WISHBONE ASH 1st LP 1970 MCA 1st Press AWESOME

	£		41
	$		55

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Wishbone Ash called "Wishbone Ash" and is an ORIGINAL 1970 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Pink/Red MCA label!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS WAS WISHBONE ASH'S FIRST LP EVER AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1970 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED - IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS, AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DELETED!!!!  AS A RESULT IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS MADE EVEN RARER STILL, AS IT IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - ON THE IMPOSSIBLY RARE 'PINK/RED' MCA LABEL!!!!  AND THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT!!!!  BECAUSE ONLY THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS ONLY (PRESSED PRIOR TO THE RELEASE DATE!) EVER CAME WITH 'PINK/RED' LABELS - BEFORE THIS LABEL WAS CHANGED ONLY WEEKS AFTER THE RELEASE DATE!!!!  AND WHAT MAKES IT SO IMPORTANT TO VERIFY A CORRECT 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING (ON THE PINK/RED LABEL!) - IS THAT WISHBONE ASH RAPIDLY BECAME MORE POPULAR AS THE YEARS WENT BY - SO MOST COPIES OF THIS LP ACTUALLY DATE FROM 1971/1972/1973 OR 1974, WHEN THIS LP SOLD IN FAR LARGER AMOUNTS!!!! 

DATING MCA LABELS CORRECTLY - SEE BELOW:-

IT IS SO VERY EASY TO DATE THE MCA LABEL SYSTEM, AND WITH GUIDE BOOKS QUOTING COMPLETELY WRONG IMFORMATION - IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE STRICT DATE OF MCA LABELS TO CORRECTLY THIS LP AS A 'TRUE' 1ST PRESSING!!!!  IN 1970 MCA WAS ALREADY USING A STYLE OF LABEL KNOWN AS A 'DOGBONE' LABEL - WITH TWO DIFFERENT COLOURS & A 'BONE' SHAPE IN THE MIDDLE!  FOR THOSE THAT DONT ALREADY KNOW - THE ORDER OF 'DOGBONE LABELS' WAS 1970 - 'PINK/RED' (1ST PRESSINGS OF 'WISHBONE ASH'), 1971 'BROWN/RED' (1ST PRESSINGS OF 'PILGRIMAGE') & LATER 1971 'YELLOW/RED', AND LASTLY IN EARLY 1972 THE VERY RARE 'PINK/PURPLE' (THIS IS EXTREMELY RARE AND 1ST PRESSINGS OF 'ARGUS' DO EXIST WITH THIS LABEL).  THEN IN 1972 MCA DECIDED ON A RADICAL CHANGE TO ITS LABELS AND INTRODUCED THE NEW (AT THE TIME) 'HEXAGON' LABELS - WITH A BLUE STRIPE ACROSS THE LABELS & A 'HEXAGON' MOTIF IN THE MIDDLE!!!!  THEN IN 1973 THEY AGAIN RADICALLY CHANGED THEIR LABELS TO AN ALL BLACK LABEL WITH SILVER TEXT (1ST PRESSINGS OF 'WISHBONE FOUR' APPEAR ON THIS LABEL).  AND LASTLY CAME THE VERY COMMON 'RAINBOW' MCA LABEL WHICH STARTED IN 1974 AND RAN THROUGH MOST OF THE 1970s!!!!  THIS IS THE VERY STRICT ORDER OF PRESSING - WITH NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!  HOWEVER - THINGS ARE FURTHER COMPLICATED BY THE INEPT 'MAIN RECORD PRICE GUIDE' WHICH QUOTES ALL THE FIRST FOUR WISHBONE ASH's LPS AS APPEARING ON A BLACK LABEL AS 1ST PRESSINGS!!!!  THIS IS ACTUALLY VERY FUNNY (AND COMPLETELY UNTRUE!) - BECAUSE AS 'WISHBONE FOUR' HAS A BLACK LABEL AS A 1ST PRESSING (I HAVE ONE ONLINE RIGHT NOW!) HOW CAN WISHBONE ASH'S 1ST LP HAVE ALSO HAD A BLACK LABEL AS A 1ST PRESSING - WHEN IT WASNT INVENTED UNTIL 1973 (3 YEARS AFTER RELEASE!)!!!!  AND THIS AGAIN IS VERY EASY TO PROVE - FROM THE COVERS OF EACH LP!!!!  FOR EXAMPLE 1ST PRESS COVERS OF 'WISHBONE ASH' CARRY THE MCA 'ARROW' LOGO - WHICH IS IDENTICAL TO THE 'ARROW' LOGO ON THE 1ST PRESS 'PINK/RED' LABELS!!!!  WHEREAS THE LATER BLACK LABELS FROM 1973 HAD ACTUALLY DITCHED THE MCA 'ARROW' LOGO AND CHANGED IT TO THE LARGER 'MCA RECORDS' PRINT LOGO INSTEAD (THIS FIRST APPEARED ON 'WISHBONE FOUR')!!!!  AND MCA TOOK FAR LONGER TO CHANGE THEIR COVERS - WHICH IS WHY PRESSINGS OF THE FIRST 3 LPS IF FOUND WITH A LATER BLACK LABEL, WILL HAVE THE 'EARLIER' ARROW LOGO ON THE COVERS AND THE LATER 'MCA RECORDS' LOGO ON THE BLACK LABELS (SHOWING A RE-ISSUE!)!!!!  THIS OF COURSE GIVES THE PERFECT EVIDENCE THAT THE 'MAIN RECORD GUIDE' IS COMPLETELY WRONG (NOT FOR THE FIRST TIME!) - AND BLACK LABELS OF THE FIRST 3 WISHBONE ASH LPS ARE UNDOUBTEDLY MUCH LATER RE-ISSUES!!!!  SO - THE EVIDENCE IS ALL THERE TO IDENITIFY A 'TRUE' 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP!!!!  SO IN SHORT:

