WHITE STRIPES rsd 2011 "Lafayette Blues" 99% SNOW WHITE VARIANT Very RARE NM
  $   45

 


$ 45 Sold For
Feb 14, 2012 Sold Date
Feb 7, 2012 Start Date
$   40 Start price
2   Number Of Bids
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THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL RECORD STORE DAY 2011 SINGLE. IT IS A BLACK & WHITE MARBLE "LAFAYETTE BLUES" with "SUGAR NEVER TASTED SO GOOD" ON THE B-SIDE.  ITS CATALOG # is TMR-089 . MINT COPY THAT HAS NEVER BEEN PLAYED.
                HOWEVER, HERE IS WHERE IT BECOMES DIFFERENT- I HAVE SOLD MANY, MANY OF THESE AND HAVE ONLY HEARD OF THIS FROM ANOTHER DEALER WHO APPARENTLY, ALSO FOUND ONE. THE GREY MARBLE COLOR OCCURS THROUGH A MIXTURE OF WHITE and BLACK WAX. IN SOME RARE CASES YOU MAY FIND THAT ONLY ONE COLOR IS IN THE PRESS- THE RESULT IS A "VARIANT". I KNOW THIS OCCURRED WHEN THE WHERE PRESSING ELVIS PRESLEY'S "BLUE" ALBUM. THE BLUE WAX WAS EXPOSED TO SOME BLACK WAX, AND A FEW HUNDRED COPIES CAME OUT (BLUE and BLACK) MARBLE INSTEAD OF SOLID BLUE COLOR. I HAVE HEARD OF COPIES, OF THIS RECORD, WITH LESSER AMOUNTS OF BLACK or GREY- THIS ONE IS 99% WHITE. THERE ARE TWO VERY THIN AREAS WHERE YOU CAN DETECT THE DARKER VINYL. HOWEVER YOU NEED TO REALLY LOOK FOR THEM. THEY ARE AT 12 O'CLOCK ON SIDE-A (pic #1) & THE CORRESPONDING 10 O'CLOCK ON SIDE-B (pic #2). TO THE NAKED EYE THIS PRESS LOOKS 100% WHITE. I POSITIONED A WHITE COPY BETWEEN TWO REGULAR MARBLE COPIES SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE- IT IS QUITE DRAMATIC- GOOD LUCK!!!!


                                                       

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                   IF THERE IS ANYONE FROM TMR OUT THERE VIEWING THIS AD I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE ANY INFO OF ESTIMATED POPULATION  OF THIS VARIANT. REPLY THROUGH THE AD SO MY WATCHERS CAN SEE THE INFORMATION AS WELL- THERE SEEMS TO BE A GREAT DEAL OF INTEREST and CURIOSITY  SURROUNDING THIS ITEM. -THANK YOU




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