MOTT THE HOOPLE:1ST LP.1969 PINK ISLAND+A//1+B//2 MATRIXES+EARLIEST MIXES/ORDER

	£		43
	$		58

HERE'S THE 1ST LP BY MOTT THE HOOPLE FROM 1969 ON THE EARLIEST PINK ISLAND LABEL WITH NO DATES ON THE LABELS UNLIKE THE ONES THAT FOLLOWED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY! FURTHERMORE THIS HAS THE EARLIEST MIXES AND CORRECT TRACK ORDER AS WELL AS HAVING THE EARLIEST MATRIXES WHICH ARE A//1 + B//2. CHECKOUT PREVIOUS COPIES SOLD AND YOU WILL FIND THEY ARE ALL A//2! I HAVE NEVER FOUND ONE BEFORE WITH A//1 MATRIXES! PROBABLY ONLY A FEW HUNDRED COPIES EXIST!

THICK VINYL! CLEAN LABELS-JUST A LITTLE SPINDLE WEAR! NO STAINING! NO WRITING! STEREO ONLY(THERE WERE NO MONOS) ILPS 9108. HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL CURVED EDGES PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE AND THE GATEFOLD COVER WITH THE "BASING STREET" ADDRESS DENOTING ONE OF THE FIRST EVER PRINTED. THERE IS A TINY SURFACE "SPOT TEAR" ON THE TOP RIGHT CORNER,A LITTLE EDGE WEAR AND A FEW TINY EDGE CREASES BUT NO RIPS,WRITING,STAINING OR REPAIRS! VERY PRESENTABLE!

PLEASE NOTE VERY CAREFULLY THE FOLLOWING! THIS COPY HAS A NUMBER OF  MOSTLY INAUDIBLE SURFACE MARKS ON EACH SIDE WITH A FEW SHORT LIVED CLICKS TO BE HEARD BUT NOT TOO OBTRUSIVE AS THE TRACKS ARE LOUD. ON THE TRACK "AT THE CROSSROADS",THERE IS A "GROOVE HISS" PASSAGE THAT SOUNDS FOR 7 SECONDS WHERE A STYLI HAS BEEN PLACED DOWN HEAVILY BUT IT PLAYS THROUGH WITH NO STICKS OR JUMPS! OTHERWISE A NICE  SOUNDING COPY-IDEAL AS A DECENT GAPFILLER UNTIL A BETTER ONE COMES ALONG BUT YOU MAY WAIT YEARS TO FIND ONE LIKE THIS WITH THE A//1 MATRIX!  THERE IS A LOW REALISTIC £12 STARTING PRICE WITH NO RESERVE.

AS YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE,ANY COPY THAT TURNS UP ON EBAY OR ELSEWHERE IN ANYTHING APPROACHING NEAR MINT CONDITION CAN FETCH A HIGH PRICE-IT'S NOT UNUSUAL TO SEE BIDS OF ABOVE £100 WITH MOST COLLECTORS ONLY ABLE TO DREAM OF OWNING AN ORIGINAL COPY. NORMALLY, I DO NOT LIKE LISTING LPs WITH AUDIBLE "GROOVE HISS" FAULTS OR CLICKS BUT AS THIS IS SUCH AN IN DEMAND RECORD WITH A HIGH VALUE,I AM OF THE OPINION THAT SOMEONE WOULD BE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE THIS ONE AT THE RIGHT PRICE! I HAVE PLAYED IT AND DESPITE THE MARKS,IT PLAYS VERY WELL WITH NOT MUCH SURFACE NOISE,JUST A FEW ISOLATED "POPS" AND SHORT LIVED MINOR CLICKS.NO JUMPS OR STICKS-NO DISTORTION! THE CLICKS MAY NOT BE SO EASY TO HEAR ON OLDER EQUIPMENT AND THIS WOULD LOOK FABULOUS FRAMED UP ON THE WALL OF ANY 1960s PROGRESSIVE ROCK/PINK ISLAND LABEL FAN OR AS I SUGGESTED EARLIER GREAT TO OWN TO SAY YOU HAVE A COPY!  

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PLEASE REMEMBER THIS IS A GAP FILLER ONLY EXAMPLE OF A VERY RARE LP BUT DESPITE THE CLICKS AND SHORT "GROOVE HISS" PASSAGE, IT PLAYS THROUGH NOT AS BAD AS YOU WOULD THINK FROM MY IN DEPTH,HONEST DESCRIPTION!