1970 - WISHBONE ASH - 1ST PRESSING WITH 'PINK/RED' LABELS WITH 'ARROW LOGO' ON LABELS & COVER!

1971 - PILGRIMAGE - 1ST PRESSING WITH 'BROWN/RED' LABEL WITH 'ARROW LOGO' ON LABELS & COVER!

1972 - ARGUS - 1ST PRESSING WITH 'PINK/PURPLE' LABEL WITH 'ARROW LOGO' ON LABELS & COVER!

1973  - WISHBONE FOUR - 1ST PRESSING (+ POSTER) WITH 'ALL BLACK LABEL' WITH 'MCA RECORDS ON LABELS & COVER AND NO 'ARROW LOGO'!   

SO AT LAST - SOMEONE HAS COMPILED THE DEFINITIVE LIST OF THE 'TRUE ORDER' OF WISHBONE ASH'S 1ST PRESSING LIST - AND THEIR IS ABSOLUTELY NO EXCEPTION TO THIS!!!!  AND ANY COPY OF AN EARLIER LP ON A LATER LABEL IS IN TRUTH A 2ND/3RD OR 4TH PRESSING!!!!  AND THIS PROVES BEYOND ANY SHADOW OF A DOUBT - THAT THIS IS THE RAREST & 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET!!!!

OF COURSE IT IS NO GOOD HAVING A 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP UNLESS IT IS IN TOP CONDITION!!!!  AND WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS IN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING CONDITION!!!!  AND THIS IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  THE RECORD CLEARLY HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL AND IS IN AWESOME CONDITION, THE INNER SLEEVE IS SIMPLY SUPERB, AND THE GATEFOLD COVER IS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1970 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'PINK/RED' MCA LABEL, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'MOORE & MATTHES' GATEFOLD COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL MCA UK 1st Pressing from 1970 and is in AWESOME condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is MKPS 2014 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press MCA Label (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st Pressing (there were NO Monos)!!!! 

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and only a few VERY light spindle marks!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in AWESOME condition!!!!  Most of these 60s/70s 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, NO hairlines, NO scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL JUST PRESSED LOOK AND LOOKS AMAZING!!!!  It is also GREAT to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual!!!!  The record plays with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some absolutely ULTRA faint touches of MEGA low level background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade Excellent++++ if not better!!!!  AWESOME RECORD!!!!  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 comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The 1st Press 'Moore & Matthes' Gatefold Cover is in AWESOME condition!!!!  The cover has NO edge wear (apart from the MEGA faintest 'brushing' ONLY!), NO spinal wear, barely ANY corner wear AT ALL (NOT through the colour!), barely ANY creases AT ALL (cover is PERFECTLY flat looking!), NO ringwear, NO rubbing, NO sticker tears, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edges are beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!!  Even the unlaminated inside of the cover is in AMAZING condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, NO ringwear, NO writing, and absolutely NO RUBBING AT ALL!!!!  The cover must grade Excellent++++ if not better!!!!  AWESOME COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE 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 in this sort of condition!!!!  THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1970 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING OF "WISHBONE ASH" BY WISHBONE ASH, IN AWESOME 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!!!!!

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