PATTI SMITH HORSES RARE ORIG'75 ARISTA WHITE LABEL PROMO LP w/WHITE LETTER COVER

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·       PATTI SMITH - HORSES - ORIGINAL 1975 ARISTA STEREO LP AL-4066 (WITH THE ORIGINAL, RARE VERSION OF THE COVER WITH THE ALBUM TITLE IN WHITE LETTERS)

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       *** WHITE LABEL PROMO ***

·       *** IN ADDITION,  THE PROMOTIONAL STICKER ON THE COVER CLEARLY IDENTIFIES THE ITEM AS PROMOTIONAL ***

·       ORIGINAL ARISTA LABEL, MID-'70s STYLE, WHITE PROMOTIONAL VERSION

·       This is the original Bob Ludwig-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. 

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       THICK CARDBOARD COVER, AMERICAN STYLE.

·       GLOSSY, LIGHTLY LAMINATED COVER

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       THE RECORD HAS A "STERLING" STAMP IN THE TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) AREA, WHICH IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED AS A PROOF OF AUTHENTICITY OF THE FIRST GENERATION OF PRESSINGS.

(?PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you’ll get.  GUARANTEED!)

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Contrary to popular belief, it wasn't exactly the Sex Pistols who started the whole Punk / New Wave brouhaha. The New Wave was at least 2-3 years in the making, deep in the belly of New York, when the bunch of cockneys came to the bright idea: let's repackage the whole deal, and sell it as Punk!!! Brilliant deduction, dear Watson. Anyway, people like MC5, Patti Smith, Richard Hell and Ramones were practicing what they were preaching ('new wave') way before it became fashionable in Europe. And here's the proof: this phenomenal 1975 album - produced by the legendary Velvet-Undergrounder John Cale - was literally and figuratively a vortex of New Wave - it's focal point and the proverbial eye of the storm. We cannot possibly say enough good things about Patti Smith. Unlike some other self-anointed feminist rockers, Patti was consistently a woman of heart and mind (or, shall we say: brains), and her infinitely stimulating and intriguing lyrics provide a perfect background to the devil-may-care scorching rock'n'roll provided courtesy of Lenny Kaye & the Band. Easily our favorite album of the 70's (move over Lou, sorry Bruce). And, oh, lest we forget -- the buyer gets the original first version of the cover, with the title of the album in WHITE letters. This version of the cover was discontinued immediately after the first pressing and is at least 20 times tougher to find than the subsequent, black-letter version. A truly classic contribution to the history of Rock'n'Roll and - of this is of any relevance - easily the best female rock album ever made (with a possible exception of some Aretha Franklin works). Track listing: Gloria - Redondo Beach - Birdland - Free Money - Kimberly - Break it up - Land – Elegie

THE WHITE LABEL PROMO, RADIO STATION-, AUDITION OR DEMONSTRATION COPIES AND RELEASES (such as the one we have here) were often distributed to the radio stations before the record was released to the public, sometimes as much as four months ahead. These records are generally considered to be the "first among equals": the VERY FIRST generation and the VERY FIRST pressings of the particular title; a PROTOTYPE and the earliest known official pressing of the record.

For its extraordinary contribution to the contemporary music, superb production, craftsmanship, fine musicianship, revolutionary significance and influence it exerted on numerous generations of musicians, songwriters and general public, or for some other inherent quality, this album was voted one of top-200 albums of all time in one of the largest poll of critics, music reviewers, show business professionals and producers ever organized: the poll, which was conducted by Paul Gambaccini, the legendary BBC Radio A&R man, surveyed more than 50 top music professionals (including Roy Carr, Jonathan Cott, Robert Christgau, Cameron Crowe, Chet Flippo, Ben Fong-Torres, Charlie Gillett, Greil Marcus, Murray the K., Lenny Kaye, Bruce Morrow (a/k/a "Cousin Brucie"), Tim Rice , Lisa Robinson, Robert Shelton, Ed Ward, Joel Whitburn, Pete Wingfield, etc.). For more details, see: "Critics Choice: Top-200 albums" , Omnibus Press, Library of Congress Catalog No.7855565 (or ?click here  for the complete album listing)

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS EXCELLENT. This is one of those albums that are somewhat difficult to grade. It is somewhere between VG++ and NEAR MINT, just a notch below NEAR MINT. A few light abrasions ARE visible, but they are extremely shallow, superficial  and only moderately visually distracting (nothing significant).For the most part, the vinyl looks impeccable without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections. Much of the original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)          The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(c)           The record comes in the original stock inner sleeve.

(d)          White Promo Label version of this title is much rarer that a regular, commercially released, version of this title. We estimate that stock copies of this album outnumber promo copies by a ratio of at least 50:1.

(e)           Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·       COVER (THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, LAMINATED, GLOSSY COVER):

THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT VERY GOOD++ (VG++).

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        Cover has a neat, round PROMO cutout hole in one of the corners

-        Cover has some light ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 2

-         Cover shows some light yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging.

-         Cover has a yellowish discoloration along the 1/2" strip running along the bottom seam   (nothing significant)

-         Cover has some writing on its back side (name of the previous owner written in green ballpoint pen, about 1 x 2 inches in size) (VISIBLE ONLY ON THE PROMO STICKER, NOT ON THE COVER ITSELF)

-         Visible shelf wear noted on the seams

-         Cover has two corners slightly worn / dinged (nothing significant)

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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