THE YARDBIRDS"FIVE LIVE YARDBIRDS".1964COLUMBIA MONO+1N/1N+PATENTS PENDING COVER

	£		46
	$		61

ATTENTION 1960s BEAT GROUP ALBUM COLLECTORS!  HERE IS AN ORIGINAL 1964 MONO BLUE/BLACK LABEL 1ST EDITION OF THE FIRST,EXCITING YARDBIRDS ALBUM: "FIVE LIVE YARDBIRDS". RECORDED AT THE MARQUEE CLUB LONDON IN 1964.

EMI PRESSED COLUMBIA 33SX 1677(LATER REPRESSES HAD THE "33" DROPPED) AND THIS COPY HAS THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE 1N/1N MATRIXES!

THE LAMINATED FRONT+FLIPBACK COVER IS PRINTED BY GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE. THIS HAS THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE 6412 DATE CODE(DECEMBER 1964) AS WELL AS THE "PATENTS PENDING" CREDIT DENOTING ONE OF THE FIRST EVER PRINTED.

THE TRACING PAPER EMITEX INNER SLEEVE IS VERY CLEAN WITH SOME CREASES BUT NO WRITING,RIPS OR REPAIRS.

THE DISC HAS THE BLUE/BLACK LABELS-LATER ONES HAD SILVER/BLACK LABELS AND THE  SOLD IN THE UK" TEXT NOT ON LATER 1970s REPRINTS.

THIS COPY HAS A NUMBER OF PLAYS WITH SOME LIGHT SURFACE MARKS,A SOLITARY JUMP/SKIP ON ONE TRACK WHICH IS NOT TOO OBTRUSIVE AND MAY PLAY THROUGH FINE ON YOUR EQUIPMENT(MINE CAN BE SENSITIVE!).THERE IS SOME SLIGHT DISTORTION AT SOME OF THE SOUND "PEAKS" ON A FEW OF THE TRACKS,A FEW ISOLATED "POPS" AND SOME SLIGHT CRACKLE HERE AND THERE BUT I COULDN'T HEAR ANY LOUD CLICKS! NO STICKS! I LISTEN WITH THE TREBLE FULLY ON AND AT HIGH VOLUME. VERY STRICTLY GRADED AS VERY GOOD++++++ CONDITION BUT IT PLAYS THROUGH REALLY WELL! WAY,WAY BETTER THAN MOST DEALERS "VG" AND INFACT IS MUCH MUCH NEARER TO EXCELLENT!  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 BUT I WANT THE BUYER TO CONSIDER IT "BETTER THAN EXPECTED". PLEASE CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR STRICT GRADING REPORTS ON MANY 1960s BEAT ALBUMS! UNLIKE OTHER SELLERS, I PLAY ALL MY EBAY ITEMS THROUGH TO ENSURE REALISTIC AND SATISFYING GRADINGS. 

BID WITH 100% CONFIDENCE. 

THE LAMINATED FRONT+FLIPBACK COVER HAS HAD A RIP ACROSS THE CENTRE AND HAD BEEN REPAIRED BEHIND WITH SELLOTAPE BUT NOT,I REPEAT NOT OVER THE FRONT SURFACE. THERE ARE SOME CREASES AND SOME MINOR STAINING AT THE BACK BUT NO WRITING AND IT IS STILL VERY PRESENTABLE ESPECIALLY AS THIS IS A SERIOUSLY RARE LP. VERY THICK AND 100% FLAT VINYL. THE COLUMBIA GRAMOPHONE CO.LTD RIM TEXT.

HARDLY ANY SPINDLE WEAR.

THERE IS THE K T RAISED PRINT TAX CODE ON THE SIDE 1 LABEL.

MOST COPIES SOLD 50 YEARS AGO IN 1964 WERE OFTEN PLAYED A LOT,BEYOND LISTENING PLEASURE ON TODAY'S UNFORGIVING EQUIPMENT,USUALLY USING ANCIENT,HEAVY AND AWFUL EQUIPMENT, SO OFTEN TAKEN TO PARTIES RESULTING IN ALL KINDS OF DAMAGE!-THIS ONE HAS HAD MANY PLAYS BUT STILL BETTER THAN MOST AND PLAYS REALLY,REALLY NICELY AND FAR BETTER THAN YOU'D EXPECT! SHOULD YOU ALREADY HAVE A NICE COPY,THIS WOULD LOOK NICE FRAMED UP ON YOUR WALL OR TO TRADE UP AT ONE OF THOSE RECORD FAIRS WHERE MANY DESPERATE DEALERS PUT OUT RECORDS FAR WORSE THAN THIS AT INSANE AND HIGH PRICES!

 THIS IS A LOVELY VERY THICK,FLAT PRESSING!

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

A LOW,REALISTIC £12 STARTING PRICE FOR THIS IMPORTANT PART OF ANY 1960s BEAT GROUPS 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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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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