THE BEST OF TRAFFIC RARE PROG ROCK 1969 PINK i 1ST EVER UK PRESS N MINT VINYL LP

£ 52

$ 69

£ 52 Sold For

May 21, 2023 Sold Date

May 11, 2023 Start Date

19 Number Of Bids

Great Britain Country Of Seller

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Hi and thanks for looking at my listing

I have a massive RARE VINYL collection gathered over the past 40 years

I am now planning AGAIN to sell hundreds of the rarer ones at approximately 10-20 lps per week

so check all my listings, RARE, near MINT, FIRST PRESS listings each week including:

Pink Floyd Led Zeppelin, Beatles,

Rolling Stones, Vertigo Swirls, Sex Pistols, Punk,

Indie Prog Rock and Reggae, ETC.

I DO THIS ONCE A YEAR ONLY FOR 2-3 MONTHS !!

PLEASE CHECK OUT MY PREVIOUS YEARS SUPERB FEEDBACK

FROM OVER 1000 SATISFIED BUYERS !!!

WORLDWIDE AND COMBINED POSTAGE OFFERED

ALL VINYLS CORRECTLY POSTED IN A MUSIC MAX CRUCIFORM MAILER WITH STIFFENERS

£0.99p START PRICE WITH NO RESERVE SET !!!

TRAFFIC

THE BEST OF

A STUNNING VINYL WISE EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE

PROG ROCK COMPILATION ICONIC ALBUM

PLAYED MAYBE 2-3 TIMES ONLY IN 54 YEARS !!

THE ACTUAL RECORD IS IN A FINAL UPGRADE CONDITION FOR SURE !!

THE SLEEVE IS ONLY VG+ THOUGH

RARE FIRST EVER UK PRESS RELEASED IN 1969

WITH THE

PINK i ISLAND RECORDS LABEL AND

FIRST EVER UK PRESS MATRICES

Matrix / Runout (Side A stamped [variant 1]): ILPS 9112+A2
Matrix / Runout (Side B stamped [variant 1]): ILPS 9112+B2

NOTES

Pink label design, white 'i' logo.

A1 from the 1967 UK 7" single WIP 6002
A5 & A6 from the 1967 UK 7" single WIP 6017
A2 to A4 & B5 from the 1967 UK LP 'Mr. Fantasy' ILPS 9061
B2 & B3 from the 1968 UK LP 'Traffic' ILPS 9081
B1 & B4 from the 1969 UK LP 'Last Exit' ILPS 9097

Sleeve:
Printed and made by E. J. Day, London

CONDITION

RECORD IS VERY NEAR MINT, LOVELY WITH A DEEP GLOSSY LIKE NEW RAINBOW SHEEN TO THE VINYL SURFACES WHICH ARE CLEAN AND BRIGHT. OBVIOUSLY PLAYED BUT VERY SPARINGLY IN THE LAST 53 YEARS, MAYBE 2-3 TIMES ONLY, LOVELY SHOP FRESH LOOKING EXAMPLE !!!

I CAN ONLY SEE A COUPLE OF VERY VERY FEINT SLEEVE REMOVAL / HAIRLINES IN TOTAL ACROSS BOTH SIDES ONLY, BUT ONLY WHEN VINYL IS TILTED, UNDER A STRONG LIGHT NO EFFECT AT ALL ON AUDIO PLAYBACK, (SEE PICS)

CENTRE LABELS ARE IN SUPER CONDITION (SEE PICS) WITH JUST A FEW FEINT SPINDLE MARKS CONFINED TO THE DISC CENTRE EACH SIDE SINCE 1969 !!

THEREFORE OBVIOUSLY , A GREAT AUDIO EXPERIENCE WHEN PLAYTESTED ON MY REGA TURNTABLE, TINY STATIC AT RUN INS LOVELY PLAYBACK !!!

THE OUTER SLEEVE IS VG+ ON THIS RARE FIRST PRESS, ALL COMPLETE BUT AGE RELATED HANDLING MARKS AND EDGE RUB PRESENT ( SEE PICS )

ALSO PLEASE CHECK OUT MY OTHER RARE FIRST PRESS BEATLES, STONES, SABBATH, ZEPPELIN, ROCK , PUNK VINYLS LISTED, FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION, GATHERED OVER 45 YEARS,

AND THANKS FOR LOOKING

Traffic – Best Of Traffic

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Label: Island Records – ILPS 9112 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo, Pink i Label Country: UK Released: 1969 Genre: Rock, Funk / Soul Style: Psychedelic Rock, Pop Rock, Soul

Tracklist

A1 Paper Sun 4:12 A2 Heaven Is In Your Mind 4:16 A3 No Face, No Name, No Number 3:29 A4 Coloured Rain 2:42 A5 Smiling Phases 2:45 A6 Hole In My Shoe 2:52 B1 Medicated Goo 3:10 B2 Forty Thousand Headmen 3:14 B3 Feelin' Alright 3:02 B4 Shanghai Noodle Factory 5:04 B5 Dear Mr. Fantasy 5:45