PRETTY THINGS S.F.Sorrow LP 1969 Original AWESOME

	£		182
	$		241

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Pretty Things called "S.F.Sorrow" and is a 1969 UK Pressing on the ORIGINAL UK Columbia label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS EASILY THE PRETTY THINGS RAREST & MOST SOUGHT AFTER LP 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 IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION!!!!  AND THIS IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  THE RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL AND IS IN AMAZING CONDITION, THE INNER SLEEVE IS SIMPLY SUPERB, AND THE GATEFOLD COVER IS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  IT ALSO WORTH MENTIONING THAT THIS LP HAS BEEN IN MY OWN PERSONAL COLLECTION FOR SOME YEARS - AND I BOUGHT IT FROM ITS 1 PREVIOUS OWNER 'ONCE PLAYED' FROM NEW!!!!  I RECORDED TO TAPE AND THEN STORED IT CAREFULLY AWAY!!!!  HOWEVER - I HAVE DECIDED TO LET IT GO, AS I WANTED A COPY I COULD PLAY OCCASSIONALLY INSTEAD!!!!  I PICKED UP AN AVERAGE 'VG' COPY WHICH PLAYS WELL, AND NOW I WONT HAVE TO FEEL GUILTY PLAYING THIS SUPERB EXAMPLE!!!!  AND DESPITE MANY PEOPLE 'RAVING' ABOUT THE MONO 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP, THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE LATE 1960s LP WHERE THE STEREO 1ST PRESS MIX IS INFINITELY BETTER THAN THE MONO VERSION!!!!  HAVING SPOKEN TO A BAND MEMBER MYSELF - I ALSO KNOW THE MAIN INPUT WAS PUT INTO THE STEREO MIX OF THIS LP (WHICH IS WHY IT SOUNDS SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE MONO VERSION!) WHEREAS THE MONO WAS SIMPLY CONTRACTED OUT FOR PRESSING (WHICH IS WHY MONOs HAVE 'TEXTURED' LABELS!) WHEREAS ONLY STEREOs WERE EVER PRESSED BY EMI/COLUMBIA THEMSELVES DIRECTLY FROM THE MASTERS!!!!  THE STEREO 1ST PRESS MIX ON THIS LP IS SIMPLY AMAZING AND BLOWS YOU AWAY COMPARED TO THE MONO VERSION (ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU SLIP ON SOME HIGH QUALITY HEADPHONES AND FLICK ON 'SURROUND SOUND' (OR SIMILAR!))!!!!  AND ALTHOUGH THIS IS A LATE 1969 RE-PRESSING, IT IS STILL INCREDIBLY RARE INDEED, STILL HAS THE 1ST PRESS MIX (WITH 1ST PRESS 1/1 MATRIX ENDINGS!) - AND IS CERTAINLY SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN THIS AMAZING 'TWICE PLAYED' AWESOME CONDITION!!!!  SO JUST ASK YOURSELF - WHICH WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE?  A DULL SOUNDING MONO OR STEREO 1ST PRESSING WITH MANY PLAYS AND AVERAGE SOUND QUALITY - OR THIS 'CRYSTAL CLEAR' 'TWICE PLAYED' 2ND PRESSING (PRESSED ONLY MONTHS AFTER RELEASE!) IN FANTASTIC CONDITION!!!!  AND CONSIDERING THIS LP IS SO VERY PRONE TO DISTORTION (NOT THIS ONE!) I KNOW EXACTLY WHICH ONE I WOULD CHOOSE!!!!  THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION - AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1969 UK STEREO 2ND PRESSING ON THE 2ND PRESS SILVER/BLACK COLUMBIA LABEL, 1ST PRESS 1/1 STEREO MATRIX ENDINGS, ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS 'E.J.DAY' GATEFOLD LAMINATED STEREO COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Columbia UK Pressing from 1969 and is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is SCX 6306 on the ORIGINAL Columbia label (see picture) and is a much MUCH rarer UK Stereo Pressing!!!!

The record labels are in AMAZING condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED 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 1 absolutely ULTRA light TINY surface trace, and only a VERY few of the VERY lightest paper scuffs only visible under EXTREME 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, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some absolutely ULTRA faint touches of MEGA low level background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade Excellent++++ if not better!!!!  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 comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The ORIGINAL 'E.J.Day' Gatefold Laminated Stereo Cover is in SUPERB condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear (still FULLY Laminated!), only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), only a few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), VERY shiny laminate, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edges are beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!!  Even the unlaminated inside of the cover is in SUPERB condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, NO ringwear, NO rubbing, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must MEGA STRICTLY grade Very Good++++ if not better and is very VERY close to a grade above!!!!  BRILLIANT COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!!  It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE LP!!!!  THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1969 UK PRESSING OF "S.F.SORROW" BY THE PRETTY THINGS, IN SUPERB CONDITION!!!!  Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. P&P £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World (Postal discounts are available - see below for details).  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

On 24-Nov-02 at 12:19:15 GMT, seller added the following information: