The Jimi Hendrix Experience "Electric Ladyland" UK 1st pressing Track 613008/9
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JIMI HENDRIX: Electric Ladyland, UK Track 613008/9 1968 1st pressing STEREO LP (stereo only). Hyper rare 1st pressing with the blue text cover and the large pictures inside gatefold. Labels have the inverted cat. numbers, only on first pressings. Matrixes are as follows, side A;D;B;C respectively (x's mean that the original stamped matrix is scracthed out by hand; all 1st pressings have this feature): 613 00 x x 8 (8 by hand) A // 1; 613 00 x 8 (8 by hand) B//1; 613 00 x 9 A (9 A by hand) // 1; 613 009 B (all by hand) xxxxxxxxx //1.
Vinyl. Both discs play through with only minimal background noise in the quieter moments. There are marks and both discs have been played a lot but still pretty good for a record of this age. I have graded them VG which is probably a little conservative but accurate.
Labels. All labels have some light spindle marks, nothing intrusive but consistent with records that have been played many times.
Sleeve. The sleeve shows the usual laminate wrinkling, not bad but obvious. It also has obvious corner and edge wear and the beginnings (5mm) of a tear on the front cover towards the bottom edge. Being a 1st pressing it has the blue writing on the inner sleeve which is still glossy but has some wrinkling etc.
It has a seam split on the spine which has been tape repaired (pretty good job though).
Summary. If you are looking for a pristine 1st pressing of this record keep looking this ISN'T it!! What it IS is a pretty reasonable copy of an increasingly difficult to find early 1st pressing. It plays well, but not without some noise in places. I don't want to be accused of not describing this record accurately so if you aren't completely sure about the condition DON'T BID!!! Payment to be made within 3 days of auction end. This record will only be sent overseas by registered mail with tracking.
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