MANFRED MANN"MIGHTY GARVEY".1968FONTANA MONO+1L/2L MATRIXES.NEAR MINT UPGRADER

	£		41
	$		54

ATTENTION MANFRED MANN,1960s BRITISH BEAT GROUPS COLLECTORS AND CONDITION UPGRADERS! HERE IS AN ORIGINAL 1968 MONO 1ST ISSUE OF THE RARELY SEEN(ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION) ESSENTIAL ALBUM BY MANFRED MANN: "MIGHTY GARVEY!" NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH LATER REISSUES THAT EXIST-THIS IS THE ORIGINAL UK ISSUE! MOST COPIES WERE MADE AND SOLD IN STEREO WITH THE MAJORITY BUYING MONO LPs IN 1968 WHO WERE USING OLD,HEAVY EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD WEAR OUT ANY RECORD VERY QUICKLY. THERE WAS VERY LITTLE SALES OR ATTENTION FOR THIS LP WHICH FAILED TO CHART,PROBABLY DELETED WITHIN  A FEW MONTHS OF ISSUE AND WASN'T ISSUED IN THE USA! THIS EXAMPLE DIRECT FROM THE COLLECTION OF A MAJOR COLLECTOR WHO HAS FINALLY DECIDED TO SELL HAVING CARED AND CHERISHED HIS RECORDS-MOST BOUGHT NEW AT THE TIME WITH MINIMAL PLAYS AS OFTEN THE CASE WITH LARGE COLLECTIONS.THEY WERE STORED UPRIGHT ON STRONG SHELVING AWAY FROM LIGHT,HEAT,DAMP AND THE PREVIOUS OWNER WAS A NON-SMOKER!  THIS COPY HAS HAD MINIMAL USE IN NEARLY 48 YEARS AS WELL AS A CLEAN FULLY LAMINATED COVER WITH A CURVED EDGES PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE WITH THE "PATENTS APPLIED FOR" CREDIT DENOTING ONE OF THE FIRST EVER PRINTED FOR THIS LP!

ISSUED ON THE VERY THICK 100% FLAT VINYL PHILIPS PRESSED FONTANA LABELS: TL 5470 WITH THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE 1L/2L MATRIXES. LOCATING A REALLY OUTSTANDING 1968 MONO COPY IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE AS THE MAJORITY OF COPIES WERE PLAYED OVER AND OVER AGAIN CAUSING MAJOR DISTORTION AND GENERAL WEAR. THIS COPY HAS HAD SOME SLIGHT USE WITH JUST A COUPLE OF ULTRA TINY AND FAINT HAIRLINE SURFACE MARKS VISIBLE UNDER STRONG LIGHT. THERE IS HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE! NO NASTY LOUD CLICKS,NO STICKS OR JUMPS! THE 1968 MONO PRESSINGS HAVE FAR MORE BASS THAN THE LATER STEREO REPRESSINGS. STRICTLY AND SERIOUSLY GRADED AS NEAR MINT CONDITION! THICK VINYL.THERE IS HARDLY ANY SPINDLE WEAR AND NO LABEL WRITING,STAINING,RIPS OR DEFACEMENT!  THE COVER HAS A THIN SURFACE TEAR WHERE A THIN STRIP OF SELLOTAPE HAS BEEN REMOVED AT THE LEAD IN EDGE AND A FEW TINY CREASES-MOSTLY NEAR THE EDGES BUT NO WRITING,RIPS OR REPAIRS!  PLEASE SEE ALL THE PHOTOS SHOWING THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE COVER AND BOTH LABELS! NOTHING TO HIDE! A LOW,REALISTIC £25 STARTING PRICE WITH MORE 1960s RARE  LPs FROM ME FOR AUCTION ON EBAY THIS WEEK AND TO FOLLOW SO CHECK THEM OUT!.

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