PROCOL HARUM Shine On Brightly LP 1968 REGAL ZONOPHONE 1st Press RARE MONO

	£		125
	$		166

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Procol Harum called "Shine On Brightly" and is an ORIGINAL 1968 UK MONO 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Regal Zonophone label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF PROCOL HARUM'S RAREST LPs 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 1ST PRESSED IN MEGA RARE MONO!!!!  AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED BACK IN VERY LATE 1968, NEARLY EVERY 1ST PRESSING WAS MADE IN COMMON STEREO - WITH VIRTUALLY NONE IN MEGA RARE MONO AT ALL!!!!  MOST SHOPS DIDNT EVEN STOCK MONOS BY THIS POINT - AND IT WAS ONLY AVAILABLE BY 'SPECIAL ORDER' ONLY!!!!  AS A RESULT, FINDING A 1ST PRESSING OF THIS INCREDIBLE LP IN MEGA RARE MONO IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE - AS BARELY ANY WERE EVER MADE!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO writing, NO wear, and only a few light spindle marks!!!!  The vinyl is in GREAT 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 nasty concentric marks AT ALL, only 2 or 3 VERY light scufflines, NO nasty 'tick' marks AT ALL, only 2 or 3 MEGA light hairlines, only 1 clearly visible (but NON sounding!) scuffline, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND SHINES LIKE NEW!!!!  It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO skips, barely ANY clicks AT ALL, NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some slight background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good (PROPERLY graded, NOT trashed!) if not better - and is still a very VERY decent record indeed!)!!!!  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 also comes in plain inner sleeve which is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Garrod & Lofthouse' Flipback Laminated 'Patents Pending' MONO Cover is in GREAT condition overall - with NO major structural defects AT ALL!!!!  The cover has NO top edge wear, some 'touching in' to the bottom edge, NO edge splits, NO spinal wear (apart from a few creases along it), NO spine splits, only slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), NO rips, NO tears, some minor evidence of 'tipping in' to the corners, some creasing (cover is still flat looking!), 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 GREAT condition with NO grubbyness, only VERY slight rubbing, NO yellowing, and NO writing (apart from some unreadable TINY squiggles in the bottom Regal Zonophone box)!!!!  Despite the cover having absolutely NO major structural defects AT ALL - I will MEGA STRICTLY only grade the cover Good (PROPERLY graded, NOT trashed!) if not better, to avoid any disappointment.  Though as you can clearly see in my pictures - this is still a VERY presentable cover indeed!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE (ESPECIALLY IN MEGA RARE MONO!) - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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