DICK HECKSTALL-SMITH(EX-COLOSSEUM)"A STORY ENDED"1972BRONZE+LYRIC INNER+GATEFOLD

	£		21
	$		28

ATTENTION BRITISH 1970s PROGRESSIVE ROCK COLLECTORS! HERE IS AN ORIGINAL 1972 ISSUE OF A SCARCE ALBUM BY EX-COLOSSUEM MEMBER-DICK HECKSTALL SMITH:"A STORY UNTOLD". BEING A BRILLIANT AND VERSATILS SAXOPHONIST EQUALLY AT HOME IN JAZZ AND ROCK CIRCLES+WELL RESPECTED WITHIN THE BUSINESS,OFTEN CALLED UPON PREVIOUSLY BY OTHER MUSICIANS THIS ALBUM HAD AN AMAZING LIST OF ARTISTS INCLUDED IN IT'S MAKING! GRAHAM BOND,CHRIS FARLOWE,CHRIS SPEDDING,DAVE GREENSLADE,MIKE VICKERS,PAUL WILLIAMS,GORDEN BECK AND OTHERS MAKE FOR FANTASTIC LISTENING ON THIS ISLAND PRESSED BRONZE LABEL WITH THE"i" RIM LOGO-ILPS 9196 WITH THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE A-1U/B-1U MATRIXES. THICK VINYL-FAR THICKER THAN MOST LATER BRONZE LABEL LPs! TRULY DECENT ORIGINAL COPIES LIKE THIS EXAMPLE ARE SO HARD TO FIND IN 2013 AS IT WAS A POOR SELLER 41 YEARS AGO WITH HARDLY ANY EXPOSURE,ATTENTION OR SALES AND WAS DELETED WITHIN  A FEW MONTHS OF ISSUE!

 NEAR MINT CONDITION WITH GLEAMING SURFACES-JUST A COUPLE OF VERY FAINT HAIRLINE SURFACE MARKS! HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE-NO CLICKS. NO JUMPS OR STICKS!  IT ALSO INCLUDES THE SHORT LIVED LYRICS INNER SLEEVE-USUALLY MISSING-SOME CREASES BUT NO RIPS,REPAIRS OR WRITING.AN ADDITIONAL POLYLINED INNER WILL BE SUPPLIED! THE FULLY LAMINATED GATEFOLD COVER IS VERY CLEAN WITH JUST A FEW TINY EDGE CREASES. PLEASE SEE THE PHOTOS INCLUDING BOTH OF THE LABELS WHICH ARE VERY CLEAN-NO SPINDLE WEAR!

         A REALISTIC,LOW STARTING PRICE OF £12!             This highly sought after and ESSENTIAL album rarely turns up for sale in such DECENT CONDITION! 

Don't forget that in 1972,most equipment being used was not kind to the delicate grooves,such as autochangers and small portable players!

The vast majority of copies sold of this album were often played on poor equipment,in many cases taken to parties,not well cared for with no long term investment in mind!

An ideal opportunity to add a fine album in nice condition to your collection that is bound to rise in value! 

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SOME SUPERB COLOSSEUM AND OTHER PROGRESSIVE ROCK LPs ENDING AT AUCTION FROM ME ON THE SAME EVENING AS THIS ONE WITH MANY MORE FANTASTIC LPs TO COME IN FUTURE WEEKS AND MONTHS!

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