BOB DYLAN "BLONDE ON BLONDE" ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING "SEALED" 2 LP SET - MINT

$

250

                                                DESCRIPTION

ARTIST:                                BOB DYLAN

TITLE:                          “BLONDE ON BLONDE”

PRESSING:              1966 Original “FIRST” Pressing STEREO 2LP Set with the rare “Female photos” inner gatefold cover, including 60’s European movie star Claudia Cardinale !!

CATALOG #:           COLUMBIA  C2S 841

LABELS:                   Pristine “Red” labels with “COLUMBIA” in white along top. “360 SOUND  STEREO  360 SOUND” in white along bottom.

Comments:                Exceedingly RARE Sealed!!

                                                CONDITION  ( Please refer to Grading Standards below)

COVER:                    NrMT

Comments:                Super clean first pressing “gatefold” cover displays bright, vivid colors with No marks or writing, No seam splits or major creasing, No cut out marks, discount holes or bar codes, and virtually No ring wear, which is rare for this particular cover! Ever so slight corner wear is really the only minor flaw and mentioned for accuracy. This is one of the cleanest original covers for this particular release that you can ever expect to locate, a condition rarity, but the real prize of this listing are the “sealed” vinyl LPs!!

VINYL:                      Full original gloss “Thick” vinyl LPs are presumed MINT (Sealed)

Comments:                The first LP is tightly sealed in the original “half-moon” shaped plastic baggie used by COLUMBIA during the late fifties to mid-sixties, during the time of release of this LP. The perforations along the right edge are completely intact with No separation along the seam!  The second LP has an approximately 3 inch separation at the mid-point of the plastic baggie (see photograph). The perforations in this area remain intact, possibly the weight of the disc pushed through at some point to cause the small split - but the LP remains absolutely unplayed and has Never been removed from the inner sleeve. Doesn’t get much better than this for a nearly 50 year-old sealed double LP!!

Please note:                This album is being listed and sold as a “Sealed” collectible double LP. If the buyer decides to break the seal along the perforations of the plastic and open the LP, I will NOT accept the return of the album. Please know this in advance.

                                    I have listed many more pristine First and second pressing Bob Dylan albums from the “sixties” this week, so please check out my other auctions!

I am very conservative with my grading.  There is NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE for multiple LPs won in the same auction cycle.  Payment is due within 72 hours of the end of the auction.  e-mail if you have any questions prior to placing a bid.  All of my LPs come with a protective poly album sleeve and will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard LP mailer, tightly wrapped in bubble wrap for added protection.

Shipping:  $4.00 Media Mail.  If you purchase multiple LPs in this auction cycle, please wait to make payment until I adjust the eBay invoice to reflect one shipping cost.

PLEASE NOTE:  I ship to the United States only!!  NO International bids will be accepted, no exceptions – I will NOT ship overseas.

                                    GRADING STANDARDS

                        COVER

MINT             Perfect in every way, rarely used grade

NrMT+           Hint of corner/edge wear, no ring wear

NrMT             Slight corner/edge wear, hint of ring wear

NrMT-            Very light corner/edge wear, faint ring wear

VG+                Light overall corner/surface wear, light ring wear

VG                  Moderate shelf wear, light to moderate ring wear

                        VINYL

MINT             Absolutely no marks on the vinyl surface, rarely used grade

NrMT+           Very faint rub or two with no surface marks

NrMT             No scratches or spindle marks – may have a few extremely faint, inaudible hairlines or a paper scuff seen only under very bright light

NrMT-            No scratches or spindle marks – may have a few light, inaudible hairlines seen under bright light from sliding in and out of the inner paper sleeve

VG+                No scratches, may have a spindle mark – light inaudible hairlines and/or paper scuffs will be present, which do not affect play or overall quality of the recording