Davy Graham:Folk,blues and beyond RARE UK MONO PRESSING

	£		50
	$		66

PLEASE READ AND UNDERSTAND (!!) ALL THE INFO REGARDING TO CONDITION AND  POSTAGE RATES ..

THIS IS DAVY GRAHAM'S SECOND RAREST & MOST SOUGHT AFTER LP BESIDES "ALL THAT MOODY" …HOWEVER - WHAT MAKES THIS LP EVEN RARER STILL - IS THAT IT IS WITHOUT ANY DOUBT THE RAREST POSSIBLE PRESSING OF THIS LP EVER MADE - AND IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO FIND!!!! 

 HERE’S THE EXPLONATION   WHAT MAKES THIS LP SO  RARE!!!!  THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED IN 1965 ON THE UNBOXED 'GROOVED' DECCA LABEL AND WAS AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE 1960s BEFORE EVENTUALLY BEING DELETED EARLY IN 1970.  MOST PRESSINGS OF THIS LP (THE MOST COMMON!) WERE MADE ON THE UNBOXED 'GROOVED' DECCA LABEL BETWEEN 1964 & EARLY 1968.  THEN IN MID 1968 DECCA DROPPED THE 'GROOVE' ON THEIR LABELS (THOUGH THEY STILL HAD THE 'UNBOXED' DECCA LOGO!) AND THIS 'UNBOXED' DECCA LABEL (WITH NO 'GROOVE'!) LASTED BETWEEN MID 1968 & DECEMBER 1969.  HOWEVER THEN CAME THE RAREST PRESSING OF ALL (THIS ONE!), AND ONLY LASTED A MATTER OF MONTHS ONLY!!!!  THIS IS THE ULTRA RARE JANUARY 1970 'BOXED' DECCA LABEL PRESSING AND WAS ONLY EVER PRESSED IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS JUST BEFORE THIS LP WAS DELETED FOREVER!!!!  AND AS THIS LP WAS DELETED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS - THIS PRESSING ONLY EVER LASTED A MATTER OF WEEKS ONLY, AND ONLY 1 BATCH (NO MORE THAN 500 COPIES!) WERE EVER MADE!!!!  AND WHEREAS ALL PREVIOUS PRESSINGS LASTED A NUMBER OF YEARS - THIS PRESSING ONLY LASTED A MATTER OF WEEKS ONLY - AND IS VERY DIFFICULT TO LOCATE!!!!  IT IS WITHOUT ANY DOUBT, AT LEAST 20 TIMES RARER THAN THE COMMON 'UNBOXED' DECCA VERSIONS - AND UNLIKE OTHER TITLES ON THE DECCA BACK CATALOGUE, IT WAS NEVER RE-PRESSED EVER AGAIN AFTER 1970!!!!   IT ALSO STILL HAS 1ST PRESS MONO MATRIXES (ENDING IN 1A/1A!) AND A 1ST PRESS 'CLOUT & BAKER' LAMINATED MONO COVER!!!!  SO MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT!!!!  THIS IS WITHOUT ANY DOUBT THE RAREST PRESSING OF THIS LP EVER MADE - AND THE CHANCES OF EVER FINDING ANOTHER ONE AGAIN (ESPECIALLY IN THIS AMAZING CONDITION!) - ARE VIRTUALLY ZERO!!!!

Davy Graham: Folk,blues and beyond  DECCA LK 4649 UK

A VG+ copy of this same pressing was sold for over 100.00 a while ago by a respected UK seller ...

cover:  original front-laminated single-sleeve flip-back cover printed by Clout and Baker Ltd. , superb  clean EX+ condition with light beginning of RW ( bit more pronounced on the back )  .....NO rips,NO splits,NO writings  or any other damages....nice and square spine with all the  text clearly visible..opening edges are straight and sharp,no signs of use at all…

record,visual:  both sides are  superb clean EX++  with few VERY light and totally inaudible surface lines caused by the inner sleeve.… NO sratches,NO deep marks at all..….it still retains it’s beautiful original sheen and it looks GREAT  !!!

