ROBERT JOHNSON"KING OF THE DELTA BLUES SINGERS"1961 PHILIPS DEMO-MONO+TEST SHEET

	£		56
	$		74

ATTENTION 1960s BLUES L.P. COLLECTORS!   HERE IS A VERY RARE TEST PRESSING/DEMO RECORD OF AN ESSENTIAL LP: ROBERT JOHNSON: "KING OF THE DELTA BLUES SINGERS".

PHILIPS BBL 7539.SOLID MONO RECORDINGS!GROUND BREAKING AND HIGHLY INFLUENCIAL HISTORIC RECORDINGS ORIGINALLY ISSUED AS 78 RPM RECORDS-THIS LP WAS THE FIRST TIME THE RECORDINGS WERE ISSUED IN THE UK! ROBERT JOHNSON INFLUENCED JUST ABOUT EVERY BLUES AND ROCK PERFOMER! AS YOU WILL SEE FROM THE PHOTOS THIS IS A "SAMPLE RECORD-NOT FOR SALE"WHITE LABELS PRESSING DENOTING ONE OF THE FIRST EVER COPIES MADE IN ADVANCE OF ISSUE FOR TESTING AT THE FACTORY BEFORE PRODUCTION AND SOMETIMES SENT OUT INADVANCE TO DJs,REVIEWERS OR IMPORTANT MANAGEMENT AT THE RECORD COMPANY-IN 1961 ONLY ABOUT 100 COPIES WOULD BE MADE LIKE THIS AT THE MOST-PROBABLY NEARER TO A FEW DOZEN! THE PRINT RUN FOR "NORMAL" SHOP STOCK COPIES WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT 500 INITIALLY ONLY REPEATED IF THE ALBUM SOLD WELL AND IN THE UK BACK IN 1961,MOST SHOPS WOULD ONLY OBTAIN SUCH ALBUMS TO SPECIAL ORDER!  HARDLY ANY SURVIVE ESPECIALLY LIKE THIS OUTSTANDING COPY WHICH HAS NOT HAD MANY PLAYS IN  OVER 50 YEARS WITH THAT"JUST PRESSED"LOOK! THICK VINYL! WOW! WHAT A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY TO BID FOR ONE OF THE RAREST EVER LPs TO BE ISSUED ON THE PHILIPS LABEL AND IS MUSICALLY MAGNIFICENT SONGS-THE VERY ROUTE OF SO MANY ARTISTS THAT FOLLOWED-YOU'LL TREASURE THIS FOR YEARS!    THE RECORD ITSELF HAS JUST A FEW FAINT SURFACE MARKS-GLEAMING SURFACES-VERY QUIET SURFACES-NO CLICKS-NO STICKS-NO JUMPS-JUST ABOUT THE BEST COPY YOU COULD EVER WISH TO FIND! THERE IS THE TEST INFORMATION SHEET THAT IN MOST CASES WOULD HAVE BEEN THROWN AWAY AND ALTHOUGH IS CREASED IS EASY TO READ AND ALL THERE! NO ORIGINAL COVER AS USUALLY THE CASE WITH SUCH EARLY PRESSINGS-THE COVER MAY HAVE YET TO HAVE BEEN PRINTED AT THIS TIME! NATURALLY IF YOU HAVE A COPY THAT NEEDS UPGRADING AND HAVE A COVER-THIS COULD BE A FANTASTIC MATCH UP OPPORTUNITY!

THE TITLES HAVE BEEN WRITTEN ON EACH LABEL IN BIRO PEN+THE MAIN TITLE/ARTIST AND CATALOGUE NUMBER IN FELT TIP PEN.

A REALISTIC £30 STARTING PRICE.

POSTAGE:£4 RECORDED DELIVERY TO THE UK   EUROPE  £6 REST OF THE WORLD £9 

FROM A VERY CAREFUL RECORD REVIEWER AND COLLECTOR WHO KEPT OR BOUGHT FROM NEW AND AS OFTEN THE CASE WITH LARGE COLLECTIONS-THE MAJORITY OF THE DISCS HAD A COUPLE OF PLAYS AT THE VERY MOST AND THEN FILED AWAY ON SHELVES AWAY FROM LIGHT AND HEAT FOR YEARS!

YOU'LL PROBABLY NEVER FIND ANOTHER COPY LIKE THIS MEGA-RARE DEMO/TEST PRESSING! 

Over the years I have helped to add to the collections of many QUALITY MUSIC collectors and given my experience, I am aware of the titles that are GENUINE RARE ITEMS.

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