THE BEACH BOYS"PET SOUNDS"1966 CAPITOL MONO.-1/-1 MATRIXES+PATENTS PENDING COVER

	£		27
	$		35

ATTENTION THE BEACH BOYS AND 1960s LP COLLECTORS!  HERE IS AN ORIGINAL 1966 MONO 1ST EDITION OF THE BAND'S CLASSIC ALBUM:"PET SOUNDS"-REGARDED BY MANY AS THE BEST ALBUM BY THE BAND AND INDEED THE BEST ALBUM OF ALL TIME BY MANY. 

EMI PRESSED CAPITOL "RAINBOW RIM" T 2458 WITH THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE -1/-1 MATRIXES.

THE LAMINATED FRONT+FLIPBACK COVER IS PRINTED BY GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE AND HAS THE PATENTS PENDING CREDIT DENOTING ONE OF THE FIRST COVERS PRINTED FOR THIS LP.

NATURALLY THE DISC HAS THE EARLIEST  LABELS WITH THE"SOLD IN THE UK" TEXT AS ON LATER REPRINTS AND THE RAISED PRINT K T TAX CODE ON THE SIDE 2 LABEL. THERE IS THE MUCH SMALLER PRINT FOR THE TRACKS-NOT ON LATER REPRESSES WHICH ALSO HAD THE CAPITOL LOGO POSITIONED AT 12"0"CLOCK.

THIS COPY HAS HAD SOME USE WITH SOME LIGHT SURFACE MARKS BUT APART FROM A CLICK WHICH SOUNDS THREE TIMES AT THE VERY START OF THE FIRST TRACK AND A FEW ISOLATED POPS ON SOME OF THE OTHER TRACKS,THERE ARE NO LOUD CLICKS,NO STICKS OR JUMPS! THERE IS SOME SLIGHT DISTORTION AT SOME OF THE SOUND PEAKS WHEN LISTENING AS I DO WITH THE TREBLE FULLY ON AND AT HIGH VOLUME.  STRICTLY GRADED AS NEAR EXCELLENT CONDITION AND IT PLAYS THROUGH REALLY WELL! WAY,WAY BETTER THAN MOST DEALERS "EX" BUT TO GET A NEAR MINT EXAMPLE IS TOUGH AND EXPENSIVE! EMI'S MASTERING AND DEEP CUT LOUD AND BASS FILLED,THICK VINYL WAS VERY HARDY AT THIS TIME RATHER THAN THE LATER WAFER THIN REPRESSES OFTEN CUT AT A LOWER VOLUME AND AS SUCH THE "BLINDFOLD" TEST WOULD MERIT A HIGHER GRADE BUT I WANT THE WINNING BIDDER TO CONSIDER IT "BETTER THAN EXPECTED". PLEASE CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR STRICT GRADING REPORTS ON MANY 1960s ALBUMS! UNLIKE OTHER SELLERS, I PLAY ALL MY EBAY ITEMS THROUGH TO ENSURE REALISTIC GRADINGS SO BID WITH 100% CONFIDENCE.      THE COVER HAS SOME EDGE CREASES AND A LITTLE MILD STAINING AT THE BACK BUT NO WRITING,RIPS OR REPAIRS.

THE COVER HAS EASY TO READ SPINE DETAILS.  

HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL EMITEX TRACING PAPER  INNER SLEEVE WITH JUST A FEW CREASES BUT NO WRITING,SPLITS OR STAINING.

THERE IS ALSO A BONUS EMI/CAPITOL LPs ADVERT INNER INCLUDED WHICH WAS 1ST PRINTED A FEW MONTHS AFTER THIS LP WAS RELEASES INCLUDING "PET SOUNDS".IT HAS THE "PATENTS APPLIED FOR" CREDIT DENOTING ONE OF THE FIRST EVER PRINTED FOR THIS LP AND IS VERY CLEAN INDEED!     

THERE IS HARDLY ANY SPINDLE WEAR.

MOST COPIES SOLD 48 YEARS AGO IN 1966 WERE OFTEN PLAYED A LOT USUALLY USING ANCIENT,HEAVY AND AWFUL EQUIPMENT, SO OFTEN TAKEN TO PARTIES RESULTING IN ALL KINDS OF DAMAGE!-THIS ONE HAS HAD A NUMBER OF PLAYS BUT STILL PLAYS VERY NICELY!

 THIS IS A LOVELY VERY THICK,FLAT PRESSING!

GREAT VOCALS AND GUITARWORK WITH  WARM SOUNDING VINYL + AMAZING BASS!

THE MONO MIXES OF THIS ALBUM ARE DIFFERENT TO THE STEREO ONES AND MOST  COLLECTORS WILL WANT TO OWN BOTH BUT OF COURSE THE MAJORITY OF MONO COPIES THAT SURVIVE ARE NOT VERY GOOD AT ALL-THIS BEING FINE AND ESSENTIAL!

A LOW,REALISTIC £12 PRICE FOR THIS IMPORTANT PART OF ANY ALBUM COLLECTION!

 YOU'LL LOVE IT FOR YEARS AND HOPEFULLY WILL RETURN TO ME AGAIN!   

SUPERB MONO SOUND PLUS THE ADDED ADVANTAGE OF THE BASS THAT CANNOT BE MATCHED ON CD!!

The previous owner was not a smoker and so this item doesn't stink of that dreadful stale smoke!!!!Lovely pressing!! Warm sound!!.

 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!!!! .  

I WILL POST ANYWHERE!THICK CARD USED-LOOK AT THE FEEDBACK!

OVERSEAS BUYERS PLEASE NOTE!!! I DO NOT DRAMATICALLY INCREASE POSTAGE ON SEVERAL ITEMS BOUGHT.

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BID WITH 100% CONFIDENCE FROM A DEALER THAT OTHER DEALERS LOOK TOWARDS FOR INSPIRATION AND FREQUENTLY COPY!

THIS COULD BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GET THIS  LP AS GOOD AS THIS!!

NO, NOT"IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND"AS STATED OVER AND OVER ELSEWHERE ON EBAY, BUT IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE MIGHT WELL BE THE CASE!!

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