FRANK ZAPPA/MOTHERS:"WE'RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY".1967 VERVE MONO-EARLIEST UK

	£		87
	$		115

ATTENTION FRANK ZAPPA AND 1960s PSYCHEDELIC ROCK COLLECTORS!

HERE IS AN ORIGINAL MONO 1968 1ST UK EDITION OF THE ESSENTIAL FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION MASTERPIECE ALBUM: "WE'RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY"-THE PARODY OF THE BEATLES ALBUM OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR- "SGT.PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND" -THE FULLY LAMINATED GATEFOLD COVER BEING AN AMUSING AND CLEVER ALTERNATIVE TO THE WORLD FAMOUS BEATLES COVER DESIGN! PLEASE SEE BOTH PHOTOS! 

UNLIKE THE LATER REPRESSES BY POLYDOR,THIS IS THE ORIGINAL EARLIEST ONE BY EMI ON THE THICK VINYL VERVE LABEL WITH THE EARLIEST CATALOGUE NUMBER-VLP 9199 AND THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE A-1/B-1 MATRIXES+THE RAISED K T TAX CODE PRINT ON THE SIDE 2 LABEL.THE LABELS HAVE THE"SOLD IN THE UK"TEXT WHICH WAS NOT ON LATER REPRESSES MAKING THIS ONE OF THE FIRST EVER COPIES PRESSED IN MONO! BY 1968, THE DEMAND FOR MONO WAS LESS AS EVEN THE MOST BASIC NEW RECORD PLAYERS COULD SAFELY PLAY STEREO LPs RESULTING IN SOME DEALERS OBTAINING THE MONO VERSIONS TO SPECIAL ORDER.THOSE STILL STICKING WITH MONO WERE OFTEN USING OLD AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT-THIS COPY HAS NOT HAD THAT FATE!. THE DISC ITSELF HAS A CLARITY AND WARMTH RARELY HEARD ON ORIGINAL 1968 MONO PRESSINGS.SOLID,GUTSY MONO MIXES! AMAZING BASS SOUND NOT TO BE HEARD AS MUCH ON THE "SPREAD OUT" STEREO EDITIONS!

THERE ARE SOME VISUAL LIGHT SURFACE MARKS,THE COVER REMOVAL "HAIRLINE" TYPE WITH HARDLY ANY SURFACE CRACKLE AT ALL,EVEN ON THE QUIET"WHISPERING"TRACKS! THERE IS A LIGHT CLICK THAT SOUNDS 3 TIMES ON AT THE END OF THE TRACK"LET'S MAKE THE WATER TURN BLACK"BUT THAT IS ALL! NO STICKS! NO JUMPS! NO NASTY SURFACE SWISHES!SUPERB!STRICTLY GRADED AS EXCELLENT CONDITION. MOST MONO COPIES THAT WERE SOLD 45 YEARS AGO IN 1968 WERE OFTEN PLAYED A LOT USUALLY USING ANCIENT,HEAVY AND AWFUL EQUIPMENT,SOMETIMES TAKEN TO PARTIES RESULTING IN ALL KINDS OF DAMAGE!-THIS ONE HAS BEEN PLAYED A FEW TIMES BUT OBVIOUSLY CHERISHED AND WELL CARED FOR! NO NASTY DISTORTION AS PRESENT ON THE MAJORITY OF COPIES THAT SURVIVE! CLEAN LABELS-ONLY VERY SLIGHT AND MINIMAL SPINDLE WEAR!

 PLEASE SEE ALL OF THE PHOTOS OF THE FRONT,INSIDE AND SPINE OF THE GATEFOLD COVER+BOTH LABELS-NOTHING TO HIDE!

THE SPINE HAS EASY TO READ BOLD AND SHARP BLACK PRINT(SEE PHOTO #3) AND THE COVER IS FULLY LAMINATED WITH THE FLIPBACK INSIDE-NORMALLY GRUBBY AND DIRTY-THIS ONE HAS A WONDERFUL GLEAM! THERE ARE A FEW SMALL CREASES-MOSTLY AT THE EDGES,BUT NO RIPS,STAINS,FEATHERING,REPAIRS ETC! PRINTED BY GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE.

THE CURVED EDGES INNER SLEEVE HAS THE MADE IN ENGLAND  AND PATENT NUMBER DETAILS.

NO HORRIBLE SMOKE OR DAMP SMELL AS SO OFTEN THE CASE WITH SUCH OLD LPs!

 THIS IS A LOVELY FLAT,THICK PRESSING!

THIS 1968 MONO 1ST EDITION HAS FAR MORE BASS AND MUCH THICKER VINYL AS WELL AS A MUCH THICKER COVER THAN LATER 1970s and 1980s REISSUES WHICH HAD WAFER THIN VINYL!

GREAT VOCALS AND GUITARWORK WITH  WARM SOUNDING VINYL + AMAZING BASS!

GREAT INVESTMENT!!!

TOTALLY FLAT VINYL! GET IT WHILE YOU CAN!

READ ON CAREFULLY FOR ALL THE INFORMATION ON THIS GEM!

THE STARTING PRICE OF £50 IS REALISTIC ON THE BASIS THAT I CANNOT REMEMBER EVER HAVING A UK MONO 1ST EDITION IN NEARLY 27 YEARS AS A DEALER-ONLY STEREO EDITIONS HAVE COME ALONG MY WAY-I DO HAVE A VERBAL LOCAL OFFER OF £50 ALREADY SO DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY!

SPECIAL DELIVERY AND INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR POSTAGE ON THIS ITEM ONLY FOR OBVIOUS REASONS!  

PLEASE LOOK AT THE PHOTOS.

YOU MIGHT FIND CHEAPER COPIES BUT I DOUBT THEY WILL BE AS GOOD AS THIS EXAMPLE! 

YOU'LL LOVE IT FOR YEARS AND HOPEFULLY WILL RETURN TO ME AGAIN!   

SUPERB MONO SOUND PLUS THE ADDED ADVANTAGE OF THE BASS THAT CANNOT BE MATCHED ON CD!!

The previous owner was not a smoker and so this item doesn't stink of that dreadful stale smoke!!!!Lovely pressing!! Warm sound!!.

 I test on a lightweight pickup of approx 2 grammes and listen with the treble full on and no filtering or mono switch used.

As both a collector and dealer,I AM VERY STRICT ON GRADING but DO CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR GRADING PROOF!!!! .  

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THIS COULD BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GET THIS  LP AS GOOD AS THIS!!

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