Love ?– Forever Changes - ELEKTRA STEREO MONARCH 1ST PRESS - 1967

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MONARCH PRESSING 1ST PRESS LOVE - FOREVER CHANGES ELEKTRA EKS 74013 STEREO - 1967
"MON" in matrix signified a pressing from Monarch Record Corp. of Los Angeles, CA

THE VINYL IS VG TO VG+ - SHOWS UNDER BRIGHT LIGHTS  HAIRLINES AND THIN SCRATCHES BUT NONE DEEP, ON VERY SHINY VINYL. 

PLAYS STRONG WITH FULL DYNAMICS AND SOUND - PLAYS WITH CRACKLE ESPECIALLY BETWEEN TRACKS AND IN QUIET PASSAGES BUT STILL RETAINS A GREAT SOUND

INTERESTING FACT FROM DISCOGS;

First pressings info: It is hard to find a copy that plays without excessive surface noise. This is not necessarily because the vinyl is of poor quality, but because the recording itself had to be mastered very softly (due to its length, dynamic range and stereo separation.)
Elektra had this title pressed in 1967 by three different plants: Allentown (AL), Columbia, Terre Haute (CTH) and Monarch (MON). Each plant was sent a different master lacquer to cut from (rather than a copy of the mastertape which was more common in those days), thus ensuring that all pressings had similar high sound quality. Although these three cuttings are almost identical, there is a distinction between pressings when it comes to vinyl quality: 

THE JACKET IS VG+ - THERE IS LIGHT RING WEAR AND LIGHT GENERAL AGE WEAR -  LIGHT BUMPING TO EDGES AND CORNERS (SEE PHOTO) - NO WRITING - NO SPLITS - STAINING TO FRONT AND SOME BENDING TO THE CARD NOTICEABLE ON BACK

LABELS ARE BRIGHT WITH  LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS 

COMES IN ORIGINAL ELEKTRA INNER SLEEVE

NOTE: THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN ENJOYED BUT STILL RETAINS FULL SOUND BE IT, WITH EVIDENT SURFACE NOISE!

PLEASE SEE PHOTOS

FINALLY ONE LAST WORD RE HAIRLINES, IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ANY NON SEALED RECORD WITHOUT THEM, MANY HAD THEM FROM NEW. MOSTLY THEY ARE A RESULT OF STORAGE AND USE AND USUALLY HAVE LITTLE IMPACT ON THE SOUND QUALITY. THE SAME GOES FOR BACKGROUND NOISE, UNFORTUNATELY, ALL RECORDS WILL HAVE SOME AND THIS VARIES AND REFLECTS THE PRESSING QUALITY. 

Most records have production marks where someone touched or moved the vinyl while it was still semi-soft.  These marks look like smudges, but are not scratches or "paper scuffs" and do not usually sound.  Untouched vinyl from newly-opened records have these marks. 

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Records are graded under bright lights or discrete sunlight - In the case of visibly possible harmful scratches, the record will be tested and sound quality noted.Many vintage (1955-70) records will play fine with visible damage due to superior vinyl and better pressings.

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How I Grade Condition Of Discs

Mint

This means I have owned it from new or purchased from a distributors warehouse, basically it means absolutely new shape, never been played or out of its dust cover. In the case of LP's, a North American album will have to be factory sealed (anyone can reseal an album!) Take Note: European and Japaneses albums were never shrink wrapped!

Note: Being mint does not guarantee it's free of pops and clicks, many pressings especially from the US were made with very poor vinyl and in a hurry which means often there are imperfections in the pressing. As a former importer, we were often given back brand new albums due to clicks heard in the playback.

Mint Minus - No such thing, it's either mint or not.

Excellent - A disc is super clean, with no visible marks

 Excellent Plus, means it's probably mint but can't be proven by me.

Excellent minus, is a disc that is excellent except it may have some markings that do not show up in the playing

VG - A disc that is STILL in good shape, WILL have some scuffs or scratches, not in excellent shape but well worth owning. VG + and ++,a disc that is that much better than VG.

VG minus, just a smidgen below VG