MOODY BLUES Lost Chord LP 1967 DERAM STEREO 1st Press MINT 1/1 EARLIEST EVER

	£		337
	$		447

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Moody Blues called "In Search Of The Lost Chord" and is an ORIGINAL 1968 UK STEREO 1st Pressing on the 1st Press 'Grooved' 'DSS' Deram label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE MOODY BLUES RAREST LPs EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1968 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED, IT ONLY EVER 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 QUITE LITERALLY THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE!!!!  AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  AND FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW - HERE ARE THE 'DAY OF RELEASE' EARLIEST 1ST PRESS DETAILS!!!!  AND IF ANY LP IS MISSING ANY OF THESE DETAILS - IT IS LATER!!!!  AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT INDEED - AS ONLY THE 'EARLIEST' PRE-RELEASE UK 1ST PRESSINGS WERE EVER LIKE THIS - AND IT WAS CHANGED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE RELEASE DATE!!!!  IT IS ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SWOP THE COVER FOR A LATER ONE - AS THE COVER HAS AS MANY 'PRE-RELEASE' 1ST PRESS ONLY DETAILS AS THE RECORD!!!!  HERE ARE THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'PRE-RELEASE' DETAILS BELOW:-

1) THIS LP HAS 1ST PRESS 1/1 MATRIXES (LATER ONES DON'T!)

2) THIS LP HAS 1ST PRESS 'UPSIDE DOWN' MATRIXES ON THE LABELS (LATER ONES DONT!)

3) THE 1ST PRESS COVER IS MADE FROM 4 PIECES - 'SINGLE THICKNESS' LAMINATE BACK COVER (INCLUDING THE SINGLE THICKNESS LAMINATED FRONT COVER), 2 'EDGES', AND THE INSIDE RIGHT RECORD COMPARTMENT.  ONLY THE VERY 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS COVERS WERE MADE WITH 4 DIFFERENT PIECES AT MANUFACTURE - WITH ALL LATER ONES BEING VERY DIFFERENT!!!!

4) THE 1ST PRESS COVER IS MADE BY 'ROBERT STACE' (LATER ONES WERENT!), AND HAVE 'ROBERT STACE' IN ITALICS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE INSIDE RIGHT (LATER COVERS HAVE THIS IN VERTICAL TEXT!).

5) ON THE INSIDE OF THE COVER - THE LEFT HAND SIDE IS MATT PAPER, WHEREAS THE RIGHT SIDE IS SHINY!!!!  ALL LATER COVERS DO NOT HAVE THIS!!!!

6) THE LABELS ARE 'GROOVED' AND LARGE (LATER ONES HAVE SMALLER LABELS AND NO 'GROOVE'!)

SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS IS THE 'EARLIEST' & RAREST 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - AND BARELY ANY EXIST LIKE THIS TODAY!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE LIKE THIS - IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE, AS BARELY ANY EXIST!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION - AND CLEARLY HASN'T BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1968 UK 'EARLIEST' STEREO 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'GROOVED' 'DSS' DERAM LABEL, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 1/1 STEREO MATRIX ENDINGS, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'ROBERT STACE' GATEFOLD LAMINATED STEREO COVER (WITH ALL 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS DIFFERENCES AS DESCRIBED ABOVE!)!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Deram UK 1st Pressing from 1968 and is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is SML 711 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Grooved' 'DSS' Deram label (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st Pressing!!!!

The record labels (see pictures) are in SUPERB condition - with NO wear, NO writing, and only a few VERY light spindle marks!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HASN'T BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in AWESOME condition!!!!  Most of these 60s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable.  This one is NOT and has NO scratches,  NO hairlines, NO scufflines, only 2 or 3 absolutely ULTRA light TINY surface traces, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOKS AMAZING!!!!  It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade Excellent++++ if not MINT(Minus)!!!!  AWESOME RECORD!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!!  I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!!  Brillant!!!!  The record also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeve which is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The ORIGINAL 'Earliest' 1st Press 'Robert Stace' Laminated STEREO Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO edge splits, NO spinal wear (STUNNING laminated vertical spine!), NO spine splits, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), NO stickers, only 1 crease towards the bottom right, only a VERY few light creases elsewhere (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), shiny laminate, NO rips, NO tears, only some very VERY minor evidence of 'tipping in' to the corner tips, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edges are beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the unlaminated inside of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, NO ringwear, NO rubbing, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!!  BRILLIANT COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS (ESPECIALLY AS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE!) - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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