THE BEACH BOYS "PET SOUNDS" 1966 ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING STEREO LP w/ SHRINK

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                                                DESCRIPTION

ARTIST:                            THE BEACH BOYS

TITLE:                                 “PET SOUNDS”

PRESSING:              1966 Original FIRST Pressing DUOPHONIC STEREO LP

CATALOG #:           CAPITOL  DT-2458

LABELS:                   Extremely clean “Black Colorband” (MFD BY CAPITOL) labels.

Comments:                Exceedingly SCARCE LP to locate with a pristine cover.

                                                CONDITION  ( Please refer to Grading Standards below)

COVER:                    NrMT

Comments:                Super clean “pastedown” cover displays bright, vivid colors with the “original” factory shrink wrap fully intact! There is virtually No ring wear beneath the shrink, No marks or writing, No creases, No seam splits, and No cut out marks, discount holes or bar codes. A slightly bumped upper right corner and a tiny unexplainable paper tear beneath the shrink wrap, located in the top white margin below the “o” of Duophonic (see photograph), are the only minor flaws and mentioned for accuracy. This is one of the cleanest covers for this particular release that you can ever expect to locate - a condition rarity!!

VINYL:                      Strong VG+ or better

Comments:                Very clean “rigid” vinyl LP retains much of its original gloss with just a few minor rubs from sliding in and out of the original inner sleeve and a couple of insignificant faint hairlines (No scratches) seen under bright light, which do not affect play. The album has been play tested and plays very nicely throughout the entire recording.

INNER SLEEVE:    Original and correct mid-sixties CAPITOL inner sleeve advertising other artists and selections from their catalog used during the time period of this release. The inner sleeve is in beautiful NrMT condition with No creases or seam splits, which is amazing for a nearly 50 year-old sleeve to this classic album.

Comments:                Clean “First” pressing copies of this popular Beach Boys release are extremely difficult to locate with a pristine cover still in the original shrink wrap! LP features many classic early Beach Boys songs including “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”, “You Still Believe in Me”, “Sloop John B”, “God Only Knows”, and the title track “Pet Sounds”!!

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                                    GRADING STANDARDS

                        COVER

MINT             Perfect in every way, rarely used grade

NrMT+           Hint of corner/edge wear, no ring wear

NrMT             Slight corner/edge wear, hint of ring wear

NrMT-            Very light corner/edge wear, faint ring wear

VG+                Light overall corner/surface wear, light ring wear

VG                  Moderate shelf wear, light to moderate ring wear

                        VINYL

MINT             Absolutely no marks on the vinyl surface, rarely used grade

NrMT+           Very faint rub or two with no surface marks

NrMT             No scratches or spindle marks – may have a few extremely faint, inaudible hairlines or a paper scuff seen only under very bright light

NrMT-            No scratches or spindle marks – may have a few light, inaudible hairlines seen under bright light from sliding in and out of the inner paper sleeve

VG+                No scratches, may have a spindle mark – light inaudible hairlines and/or paper scuffs will be present, which do not affect play or overall quality of the recording