THE KINKS"FACE TO FACE"PYE 1966 STEREO EXPORT+STICKER

	£		155
	$		205

ATTENTION KINKS COLLECTORS!!

AN ORIGINAL STEREO MIX 1966 1ST UK EXPORT PRESSING PYE LABEL OF THE KINKS LP:
"FACE TO FACE"

NSPL 18149-WITH STEREO STICKER AT THE BACK(SEE PHOTO #2) 

A REALLY NICE EX+++ COPY!

STRICTLY GRADED!!

MOST WOULD STATE NEAR MINT! 

+GLOSSY FRONT COVER!   

1ST STEREO EDITION,MADE IN THE UK FOR EXPORT TO ELSEWHERE IN EUROPE WHEN MOST IN THE UK WERE BUYING THE MONO LPs!

IN THE MID 1960s PYE HAD THE POLICY OF ONLY ISSUING MONO PRESSINGS OF BEAT GROUP AND POP LPs FOR THE UK,WITH ONLY SELECTIVE"EASY LISTENING"AND JAZZ HAVING STEREO ISSUES.

OTHER PARTS OF EUROPE HAD SWITCHED TO STEREO FAR SOONER THAN THE UK,IT WOULD NOT BE UNTIL AS LATE AS 1970 THAT MONO ISSUES OF NEW PRODUCT WOULD END AND MOST DEALERS EXPECTED THE DEMAND FOR THE MORE EXPENSIVE STEREO ISSUES TO BE FAR LESS ANYWAY! 

 THIS IS THE EARLIEST THICK PRESSED PINK LABEL DESIGN FROM THE SUMMER OF 1966!

FROM THE COLLECTION OF A FORMER T.V. STATION WORKER WHO MUST HAVE HAD GOOD CONNECTIONS WITH PYE AS HE ALSO HAD OTHER LPs FROM THIS GREAT LABEL(SOME TO FOLLOW!)  

(FULL DETAILS BELOW)!!!

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A VERY NICE STEREO COPY -THIS COULD BE THE ONE FOR YOU!

AN EARLY 1ST STEREO EDITION WHICH IS RARE TO FIND OVER 43 YEARS LATER IN SUCH SUPERB,EXCELLENT+++ CONDITION AS HERE AND AN ESSENTIAL PART OF ANY KINKS COLLECTION!

MOST COPIES THAT SURVIVE ARE IN DREADFUL CONDITION.

THIS COPY HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AND SOUNDS GREAT WITH HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE AND JUST ONE MINOR,FAINT SURFACE MARK!

THE COVER HAS SOME CREASES AND MINOR STAINING BUT IS STILL IN GREAT SHAPE!! 

THE ONLY STEREO COPY  I HAVE EVER SEEN!

THE STEREO STICKER WAS MERELY STUCK OVER THE MONO NUMBER AND IN MANY CASES WOULD BE PEELED OFF OR"CAUGHT"ON OTHER LPs OR EVEN MISSING!

THIS ONE IS STILL PRESENT AND CORRECT!!SEE PHOTO #2 

IT IS TIME FOR ANOTHER DELIGHT FROM ONE OF THE UKs LEADING RECORD BEAT EXPERTS/DEALERS.  

AN EXCITING ITEM!!!!

TIME FOR A LITTLE ABOUT ME! FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH ME ON EBAY SINCE 2002 AND INDEED ELSEWHERE BEFORE SINCE 1986, WILL PROBABLY KNOW I HAVE BEEN A RESPECTED DEALER,  MUSIC EXPERT AND COLLECTOR FOR MANY YEARS CALLED UPON BY RADIO,TV AND PRICE GUIDES FOR MY ADVICE AND KNOWLEDGE ESPECIALLY REGARDING THE 1960s!!!

AN ORIGINAL STEREO EDITION FROM 1966 OF THE BAND'S WONDERFUL ALBUM ISSUED ON THE UK PRESSED PYE PINK LABEL .

MATRIXES:

NSPL 18149A-1 *T  

NSPL 18149-1 *T             

THICK PRESSING different to the LATER THINNER pressings from a few years later-This ESSENTIAL  LP pressed within the first few MONTHS of issue from the SUMMER of 1966 when THE KINKS popularity was at it's height and this LP is crammed with 14 great songs ALL WRITTEN by RAY DAVIES.

