Small Faces OGDENS' NUT GONE FLAKE UK LP1ST MONO LILAC LAB PLAYS EXCELLENT PLUS

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SMALL FACES - OGDENS' NUT GONE FLAKE

IN SUPERB  EXCELLENT PLUS!!! CONDITION

RARE 1ST PRESS ON THE LILAC IMMEDIATE LABEL

MONO PRESS

NEAR MINT MINUS SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:IMMEDIATE IMLP 012
• MATRIX:IMLP012-1L / 2L
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 M / 2 A

• FIRST PRESS

THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES MUST BE PRESENT TO HAVE A VERY FIRST PRESS OF THIS ALBUM

FIRSTLY THE LABEL MUST BE LILAC IN COLOUR (THE PINK LABEL IS A SECOND PRESS)

SIDE A MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING WORDS AROUND THE RIM 'FOR AMAZING RESULTS THIS RECORD MUST BE PLAYED AT FULL VOLUME'(REMOVED ON LATER ISSUES)

THE MATRIX NUMBERS MUST BE EITHER -1 / -2 OR -2 / -1

THE SLEEVE MUST ONLY HAVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AT THE BOTTOM OF THE REAR SURFACE ' UK PATENT APPLICATION NO 21639/68' (LATER PRESSES HAD AN EXTRA DESIGN APPLICATION NUMBER AS WELL). THIS EXTRA NUMBER WAS ADDED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE INITIAL RELEASE, SO TO FIND ONE WITH ONLY THE ONE NUMBER IS EXTREMELY RARE!!!

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY RARE LP TO FIND, BEING A GENUINE VERY FIRST PRESS IN MONO FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS

FIRSTLY BECAUSE IT IS MONO!! IN 1968 STEREO RECORD WERE FAR OUTSELLING MONO PRESSINGS, THUS THE MONO PRESS IS NOW THE SOUGHT AFTER COLLECTIBLE

SECONDLY THE LABEL CHANGED COLOUR TO PINK ALMOST AS SOON AS THE VINYL WAS RELEASED MAKING THE VERY FIRST PRESS IN LILAC A VERY SHORT LIVED AND NOW VERY RARE FIND

THIRDLY BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL SLEEVE WAS INSTANTANEOUSLY CHANGED DUE TO A MISSING APPLICATION NUMBER AT THE FOOT OF THE REAR SURFACE, MAKING THE SLEEVE WITH JUST ONE NUMBER VERY VERY HARD TO FIND

I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO FIND TWO OF THESE RARE ALBUMS IN THE PAST 6 WEEKS, AND HERE THEN IS THE SECOND COPY I OFFER TO MY CUSTOMERS

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE LILAC LABELS ARE IN JUST MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THE PASTEL BASE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND HAS NO MARKS OR STAINS ON IT ANYWHERE. IT ALSO STRETCHES FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE AND LOGO'S ARE ALSO IN PRISTINE UNRUBBED CONDITION, WITH EACH LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

A CLOSE STUDY OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS JUST 10-12 REALLY SMALL AND BARELY VISIBLE SPIDER LINES, SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS  VINYL HAS BEEN PLAYED IN THE PAST 44 YEARS

THE VINYL

A GLEAMING DISC THAT HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND SHEEN. THIS IS NATURALLY ALSO A HEAVY WEIGHT FIRST PRESS DISC.IN DAYLIGHT THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE ON THE SURFACE OF THE VINYL,AND IT LOOKS FLAWLESS.

WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION, THERE ARE NUMEROUS WISPY HAIRLINES AND SOME SUPERFICIAL HANDLING LINES

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I AM NOW DOING WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THE RICH AND POWERFUL MONO SOUND IS JUST MAGNIFICENT AND PURE FIRST PRESS. THE REPRODUCTION IS JUST SECOND TO NONE, AND EVERY NOTE IS CLEAR AND CRISP, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU FOLLOW  THE ADVICE ON THE LABEL AND PLAY AT FULL VOLUME

THE FIRST THING TO STATE IS THAT IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT SHOWING THAT THE LIMITED PLAYS THE RECORD HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS 

THE VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND NO LOUD CLICKS AT ANY POINT.

WHAT YOU WILL HEAR IS SOME STATIC LIKE VINYL NOISE WHICH IS LIGHTLY AUDIBLE BEHIND THE MUSIC, AND IN ADDITION SOME VERY LIGHT AND RANDOM LITTLE TICS AND POPS HERE AND THERE

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THE PLAYTHROUGH EXCELLENT PLUS

DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH , TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE EVER SEEN OR HANDLED THIS SLEEVE AND FOUND IT TO BE IN MINT OR CLOSE TO CONDITION. USUALLY THE EDGE TO THE CIRCULAR COVER IS RUINED, AND AT LEAST ONE OF THE RIDICULOUSLY THIN HINGED JOINTS ARE RIPPED. ON MOST COPIES THE CIRCULAR SECTIONS ARE ALL SEPARATE, BUT ON THIS  COPY IT IS ALL PERFECTLY INTACT AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE THE VINYL HAS HARDLY BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE

ALL OF THE COLOURS ON ALL OF THE SURFACES ARE IMMACULATE AND RUB AND WEAR FREE. AS MENTIONED ALL OF THE JOINTS ARE PROPERLY INTACT AND THE ONLY REASON THIS GETS A  NEAR MINT MINUS GRADE IS BECAUSE ON THE  RIM OF THE CIRCULAR SLEEVE THERE IS A VERY SLIGHT AMOUNT OF SCUFFING (THE ACTUAL OUTSIDE EDGE NOT THE MAIN BODY)

NO RING WEAR WHATSOEVER, AND NOT EVEN ANY RECORD SHAPE.

THE POCKET INSIDE THE SLEEVE THAT HOUSES THE RECORD IS ALSO IN PRISTINE UNSPLIT CONDITION AGAIN MOST COPIES WILL HAVE A TORN POCKET HERE. THE REASON FOR THIS ONE BEING IN MINT CONDITION IS THAT THE ORIGINAL OWNER CHOSE TO KEEP THE LP OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE FOR MOST OF IT'S LIFE

ALSO THERE ARE NO CREASES, CREASE LINES, BENDS OR DINGS TO THE SLEEVE AT ALL AND NO THUMB LINES OF EDGE LINES EITHER

THE VINYL WAS ORIGINALLY HOUSED INSIDE AN ENVELOPE DESIGNED POLY INNER SLEEVE, WHERE THE ERE WAS FLAP THAT WAS PULLED OVER THE TOP SECTION OF THE DISC ONCE IT HAD BEEN SLID INTO THE INNER, EFFECTIVELY LOCKING THE VINYL IN PLACE. MOST OF THESE I HAVE EVER SEEN HAVE SUFFERED TEARS TO THE TOP AREA AND SERIOUS CREASING TO THE ACTUAL MAIN BODY OF THE INNER. THIS ONE HAS A COUPLE OF TINY NICKS EITHER SIDE AT THE HINGE AND THE BAG ITSELF IS LIGHTLY WRINKLED

THIS SLEEVE EASILY GRADES NEAR MINT MINUS!!!!

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

GARRY