seriously rare original 1966 UK true 1st pressing vinyl LP:

LOVE

"LOVE"

EXTREMELY RARE ORIGINAL 1966 UK ELEKTRA GOLD LABEL 1st PRESSING MONO LP

CAT.NO.EKL-4001

Super Rare ORIGINAL 1966 UK (MADE IN ENGLAND) Elektra Records true UK first pressing GOLD LABEL 14-track MONO LP.

On offer here, from my own collection, is an original 1966 UK MONO first pressing GOLD LABEL first UK release of the self-titled LOVE debut album, released on the impossibly rare UK 1st press Elektra GOLD LABEL!! Has original US sleeve as was originally released. Cat.No.EKL 4001.

Highly collectable ORIGINAL UK LP from the legendary ARTHUR LEE fronted American 60s psychedelic rock band LOVE, issued in 1966 and very sought after,this is the extremely rare and very desirable 1st MONO pressing issued in extremely tiny numbers on the very rarely seen UK 1st Press Elektra GOLD LABEL! This is a magnificent record that deserves to be in any serious record collection. Truly a staggering mid 60s rock classic!

Signed to Elektra records along with the Doors (who were influenced by them in their early days), Love were the kings of the Los Angeles psychedelic rock scene during the late sixties period. The groups self-titled 1966 debut album "LOVE" is regarded by many as one of the finest debut lps in rock history.

God bless you Arthur! R.I.P....and thanks for the wonderful music.

Please see my other LOVE original UK Elektra 1st pressing albums currently listed

Tracks

Side 1.

1. My Little Red Book (2:30)
2. Can't Explain (2:35)
3. A Message To Pretty (3:10)
4. My Flash On You (2:05)
5. Softly To Me (3:10)
6. No Matter What You Do (2:40)
7. Emotions (1:55)

Side 2.

1. You I'll Be Following (2:25)
2. Gazing (2:40)
3. Hey Joe (2:38)
4. Signed D.C. (2:44)
5. Colored Balls Falling (1:50)
6. Mushroom Clouds (2:45)
7. And More (2:56)

Produced by JAC HOLZMAN and MARK ABRAMSON
Engineer - Bruce Botnick, Sunset Sound Recorders / Los Angeles
Cover photos & design - WILLIAM S. HARVEY

Super Rare Original 1966 UK Elektra Records GOLD LABEL True 1st UK Pressing Vinyl LP - Mono

Record Label: Elektra Records

Catalogue No: EKL-4001

Matrix Nos:

EKL 4001 A-1 28.4 366 / EKL 4001 B-1 28.4 366

The album was recorded in January 1966 and released in the US in April & in the UK in September of that year.....So the "28.4 366" is presumably the final mix/master - to the best of my knowledge this date is only present on the very first copies initial copies pressed!!)

Year: 1966

Vinyl Manufactured In England by Elektra Records

Sleeve Printed In USA

CONDITION

Vinyl: VG+ near EX

(Super thick heavy vinyl 1966 UK TRUE FIRST PRESS GOLD LABEL pressing which still retains its beautiful full gloss and sheen showing only some very light surface marks and inaudible wispy hairlines which do not affect the playback at all. The lp plays superbly. The record has been carefully handled by myself from new - a lovely example of this INCREDIBLY RARE original GOLD LABEL true first UK pressing of the absolutely classic 1st Love lp. The record delivers FANTASTIC sonic audio throughout, great super powerful sound clarity and only occasional minor static)

Labels: EX+

(Original Gold and Black print labels are super clean and unmarked)

LP Sleeve: VG+ near EX

(The original and iconic 'William S. Harvey' non laminated hard card sleeve (printed in USA) has been well preserved since the day it was bought nearly 45 years ago! There is some minor ringwear and light shelfwear rubbing on the seams and spine, nothing too serious. Overall the sleeve is in very solid near excellent condition with no writing, no rips, no splits or tears)

NOTES

LOVE

"LOVE"

Impossibly Rare Original 1966 UK Elektra Records True 1st Pressing GOLD LABEL MONO LP

LOVE

Arthur Lee: Vocals, Guitar
Ken Forssi: Bass
John Echols: Guitar
Bryan MacLean: Vocals, Guitar (Lead Vocal on Softly To Me and Hey Joe)
Alban "Snoopy" Pfisterer: Drums

On offer here, from my own collection, is this very rare original 1966 UK Elektra Records true 1st press Gold label MONO 14-track vinyl LP

On the original 1st pressing Gold with Black print UK Elektra label

Housed in original non-laminated USA hard card sleeve as originally released

Complete with its original poly-lined patents pending inner-sleeve

Catalogue Number: EKL-4001

1966 UK original 1st pressing issue of this extremely hard to find Elektra Gold label beauty by the legendary US 60s group LOVE

On offer here, from my own collection, is an original 1966 UK MONO 1st true pressing GOLD LABEL first UK release of the self-titled LOVE debut album, released on the impossibly rare UK 1st press Elektra GOLD LABEL!! Has original US sleeve as they were originally released. Cat.No.EKL 4001.  

