ZOMBIES Odessey & Oracle LP 1968 CBS 1st Press MONO

	£		386
	$		511

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Zombies called "Odessey & Oracle" and is an ORIGINAL 1968 UK MONO 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Orange CBS labels!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE ZOMBIES RAREST LPs EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1968 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED - IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS (ONLY A FEW HUNDRED COPIES IN MONO!), AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DELETED!!!!  AS A RESULT IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS 1ST PRESSED IN MEGA RARE MONO!!!!  AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  BACK IN 1968 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED - VIRTUALLY EVERY 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP WAS MADE IN COMMON STEREO - WITH BARELY ANY IN MEGA RARE MONO AT ALL!!!!  IN FACT, BY 1968 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED, MOST SHOPS HAD STOPPED STOCKING MONOs ALTOGETHER - AND THEY WERE ONLY AVAILABLE BY 'SPECIAL ORDER' ONLY!!!!  AS A RESULT FINDING A 1ST PRESSING OF THIS INCREDIBLE LP IN MEGA RARE MONO, IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TODAY - AS BARELY ANY WERE EVER MADE!!!! 

AND ALTHOUGH THIS LP HAS AS FEW DETAILS TO NOTE (SEE BELOW) - IT IS ONE OF THE RAREST UK PSYCH LPs EVER MADE, AND IS STILL A VERY PRESENTABLE EXAMPLE, WHICH PLAYS WELL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!! THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1968 UK MONO 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS ORANGE CBS LABEL, 1ST PRESS A1/B1 MONO MATRIX ENDINGS, 1ST PRESS CBS ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS 'E.J.DAY' LAMINATED COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE (ESPECIALLY IN MEGA RARE MONO!) - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL CBS UK MONO 1st Pressing from 1968 and is SERIOUSLY rare in EVERY respect!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is BPG 63280 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Orange CBS label (see picture) and is a much MUCH rarer UK MONO 1st Pressing!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO writing, NO stickers, NO wear (apart from a TINY touch around the centre holes!), NO tears, and only a few spindle marks!!!!  The vinyl is still VERY bright & shiny looking indeed - and plays though fine!!!!  In fact, it plays with SUPERB clarity, NO distortion, and is a GREAT listen!!!!  However - this record is simple to describe.  It is what is commonly termed in the record collecting world as 'a player'.  In other words, although there are a few visual imperfections - it plays through fine (and in this case WELL!) - with NO jumps, and NO sticks!!!!  However although ALL of the record is still VERY bright and shiny indeed, there are a few lines/marks on either side.  However, it is still a VERY bright & shiny example and still VERY presentable indeed!!!!  The record plays with NO skips, only a few clicks (though mostly NONE!), NO jumps, NO sticks, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some typical background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - though this is lost WELL behind the music which still plays VERY well indeed!!!!  The sound quality itself is simply SUPERB - with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  Therefore I will only MEGA STRICTLY give this record the lowest possible grading of a record that does not jump - Good(Minus) - though the playing is definitely better than this, and I enjoyed listening to this one for sure!!!!  That said I have seen PLENTY of records graded VG that look worse than this one (though please do not expect that!).  And indeed, the playing grading is better than the grading given, as this record still plays VERY well indeed, and is a GREAT listen!!!!  That said - I have been as clear as possible to avoid any disappointment!!!!  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 CBS advertising inner sleeve which is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'E.J.Day' Laminated Cover is in GREAT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only 1 TINY mark at the top of the cover front, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), VERY shiny laminate, NO rips, NO tears, only a few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking!), NO splits, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  The main detail to note are some pinholes on the front/back of the cover (see pictures) though to be honest, these are only a VERY minor detail in my opinon, are obviously VERY small indeed (and quite unnoticeable) - and this cover is still a very VERY decent looking cover indeed!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the unlaminated cover back is in GREAT condition with NO grubbyness, only almost INVISIBLE and TINY wear trace (only 2-3mms!) on the white part of the cover, NO yellowing (apart from 2 or 3 TINY 'age traces'!), NO ringwear, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good(Minus) (PROPERLY graded, NOT trashed!) if not better - and is still a very VERY presentable cover indeed!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE (ESPECIALLY IN MEGA RARE MONO!) - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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