BOB DYLAN Times They Are A-Changin LP 1964 MONO 1st Press TEST PRESSING

	£		216
	$		286

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Bob Dylan called "The Times They Are A-Changin" and is an ORIGINAL 1964 UK MONO TEST PRESSING on the ULTRA RARE 'White Label' CBS 'Test Press' label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF BOB DYLAN'S RAREST & MOST SOUGHT AFTER LPs EVER AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS AN ULTRA RARE CBS 'TEST PRESSING' - AND IS ALMOST CERTAINLY UNIQUE!!!!  AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1964 - CBS HAD TO RELY ON PHILIPS TO PRESS ALL THEIR LPs AS THEY DID NOT HAVE A PRESSING PLANT IN THE UK.  CLEARLY HOWEVER THIS WAS COSTING CBS A LOT OF MONEY, AND SO IN SEPTEMBER 1964 THEY BOUGHT 'ORIOLE' AND TOOK OVER THEIR PRESSING PLANT.  THIS LP DATES FROM SEPTEMBER 1964 - AND WAS ALMOST CERTAINLY THE ONLY 'TEST PRESSING' OF THIS LP EVER MADE!!!!  AND IT WAS 100% CERTAINLY THE VERY FIRST PROPERLY MADE CBS 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP EVER MADE - BY CBS THEMSELVES!!!!  THIS CBS TEST PRESSING FEATURES AN UNRELEASED MATRIXES, AND SOME VERY IMPORTANT DETAILS THAT SHOW IT IS 100% GENIUNE:-

1) THE TEST PRESSING IS A WHITE LABEL TEST PRESSING - 100% CORRECT FOR CBS

2) THE TEST PRESSING HAS 'STAMPED' MATRIXES - WITH A1/B1 ENDINGS (THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' CBS 1ST PRESSING EVER  MADE!)

3) THE TEST PRESSING FEATURES AN UNRELEASED MATRIX - WITH THE A SIDE MATRIX INCORRECTLY FEATURING '622511' - INSTEAD OF THE CORRECT '62251' WHICH WAS CORRECTED FOR THE RELEASED VERSION!

4) THE TEST PRESSING HAS THE 'O' STAMP IN THE RUN OFF GROOVES - WHICH ALL CBS PRESSINGS HAD FROM THIS PERIOD IN THE UK.  THIS RELATED TO THE 'ORIOLE' PLANT THEY HAD TAKEN OVER

5) THE STICKERS ARE 100% CORRECT CBS TEST PRESS STICKERS - WHICH WERE ONLY EVER USED FROM THIS PERIOD IN 1964.

6) THE TEST PRESSING HAS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'STAMPED' MOTHER & STAMPERS - BEING 'AI' AND 'AI' DIRECTLY OPPOSITE THE MATRIXES.  AGAIN THIS IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS ALL CBS RELEASED LPs FROM THIS PERIOD. 

7) THE COVER IS ALSO 100% CORRECT FOR SEPTEMBER 1964 - HAVING NO MANUFACTURERS CREDITS AND ALSO THE LATER CHANGED 'CS 8905' U.S. CAT NUMBER BELOW THE UK CAT NUMBER - WHICH WAS REMOVED ON LATER PRESSINGS!!!!

SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS 'TEST PRESSING' IS A 100% GENIUNE FROM SEPTEMBER 1964.  IT FEATURES AN UNRELEASED MATRIX - AND IT IS ALMOST CERTAINLY UNIQUE!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION - AND CLEARLY HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1964 UK MONO 'TEST PRESSING' ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS WHITE LABEL 'TEST PRESS' CBS LABEL, 1ST PRESS 'UNRELEASED' A1/B1 MATRIX ENDINGS, 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS FLIPBACK LAMINATED MONO COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL CBS UK 1st Pressing from 1964 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is BPG 62251 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press CBS label (see picture) and is a UK MONO 1st Pressing!!!! 

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and only a few VERY light spindle marks!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  Most of these 60s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, only 2 or 3 VERY light hairlines, NO scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND SHINES LIKE NEW!!!!  It is also great to find that the playing of the record is as STUNNING as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO pops, NO jumps, NO sticks, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!!  BRILLIANT RECORD!!!!  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 also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeve which is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press Flipback Laminated 'Uncredited' MONO Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear (apart from a TINY trace!), only slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), NO splits, only a few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking!), VERY shiny laminate, NO annotations, only some very VERY minor evidence of 'tipping in' to the bottom corners, NO rips, NO tears, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the unlaminated back of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition - with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, NO sticker tears, NO ringwear, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good++ if not better!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS (ESPECIALLY AS AN ULTRA RARE 'TEST PRESSING'!) - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!! 

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