SALAMANDER The 10 Ten Commandments LP Youngblood 1971 Stereo UK 1st Press

	£		122
	$		162

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I've collected 50's, 60's, and early 70's records of almost every genre - Psych, Prog, Psychedelic Funk, Soul, Rhythm 'n' Blues, Pop, Folk, Garage, Acid, Freakbeat, Rock, Jazz e.t.c and everything in between for all my life!!! Obviously, 90% of the LP's I've ever gotten hold of are completely trashed from the hard living ways and the rock 'n' roll, drug and booze fuelled debauchery of all the wild parties of the times, but the golden 10%? Reluctantly, I've decided to offer them to all of you serious record collectors out there!!! I'm currently trying to set up a record label so unfortunately personal sacrifices have to be made when it comes to my collection, resulting in GREAT benefits for all you shrewd bidders and serious connosieurs of TRUE solid gold music history out there!!! Make no mistake, I'll try my best to consistently offer some of the VERY BEST records available on ebay, many which have taken me YEARS to find!!!
I aim to put a weekly batch up (time permitting) every Wednesday, all timed to end 10 days later on Saturday night. I'll only ever offer THE BEST, MOST AMAZING, MOST IMPORTANT, VERY RAREST UK 1ST PRESS ORIGINAL RELEASE RECORDS I've got!!! I won't insult you with later 2nd pressings unless they are of exceptional quality and rarity. I'm sure you love good music as much as me, especially when it's a 1st Press LP, direct from the master tape, as the musicians intended it to be heard (none of this "digitally remastered",weak reissued, remixed rubbish from hired hands with one eye on the mixing desk and the other on the clock! If these session men really knew how genius should sound, surely they would've been geniuses themselves?! There will only ever be one Hendrix, and that's just a tiny example).
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Title : Salamander - The Ten Commandments

Label & year : Original Young Blood SSYB 14 LP , PHENOMENALLY RARE Original Stereo 1971 UK 1st Press!!!

Matrix's : Side A : SSYB 14 A-1 (1  R) ,  Side B : SSYB 14 B-1 (1  R) UNBELIEVABLY EARLY STAMPERS!!! THE VERY FIRST 350 TO EVER ROLL OFF THE PRESS!!!

AN OUTRAGEOUSLY HARD TO FIND INCREDIBLY RARE ICONIC 1ST PRESS PIONEERING CULT PSYCH PROG CLASSIC ON THE LEGENDARY YOUNG BLOOD LABEL, HOME TO LABEL MATES JULIAN’S TREATMENT AND ELIAS HULK!!! JUST TRY FINDING ANOTHER!!! A STUNNING TRULY UNIQUE PIECE OF ROCK HISTORY!!!! IMPOSSIBLY RARE TO FIND ONE OF THESE - ONLY A TINY AMOUNT WERE EVER PRESSED AND QUICKLY SNAPPED UP BY AN ELITE GROUP OF REVIEWERS AND DJ'S, THOSE VERY CLOSE TO THE BAND, AND A MINISCULE AMOUNT OF HARDCORE PSYCH HEADS WHO JUST HAD TO GET THEIR HANDS ON THE LATEST SOUNDS!!! 

A HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER AND CULT UK PROG / PSYCH MASTERPIECE FROM 1971 COMPLETE WITH THE INCREDIBLE FOLD-OUT POSTER SLEEVE - ONE OF THE MOST STRIKING AND UNIQUE PRESENTATIONS OF THE ENTIRE SCENE!!! A WILD, HEAVY AND DEEPLY UNDERGROUND RECORD BLENDING HARD ROCK, PROG AND PSYCH WITH A DARK APOCALYPTIC EDGE THAT HAS BECOME A TRUE CULT CLASSIC AMONGST THOSE IN THE KNOW!!!

ONE OF THE MOST AMBITIOUS, OBSCURE AND UNDERGROUND CONCEPT ALBUMS OF THE ERA - A WILD RECORD THAT HAS BECOME A MAJOR COLLECTORS ITEM OVER THE YEARS - NO WONDER AS IT’S A TRULY UNIQUE LISTEN!!! A CULT CLASSIC THROUGH AND THROUGH AND A RECORD THAT CAPTURES THE ELECTRIC SPIRIT OF THE UK UNDERGROUND SCENE AT THE TURN OF THE DECADE!!!

THIS SIMPLY NEVER TURNS UP!!! YOU MAY NEVER GET THE CHANCE AGAIN!!! THIS ORIGINAL UK 1ST PRESS IS EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND AND TO FIND ONE COMPLETE WITH THE FRAGILE UNLAMINATED FOLD-OUT POSTER SLEEVE IS AN UNBELIEVABLE LEVEL OF RARITY!!! MOST WERE TORN, DISCARDED OR HEAVILY DAMAGED OVER THE YEARS - NOT THE CASE HERE!!! A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A COMPLETE EXAMPLE OF THIS MEGA RARE PROG MONSTER LP FROM THIS MAGNIFICENT BAND ON THE ICONIC YOUNGBLOOD LABEL!!! ONE OF THE VERY RAREST LP’S OF THE ERA!!! RIDICULOUSLY HARD TO FIND!!! ULTRASONICALLY CLEANED FOR MAXIMUM FIDELITY - OUTSTANDING!!! Please check out my other auctions for more rare and collectable UK 1st Presses, and do not miss out on this IMPOSSIBLY RARE PROG/PSYCH HOLY GRAIL underground pioneering piece of rock history - bid now!!!

