HENDRIX ELECTRIC LADYLAND UK BLUE TXT TRACK HOLY GRAIL

	£		171
	$		227

NON UK BIDDERS PLEASE SEE MY NOTES ABOUT INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LISITING....

WOW!!! THIS REALLY IS THE HOLY GRAIL, ON IT'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF RELEASE ANOTHER UK FIRST PRESS ELECTRIC LADYLAND WITH THE UNBELIEVABLY RARE "BLUE TEXT" INSIDE THE GATEFOLD HAS TURNED UP AGAIN AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION TOO!!

I RECKON THESE COME UP ON EBAY MAYBE ONLY 2 OR 3 TIMES A YEAR, THEY SEEM TO BE ON A PAR WITH THE BEATLES BLACK AND GOLD STEREO PLEASE PLEASE ME'S - I'M NOT SURE OF THE EXACT HISTORY BEHIND THESE PRESSINGS BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT DURING PREPRODUCTION THE BLUE TEXT WAS DEEMED LESS THAN SATISFACTORY AND REPLACED WITH THE MORE COMMON (BUT STILL RARE) WHITE TEXT AND AT THE SAME TIME THE PHOTOS INSIDE THE SLEEVE OF JIMI AND ESPECIALLY OF NOEL AND MITCH WERE REDUCED IN SIZE. HOWEVER THE BLUE TEXT SLEEVES WERE NOT WASTED AND THOSE HANDFUL THAT WERE PRINTED WERE SENT OUT ALONG SIDE THE BY NOW FAR MORE NUMEROUS WHITE TEXT SLEEVES AND WENT ON SALE ON DAY OF RELEASE BUT IF ANYBODY KNOWS A DIFFERENT STORY PLEASE EMAIL ME...

NEEDLESS TO SAY THESE BLUE TEXT SLEEVES ARE HIGHLY PRIZED, THERE ARE JUST SO FEW OF THEM IN EXSISTANCE AND TO FIND ANY IN ANY CONDITION IS AMAZING BUT TO FIND AN EXAMPLE LIKE THIS IS, TO USE AN OVERUSED WORD, IS ALL BUT SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE.

THE LAST ONE I SAW ON EBAY LASY YEAR WENT FOR NEARLY GBP 800, AND EVEN WHITE TXT SLEEVES IN EX OR ABOVE CONDITION CAN MAKE GBP 300, THIS EXAMPLE IS BEING PUT ON AT A LOW STARING PRICE AND NO RESERVE, HOWEVER IT IS AVAILABLE AT A BUY IT NOW PRICE OF GBP 599.99 AND THIS IN MY OPINION MORE CORRECTLY REFLECTS IT'S VALUE SO THIS COULD BE THE CHANCE FOR YOU COLLECTORS TO GRAB A BARGIN!!!

NOW THE DETAILS:-

FOR AUCTION HERE IS THE UK DOUBLE LP "ELECTRIC LADYLAND " BY THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE  ON TRACK RECORDS CAT NO  613008/9  IT IS A UK FIRST PRESSING IN STEREO AND HAS THE UNBELIVABLY RARE BLUE TXT ON THE INSIDE OF THE GATEFOLD AND I BELIEVE CORRECT INVERTED MATRICIES (EMAIL FOR DETAILS IF YOU WISH TO CHECK)

CONDITION

SLEEVE:  THE "BLUE TEXT" "SMALL PHOTOS" SLEEVE has no serious faults, some creasing and some tiny edge ware but no ware to speak of on the spine. There is some "feathering" to the openings  so grades a strong VG+ if not an EX-

VINYL AND LABELS: STUNNING, VISUALLY the labels have the odd spindle traces and the vinyl just the odd mark mostly under only a bright light. They retain their full sheen and must grade EX to Ex plus, you will not see many better!

INNERs: the correct polylined "plastic bags are dangerous" inners grade vg. they are a litte tired but I have retained them as I believe them to be the originals, one even has a price written on it of 35/- (thats gbp 1.55 to you!)

(Please note that whilst I try to endeavour to adhere to strict RC gradings I will never describe ANYTHING AS MINT even when I think it to be so. As far as I am concerned any secondhand item by definition cannot be mint. However if I believe an item to be Mint  I will instead either use the terms Near Mint, mint minus, or in archive or vault condition. When I use these terms you know that in my opinion this is in effect a de-facto Mint grade )

SO THERE YOU HAVE IT THE UNBELEIVABLY RARE HOLY GRAIL BLUE TXT ELECTRIC LADYLAND IN OVERALL EXCELLENT CONDITION. WHEN WILL YOU SEE ANOTHER???? WHO KNOWS, TOMORROW OR NEXT YEAR?? DON'T MISS OUT!

Dont forget to take a look at my other items. Please feel free to contact me with any queries you may have.

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I ONLY DO A COUPLE OF RUNS A WEEK TO THE POST OFFICE BUT MY ITEMS ARE ALWAYS DISPATCHED WELL WITHIN ONE CALENDAR WEEK OF PAYMENT BEING RECEIVED. I APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE TO THOSE BUYERS WHO SEEM TO EXPECT THEIR ITEM TO ARRIVE THE NEXT DAY, IF YOU WANT TO CHECK WHEN AN ITEM WAS SENT JUST PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND I WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO TELL YOU!! (SOME PEOPLE DO MAKE YOU LAUGH, FOR ITEMS I BUY I ONLY NORMALLY GET CONCERNED AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND EVEN AFTER THAT THEN ONLY POLIETELY ENQUIRE IF AND WHEN THE ITEM WAS SENT).

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PAYMENTS BY PAYPAL ARE PREFERRED BUT I ALSO ACCEPT OTHER METHODS. I ALSO POST WORLDWIDE (PLS APPLY FOR RATES) BUT DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH A DISREPUTABLE BUYER IN JAPAN (PIGGIESSS - I AM HAPPY TO NAME THEM) , FOR ALL PAYMENTS MADE VIA PAYPAL THE ITEM WILL ONLY BE SENT BOTH TO THE UK AND WORLDWIDE BY RECORDED OR INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY. THIS IS TO ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY ATTEMPT TO CLAIM BACK THE PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL EVEN AFTER ACTUALLY HAVING RECEIVED THE ITEM.

THIS OBVIOUSLY HAS HAD THE RESULT OF INCREASING MY COSTS FOR POSTING AND PACKING AND I AM VERY SORRY FOR THIS BUT PAYPAL OFFER NO PROTECTION FOR SELLERS UNLESS THERE IS PROOF OF DELIVERY!! PROOF OF POSTING WOULD SEEM INSUFFICIENT TO THEM AND I HAVE FOUND THIS OUT THE HARD WAY..

DUE TO THE BEHAVIOUR OF THIS SAME BUYER PAYPAL PAYMENTS WILL ALSO NOT BE ACCEPTED FROM BUYERS WHO DO NOT ALLOW THEIR FEEDBACK TO READ, SO IF YOU FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY PLEASE DO NOT BID ON MY ITEMS UNLESS YOU CAN PAY BY ANOTHER METHOD…….

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PS 35/- IS OF COURSE £ 1.75, IT WAS A TYPO HONEST - HEY ITS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE DECIMALISATION!