THE BYRDS "YOUNGER THAN YESTERDAY" ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING "MONO" LP - NrMT+

$

58

                                                DESCRIPTION

ARTIST:                                 THE BYRDS

TITLE:                      “YOUNGER THAN YESTERDAY”

PRESSING:              1967 Original “FIRST” Pressing MONO LP

CATALOG #:           COLUMBIA  CL 2642

LABELS:                   Pristine “Red” labels with “COLUMBIA” in white along top. “360 SOUND  MONO  360 SOUND” in white along bottom.

Comments:                Extremely RARE First Pressing MONO LP to locate with pristine vinyl and a super clean cover!

                                    Additional Note: This is part of a collection of immaculate, nearly flawless LPs I purchased in the late seventies from a gentleman who would buy one or two albums each payday. Each LP was purchased during the original year of release. He would play them just “once” to record on Reel to Reel tape then carefully store them, never to be played again! I have personally played each of these LPs one time to properly grade the vinyl, so these beauties have only seen a stylus twice since the mid-sixties!!

                                                CONDITION  ( Please refer to Grading Standards below)

COVER:                    Strong NrMT

Comments:                Super clean glossy “pastedown” cover displays sharp, vivid colors with virtually No ring wear! There are No marks or writing, No creases, No seam splits, and No cut out marks, discount holes or bar codes. Ever so slight, barely noticeable corner/edge wear is the only minor flaw, and mentioned for accuracy. This is one of the cleanest MONO covers for this particular release that you can ever expect to locate - a condition rarity!!

VINYL:                      NrMT+

Comments:                Super clean, full original gloss “rigid” vinyl with just a couple of insignificant faint hairlines barely worth mentioning seen under bright light from sliding in and out of the original plastic inner sleeve. The album has been play tested and plays beautifully throughout the entire recording with outstanding bold fidelity, the final upgrade to your “Byrds” Mono LP collection!

INNER SLEEVE:    Original and correct “half-moon” shaped plastic baggie used by COLUMBIA during the late fifties to mid-sixties, and during the time of release of this LP.

Comments:                MONO pressing copies of this forth studio “Byrds” release are extremely difficult to locate with absolutely pristine vinyl and a super clean cover with virtually No ring wear! LP features many classic “Byrds” songs including “Have You Seen Her Face”, “My Back Pages”, “Time Between”, “The Girl With No Name”, and one of their biggest hits “So You Want To Be a Rock ‘N’ Roll Star”!!

I have listed an additional pristine “Byrds” Mono LP this week, in addition to several superb First pressing “Kinks” albums from the “sixties” (mostly Mono copies), so please check out my other auctions!

I am very conservative with my grading.  There is NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE for multiple LPs won in the same auction cycle.  Payment is due within 72 hours of the end of the auction.  e-mail if you have any questions prior to placing a bid.  All of my LPs come with a protective poly album sleeve and will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard LP mailer, tightly wrapped in bubble wrap for added protection.

Shipping:  $4.00 Media Mail.  If you purchase multiple LPs in this auction cycle, please wait to make payment until I adjust the eBay invoice to reflect one shipping cost.

PLEASE NOTE:  I ship to the United States only!!  NO International bids will be accepted, no exceptions – I will NOT ship overseas.

                                    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