GRATEFUL DEAD SELF TITLED LP 1967 FIRST SANTA MARIA PRESS WLP MONO RARE 1A/1A

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FIRST SANTA MARIA WLP PRESSING FROM 1967 MONO;  THERE IS SIGNIFICANT SEAM WEAR, CORNER WEAR AND RING WEAR AND GENERAL DIRTINESS;  THE WHOLE BOTTOM SEAM IS SPLIT AND OPEN; "PROMOTION - NOT FOR SALE" STICKER ON FRONT COVER;  INK HANDWRITING ON FIRST SONG OF SIDE 1 TRACK LIST ON BACK COVER;   SEE PICTURES;  INCLUDES ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE;  LABELS LOOK FINE;  VINYL STILL HAS SOME GLOSS, BUT THERE ARE QUITE A FEW MARKS/SCRATCHES, ETC ON BOTH SIDES, BUT I'VE SEEN ALOT WORSE;  PLAY TESTED THROUGH OK;  THERE IS SIGNIFICANT NOISE AUDIBLE WHEN PLAYING ESPECIALLY IN QUIETER PARTS;  THIS ONE IS IN ROUGH SHAPE BUT IS STILL A RARE FIND;  



The Grateful Dead – The Grateful Dead Label: Warner Bros. Records – W 1689 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono, Santa Maria Pressing Country: US Released: 1967 Genre: Rock Style:

A1 The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) Written-By – McGannahan Skjellyfetti* 2:07 A2 Beat It On Down The Line Written-By – Jesse Fuller 2:27 A3 Good Mornin' Little School Girl Written-By – H.G. Demarais 5:56 A4 Cold Rain And Snow Written-By – McGannahan Skjellyfetti* 2:25 A5 Sittin' On Top Of The World Written-By – Carter*, Jacobs* 2:01 A6 Cream Puff War Written-By – Jerry Garcia 2:25 B1 Morning Dew Written-By – Dobson*, Rose* 5:00 B2 New, New Minglewood Blues Written-By – McGannahan Skjellyfetti* 2:31 B3 Viola Lee Blues Written-By – Noah Lewis 10:01

Design [Cover] – Mouse Studios Engineer – Dick Bogert Performer [San Francisco's Grateful Dead] – Bill The Drummer*, Bob Weir, Jerry ("Captain Trips") Garcia*, Phil Lesh, Pigpen* Photography By [Cover] – Herb Greene Photography By [Liner] – Gene Anthony Producer – Dave Hassinger

White promo labels. The promo label design differs from other first press mono US releases of this album: Promo states "Vitaphonic 33 1/3 High Fidelity" on lower rim, rather than a red boxed "Monaural". Plus, the WB shield lacks an outline.
Some copies have a white and red sticker on the cover stating "Promotion - Not For Sale"
Matrix / Runout (Side A): S0 9233 1A W-1689A Matrix / Runout (Side B): S1 9234 1A W-1689-B Matrix / Runout (Label side A): 9233 Matrix / Runout (Label side B): 9234