On this original UK 1st PRESS MONO issue the following tracks differ to the later Stereo releases; 1. Mushroom Clouds - mono version fades out 15 seconds later and therefore contains a beautiful acoustic guitar solo missing from the stereo version!! 2. Emotions - mono version ends 5 seconds later, catching the final symbol hit. 3.Colored Balls Falling - mono version fades out 4 seconds later.

Love's debut is full of jewels, a truly wonderful rock record and If nothing else, is probably the group's coolest album. For one thing, its cover is a wonderful addition to the "mid 60s sneering rock star" sweeps (the mid 60s were a great time for sneers). Of course, Dylan and the Stones still have a lock on first and second place, but these guys are still up there. On top of that, the album's aesthetic is just awesome: It's a combination of disaffected garage punk, dreamy proto-psych, Byrds influenced folk rock, and smart, soulful pop. Arthur Lee's vocals are perched somewhere between wildcat and wise man, while John Echols' and Bryan MacLean's guitar runs jangle and scream. Combine that with the suitably loose `n' ready rhythm section of Ken Forssi and Alban "snoopy" Pfisterer, and you've got yourself a hipper-than-hip mid 60s rock outfit.

The songs are cool, too. "My Little Red Book" makes the grade by virtue of being a great garage punk cover of a Burt Bacharach tune. It's got this great throbbing bass/drum/rhythm guitar thing going, and Lee's throaty bellow is just about perfect. Elsewhere, we've got a haunting drug addiction ballad with a melody that's vaguely reminiscent of "House Of The Rising Sun" ("Signed D.C."), as well as the poignant rumination of "A Message to Pretty". There's a suitably rollicking version of "Hey Joe", and a similarly rollicking, suspiciously familiar tune by the name of "My Flash On You". Best of all is Bryan's eerily beautiful "Softly To Me". 

Many of the Arthur Lee compositions are the equals of the Velvet Underground's for dark, atmospheric tunes. "Can't Explain" became a set stopping song for Boston's Mission of Burma during the early eighties. We see Love's early embrace of samba and calypso with Byran MacLean's "Softly To Me" and "And More". Love's uniqueness shines through most clearly on the album's several emotive ballads: "A Message To Pretty", "Mushroom Clouds", which gives a hint of Lee's political mindset, and especially "Signed D.C.", presumably a tribute to Love's first drummer Don Conka, whose drug addiction prevented him from ever appearing on record. (He is also mentioned by last name on "You I'll Be Following".) "My Flash On You" also has an anti-drug message, which is more tragic than ironic considering the struggle with substances that Lee himself would face throughout his life. Bryan MacLean's contribution is the elegant "Softly To Me", which reveals a personal songwriting style that would culminate in what is perhaps Love's greatest song: "Alone Again Or", from Forever Changes. Lead guitarist Johnny Echols, for his part, offers "Emotions", a spooky mid-album instrumental. There is so much here to indicate Love's musical sophistication and unique style which became so apparent in "Da Capo" and "Forever Changes". This fabulous Love album is the musical equal of any debut by the great bands of the sixties. Love were a break-through band for more reasons than "Forever Changes". Jim Morrison took Arthur Lee's long stream of consciousness songs and fashioned them into rock epics like "The End" and "When the Musics Over". Jimi Hendrix appropriated Arthur's flamboyant style of dressing and moved from L.A. to London,and Hendrix's fashion style was almost as important as his brilliant guitar playing. The Byrds were already folk-rock stars on Columbia Records but their admiration of Love led to a shift from folk rock to psychedelica on "Fifth Deminson" and "Younger Than Yesterday".

This superb album is chock full of proto-punk, psychedelic surf, sterling folk-rock, with arguably the best drug/anti-drug song ever written. It's FUN to listen to, and it has a joy and exuberance, "Signed DC" notwithstanding. It's like a postcard from mid-60s southern California, before things became too "heavy" and serious. You can listen to this gem over and over and never ever tire of it!! So Love's impact on music begins with this self titled debut and curiously enough, "Forever Changes" was not fully appreciated until long after Love's dissolution as a band.

Sales Pitch Below!