About : Ultra Rare Original 1971 UK 1st Press!!! This MASSIVELY RARE LP initially sold barely anything (LP's were also really expensive to most people back then!!!) and therefore had a very small run, and is INCREDIBLY HARD TO FIND, especially in this condition!!! AN absolute classic LP from this incredible band!!! An astonishing album that really DESERVES to be in EVERY serious 60's / 70's record collection!!! Don't miss out on this MEGA RARE LP!!! If you like good music, bid now!!!

The LP :

Labels :

Classic 1971 UK 1st Press Youngblood labels!!! Both sides are GREAT with minimal signs of age, NO writing, NO stickers, and NO tears whatsoever!!! Just has some light spindle marks from general light use over the years!!! BRILLIANT for a 55 year old record!!! Both must grade overall at least as Very Good!!! 

Record : Visual -

Spectacular Original UK 1st Press Vinyl!!! Nice bright, clean and shiny as if it was just pressed!!! Fantastic jet black mirror like surfaces, it looks GREAT with NO excessively nasty marks, NO deep scratches that ruin playback, and NO vicious scuffs either!!! It just has a few of the usual light, wispy sleeve traces, some obvious but still fairly light scratches, and a few mild non-sounding hairlines (only visible in angled light) mostly from where it has sat or been removed from it's cover over the years!!! Of course, none of these blemishes interfere with play AT ALL, and they CERTAINLY don't effect the smoothness of it's playing!!! Used, but still GREAT for a record of this age and rarity!!! Must grade overall visually at least as Good!!! (graded STRICTLY to the UK RRPG standards, not overgraded AT ALL!!! Customer satisfaction is of 100% importance to me)

Record : Audio -

Thankfully, it plays BRILLIANTLY with fantastic stereo separation and clarity!!! It really sounds GREAT with NO hops, hisses, sticks OR skips!!! Only (like pretty much all records) has a touch of low level static in places such as on the run in grooves, some ticks here and there on occasions and only a slight touch of mild crackle here and there on very rare occasions, and just a touch of mild "bluesman's fag" static crackle in few and far between places such as on some of the quieter sections and between tracks, but it really doesn't overshadow the music AT ALL!!! (it's much more soft and atmospheric rather than the sound of bacon frying!!!) I'd even argue it gives it added soul!!! I tend to bring it down by listing every single flaw I noticed, but this remains a hugely enjoyable and awesome sounding listen - The music is TRULY loud and clear with that bass, depth, warmth and clarity you can only get from UK 1st Press vinyl!!! AWESOME for a record of this age and rarity!!! Must grade overall audiably at least as Good++++!!! (graded STRICTLY to the UK RRPG standards, not trashed or overgraded AT ALL!!! Customer satisfaction is of 100% importance to me)

Sleeve :

Original 1970 UK 1st Press unlaminated fold out poster sleeve complete with original unsplit inner!!! IMPOSSIBLE to find this sleeve in anything approaching a good condition - most are spent, torn and worn due to age and the lifestyles of the buyers of this particular LP!!! This one is NOT too bad at all, and looks GREAT, especially considering the nature of these fragile sleeves!!! NO bad marks AT ALL, NO writing OR graffiti, NO tears for once, and still strong and solid and totally intact after all these years!!! This iconic fold out poster sleeve only has some usual light ageing such as some light creasing and a little edge rubbing and whitening from storage (no splits whatsoever), a few mild storage scuffs and age marks with original vintage faint sticker remains to the top centre of the front and original vintage weatherheads sticker to the back, a touch of denting/rounding to the corner tips which basically ALL vintage sleeves have, and POSSIBLY (just to be sure!!!) one or two other minor signs of age here and there, though nothing that really stands out to note at all!!! And that's truly about it!!! I tend to bring it down by emphasizing the negatives, but this remains an absolutely AWESOME sleeve, and a TRUE rarity to find one as 100% totally intact with flap and untorn like this - most have been virtually destroyed or are just about being held together, but not this one!!! It remains strong, solid, unsplit and unspoilt, totally intact and beautifully presentable!!! Must grade overall at the least as Good+!!! (graded STRICTLY to the UK RRPG standards, not trashed or overgraded AT ALL!!! Customer satisfaction is of 100% importance to me)

Summary : A used but BRILLIANT sounding example with totally intact fold out poster sleeve of this IMPOSSIBLY RARE monster prog classic Stereo 1971 UK 1st Press LP!!! Hard to find in ANY condition, but SERIOUSLY RARE TO FIND ONE AS AWESOME AS THIS!!! YOU MAY NEVER GET THE CHANCE AGAIN, so don't miss out on this scarce opportunity to own a true piece of 60's/70's music history!!! Bid now!!!

Please take a look at all my other auctions for many other ultra rare classic LPs, and feel free to contact me with any questions you may have. Thanks again for looking, it's truly appreciated!! Cheers!!!

I've realized that most countries have their own unique grading system. I base mine strictly on the UK RRPG grading system (occasionally with a + or a - to indicate the higher and lower ends of the grade, though I only use these if i'm having real trouble deciding!), so please check their chart for further clarity if you are unsure of what my grades mean. As a general rule, a mint record will be 100% perfect, an excellent record will be in fantastic clean condition with the occasional mild mark and minor use from the years, and a very good record will have noticeable, yet light visual markings and obvious signs of age and use, but will still remain clean with relatively light wear and will play fantastically well with plenty of life remaining in it. I very rarely offer records below the very good region unless they are of an EXCEPTIONAL rarity and playing quality...I hope this helps!

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