BESSIE GRIFFIN+THE GOSPEL PEARLS"PORTAITS IN BRONZE"1961 LONDON STEREO-NEAR MINT

	£		31
	$		41

ATTENTION 1960s AMERICAN GOSPEL/SOUL AND LONDON LABEL L.P. COLLECTORS!

HERE IS A VERY RARE 1961 LP ESPECIALLY IN STEREO-ONE OF THE RAREST STEREO LPs TO BE ISSUED ON THE LONDON LABEL!

 BESSIE GRIFFIN AND THE GOSPEL PEARLS INCLUDING BILLY PRESTON ON PIANO AND ORGAN! "PORTAITS IN BRONZE".

A PROJECT ARRANGED AND PRODUCED BY ROBERT"BUMPS"BLACKWELL WHO GUIDED EARLY RECORDINGS BY LITTLE RICHARD,SAM COOOKE,RAY CHARLES AND MANY MORE!

THIS ALBUM RECORDED IN THE USA BY LIBERTY WAS ONE OF THE EARLIEST LPs TO BE ISSUED IN STEREO ON THE HIGHLY COLLECTABLE DECCA PRESSED LONDON LABEL WITH THICK VINYL:SAH-G 6165 WITH THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE 1L/1L MATRIXES,THE"GROOVED"LABELS AND THE USUALLY MISSING AND CORRECT "STEREOPHONIC"INNER SLEEVE-ONLY ISSUED ON STEREO LPs UP TO 1964 AND NOT ON LATER ROLLING STONES STEREO LPs AS ONE OTHER SELLER OFTEN CLAIMS!!.

THIS HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER LP HAD VERY LITTLE ATTENTION OR SALES AND WAS PROBABLY DELETED WITHIN A FEW MONTHS OF ISSUE. NATURALLY MOST OF THE FEW COPIES SOLD IN THE UK WAY BACK IN 1961 WOULD HAVE BEEN IN MONO-DON'T FORGET JUST HOW EXPENSIVE STEREO EQUIPMENT WAS UNTIL THE END OF THE 1960s AND MOST STEREO LPs WERE OBTAINED TO SPECIAL ORDER ONLY-I ESTIMATE A PRINT RUN OF 500 COPIES(IF THAT!)   HARDLY ANY SURVIVE ESPECIALLY LIKE THIS OUTSTANDING COPY WHICH HAS CLEARLY ONLY HAD A COUPLE OF PLAYS IN  OVER 50 YEARS WITH THAT"JUST PRESSED"LOOK! WOW! WHAT A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY TO BID FOR ONE OF THE RAREST EVER LPs TO BE ISSUED ON LONDON AND IS MUSICALLY MAGNIFICENT UPLIFTING AND SOULFUL GOSPEL SONGS-THE VERY ROUTE OF SO MANY SOUL ARTISTS THAT FOLLOWED-YOU'LL TREASURE THIS FOR YEARS! I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE IN 26 YEARS AS A DEALER AND OVER 40 YEARS AS A COLLECTOR!

    THE RECORD ITSELF HAS JUST A FEW ULTRA TINY AND FAINT,WISPY SURFACE MARKS ONLY VISIBLE UNDER A STRONG LIGHT,GLEAMING SURFACES-VERY QUIET SURFACES-NO CLICKS-NO STICKS-NO JUMPS-JUST ABOUT THE BEST COPY YOU COULD EVER WISH TO FIND! THE LAMINATED FRONT+FLIPBACK COVER HAS A FEW TINY EDGE CREASES BUT NO RIPS,REPAIRS OR WRITING WITH SHARP PRINTING-FANTASTIC!

PLEASE SEE BOTH OF THE PHOTOS!                

A REALISTIC £20 STARTING PRICE AND NO RESERVE! POSTAGE:£4 RECORDED DELIVERY TO THE UK   EUROPE  £6 REST OF THE WORLD £9 

FROM A VERY CAREFUL COLLECTOR WHO BOUGHT FROM NEW AND AS OFTEN THE CASE WITH LARGE COLLECTIONS-THE MAJORITY OF THE DISCS HAD A COUPLE OF PLAYS AT THE VERY MOST AND THEN FILED AWAY ON SHELVES AWAY FROM LIGHT AND HEAT FOR YEARS!

YOU'LL PROBABLY NEVER FIND A BETTER COPY!

SO CLOSE TO MINT! A TERM I NEVER USE AS IT DOES NOT EXIST EXCEPT FOR SEALED LPs! 

Over the years I have helped to add to the collections of many QUALITY MUSIC collectors and given my experience, I am aware of the titles that are GENUINE RARE ITEMS.

Now of course for those who are"chained"to the record collector price guide books,for whom I am one of the main consultants, the prices are still a SUGGESTION and as we all know ACTUAL prices SOLD can vary.

The sellers on ebay who continually put"listed"or "list price"on everything should be aware of this!!!!     

SHARP,CLEAN LABELS!   

This is my honest grading!!!

Please see my listening policy below. 

I test on a lightweight pickup of approx 2 grammes and listen with the treble full on and no filtering or mono switch used.As both a collector and dealer,I AM VERY STRICT ON GRADING but DO CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR GRADING PROOF!!!!  

Checkout my  feedback of over 15,000 comments of my standards and service many from some of the world's most respected collectors and dealers.Always adding quality Records, cd's and related items to ebay several times a week. Customers from all over the world regard my ebay selections as the #1 for QUALITY,VARIETY AND SERVICE.

UK Customers are very welcome to collect ebay winnings by prior email  arrangement. 10 years on ebay  and many more before as a keen collector! Thanks for looking and good luck.

OTHER STYLES OF MUSIC ON EBAY FROM ME-SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE-LOOK NO FURTHER!!!!!

MORE DIFFERENT SOUL,R&B,ROCK AND ROLL,FOLK,BLUES,JAZZ AND ROCK LPs,EPs AND 45s  FROM ME EVERY WEEK ON EBAY FOR AUCTION AND MANY AT LOW,REALISTIC BUY IT NOW PRICES!

PLEASE CHECK OUT THIS WEEKS AUCTIONS-SOME OTHER MIND BLOWINGLY RARE AND BRILLIANT CONDITION ITEMS ON THE HIGHLY COLLECTABLE LONDON LABEL ALL CAREFULLY CHECKED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THAT MAY NEVER TURN UP AGAIN AS GOOD!

I AM HAPPY TO COMBINE POSTAGE ON ITEMS FROM OTHER NIGHTS BUT WOULD LIKE COMMUNICATION THANKYOU!!