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!) by Love titled "Love" and is an ORIGINAL 1966 UK MONO 1st Pressing on the 1st Press GOLD Elektra label!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!  THIS WAS LOVES FIRST & RAREST UK LP EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!  BACK IN 1966 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED - IT ONLY 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' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - ON THE ULTRA RARE 'GOLD' ELEKTRA LABEL!!  AND THIS IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!  WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED IN THE UK BACK IN 1966 - IT WAS ORIGINALLY PRESSED ON THE ULTRA RARE 'GOLD' ELEKTRA LABEL!!  HOWEVER - INTEREST IN THE BAND WAS VIRTUALLY ZERO - IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS AND WAS IMMEDIATELY DELETED!!  AND, IT WAS ONLY WHEN LOVE BECAME MORE POPULAR IN 1967/68 THAT THIS LP WAS RE-ISSUED - BUT BY THEN, THE ULTRA RARE 'GOLD' ELEKTRA LABELS HAD LONG SINCE BEEN DROPPED AND HAD BEEN REPLACED WITH THE THE CURRENT ORANGE ELEKTRA LABELS INSTEAD!!  AS A RESULT FNDING AN ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING FROM THE VERY 'DAY OF RELEASE' BACK IN 1966 ON THE ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'GOLD' ELEKTRA LABEL IS INCREDIBLY HARD (JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!)!! 

JUST AKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1966 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS GOLD ELEKTRA LABEL, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE, AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS USA PRINTED MONO 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 UK Elektra 1st Pressing from 1966 and is in LOVELY condition...Plays SUPERBLY with OUTSTANDING SOUND!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat.No. is EKL 4001 on the ORIGINAL 'Earliest' 1st Press GOLD Elektra label (see picture) and is a UK MONO 1st Pressing!!

THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!! 

LOVE 'LOVE' (1st LP) RARE ORIGINAL 1966 UK ELEKTRA TRUE FIRST PRESSING GOLD LABEL 14-TRACK MONO LP.

INCREDIBLY RARE UK ELEKTRA GOLD AND BLACK LABEL ORIGINAL FIRST TRUE PRESSING VINYL LP FROM 1966. CAT.NO. EKL-4001 (MONO). UNLAMINATED USA SLEEVE AS ORIGINALLY ISSUED HERE IN ENGLAND. LOVELY CONDITION ORIGINAL UK FIRST PRESSING OF THE CLASSIC FIRST LOVE LP!!

 Low Start....No Reserve....Don't Miss Out!!

Please take a look at my other ORIGINAL UK 1st PRESSING LOVE LPs listed this week

POST & PACKING:

UK: 1st Class: £4.00 (Recorded Delivery) each additional LP will cost £1.50
EUROPE: Airmail: £5.00 or £10.00 (International Signed For Delivery) each additional LP will cost £2.50 
INTERNATIONAL / REST OF WORLD: Airmail: £8.00 or £13.00 (International Signed For Delivery) each additional LP will cost £3.00

***Any record (or combination of records) which sells for more than £20 MUST be sent by a trackable method ie INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR outside of the UK. This is compulsory. Please do not bid above £20 on this item if you are not prepared to pay for this secure shipping service. I will email you when payment has been received to let you know when the item will be posted. Please leave feedback upon receipt of the item so that I know you have received it safely. Any problems please email me. Thanks.

ALL RECORDS ARE VERY WELL PACKAGED WITH THE VINYL OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE TO PREVENT ANY 'KNIFING' DURING TRANSIT. A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, CRUCIFORM (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY.

Note: The pictures provided are REAL images of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. What you see is what you'll get!

Records / CDs Are Graded In The Following Way:

MINT (M): The record / cd displays barely any signs of use, if any, with no marks or deterioration in sound quality. Extra items and cover are near perfect.

EXCELLENT (EX): Shows only minor signs of being played with very little lessening in sound quality. The Cover and extras will have some light wear and or creasing

VERY GOOD (VG): Has been played many times but has no major deterioration in sound quality, despite some noticeable surface marks and occasional light scratches. Cover and extras will have normal wear and tear but no major defects

GOOD (G): Has been played so much that the sound quality has noticeably deteriorated with some distortion and mild scratches. The cover and any extras may suffer from folding, scuffing, split spine, discoloration etc.

FAIR (F): The record is still just playable and has considerable surface noise and may even jump. Cover and contents will be torn stained and/or defaced.

POOR (P): The record will not play properly. Covers badly damaged or partly missing

+ or - : Indicates slightly better (+) or slightly lesser (-) condition than main grade

All records / cd's are from my personal collection and have been carefully play graded before listing. In many cases I have owned them from new and all have been looked after very well. Please check out my other similar items currently listed on eBay.

Auction Conditions - Important : Please read before bidding

UK Bidders

Acceptable methods of payment :

• Cheques
• Postal Orders
• PAYPAL

Non-UK Bidders

Acceptable methods of payment :

• PAYPAL

All payment to be made within 7 days of end of auction.

At the end of the auction I will send you an invoice confirming your winning bid(s) with the total amount payable. Do not send any payment until you have received this invoice.

Paypal To: kentgirl22@gmail.com

Packaging Notes:

All records are securely and well packed to avoid any unnecessary damage during transit. I aim to dispatch all items within 48 hours of receiving payment. I always obtain a certificate proof of posting receipt for every item sent, which will complete our transaction. Thank you for taking the time to look at my listings, I hope you will be lucky if deciding to make a bid.