3 CITY 4(LEON ROSSELSON/MARTIN CARTHYetc)"SMOKE AND DUST"1967 CBS MONO-NEAR MINT

	£		50
	$		66

HERE'S A VERY HARD TO FIND 1967 BRITISH FOLK ALBUM IN MONO ON THE CBS "ROUGH TEXTURED" BOXED LOGOS LABEL THAT HAS HARDLY BEEN PLAYED AND OF UPGRADER STANDARD SO CHECK THIS ONE OUT!.

3 CITY 4:"SMOKE AND DUST(WHERE THE HEART SHOULD HAVE BEEN)".

THE GROUP INCLUDES LEON ROSSELSON,MARIAN McKENZIE,ROY BAILEY AND RALPH TRAINER. BACKING INCLUDES MARTIN CARTHY(GUITAR) AND LEON ROSSELSON(BANJO AND/OR GUITAR).

THIS IS ONE OF THE HARDEST TO FIND OF ALL BRITISH FOLK ALBUMS FROM 45 YEARS AGO,ESPECIALLY IN THIS FANTASTIC CONDITION!CBS 63039 WITH THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE A1/B1 MATRIXES AND THE "ROUGH TEXTURED" BOXED LOGO LABELS-LATER REPRESSES(AND THERE WERE NOT MANY OF THOSE EITHER)HAD SMOOTH LABELS AND MUCH THINNER VINYL! HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL,CORRECT AND CLEAN CBS INNER!VERY CLEAN LABELS WITH NO SPINDLE WEAR-NO WRITING-NO STAINING-NO FADING! MAGNIFICENT! THE MAJORITY OF COPIES THAT SOLD WERE NOT WELL CARED FOR WHICH EXPLAINS THEIR RARITY,VALUE AND DESIRABILITY 45 YEARS LATER AND AS SUCH THIS IS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO BUY A BRILLIANT ITEM THAT HAS HAD JUST ONE PREVIOUS,CAREFUL OWNER SINCE BUYING IT BACK IN 1967!

SO IS IT ANY GOOD? YES INDEED! I HAVE HEARD MOST OF THE FOLK ALBUMS ISSUED IN THE 1960s OVER THE YEARS AND THIS ONE HAS EXCELLENT SONGS,MOSTLY WRITTEN BY LEON ROSSELSON,ONE OF THE MOST UNDERATED SINGER/SONGWRITERS EVER-INTELLIGENT LYRICS AND MEMORABLE TUNES-WELL SUNG AND RECORDED IN GREAT SOUND THAT ONLY THE LARGER RECORD COMPANIES COULD AFFORD! IF YOU ENJOY BRITISH FOLK MUSIC OF THE LATE 1960s YOU WILL WANT TO ADD THIS TO YOUR COLLECTION-I REALLY ENJOYED IT AND MY USUAL FOLK PREFERENCES ARE LIMITED TO FAIRPORT CONVENTION AND VERY FEW OTHER ARTISTS! PROBABLY NOT ISSUED OUTSIDE THE UK AND DUE TO POOR SALES AND LIMITED PUBLICITY(CBS ISSUED DOZENS OF ALBUMS EVERY WEEK IN 1967)THIS WAS PROBABLY DELETED WITHIN A YEAR OF ISSUE! LOTS OF BASS-THICK VINYL-FAR THICKER THAN THE WAFER THIN REISSUES. HOUSED IN A VERY CLEAN LAMINATED FRONT COVER(UNLIKE LATER REPRINTS) WITH A FEW TINY EDGE CREASES BUT NO WRITING,STAINING,RIPS OR REPAIRS!  THIS RECORD HAS JUST ONE VERY FAINT HAIRLINE SURFACE MARK BUT I STRUGGLED TO HEAR ANY SURFACE NOISE-EVEN BETWEEN TRACKS-WOW!BARELY BEEN PLAYED WITH NO JUMPS,STICKS OR LOUD SURFACE SWISHES! NICE CLEAR SOUND-STRICTLY GRADED AS NEAR MINT CONDITION DUE TO THE ULTRA FINE HAIRLINE SURFACE MARK ONLY VISIBLE IN STRONG LIGHT BUT THE BLINDFOLD TEST WOULD MERIT A NEAR MINT OR EVEN MINT GRADING-INCREDIBLE CLEAR SOUND IN THE SOLID,BEEFY MONO-IDEALLY SUITED TO THIS LP CLASSIC-USUALLY ONLY HEARD IN STEREO!          BUY WITH CONFIDENCE!

MY REALISTIC PRICE OF £50 WOULD BE SNAPPED UP AT MOST RECORD COLLECTORS SHOPS OR AT RECORD FAIRS!

GENUINE MINT COPIES CAN FETCH HIGH PRICES SO OFTEN "BUY IT NOWS" ON EBAY AT DOUBLE MY PRICE OR EVEN HIGHER AND SO THIS COULD BE AN IDEAL OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A DESIRABLE FIRST PRESSING AT A BARGAIN PRICE FROM A RELIABLE SELLER!

DON'T FORGET BY THE END OF 1967 WHEN THIS LP WAS RELEASED,EVEN THE MOST BASIC NEWER RECORD PLAYERS COULD SAFELY PLAY STEREO RECORDS AND AS SUCH THE MONO PRESSINGS WERE BECOMING LESS FASHIONABLE,SELLER FEWER COPIES AND OF COURSE THOSE STICKING WITH MONO WERE USUALLY PLAYING THEM ON OLDER,HEAVY EQUIPMENT WITH HARDLY ANY COPIES SURVIVING IN DECENT CONDITION-THIS EXAMPLE BEING ONE OF THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN AND HEARD-THE PREVIOUS OWNER USING TOP EQUIPMENT AND TENDING TO BUY CLASSICAL AND JAZZ LPs SO THAT GIVES YOU SOME IDEA OF THE PREVIOUS OWNER'S CARE AND ATTENTION TO LOOKING AFTER THIS PRECIOUS GEM IN MONO!

POSTAGE COSTS AS FOLLOWS:

UK £4 INCLUDING 1ST CLASS RECORDED DELIVERY .EUROPE £6 REST OF THE WORLD £9. INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR IS EXTRA AND STRONGLY ADVISED-A HIGH BID WILL HAVE THIS INCLUDED AT NO EXTRA CHARGE! 

The vast majority of copies sold of this album were often played on poor equipment,in many cases taken to parties or played in smokey clubs,not well cared for with no long term investment in mind!

Most that were buying albums in 1967 were usually using dreadful equipment!  

An ideal opportunity to add a RARE album to your collection that is bound to rise in value,especially in this condition!

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