BOB DYLAN Blonde On Blonde MONO Orig.1966 EARLY PRESS Gatefold WOMEN PHOTOS -2LP

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BOB DYLAN Blonde On Blonde MONO Orig.1966 EARLY PRESS Gatefold WOMEN PHOTOS -2LP

  Description: Large Group of RARE 1960's and PSYCH LP Listings this series
                            ...the final phase (3) of more than 150, through the last in this week.
Several FIRST PRESSINGS, PRIVATE ISSUES and PROMOS included.
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A wide variety of vintage Psych, Folk-Rock, Garage, Beat, '60s and British Rock.
A few choice Folk, Surf, Soul and 60's oddities included!
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All opening bids in the auction series begin at only $0.98
Being the middle of summer, I know that many of these will sell way too low, as so many bidders are away now.
So everybody here has a good shot at taking some of these beauties home! GOOD LUCK ALL!!
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Each auction features full, edge-to-edge, High Resolution Photos.
Many with multiple sound-clips taken directly from the LP on auction.
I simply didn't have enough time to create / add sound-clips to ALL of the auctions.
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Most of the vinyl is in EX to NM condition -a few VG+
Condition Details / Specifics for this LP listed below.
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This auction is for:
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BOB DYLAN
Blonde on Blonde
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COLUMBIA Records C2L 41
Original 1966 issue • MONO LP
Original Issue with the WOMEN PHOTOS inside Gatefold
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VINYL is VG+
Glossy vinyl has some light scuffs/hairlines that are almost entirely inaudible. LP plays very clean EX to EX+ throughout all sides, with only most occasional very soft tics. Labels are bright and clean all 4 sides.
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COVER is VG+
Extremely clean inside and out. Very mild shelf wear and 2 very soft corner creases. Seams and spine are very solid, with mere touch of wear. No writing soil or splits. Straight-edged and sharp-cornered all around.
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STRICT, CONSERVATIVE GOLDMINE Grading
NM / EX (VG++) / VG+ / VG
MATRIX NUMBERS
RECORD 1
SIDE ONE: XLP113761-2C
SIDE TWO: XLP113762-3C
RECORD 2
SIDE ONE: XLP113763-4A
SIDE TWO: XLP113764-2D
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Bold, bright and very clear Early Pressing!

The RARE & sought after MONO release offers different song mixes from the stereo issue and a bold punchy sound production - different from the stereo issue.
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The uncensored, original females photo are present inside the gatefold.
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Vinyl housed inside of Poly-lined inner sleeves.
Album kept in a protective, poly outer-sleeve.
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Please see my other auctions for more BOB DYLAN,
Collectible, Vintage 1960's and Psych LPs.
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Blonde on Blonde is a brilliant album from Mr. Dylan and among his very best.
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There is something about this album that's difficult to define. It is the finale of Dylan’s unofficial trilogy of studio albums (Alongside Bringing It All Back Home and Highway 61 Revisited) recorded in barely over a year, from March ’65-May ’66 that established him as an electric rock and roll artist branching away from the folk community.
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One thing that instantly sets this album apart from the others in the “trilogy” is its length. The only double album of the bunch, clocking in at a whopping seventy-one minutes, it easily towers over the single albums Bringing It All Back Home (Forty-seven minutes) and Highway 61 Revisited (Fifty-one minutes). Because of this it may be easy to think that it is padded with filler, but this is not the case. There is no real filler, just stand-out songs and minor classics.
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BLONDE ON BLONDE opens with “Rainy Day Women #12 and #35”, which is far from his best lyrically, but is loads of fun with its careening chorus “Everybody must get stoned”, wedged between studio members laughing. This leads into “Pledging My Time”, a bluesy number  with almost universally relatable, but completely Dylanesque lines such as “Well, early in the mornin', Til late at night, I got a poison headache, But I feel all right.” All of this builds up to the seven minute “Visions of Johanna”, a long winding lyrical masterpiece that is just possibly the best thing Dylan ever did. Side 1 then closes with “One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)”, which is not always fully graspen upon first listen, but at a certain point its raw honesty and emotion suck you in, revealing a fantastic song.
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Side two is the highlight of the album. Although the best song (“Visions of Johanna”) lies on side one, side two has the best flow of songs, opening with “I Want You”, a laconic but pointed ode to unconventional love (Or lust?). This is immediately followed by the exhilirating “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again”, another lyrically brilliant seven minute song most likely written as an expression of Dylan’s disillusionment with being in between the folk and electric communities. Side two’s penultimate track, “Leopard-Skin-Pillbox-Hat”, is speculated to be about everything from the titular hat to Edie Sedgwick, an actress and model associated with the Warhol factory. Interestingly enough, the following song “Just Like A Woman” was supposedly inspired by Edie Sedgwick. “Just Like A Woman” is a fantastic song and side closer both musically and lyrically.
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Side three is full of sleepers that, while not immediately catching are full of introspective and elusive meaning, with ambiguous, veiled references and often cryptic verse. The highlights are is “4th Time Around”, a fairly nostalgic reflection on a young romance occasionally seen as a reference to The Beatles’ “Norwegian Wood” and the minor classic, "Most Likely You'll Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine". There's a lot to soak up here - and the music is more the point on this side even though the lyrics will win you over eventually.
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Side four consists completely of the long atmospheric, subtly intricate ode to Dylan’s then wife Sara Lownds “Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands”, which was publicly acknowledged to be about Sara in Dylan’s ’76 song “Sara”. Like most of the album, it has a somewhat slow melody with beautiful, brilliant, and surreal lyrics.

