PROCOL HARUM 1st 1967 DERAM Whiter Shade of Pale DES 18008 Prog/Psych EX+/NM- LP

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One of many PSYCH and Classic 1960's Rock LPs from a fanatically well-kept collection of a long-time former DJ
Mostly 1st PRESSINGS, including a large amount of PROMOs and a few choice IMPORT LPs.
Many of these still in SHRINK WRAP ...several STILL SEALED
Quite a few WLP, Sterling, RL and Masterdisk pressings in the mix!

*Sadly I am NOT FAST at listing and am lucky to get around 50 up at a time, but they will keep on coming (as I pause between each auction series to focus on top level packing and immediate shipping) throughout this fall, several hundred to list, so keep checking back.
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This auction is for:
PROCOL HARUM
Self-Titled DEBUT LP
with WHITER SHADE OF PALE
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DERAM Records DES 1008
Original 1967 issue • Stereo LP

VINYL is NM-/EX+
Full gloss vinyl is extremely clean, NM but for a tiny faint scuff on side 1 and a small scuff, side 2, visible under close examination in hard bright light, barely visible otherwise - and 100% inaudible. LP plays NM, Like New throughout. Labels are super-clean both sides w/ no spindle trails. very snug, perfectly round center hole.
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COVER is EX+
Crisp, tight and very clean, with only a bit of lightest wear to back. No creases, writing or soil. All edges straight, all corners sharp. Seams and spine 100% intact with no wear or splits

STRICT CONSERVATIVE GOLDMINE GRADING
NM / EX(VG++) / VG+ / VG

Procol Harum's self-titled, first album was very successful in America, where albums sold easily, since it did include "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (unlike the original British issue) and highlighted by the just as great & timeless "Conquistador". The music is an engaging meld of psychedelic rock, blues, and classical influences, filled with phantasmagorical lyrics, bold (but not flashy) organ by Matthew Fisher, and Robin Trower's most tasteful and restrained guitar. "Conquistador," "Kaleidoscope," "A Christmas Camel" and the Bach-influenced "Repent Walpurgis" are superb tracks as well. The album still holds up better than most psychedelic or progressive rock of the era, though too many fairweather fans of the genre forget, or never heard it. Considered by many to be Procol's best album (only possibly eclipsed by the magnificent follow-up LP: Shine On Brightly).

Note: ALL original Stereo copies of this LP bear the "electronically reprocessed for Stereo" print. Today, that phrase can mean a disappointing to terrible listening experience from poor master remixing. NOT SO HERE ... You can relax... whatever  "reprocessing" at all may have happened on the Procol Harum album, the sound is uniformly great with a full sound, wide sound-stage, strong presence and excellent stereo separation. MONO copies are extremely rare - people who bought this LP wanted to be bathed in the intoxicating gothic aural experience that Procol Harum had created here - and the atmosphere loses much in mono without the swirling, swelling organ moving across the speakers on stereo, double-keyboard, guitar interplay and the overall subtle touches that made the LP so extraordinary.

Original LONDON / DERAM company inner sleeve included?.?

VERY well preserved original issue

Disc kept in separate ANTI-STATIC inner sleeve to protect both the original inner and the vinyl
Album kept in a protective, poly outer-sleeve
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Please see my other listings for more
Vintage Collectible PSYCH, Rare 60's and CLASSIC ROCK LPs
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