THE BEACH BOYS:"PET SOUNDS".1966 1ST UK CAPITOL STEREO+INNER.NEAR MINT UPGRADER

	£		85
	$		112

ATTENTION THE BEACH BOYS,1960s POP/BEAT,1960s STEREO ALBUM COLLECTORS AND CONDITION UPGRADERS! IGNORE EVERY OTHER ORIGINAL UK STEREO COPY ON EBAY(IF YOU CAN FIND ONE)AND LOOK AT THIS STUNNING ORIGINAL STEREO LP FROM 1966 WHEN HARDLY ANY COPIES WERE MADE AND SOLD OF THIS ESSENTIAL LP IN THE STEREO FORMAT! 

THE BEACH BOYS:"PET SOUNDS". REGARDED BY MANY AS THE BEST ALBUM OF THE ROCK ERA AND A ONCE IN A BLUE MOON OPPORTUNITY TO BID FOR A TRULY AMAZING ORIGINAL UK STEREO EDITION OF THIS MASTERPIECE! HERE IS WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT THE VERY BEST ORIGINAL STEREO COPY I HAVE EVER SEEN AND HEARD IN OVER 30 YEARS AS A DEALER OF AN ALBUM WHICH USUALLY TURNS UP IN DREADFUL CONDITION AND OF COURSE MOST TURN UP IN MONO. MOST STEREO COPIES WOULD BE PLAYED ON BASIC EQUIPMENT SOMETIMES EVEN ON MONO ONLY EQUIPMENT IN ERROR CAUSING DAMAGE-THIS COPY IS REALLY EXCEPTIONAL!

THIS IS AN ORIGINAL 1966 STEREO ISSUE AND NOTE THE LABEL DESIGN WITH THE "SOLD IN THE UK" TEXT TOP LEFT AND THE TITLES TO THE RIGHT OF THE LABEL UNLIKE LATER "RAINBOW" LABELS THAT HAVE THE TITLES ON THE BOTTOM HALF ALL THE WAY ACROSS. COMPARE TO OTHER EXAMPLE CLAIMING TO BE FIRST PRESSINGS TO SEE THAT THEY ARE INFACT FROM ABOUT 1968/69. THIS ONE IS THE EARLIEST UK STEREO EDITION!   GREAT WIDE STEREO SOUND ON QUIET AND MEGA-THICK VINYL!  1966 EMI PRESSED CAPITOL RAINBOW RIM LABELS ST 2458. HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL EMI INNER SLEEVE WITH CAPITOL LPs ADVERTISED INCLUDING "PET SOUNDS" AND HAVING THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE "PATENTS APPLIED FOR"TEXT AND A BEAUTIFULLY PRESERVED  LAMINATED+FLIPBACK SLEEVE WHICH HAS THE "PATENTS PENDING" CREDIT DENOTING ONE OF THE FIRST COPIES EVER ISSUED PRINTED BY GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE! 

PLEASE SEE ALL OF THE PHOTOS.

FROM THE COLLECTION OF A FORMER RECORD COLLECTOR THAT CLEARLY HAS HAD VERY FEW PLAYS INDEED! JUST BEGIN TO IMAGINE WHAT AN LP FROM NEARLY 51 YEARS AGO SOUNDS LIKE WITH PRACTICALLY NO CRACKLE,NO DISTORTION,NO CLICKS,NO STICKS,NO SWISHES-EVEN IN BETWEEN THE TRACKS! THIS IS A TRULY AMAZING COPY! GLEAMING SURFACES THAT RARELY EXIST ON ANY LP OF THIS AGE LET ALONE A 1966 FIRST STEREO EDITION OF "PET SOUNDS" THAT WOULD HAVE MAJOR SURFACE MARKS ADDED WITHIN A FEW DAYS OF USE BY THE MAJORITY OF BUYERS IN 1966! 

DOES THE GRADING MINT EXIST? ONLY IF IT IS 100% UNPLAYED AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED WHICH IS WHY REGULAR BUYERS WILL KNOW MY NEAR MINT GRADINGS EQUAL MOST PEOPLE'S MINT! THERE ARE NO SURFACE MARKS APART FROM A TINY ONE IN THE RUN OUT GROOVE OF SIDE 1 AND THAT IS BEING MEGA-STRICT!

LOCATING AN OUTSTANDING NEAR MINT STEREO COPY IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE AS THE MAJORITY OF COPIES WERE PLAYED OVER AND OVER AGAIN CAUSING DISTORTION AND MAJOR WEAR.SOMETIMES EVEN PLAYED ON MONO EQUIPMENT IN ERROR. THIS COPY IS THE BEST STEREO ORIGINAL UK EDITION I HAVE SEEN AND HEARD AND AS SUCH THE DISC IS STRICTLY GRADED AS NEAR MINT CONDITION.

THICK VINYL.HARDLY ANY SPINDLE WEAR. THE LAMINATED FRONT COVER HAS SOME TINY EDGE CREASES AND A TWO MORE TINY ONES FURTHER IN AND A LITTLE FAINT STAINING FROM IT'S NATURAL AGE BUT IT IS STILL BEAUTIFULLY CLEAN! THERE IS 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 FOR THIS MAGNIFICENT LP WITH MORE RARE LPs FROM ME ON EBAY.

POSTAGE UK 1ST CLASS SIGNED FOR £4-50 EUROPE(AIR MAIL) £7 REST OF THE WORLD(AIR MAIL) £10.

SPECIAL DELIVERY AND INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR IS STRONGLY ADVISED!

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This is my honest grading!!!

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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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