SHAWN PHILLIPS"I'M A LONER"(1ST LP)1965 COLUMBIA MONO BLUE/BLACK+1U/1U MATRIXES.

	£		44
	$		58

ATTENTION 1960s FOLK SINGER/SONGWRITERS AND RARE 1960s ALBUM COLLECTORS! 

HERE IS AN ORIGINAL 1965 MONO 1ST ISSUE OF THE LEGENDARY AND MUCH SOUGHT AFTER 1ST LP RECORDED IN THE UK BY THE AMERICAN FOLK SINGER/SONGWRITER: SHAWN PHILLIPS:"I'M A LONER".12 TRACKS OFTEN DESCRIBED AS "ACID FOLK" AS THIS IS NOT YOUR USUAL SOFT,PENSIVE VOCALS! PLENTY OF DETERMINED PERFORMING AND POWERFUL LYRICS ON SOME OF THE TRACKS ON AN LP THAT HAD VERY LITTLE ATTENTION AND SALES 50 YEARS AGO AND AS SUCH WAS DELETED WITHIN A FEW MONTHS OF ISSUE. PROBABLY LESS THAN 500 COPIES ACTUALLY SOLD! TRY AND FIND ANOTHER!. PLEASE SEE THE PHOTOS FOR THE TRACKS!  THIS IS A 1ST ISSUE WITH THE BLUE/BLACK COLUMBIA LABELS:33SX 1748 WITH THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE 1U/1U MATRIXES AND THE RAISED PRINT K T TAX CODE ON THE SIDE 2 LABEL.

THE"33"IN FRONT OF THE"SX"WAS DROPPED WITHIN A FEW WEEKS OF ISSUE AS BY THE AUTUMN OF 1965 ALL COLUMBIA SX  PREFIX LPs WERE ISSUED WITHOUT THE"33".

 HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL AND CORRECT "EMITEX" TRACING PAPER INNER SLEEVE AND THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE "PATENTS PENDING" COVER WITH THE DATE CODE 6509(SEPTEMBER 1965).

LOCATING A REALLY NICE ORIGINAL UK MONO COPY IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE AS THE MAJORITY OF COPIES WERE PLAYED OVER AND OVER AGAIN CAUSING MAJOR DISTORTION AND GENERAL WEAR. THIS COPY HAS HAD A NUMBER OF PLAYS WITH SOME LIGHT SURFACE MARKS AND MINOR SCUFFS WITH SOME SLIGHT CRACKLE HERE AND THERE WHEN PLAYED AT HIGH VOLUME,A COUPLE OF SHORT LIVED CLICKS  BUT NOT TOO OBTRUSIVE. IT PLAYS VERY WELL! STRICTLY AND SERIOUSLY GRADED AS VERY GOOD CONDITION BUT MOST OF THE DISC SOUNDS NEARER TO NEAR EXCELLENT!.

THICK VINYL. SLIGHT SPINDLE WEAR.

THE INNER SLEEVE HAS NO WRITING,SPLITS,RIPS,REPAIRS OR STAINING! BACK IN THE 1960s MANY DEALERS WOULD WRITE THE CATALOGUE NUMBER AND SOMETIMES THE ARTIST ON THE INNER SLEEVE-THIS ONE HAS NO WRITING WHATSOEVER-A LOVELY EXAMPLE WITH JUST A FEW CREASES.    

THE LAMINATED FRONT COVER WITH IT'S FLIPBACK HAS A FEW  CREASES,MOSTLY AT THE EDGES,A FEW TINY PEN TICKS AGAINST SOME OF THE TRACKS AND SOME STAINING AT THE BACK AS WELL AS A FORMER DEALER'S STICKER BUT THERE IS NO WRITING,RIPS OR REPAIRS.  THERE IS THE 6509 DATE CODE(SEPTEMBER 1965)AS WELL AS THE "PATENTS PENDING" COVER DENOTING ONE OF THE FIRST EVER PRINTED FOR THIS LP!

  PLEASE SEE ALL THE PHOTOS SHOWING THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE COVER,THE INNER AND BOTH LABELS! NOTHING TO HIDE! A LOW,REALISTIC £20 STARTING PRICE WITH MORE GREAT LPs  FROM ME ON EBAY. YOU'LL WAIT FOR YEARS TO FIND ANOTHER EXAMPLE SO DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY.I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST THIS RARE LP TO BE SENT SPECIAL DELIVERY AND INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR.

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

Now of course for those who are"chained"to the record collector price guide books,for whom I am one of the main consultants, the prices are still a SUGGESTION and as we all know ACTUAL prices SOLD can vary.

The sellers on ebay who continually put"listed"or "list price"on everything should be aware of this!!!!     

This is my honest grading!!!

Please see my listening policy below. 

I test on a lightweight pickup of approx 2 grammes and listen with the treble full on and no filtering or mono switch used.As both a collector and dealer,I AM VERY STRICT ON GRADING but DO CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR GRADING PROOF!!!!  

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THE OTHER RARE SHAWN PHILLIPS LP(HIS 2ND)ENDS FROM ME ON EBAY,FIVE MINUTES AFTER THIS AUCTION ENDS!