record,audio:   THE AUDIO IS   GREAT WITH  CRYSTAL CLEAR AND VIBRANT SOUND WITHOUT ANY SINGS OF GROOVEWEAR,WITH  GREAT DELIVERY AND  MONO IMAGE… NO SKIPS,NO STICKING,NO  LOUD POPS, CLICKS OR ANY OTHER INTRUSIVE BACKGROUND NOISE AT ALL,SOME VERY, VERY  LIGHT EVIDENCE OF HAVING BEEN USED  …

labels:   AS CLEAN AS IT COULD BE  without any spindle hole marks… ARL 6515-A1 and  arl 6516-A1  matrix numbers… no tears,stamps or any other damages...

Gradings: I ALWAYS TRY TO DO MY BEST IN GIVING ACCURATE,HONEST AND VERY STRICT GRADINGS BY USING THE FOLLOWING TERMS:

MINT

EX (EXCELLENT)

VG ( VERY GOOD)

I ALSO USE  PLUS (+) AND MINUS (-) IF THE CONDITION FALLS BETWEEN TWO GRADES.

VINYL WILL FIRST BE INSPECTED VISUALLY VERY CAREFULLY UNDER STRONG LIGHT..I DON'T HAVE TIME TO PLAY EVERY SINGLE RECORD  FROM START TO END ( WHO DOES ? ) - HOWEVER,I  TESTPLAY SKIPPING THROUGH  TRACKS ON BOTH SIDES ( INCLUDING RUN-IN,RUN-OUT GROOVES AND THE SPACES BETWEEN TRACKS ) TO CHECK THE OVERALL PLAYBACK  QUALITY.

ALL TESTPLAYING IS DONE ON TOP QUALITY EQUIPMENT- LINN SONDEK WITH ITTOK TONEARM AND BENZ MICRO GLIDER S MOVING COIL CARTRIDGE,McINTOSH TUBE AMPMS AND AMT ESS HEIL SPEAKERS.

IN THE UNLIKELY CASE THAT YOU SHOULD BE UNHAPPY WITH MY GRADING/DESCRIPTION PLEASE CONTACT ME BEFORE LEAVING NEGATIVE FEEDBACK-I’M SURE THAT WE CAN CLEAR OUT EVERY PROBLEM IN A KIND WAY!

PLEASE NOTE:ALTHOUGH I DIDN’T  HEAR ANY SERIOUS PROBLEMS DURING THE TESTPLAY ON MY SYSTEM AND HAVE GIVEN AN HONEST DESCRIPTION OF THE CONDITION OF THE VINYL,I CAN’T GUARANTEE IT WILL PLAY THE SAME WAY ON YOUR SYSTEM -YOU MIGHT HEAR THE ODD STATICK TICK/POP THAT I DIDN’T !!!

  DUE TO THE NEW ( ANNOYING !!) EBAY RULES I HAVE TO INDICATE SHIPPING RATES,HOWEVER THE GBP4.00 RATE IS  NOT THE ACTUAL  AMOUNT,PLEASE REFER TO THE CHART BELOW !!!!

All items will be sent from my European stock,postage  as follows,all by airmail:

EUROPE: 1 LP(under 500 gramms) GBP 6.00,2-3 LPs(up to 1000 gramms) GBP 12.00,4-5 LPs(up to 1500 gramms) GBP 16.00,6-7 LPs(up to 2000 gramms) GBP 20.00 ...

OVERSEAS: 1 LP(under 500 gramms) GBP 6.50,2-3 LPs(up to 1000 gramms) GBP 13.00,4-6LPs(up to 1500 gramms) GBP 18.00,6-7 LPs(up to 2000 gramms) GBP 22.50 ...

ACCORDING TO PAYPAL RULES ITEMS OVER GBP20.00 VALUE WILL ONLY BE SENT REGISTERED WHICH IS 2.00 - IF YOU DON'T AGREE DON'T BID !!

All records are sent in hard cardboard packing boxes, removed from the covers

to prevent seem splits and placed in protective plastic sleeves..

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