TRAFFIC Mr Fantasy LP 1967 MONO 1st EARLIEST EVER

	£		82
	$		109

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Traffic called 'Mr Fantasy' and is an ORIGINAL 1967 UK MONO 1st pressing on the 1st Press 'Textured' Island 'Circle' logo label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IS THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE!!!!  ONLY A TINY HANDFUL OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS ONLY (WAY BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE!) - WERE EVER PRESSED LIKE THIS ARE SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE!!!!  AND THERE SOME AMAZING DIFFERENCES TOO - THAT ONLY THIS 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER HAD!!!!  FIRSTLY IT HAS MUCH MUCH THICKER VINYL THAN ALL LATER PRESSINGS, A 'TEXTURED' LABEL (LATER ONES DONT), AND HAS THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESS 'A/B' MATRIX ENDINGS (WITH LARGE LETTERING) WITH NO NUMBERS ADDED!!!!  ALL LATER PRESSINGS HAVE NUMBERS ADDED AFTER THIS MATRIX ENDING (SUCH AS 'A2' FOR EXAMPLE) AND OFTEN LATER MATRIXES ARE ETCHED - OR STAMPED IN MUCH SMALLER LETTERING.  BUT NOT THIS ONE!!!!  THIS IS THE IMPOSSIBLY RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING FROM THE VERY DAY OF RELEASE BACK IN 1967 - AND HAS EVERY SINGLE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS DETAIL!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO FIND AS A 100% GENIUNE 1967 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' UK 1ST PRESSING!!!!

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1967 UK MONO 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'TEXTURED' ISLAND 'CIRCLE' LOGO LABEL, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'A/B' MATRIX ENDINGS, 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS MONO GATEFOLD LAMINATED FLIPBACK COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS MEGA RARE OPPORTUNITY!!!! This is the ORIGINAL UK MONO 'Earliest' 1st Pressing from 1967 and is in GREAT 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 BRILLIANT condition (see pictures) with NO writing, only some VERY minor wear around the centre holes, and only a few light spindle marks!!!!  The vinyl is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  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 a few VERY light hairlines, NO scufflines, 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 as STUNNINGLY as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO nasty loud pops, barely ANY clicks AT ALL, NO sticking, NO jumps, and only some EXTREMELY low level background crackle in a VERY few places (though mostly NONE!)!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must MEGA STRICTLY grade Very Good (PROPERLY graded, NOT trashed) if not better and plays BRILLIANTLY!!!!  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 1st Press inner sleeve!!!!  The 1st Press Flipback Laminated Gatefold Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, barely ANY spinal wear AT ALL, only a few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking), VERY shiny laminate, barely ANY corner wear AT ALL to the opening front flap corners (NOT through the colour!), only VERY slight corner wear to the rear opening corners (NOT through the colour), and only some slight corner wear to the spinal corners (slightly more to the bottom than the top), 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, only very VERY slight yellowing, and NO grubbyness!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good+ if not better!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND - 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 MEGA RARE LP!!!!  THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1967 UK MONO 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING OF "MR FANTASY" BY TRAFFIC, IN GREAT CONDITION!!!!  Dont forget to take a look at all my other items 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 (Postal discounts are available - see below for details).  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

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