Tracks are as follows:

PARTY LINE

ROSY WON'T PLEASE COME HOME

DANDY

TOO MUCH ON MY MIND

SESSION MAN

RAINY DAY IN JUNE

A HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY

HOLIDAY IN WAIKIKI

MOST EXCLUSIVE RESIDENCE FOR SALE

FANCY

LITTLE MISS QUEEN OF DARKNESS

YOUR'E LOOKIN'FINE

SUNNY AFTERNOON

I'LL REMEMBER.

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ONE OF THE BAND'S BEST, SONGS THAT WOULD INFLUENCE MILLIONS OF OTHER MUSICIANS!

AN INCREDIBLE LP THAT STILL SOUNDS EXCITING 43 YEARS ON! 

MOST COPIES THAT SURVIVE ARE IN POOR CONDITION-THIS ONE IS IN EXCELLENT++++ CONDITION WITH ONLY ONE FAINT SURFACE MARK ON ONE TRACK,A LITTLE SURFACE NOISE HERE AND THERE AT HIGH VOLUME BUT THAT IS BEING VERY STRICT!

NO JUMPS!/NO STICKS!/NO NASTY LOUD CLICKS!/NO SWISHES!/NO DISTORTION/NO WARPING!  

Copies of this album were being sold in huge quantities IN MONO but how many were preserved like this one IN STEREO??!!!!!!

Anyone who did manage to get a stereo IN THE UK which would have been by sheer luck,possibly a pye worker or reviewer may well have played it on MONO equipment and even standard STEREO equipment was not always kind to the delicate grooves!!

Just to explain, in 1966,the majority of fans were buying the mono editions and the stereo would have had fewer copies made and being an export,most would have left the UK never to return!!

The Kinks were of course popular outside the UK but the rest of Europe were more interested in EPs(such as France and Germany).

It would not be until the early 1970s that MONO pressings ended and cheap stereo players meant that stereo records could be played without causing damage encouraging Pye to ONLY ISSUE STEREO.

So often in 1966,stereo copies were played on Mono equipment in error,ruined within a couple of plays by the mono only styli.

THIS ONE HAS NOT HAD SUCH A CRUEL FATE!

PLAYED A FEW TIMES(BUT NOT MANY) BUT STILL SOUNDING AND LOOKING GREAT! 

The stereo mixes are brilliant and full of bass AND have lots to offer that were"lost"in the mono version.

You can hear many of the guitar solos a lot clearer and even if you PREFER mono, the stereo mix makes a nice contrast and of course any serious KINKS collector will require both mono and stereo editions.  

THE STEREO IN MANY CASES IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT TO THE MONO VERSIONS WITH FASCINATING VARIATIONS-EXTRA EFFECTS AND GUITAR"LICKS"!

KINKS and always will be!  

GREAT SOLID SOUND!

I TEST ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITHOUT FILTERING OR A MONO SWITCH.

I HAVE PLAYED IT TWICE TO CHECK FOR ANY FAULTS.

There is HARDLY ANY spindle wear!!!

EVERY MONO COPY I HAVE SEEN HAS HAD SOME BUT THESE LABELS ARE QUITE STUNNING AND OF COURSE HAS THE SPLENDID"STEREO"PRINTED ON BOTH LABELS!!!!!! 

NO WRITING/NO STICKER REMOVAL/NO WORN PRINT!!!

PLEASE SEE BOTH PHOTOS! 

There is A LITTLE surface crackle, but it is MINIMAL and is mainly in between the tracks if you play it at high volume.

NO DEEP MARKS!

NO NASTY SCUFFS!

THE COVER HAS A FEW EDGE CREASES BUT HARDLY ANY STAINING, NO NASTY RIPS,SELLOTAPE REPAIRS,STAPLES,HOLE CUTS ETC.

SPINE DETAILS CAN STILL BE READ. 

 Look elsewhere on ebay and you will see other copies-Look closer and you will find they are reissues or lower grade MONO copies with all manner of faults. 

MOST RECORDS ON EBAY ARE IN DIABOLICAL, BAD CONDITIONS ATTEMPTED TO BE  SOLD BY PEOPLE WHO DO NOT KNOW HOW TO GRADE OR BOTHER TO ACTUALLY PLAY THEM FOR AN ACURATE DESCRIPTION!

This is A POSSIBLE UPGRADER COPY-EXAMINE YOURS AND IT MAY NOT BE AS GOOD AS YOU THINK!

AT WORSE AND IN THE STRICTNESS OF POTENTIAL BUYERS,THE DISC IS IN EXCELLENT+++++ CONDITION. FAR BETTER THAN MOST PEOPLES USE OF THE "EX"GRADING BUT IT IS DOWN TO MY STRICT GRADING POLICY.  

AN OUTER PVC COVER WILL BE SUPPLIED.

THE LP ITSELF AS USUAL WILL BE REMOVED FROM IT'S COVER BEFORE SENDING!   

REMEMBER I AM GRADING STRICTLY! PLEASE STUDY THE PHOTOS!

IF YOU GO THROUGH MY FEEDBACK YOU WILL SEE MANY OTHER RARE LPs SOLD -PAY NOTE TO THE FEEDBACK RESPONSES!!-NO ISSUES!! INFACT VERY HAPPY CUSTOMERS WHICH IS PROOF OF MY CAREFUL,DETAILED AND STRICT GRADING!!!! 

Realistic  £100 STARTING price with no annoying reserve. BUY IT NOW OFFERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED! 

THIS IS A GREAT CHANCE TO OWN A PIECE OF KINKS HISTORY. A GREAT INVESTMENT! 

Postage is £4 RECORDED DELIVERY 1ST CLASS.  YOU WILL GET IT IN FINE SHAPE!!

I WOULD SUGGEST SPECIAL DELIVERY FOR £6. 

Outside UK extra depending on destination. PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO SEVERAL ITEMS OVERSEAS BEING"LOST", IF THE OPTION TO SEND INSURED IS REFUSED THEN I CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST ITEMS. I DO NOT DRAMATICALLY INCREASE POSTAGE ON SEVERAL ITEMS BOUGHT.Paypal or cheque within 7 days please.

CHEQUE WILL NEED TIME TO CLEAR BEFORE DELIVERY. 

SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES FOR SEVERAL ITEMS BOUGHT

DO NOT BID UNLESS YOU INTEND TO PAY.Feedback always left. BE AWARE!!!! NON PAYERS AND TIMEWASTERS WILL BE DEALT WITH AND REPORTED TO EBAY AS WELL AS CIRCULATED VERBALLY AND BY EMAIL TO MY MANY DEALER AND COLLECTOR FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!

Checkout my power seller status and my own feedback of OVER 9000 comments of my standards and service many from some of the world's most respected collectors and dealers. BUY with confidence! Always adding quality Records, cd's and related items to ebay several times a week. Customers from all over the world regard my  ebay selections as the #1 for QUALITY,VARIETY AND SERVICE.

I HAVE BEEN A DEALER SINCE 1986 WITH OVER 7 YEARS ON EBAY.

I ACTUALLY LISTEN TO MY ITEMS ON GOOD QUALITY EQUIPMENT, USUALLY TWICE TO ENSURE THE VERY BEST POSSIBLE AND ACURATE GRADE-I WANT LONG TERM REGULAR CUSTOMERS WHO WANT TO RETURN TO BUY FROM ME WITH FAITH AND TRUST.

LOOK AT MY FEEDBACK AND SEE WELL KNOWN RESPECTED COLLECTORS AND DEALERS WHO BUY FROM ME OVER AND OVER-NOTE WHAT THEY SAY-PAGE AFTER PAGE OF GLOWING STATEMENTS! 

UK Customers are very welcome to collect ebay winnings  by prior email arrangement. OVER 7 YEARS ON EBAY and many more before as a keen collector! Thanks for looking and good luck.

OTHER STYLES OF MUSIC ON EBAY FROM ME-SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE-LOOK NO FURTHER!!!!!

DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS OPPORTUNITY!

A VITAL PART OF ANY KINKS OR INDEED ANY RARE 1960s BEAT LPs COLLECTION!

I HAVE MENTIONED EVERYTHING BUT IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK.

MANY MORE SUPERB ITEMS TO COME IN FUTURE WEEKS!

KEEP WATCHING IN 2009 AND BEYOND!

THANKYOU FOR YOUR INTEREST!

GOOD LUCK!!

THE COUNTDOWN IS ON FOR YOUR CHANCE TO OWN A SUPER 1966 EXPORT STEREO PRESSING OF THE KINKS CLASSIC LP!!