Santana DEBUT LP 1969 UK 1st Press A1 / B1 NEAR MINT AUDIO - Laminated Sleeve

	£		33
	$		44

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SANTANA  - SANTANA

IN MAGNIFICENT 1-2 PLAY NEAR MINT!!!! CONDITION

FIRST PRESS  - A1/B1

& EX+ LAMINATED SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:CBS 63815

• MATRIX: S63815 A1  B1

• FIRST PRESS LAMINATED SLEEVE

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THE  VERY RARE FIRST PRESS SANTANA DEBUT ALBUM.

WHY IS THIS RARE?

WELL BECAUSE SANTANA'S DEBUT ALBUM CAME HOT ON THE HEELS OF THEIR SUMMER OF 69 PERFORMANCE AT WOODSTOCK, AND WHILST THE ALBUM WENT ON TO SELL REASONABLY WELL OVER THERE, MAKING NUMBER 4 ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS, IT COMPLETELY FAILED TO ATTRACT THE SAME SUCCESS OVER HERE IN THE UK. IT WASN'T UNTIL THEIR SECOND ALBUM 'ABRAXAS' WAS ISSUED THAT SANTANA HIT THE BIG TIME OVER HERE WITH TRACKS LIKE BLACK MAGIC WOMAN AND SAMBA PA TI. 

IT WAS ONLY THEN THAT INTEREST WAS SPARKED IN THEIR DEBUT ALBUM, AND SALES BEGAN TO SOAR. HOWEVER THE FIRST PRESS ALBUMS WERE LONG DELETED AND SUBSEQUENT PRESSES WERE DEAD EASY TO SPOT. QUITE SIMPLY ONLY A GENUINE FIRST PRESS HAS A LAMINATED SLEEVE, AND THAT'S WHY THEY ARE SO HARD TO FIND. VIRTUALLY EVERYONE YOU SEE WILL BE THE UNLAMINATED SECOND PRESS OR LATER

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

CBS ORANGE LABELS IN PRISTINE CONDITION. NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE. THE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS TOTALLY UNWORN AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. CLEARLY A WELL CARED FOR 51YEAR OLD ALBUM

A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS BETWEEN 1-2  SMALL SPIDER LINES SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS MARVELLOUS VINYL HAS BEEN PLAYED

THE VINYL

THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW IN DAYLIGHT. IT LOOKS ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS, AND ONLY UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE OF HAVING BEEN PLAYED. THERE ARE SOME VERY VERY FINE WISPY SURFACE SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL HAIRLINES AND THAT'S ALL

THE TEST PLAY

THE CLARITY OF THIS FIRST PRESS IS JUST INCREDIBLE. EVERY NOTE IS CRISP AND CLEAN, AND THE WHOLE ALBUM SOUNDS SUPERB ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT TO THIS CRYSTAL CLEAR REPRODUCTION

I AM JUST BLOWN AWAY BY THE INCREDIBLE STEREO SOUND THIS RECORDING PRODUCES AND ALL OF THIS WITHOUT ANY SERIOUS BACKGROUND CRACKLE OR LOUD CLICKS

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND ONLY A COUPLE OF SPECKS OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN A COUPLE OF LINKING GROOVES

THERE IS A LITTLE VERY LOW LEVEL STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND AT THE BEGINNING AND END OF TRACK 2 SIDE 2

I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT I HEARD NO MORE THAN 1-2 OF THE TINIEST STATIC TICS THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH

AND A LITTLE LOW LEVEL STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND RIGHT AT THE END OF TRACK TWO, SIDE TWO

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS OUTSTANDING DISC NEAR MINT FOR THE AUDIO

THE SLEEVE

AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THIS IS THE FIRST PRESS WITH THE LAMINATED FRONT SURFACE AND THE NON LAMINATED REAR SURFACE.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS VERY FLAT AND CLEAN. THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR, AND THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES TO THE LAMINATE OR ANY BENDS.

NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE AND THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE

THERE IS A LITTLE AGEING UNDER THE LAMINATE AROUND THE EDGES

THERE ARE FOUR SMALL PRESSURE LINES BY THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE AND NONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND ONE THUMB LINE NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE LAMINATE ITSELF IS FREE FROM ANY PEELING OR FLAKING AND IS PRISTINE.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE ALSO FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR, WITH THE LAMINATE RUNNING FULLY FROM CORNER TIP TO CORNER TIP. THERE ARE TWO SMALL MARKS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BOTTOM EDGE

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT. IT IS 100% UNSQUASHED, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. NO LOSS OF COLOUR . THERE IS A TINY SPECK OF RUB TO THE TOP TIP

THE OPENING EDGE IS SHARP WITH JUST A SINGLE CRIMP NEAR THE BOTTOM

THE REAR SURFACE HAS THE FRAGILE DUSTY BLACK SURFACE WHICH  HAS JUST HAS A LIGHT SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE, AND A LITTLE GREYING AROUND THE EDGES

THE ORIGINAL CBS ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE IS IN NICE CONDITION. NO SEAM SPLITS AND NO CREASES

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS SLEEVE  EX+

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY