STEPPENWOLF:1ST LP INCLUDES"BORN TO BE WILD".1970 $TATESIDE+A-1G/B-1G MATRIXES.

	£		32
	$		42

ATTENTION STEPPENWOLF AND 1970s PROGRESSIVE/HARD ROCK COLLECTORS!     HERE IS AN ORIGINAL 1970 STEREO 1ST REISSUE OF THE RARELY SEEN 1ST/1968 SELF-TITLED ALBUM BY STEPPENWOLF THAT INCLUDES THE CLASSIC HIT:"BORN TO BE WILD". IT VERY RARELY TURNS UP IN 2016 AS AN ORIGINAL UK ISSUE. 

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH LATER REISSUES THAT EXIST-THIS IS THE ORIGINAL UK 2ND ISSUE! MOST BUYING LPs IN 1970 WERE USING OLD,HEAVY EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD WEAR OUT ANY RECORD VERY QUICKLY INDEED!  THIS EXAMPLE DIRECT FROM THE COLLECTION OF A MAJOR COLLECTOR WHO HAS FINALLY DECIDED TO SELL HAVING CARED AND CHERISHED HIS RECORDS-MOST BOUGHT NEW AT THE TIME WITH MINIMAL PLAYS AS OFTEN THE CASE WITH LARGE COLLECTIONS.THEY WERE STORED UPRIGHT ON STRONG SHELVING AWAY FROM LIGHT,HEAT,DAMP AND THE PREVIOUS OWNER WAS A NON-SMOKER!  THIS EXAMPLE HAS HAD CAREFUL USE IN NEARLY 46 YEARS AS WELL AS A CLEAN COVER.

ISSUED ON THE VERY THICK 100% FLAT VINYL EMI PRESSED $TATESIDE LABELS:SSL 5020 WITH THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE A-1/B-1 MATRIXES AND THE DATE CODED COVER 7002(FEBRUARY 1970).THE MAJORITY OF COPIES WERE PLAYED OVER AND OVER AGAIN CAUSING MAJOR DISTORTION AND GENERAL WEAR. THIS COPY HAS HAD SLIGHT,CAREFUL SOME USE WITH GLEAMING SURFACES AND JUST A COUPLE OF FAINT,WISPY SURFACE MARKS. HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE AND PLAYS VERY NICELY INDEED! THE 1970 PRESSINGS HAVE FAR MORE BASS THAN THE LATER REPRESSINGS.  THE RECORD HAS NO LOUD CLICKS,NO STICKS OR JUMPS.STRICTLY AND SERIOUSLY GRADED AS EXCELLENT CONDITION! THICK VINYL.THERE IS HARDLY ANY SPINDLE WEAR AND NO LABEL WRITING,STAINING,RIPS OR DEFACEMENT! 

THE LAMINATED FRONT+FLIPBACK COVER HAS SOME SLIGHT STAINING,A FEW SMALL CREASES-MOSTLY NEAR THE EDGES AND A LITTLE PART OF THE FLIPBACK HAS COME UNSTUCK AND A LITTLE TATTY BUT NO WRITING,RIPS OR REPAIRS!  PLEASE SEE ALL THE PHOTOS SHOWING THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE COVER AND BOTH LABELS! NOTHING TO HIDE! A LOW,REALISTIC £25 STARTING PRICE  WITH MORE STEPPENWOLF AND OTHER 1970s PROGRESSIVE ROCK LPs FROM ME FOR AUCTION ON EBAY THIS WEEK AND TO FOLLOW SO CHECK THEM OUT!.  PERSONAL COLLECTION IS WELCOME FROM MY SHOP IN NORWICH AT A MUTUALLY CONVENIENT TIME.

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.

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