LOVE w/ARTHUR LEE FOUR SAIL RARE ORIG '69 ELEKTRA LP WEST COAST PRESS BOB LUDWIG
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LOVE FEATURING ARTHUR LEE~FOUR SAIL~(THE GROUP'S FOURTH STUDIO ALBUM, AND THE FINAL ONE FOR ELEKTRA) AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING ORIGINAL 1969 ELEKTRA RECORDS STEREO LP EKS-74049 ORIGINAL RED ELEKTRA LABEL WITH LARGE WHITE "E" LOGO ON TOP. VERY RARE WEST COAST PRESSING (MONARCH PRESSING PLANT, LOS ANGELES). THE BIDDERS SHOULD NOTE THAT THIS IS A RARE BOB LIDWIG-MASTERED "HOT PRESSING" OF THIS ALBUM, WITH HIS INITIALS "RL" (ROBERT LUDWIG) ETCHED IN THE TRAIL-OFF VINYL OF THE DISC. ALL THE WONDERFUL ELEMENTS OF BOB LUDWIG'S TRADEMARK MASTERING STYLE ARE HERE: INCREDIBLE CLARITY AND BALANCED CHANNEL SEPARATION, VIVID AND SPACIOUS "AMBIENCE" SOUND, AS WELL AS WIDE DYNAMIC AND FREQUENCY RANGE OF THE SOUND SPECTRUM. AS IS ALMOST ALWAYS THE CASE WITH BOB LUDWIG'S MASTERINGS, THE BOB-LUDWIG-MASTERED PRESSINGS OF THIS ALBUM ARE CONSIDERABLY RARER THAN THE REGULAR, NON-LUDWIG COPIES OF THIS ALBUM. ORIGINAL, THIN CARDBOARD COVER (NO THICK CARDBOARD COVERS WERE EVER PRODUCED FOR THIS TITLE). THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING WITH MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) EKS-74049-A-CP-1 RL SS/ EKS-74049-B-CP-1 RL SS THE VERY FIRST, ORIGINAL PRESSING. CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS. THE RECORD HAS 'STERLING SOUND' ("SS") HAND-ETCHED IN THE TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) AREA, WHICH IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED A PROOF OF AUTHENTICITY OF THE FIRST PRESSING.
COVER: NEAR MINT (NM)
VINYL: EXCELLENT (EX)
- SIDE B HAS SOME LIGHT SURFACE HAIRLINES, BUT THEY APPEAR FAIRLY INSIGNIFICANT RELATIVELY TO THE OVERALL CONDITION OF THE VINYL.
