JACKSON 5 Diana Ross Presents 1st LP 1969 MOTOWN 1st Press TEST PRESSING

	£		192
	$		254

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Jackson 5 called "Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5" and is an ORIGINAL 1970 UK 'Earliest' 1st Pressing on the 1st Press RCA label!!!!  PLEASE NOTE - whilst this LP was released in the the U.S.A. in December 1969 - here in the UK it was never released until April 1970 (as the 0470 Date coding printed on the cover back clearly shows!)!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS WAS THE JACKSON 5's FIRST & RAREST LP EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE (ESPECIALLY NOT LIKE THIS!)!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1970 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED IN THE UK - IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS, AND WAS QUICKLY DELETED!!!!  AS A RESULT, IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY TOUGH TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS AN INCREDIBLY RARE 'WHITE LABEL TEST PRESSING' AND IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE!!!!  AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!   'WHITE LABEL TEST PRESSINGS' WERE ONLY EVER MADE IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS (NO MORE THAN 5 OR 10 - IF THAT!) TO TEST THE SOUND QUALITY BEFORE APPROVAL!!!!  ONLY WHEN THIS HAD HAPPENED, COULD THE 1ST PRESSING RUN BEGIN!!!!  AND LIKE ALL TEST PRESSINGS FROM THIS PERIOD (AND SHOWING IT IS 100% GENIUNE!) IT PLAYS A TEST TONE ON SIDE 2)!!!!  AND THIS ONE EVEN HAS ALL THE 'TEST PRESS' DETAILS ON THE INNER SLEEVE - SHOWING CLEARLY THAT THIS RECORD WAS MADE OVER 2 MONTHS BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE ON 'FEB 20 1970' (SEE PICTURES)!!!!  SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS IS THE RAREST & EARLIEST 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP EVER MADE!!!! 

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS SO VERY IMPORTANT IN TEST PRESSING FORMAT FOR A GREAT NUMBER OF REASONS!!!!  FOR NOT ONLY IS THIS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS OF THE FIRST EVER JACKSON 5 LP - BUT IT IS ALSO MICHAEL JACKSON'S EARLIEST LP RECORDING IN THE UK EVER!!!!  IN FACT, THIS IS ANY PERSONS 'UNIQUE' CHANCE TO OWN WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS 'A PIECE OF HISTORY'!!!!  BECAUSE OUT OF ALL THE LPs THAT THE JACKSON 5 & MICHAEL JACKSON EVER MADE & SOLD IN THE UK, AND HUGE SUCCESS MICHAEL JACKSON HAD LATER ON AS A SOLO ARTIST - THIS IS THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESSING OF THEIR FIRST & RAREST EVER LP RIGHT AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THEIR AMAZING HISTORY!!!!  SO MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT - YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE ALL TIME RAREST JACKSON 5 / MICHAEL JACKSON UK LP EVER TO BE PUT UP FOR SALE - EVER!!!! 

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT CONDITION - AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1969 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING ON THE ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS WHITE LABEL TAMLA MOTOWN 'TEST PRESSING' LABEL,  1ST PRESS 1 MATRIX & 1/G STAMPER CODING (THE B SIDE SIMPLY PLAYS A TEST TONE & HAS AN 'LPFB 2' MATRIX), 1ST PRESS 'TEST PRESS DETAILED' INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' FULLY LAMINATED 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 Motown UK 'Earliest' 1st Pressing from 1970 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is STML 11142 on the ORIGINAL 'Earliest' 1st Press White Label 'Test Press' Motown Label (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st pressing (there were NO Monos)!!!!

The record labels are in absolutely AWESOME 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 absolutely SUPERB condition!!!!  Most of these 60s/70s 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, 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 LOOKS SUPERB!!!!  It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some EXTREMELY low level background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade Excellent+ if not better!!!!  SUPERB 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 also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press Inner Sleeve which is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Garrod & Lofthouse' FULLY Laminated Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The cover has NO edgewear, NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), only a few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking!), shiny laminate, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the laminated back of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, 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 AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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