YARDBIRDS LIVE YARDBIRDS INSANELY RARE JIMMY PAGE-WITHDRAWN ORIG '71 EPIC LP

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·  THE YARDBIRDS featuring JIMMY PAGE - LIVE YARDBIRDS - ULTRA-RARE WITHDRAWN ORIGINAL 1971 EPIC RECORDS STEREO LP E30615

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       ORIGINAL YELLOW EPIC LABEL WITH BLACK PRINT, MID-TO-LATE ‘60s STYLE

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·       FAIRLY THICK VINYL PRESSING On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the thickness of the vinyl as 6.

·       MACHINE-STAMPED MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) OF THE RECORD

·       MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) ENDS WITH '-1B/-1B'.  ON SOME LABELS,  SUFFIX '–1' DENOTES THE VERY FIRST, ORIGINAL PRESSING)

·       This album has been out of print and unavailable on Compact Disc or in any other format for many years (much like the original LP album, the 2000 compact disc was withdrawn from circulation after Jimmy Page served a court injunction to stop the commercial release). At present, this is – again - the ONLY way you can obtain this great album.

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you’ll get.  GUARANTEED!)

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Arguably the most famous lost live album in history, Live Yardbirds Featuring Jimmy Page, cut at the Anderson Theater in New York on March 30, 1968, has been issued twice on vinyl legitimately (only to be suppressed by legal action) and innumerable times since as a bootleg. Page's guitar (which goes out of tune several times) is the dominant instrument here, alternately crunchy and lyrical, but always loud and dexterous; the roughness of Keith Relf's singing is also more apparent, but his shortcomings don't really hurt the music. The performance also reveals just how far out in front of the psychedelic pack the Yardbirds were by the spring of 1968; Page had pushed the envelope about as far as he could, in terms of high-velocity guitar pyrotechnics. Ironically, this album isn't quite as strong as the contemporary Truth album by Jeff Beck, mostly because the Yardbirds were still juggling three sounds: the group's progressive pop/rock past, the psychedelia of 1968, and a harder, more advanced blues-based sound. It's clear that they had few places left to go with the first two; "Dazed and Confused," by contrast, represented something new, a slow blues as dark, forbidding, and intense as anything that the band had ever cut -- it showed where Page, if not this band, was heading.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY STEVE HUEY, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

All albums by Yardbirds, the first-ever supergroup (which included at different times Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page on solo guitar) are extremely coveted and highly collectable, especially in good condition, such as the copy of this classic Yardbirds album we are offering here - BUT THIS ONE IS PARTICULARLY HARD TO FIND, AND YOU CAN CONSIDER YOURSELF INORDINATELY LUCKY IF YOU FIND A PROMO COPY. Withdrawn at Jimmy Page's insistence and as a result of contractual dispute, this album only saw two (almost) clandestine releases, of which we offer the VERY FIRST pressing here. The album is remarkable for the inclusion of "I'm confused" - which was to become "Dazed and Confused" on Led Zeppelin's first album --- this album amply illustrates the evolution of the track from the white electric blues rave-up to the acid-blues in the Led Zep version.

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               RECORD

 (IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS STRONG VERY GOOD+(+) . CAUTION: The vinyl is NOT MINT or NEAR MINT, but is nevertheless in a very nice and clean condition. There are some surface marks and abrasions, mostly light and superficial, although some may be longer than 1.1/4 inches (1 inch = 2.5 centimeters)

(b)            The record is pressed on a RELATIVELY  thick, inflexible vinyl. This is NOT a thin, flimsy ('dynaflex' type),  vinyl, but not the thickest, most rigid vinyl, either.

(c)           Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·       COVER

THE COVER IS ABOUT VERY GOOD (VG).

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        A visible water stain affects the area about 1 inch wide along the bottom seam; there is some minor structural damage to the cover  (VISIBLE ON BACK SIDE ONLY);  the stain is visible and has caused some erosion in the firmness of the cover ,  visible yellowish discoloration, a few minor peel-off marks and a slight warp in the affected area.

-         Cover has a partially split top seam (less than 1 inch / 2.5 centimeters)

-         Cover has some visible ring wear; On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 6  (front side) and 3 (back side)

-         Cover has some visible fraying/tattering on the top and bottom seams.

-         Cover has all four corners slightly worn / dinged / bent.

-         Cover shows some light yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging   (nothing significant).

-         Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the top seam

-         Cover has a visible "wrinkle"(crease)  in one of the corners.

-         Cover has a visible wrinkle (crease) in the cardboard base on the front panel

-         The cover has a few tiny scratch marks on the front side

NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

-        No cut-out (drill) holes.

-        No cut-out corners

-        No saw-marks or indents

-        No dirt/dust rubbing stains (friction marks caused by rubbing against other covers)

-        No writing

-        No stamps

-        No mold or mildew spots

-        No stickers or labels

-        No warping

-        No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover

-        No glue traces or wax residue.

-        No bar codes

-        No RIAA stamps or stickers. 

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