THE CRYSTALS GREATEST HITS V.1 INSANELY RARE ORIG '63 PHILLES BLUE LABEL MONO LP

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·       THE CRYSTALS (with THE RONETTES!) – THE CRYSTALS SING THEIR GREATEST HITS VOL. 1 (THERE WOULD NEVER BE VOLUME 2 – THIS WAS THE GROUP’S ONE AND ONLY PHILLES "GREATEST HITS" PACKAGE) - INSANELY RARE ORIGINAL 1963 PHILLES RECORDS MONO LP PHLP-4003

·       THE ALBUM FEATURES THREE RARE TRACKS PERFORMED BY THE RONETTES (NOT THE CRYSTALS), WHO ARE CREDITED AS CRYSTALS (SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS)

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       MONSTROUSLY RARE ORIGINAL PALE BLUE PHILLES LABEL WITH BLACK PRINT

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

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          This is one of the rarest and hardest-to-find items in Phil Spector's catalog , itself already overloaded to breaking point with rarities, misprints and curiosities of all kinds. What I have here is the Crystals’ third (and final) album for the 'Philles' label . The album, originally issued in 1963, was unavailable in any way, manner or form in more than four decades. The wall of sound - a production method patented by Phil Spector,  which involved - inter alia - torturing artists for maximum effect (just ask Tina Turner whose bra fell apart during the recording of "River Deep, Mountain High") does not get any more vivid or palpable than here. This is a proverbial fortress of sound, consisting of multitude of overlapping layers of voices, sound effects, cascades of rhythm and ornamentation. A joyful, luscious, retrogressive, a*al-retentive, listening experience, in original BACK-TO-MONO format.

This is the RAREST of the Philles LPs to see official release, The Crystals Sing the Greatest Hits Vol. 1 is valued at $700-900.  The three tracks on   this LP sung by the Ronettes are "Hot Pastrami", "Mashed Potato Time", and "The Twist.

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·       CONDITION:

·       RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS STRONG VG++, JUST A NOTCH BELOW NEAR MINT. A few light abrasions (probably just sleeve scuffs inflicted in storage over the years) ARE VISIBLE, but they appear fairly  insignificant relative to the overall condition of the vinyl, and are only moderately visually distracting. For most part, the vinyl looks impeccable, without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections.. (NOTE: a visible, but superficial and almost certainly not audible, scuff noted on 'He's Sure The Boy I Love")

(b)          The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(c)           Stereo copies of this album are NOT known to exist.

(d)          Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·       THE COVER

THE COVER IS ABOUT VERY GOOD+ (VG+)

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        Cover has a partially split top seam (between 1 and 2 inches  / 2.5 to 5 centimeters); This split seam was delicately taped by the previous owner with a piece of transparent scotch tape

-        Cover has a partially split bottom seam (between 1 and 2 inches  / 2.5 to 5 centimeters); This split seam was delicately taped by the previous owner with a piece of transparent scotch tape

-         Cover has all four corners slightly worn / dinged

-         Cover has some ring wear.  On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 5  (front side) and 3 (back side).

-        Cover has a small, rectangular, sticker residue (small yellowish discoloration from the removed price sticker)

-         Cover shows some light yellowing on back side, apparently from aging.

-        Cover has a few wrinkles along the spine

-        Visible shelf wear noted on the seams

-        Cover has a light "wrinkle" (crease)  in one of the corners.

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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