My LP packing is considered to be among the very best on eBay!
I would have it no other way.

All records packed with vinyl (inside inner sleeve) behind cover - and shipped in strong LP mailer boxes with bubble-wrap around all sides - sandwiched between stiff corrugated flats for best protection in the mail.
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Please be aware that these important supplies add to my shipping costs - of which only a small fraction is covered in the shipping charge.

SHIPPING RATES
...All packages are shipped insured (at no added cost to you)
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USA
Media Mail: $4.00 •//• or Priority Mail: $12.99 *HEAVY GATEFOLD 2-LP SET
Most of my customers prefer Media Mail because it is very cheap. Please keep in mind that it's cheap because it is slow; Media Mail packages can take a week to travel 30 miles - or around two weeks to travel cross-country. Sometimes it can arrive cross-country in 5 days - sometimes (very rarely) it takes a month. Due to Postal Service conditions, the actual arrival time cannot be known in advance.
Additional LPs in same shipment: $1.00 each
Combine buys to save on shipping!
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ALL OTHER COUNTRIES
I charge EXACT POSTAGE only, Worldwide.
NOTE!!
All packages above 4 Lbs (5-6 or more LPs) can NOT ship by the low 1ST CLASS International rate.
These must be shipped by the higher (but faster) PRIORITY or EXPRESS INTERNATIONAL RATES.
Any package (single item or combined) above $400 VALUE can NOT ship by low 1st CLASS rate.
These are US Postal System rules, not mine.
I will ALWAYS offer you shipping choices
 -the LOWEST rate that US Postal system allows - plus the next higher, but FASTER rate.
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*PLEASE do not ask me to mark the item as a 'GIFT' for customs. Unfortunately, I cannot.
The postal clerks know better; I ship LPs constantly (over 30 years) and cannot fool them.

I ship as soon as I receive cleared payment and treat ALL
my customers and their records with the greatest respect.
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I pack LPs to survive even the worst conditions the postal systems can hand out.
You will LOVE my LP packing!
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After the auction:
• Payment to be received within 7 days of auction end
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• You will receive winning bidder notification within 24 hours. IF you are only buying ONE LP, you may simply PayPal right away for immediate shipment.
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• COMBINED purchases / shipping Available on items won within 7 days.
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* If you are purchasing MORE THAN ONE ITEM from my list, please don't pay before your last item (within 7-day period) ends -so that I can combine your LPs on the INVOICE and charge you the reduced shipping accordingly. If you are DONE purchasing, you may eMail me at that time and ask for your INVOICE right away -for quickest shipment.
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HAPPY BIDDING!   Shipping: I ship as soon as I receive payment and treat ALL my customers and their records with the greatest respect. I package the LPs to survive even the worst conditions the postal systems can hand out.   Payment: Payment to be received within 7 days of auction end. I prefer PayPal for their secure, fast, dependable payment service. If you need to pay by any other method, please eMail me to see if your alternate choice can be accepted. I am happy to do my best to make payment as easy for you as possible. Any mailed payment MUST contain the name of the item and YOUR name AND ADDRESS in the SAME ENVELOPE to be sure I know which item you are paying for -and where to ship it.  
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