TRAFFIC Mr Fantasy 1967 MONO 1st Press

	£		79
	$		105

On offer here is a very rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Traffic called 'Mr Fantasy' and is a MEGA RARE 1967 UK 1st pressing!!!! THIS LP IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO FIND!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT PLAYS SUPERBLY AND HAS A BRILLIANT LOOKING COVER!!!!  THIS LP NEARLY ALWAYS TURNS UP IN TERRIBLE CONDITION - WITH A SPLIT SPINE, BATTERED EDGES, AND A SCRATCHED TO PIECES RECORD.  BUT NOT THIS ONE!!!!  THIS ONE IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION!!!!   THIS IS THE 1967 UK 1ST MONO PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS ISLAND LABEL, 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS MONO GATEFOLD LAMINATED FLIPBACK COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND IN THIS CONDITION - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS MEGA RARE OPPORTUNITY!!!! This is an ORIGINAL UK 1st Pressing from 1967 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!! The record is pressed on thick quality vinyl. The Cat. No is ILP 961 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Island label (see picture) and is a UK 1967 MONO 1st pressing!!!! All the tracks are pure quality Traffic at their best!!!! Any fan of  Traffic, or 60s music in general, will want to have this in their collection!!!!

The record labels are in STUNNING condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and only a VERY few light spindle marks!!!! HOWEVER - one of the labels clearly has a manufacturing misprint (NOT a tear - I must stress that this is 100% from manufacture) - where the colour ends just before the top of one label.  The vinyl is in BRILLIANT condition and retains an AWESOME shine!!!! Most of these 60s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, only 3 or 4 light hairlines, a VERY few MEGA light wispy paper scufflines (only visible under EXTREME light), a couple of TINY and MEGA light NON sounding surface marks, and only a few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK!!!! It is great to find that the record plays EVEN BETTER than the visual!!!!  In fact this is one of the QUIETEST EVER records I have EVER heard for this LP!!!!  It plays SUPERBLY with NO nasty loud pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, NO hiss and NO crackle!!!! There is NO groovewear either and NO distortion!!!!  The record must grade visually Very Good++ if not better - with the playing grade better still!!!! THIS RECORD PLAYS SUPERBLY!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!! I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!! The record also comes in its ORIGINAL inner sleeve!!!!  The 1st Press Flipback Laminated Gatefold Cover is in BRILLIANT condition and EXTREMELY hard to find like this!!!!  It has NO edge wear, only a few light creases (cover is still VERY flat looking), only slight corner wear (NOT through the colour), ULTRA shiny laminate and NO writing!!!! The opening edges are beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!! Even the unlaminated inside is in BRILLIANT condition with NO writing, NO rubbing, barely ANY yellowing, and NO grubbyness!!!!  The most important part of this cover though is the spine!!!!  On nearly EVERY cover you see - it has heavy wear, with split laminate, flaking patches, or worse still rips, tears & holes.  BUT NOT THIS ONE!!!!  The spine is still FULLY laminated and ALL the side words are PERFECT.  There are NO flaking patches, and NO holes and NO rips in the top/bottom of the spine - and that is INCREDIBLY rare on this cover!!!!  The only possible defect with the spine (and believe me this is VERY minor) is a slight amount of 'roughening' (NOT through the colour) right at the bottom of the outside of the spine.  However this really doesnt show AT ALL (see pictures) and the outside of the cover looks BRILLIANT!!!!  The only other thing to mention (this time on the INSIDE of the cover) is that the previous owner has put a VERY small piece of tape right at the bottom of inside spine - but LOOK AT THE PICTURES - it has been VERY neatly stuck, it is VERY thin & small and has NOT been stuck over ANY pictures and is VERY difficult to notice!!!!  Not only that but this has made the bottom of the inside spine stronger than it has EVER been, and this cover overall is BRILLIANT condition!!!!  This cover is INCREDIBLY hard to find in this condition (especially with NO holes in the spine!!!!) - JUST LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good++ if not better!!!! THIS LP IS EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND IN THIS CONDITION AND PLAYS SUPERBLY - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS MEGA RARE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!! It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this RARE LP!!!!  THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1967 UK MONO 1ST PRESSING OF "MR FANTASY" BY TRAFFIC, IN BRILLIANT CONDITION!!!! Dont forget to have a look at all my other auctions including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. P&P £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World.  Paypal, IMOs, Cash, Cheques, and Post Orders accepted. Overseas MUST use either Cash, IMOs or Paypal. Thanks for looking . Cheers!!!!!

On 24-Nov-02 at 12:19:15 GMT, seller added the following information: