HAPSHASH & COLOURED COAT 1st LP 1967 RED VINYL + INSERT

	£		149
	$		197

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Hapshash & The Coloured Coat called 'Hapshash & The Coloured Coat - Featuring The Human Host & The Heavy Metal Kids' and is an ORIGINAL 1967 UK MONO 'RED VINYL' 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Minit label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST UK PSYCH LPs EVER RELEASED - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1967 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED, IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS - AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DELETED!!!!  AS A RESULT IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE (WITH RED VINYL & 'ART' INSERT!)!!!!  AND THIS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  ONLY A TINY HANDFUL OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS ONLY - WERE EVER PRESSED ON RED VINYL, BEFORE IT WAS IMMEDIATELY CHANGED TO THE COMMON BLACK VINYL SEEN ON ALL LATER PRESSINGS!!!!  BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY OF ALL - THIS LP IS 100% COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL 'ART' BLACK/SILVER INSERT!!!!  REPUTEDLY ONLY THE FIRST 500 COPIES EVER CAME WITH THIS ULTRA RARE 'ART' INSERT - AND JUDGING BY THE TINY AMOUNT THAT EVER HAVE IT (VIRTUALLY ZERO!), THIS IS ALMOST CERTAINLY TRUE!!!!  CERTAINLY BLACK VINYL RE-PRESSINGS NEVER HAD IT, AND MOST 'RED VINYL' 1ST PRESSINGS DIDNT EITHER!!!!  AND THERE IS ONE MORE VERY IMPORTANT DETAIL ON THIS LP - WHICH CLEARLY SHOWS IT IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE!!!!  AND THAT IS THAT, THE 'RED VINYL' IS MUCH MUCH THICKER THAN ALL LATER PRESSINGS, AND THE LABELS ARE 'TEXTURED' (LATER ONES ARE NOT!)!!!!  SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS IS THE 'EARLIEST' & RAREST 1ST PRESSING OF THIS INCREDIBLE LP, THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THIS LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION - AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1967 UK MONO 'RED VINYL' 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS MINIT LABEL, 1ST PRESS 1/1 MONO MATRIXES, 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, ULTRA RARE 1ST PRESS 'ART' SILVER/BLACK INSERT, AND 1ST PRESS FULLY LAMINATED MONO COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Minit UK RED VINYL 1st Pressing from 1967 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is MLL 40001 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Minit Label (see picture) and is a much MUCH rarer UK MONO 1st Pressing!!!! 

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  Most of these 60s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, NO hairlines, NO scufflines, only 2 or 3 TINY surface marks, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND SHINES LIKE NEW!!!!  It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  And of course - this record does have the usual (and completely UNAVOIDABLE!) slight background sound on the run on grooves & gaps (NOT in the music!) which ALL Red Vinyl 1st Pressings were ORIGINALLY pressed with!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!!  BRILLIANT RECORD!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!!  I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  The record comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeve which is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  THE ULTRA RARE 'ART' SILVER & BLACK INSERT IS IN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT CONDITION (WITH NO DAMAGE AT ALL!) - AND HAS PROBABLY SPENT 99% OF ITS LIFE INSIDE THE COVER!!!!  The 1st Press FULLY Laminated MONO Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour), only a few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), VERY shiny laminate, only a MEGA thin line of laminate lifting along the spinal edge, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!!  Even the laminated back of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, only a MEGA thin line of laminate lifting along the spinal edge, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good++ if not better!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!! It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE LP!!!!  THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1967 UK 'RED VINYL' MONO 1ST PRESSING OF "HAPSHASH & THE COLOURED COAT - FEATURING THE HUMAN HOST & THE HEAVY METAL KIDS" BY HAPSHASH & THE COLOURED COAT, IN BRILLIANT CONDITION!!!!  Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. P&P £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World (Postal discounts are available - see below for details).  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

On 24-Nov-02 at 12:19:15 GMT, seller added the following information: