BYRDS SWEETHEART OF RODEO SEALED ORIG '68 LP PROMO COPY

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·       BYRDS - SWEETHEART OF THE RODEO - ORIGINAL 1968 COLUMBIA RECORDS STEREO LP CS-9670

·       ORIGINAL US PRESSING

·    *** STILL SEALED ORIGINAL LP - 100% GUARANTEED ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING ***

·       PROMOTIONAL COPY; THE RECORD (PROBABLY) HAS STOCK LABELS; HOWEVER, THE PROMOTIONAL STICKER ON THE COVER CLEARLY IDENTIFIES THE ALBUM AS PROMOTIONAL; THE ODDS THAT YOU WILL FIND A WHITE LABEL PROMO INSIDE ARE FAIRLY SLIM – PROBABLY NOT BETTER THAN 5%

·       BELIEVED TO BE PRESSED ON THE ORIGINAL RED & WHITE "360 STEREO" COLUMBIA LABEL SUCH AS THE ONE SHOWN BELOW, FROM OUR PREVIOUS AUCTION (WE DOUBT THAT THIS PROMO-STICKERED COVER COULD CONTAIN ANYTHING BUT THE FIRST PRESSING)

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       THICK CARDBOARD COVER, AMERICAN-STYLE.

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you'll get. GUARANTEED!)

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By the time this gorgeous 1968 album was recorded, Gram Parsons was in, and David Crosby and Gene Clark were an ancient history. This, of course, had major repercussions on the sound of the band. Gone were the psychedelic aesthetics and mystical ragas, and the sound of the country music was in. The album sports one of the best versions of the Dylan song – any Dylan song - ever attempted by anyone: the regal "You ain't goin' nowhere" (not to mention another gorgeous Dylan cover: "Nothing was delivered", celestial version of Louvin Brothers' "Christian Life", "Hickory wind" - original version of one of the finest Gram Parsons ballads, "You don't miss your water", the first in the series of the Parsons' rendition of this deep soul classic by William Bell (his later version with Fred Neil is a masterpiece) plus a multitude of other goodies which will haunt you and taunt you and make you hum them when you least expect it. After the Byrds’ recorded their two masterpieces: "Younger than yesterday" and "Notorious byrd brothers" in 1966/7, Jim, er…Roger McGuinn entered his "country" phase, which explains total preoccupation of this album with traditional and country themes. Unfortunately, this wonderful phase in the history of the Byrds would last only about as long as the Gram Parsons' membership in the band: just a few short months - but enough to record this, the single most important, genre-defining moment of Country-Rock. And, oh…lest we forget…the album sports one of the most memorable covers in all Rock, the oft-plagiarized and copied Jo Morra's 1933 "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" painting. Track listing: You ain't goin' nowhere - I am a pilgrim - The Christian Life - You don't miss your water - You're still on my mind - Pretty Boy Floyd - Hickory Wind - 100 Years from now - Blue Canadian Rockies - Life in Prison - Nothing was delivered.

For its extraordinary contribution to the modern music, superb production, craftsmanship, fine musicianship, revolutionary significance and influence it exerted on numerous generations of musicians, writers and general public, this album was voted one of top-100 albums of all time in one of the largest poll of critics, music reviewers, professionals and producers ever organized: the poll, which was conducted in 1987 by Paul Gambaccini, legendary BBC Radio A&R man, surveyed more than 50 top music professionals (click here for the complete album listing)

The PROMOTIONAL, RADIO STATION-, AUDITION OR DEMONSTRATION COPIES AND RELEASES (such as the one we have here) were often distributed among the radio stations before the record was released to the public, sometimes as much as four months ahead. These records are generally considered to be the "first among equals", which is to say the VERY FIRST generation and the VERY FIRST pressings of the particular title; a PROTOTYPE and the earliest known official pressing of the record.

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THIS IS A NO-RESERVE AUCTION!

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)            THE ALBUM IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them. For our policy on still sealed records ►click here (PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING A BID)

(b)            The record is believed to come in its original stock inner sleeve.

(c)             The record is apparently pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(d)            Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·       COVER

COVER IS STRONG NEAR MINT, STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL ►SHRINK WRAP

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-         Cover has JUST A HINT of ring wear (nothing significant) (VISIBLE ON BACK SIDE ONLY); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and 10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 1.

-         Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on back side, apparently from aging.

-         Cover has a tiny "wrinkle" (crease) in one of the corners (VISIBLE ON BACK SIDE ONLY).

NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

-         No split seams

-         No cut-out (drill) holes.

-         No cut-out corners

-         No saw-marks or indents

-         No dirt/dust rubbing stains (friction marks caused by rubbing against other covers)

-         No writing

-         No stamps

-         No tearing: no chips, dents or nicks on the seams

-         No peel-off marks

-         No stains

-         No mold or mildew spots

-         No stickers or labels

-         No water damage

-         No razor marks, scratches, pressure marks, lines, streaks, or cuts.

-         No warping

-         No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover

-         No glue traces or wax residue.

-         No bar codes

-         No RIAA stamps or stickers.

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