PAUL BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND 1st LP 1965 MONO 1st Press GOLD LABEL

	£		193
	$		256

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Paul Butterfield Blues Band called "The Paul Butterfield Blues Band" and is an ORIGINAL 1965 UK MONO 1st Pressing on the 1st Press 'Textured' Gold Elektra label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS WAS THE PAUL BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND'S FIRST & RAREST LP EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1965 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED IN THE UK - 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!!!!  THIS LP IS MADE EVEN RARER STILL - AS IT IS THE 'EARLIEST' UK 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE, ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS GOLD 'GUITAR PLAYER' ELEKTRA LABEL (LATER ONES DONT!), AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'THICK' LAMINATED COVER  (LATER ONES FROM 1966 HAD A LESSER QUALITY THICK UNLAMINATED COVER WHICH WORE TERRIBLY - AND MUCH LATER IN 1967/68 THIS LP WAS THEN RE-ISSUED IN A MUCH THINNER AND EASILY CREASED FULLY LAMINATED COVER INSTEAD!)!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN SUPERB CONDITION!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1965 UK 'EARLIEST' MONO 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'TEXTURED' GOLD 'GUITAR PLAYER' ELEKTRA LABEL, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS A/B MONO MATRIXES, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'THICKER' LAMINATED MONO COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Elektra UK 1st Pressing from 1965 and is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is EKL 294 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Textured' Gold Elektra Label (see picture) and is a UK MONO 1st Pressing!!!! 

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO tears, NO writing, and only a few VERY light spindle marks!!!!  The vinyl is in SUPERB 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 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 SUPERB!!!!  It is also GREAT to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual!!!!  The record plays 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 better!!!!  SUPERB 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 comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The ORIGINAL 'Earliest' 1st Press Laminated MONO Cover is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The cover has NO edgewear, NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), NO rips, NO tears, only some very VERY minor evidence of 'tipping in' to the corner tips, NO splits, only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), VERY shiny laminate, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the unlaminated back of the cover is in SUPERB condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, NO sticker marks, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Excellent(Minus) if not FULL Excellent!!!!  SUPERB COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!! 

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