JEFF BECK:"TRUTH".1968 COLUMBIA MONO BLUE/BLACK.-1/-1 MATRIXES-GREAT MONO SOUND

	£		64
	$		85

ATTENTION JEFF BECK,1960s BRITISH PROGRESSIVE ROCK  COLLECTORS AS WELL AS CONDITION UPGRADERS!     

HERE IS AN ORIGINAL 1968 MONO 1ST PRESSING OF THE RARELY SEEN(IN THIS CONDITION) ESSENTIAL DEBUT ALBUM BY JEFF BECK:"TRUTH". IT VERY RARELY TURNS UP IN AS OUTSTANDING VERY NEAR EXCELLENT CONDITION AS THIS EXAMPLE!.  DIRECT FROM THE COLLECTION OF A MAJOR COLLECTOR WHO HAS FINALLY DECIDED TO SELL HAVING CARED AND CHERISHED HIS RECORDS-MOST BOUGHT NEW AT THE TIME WITH MINIMAL PLAYS AS OFTEN THE CASE WITH LARGE COLLECTIONS.THEY WERE STORED UPRIGHT ON STRONG SHELVING AWAY FROM LIGHT,HEAT,DAMP AND THE PREVIOUS OWNER WAS A NON-SMOKER!  THIS IMPRESSIVE EXAMPLE HAS HAD CAREFUL USE SINCE 1968 AS WELL AS A CLEAN COVER WITH THE "FILE UNDER POPULAR-POP GROUPS" THAT WAS ONLY ON THE EARLIEST COVERS AND THE 6811(NOVEMBER 1968)DATE CODE ON THE FLIPBACK AS WELL AS THE "PATENTS PENDING" CREDIT AND  A"PATENTS APPLIED FOR" INNER SLEEVE DENOTING THE EARLIEST COVERS AND INNERS PRINTED FOR THIS LP!

ISSUED ON THE THICK VINYL EMI PRESSED COLUMBIA BLUE/BLACK LABELS:SX 6293 WITH THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE -1/-1  MATRIXES.THE  COVER PRINTED BY GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE IS IN GREAT SHAPE UNLIKE JUST ABOUT EVERY PREVIOUS COVER I HAVE SEEN.  LOCATING A NICE 1968 MONO COPY IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE AS THE MAJORITY OF COPIES WERE PLAYED OVER AND OVER AGAIN CAUSING MAJOR DISTORTION AND GENERAL WEAR. THIS COPY HAS HAD SOME USE WITH GLEAMING SURFACES,JUST A FEW FAINT AND WISPY SURFACE MARKS VISIBLE UNDER STRONG LIGHT.THERE IS A LITTLE SURFACE NOISE ON THE QUIETER TRACKS AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SHORT LIVED FAINT CLICKS BUT THESE ARE NOT TOO OBTRUSIVE. THE MONO MIXES HAVE FAR MORE BASS THAN THE STEREO PRESSINGS. THE RECORD HAS NO STICKS OR JUMPS.

STRICTLY AND SERIOUSLY GRADED AS VERY NEAR EXCELLENT CONDITION!

THICK VINYL.THERE IS ONLY SLIGHT SPINDLE WEAR AND NO LABEL WRITING,STAINING,RIPS OR DEFACEMENT. HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL CURVED EDGES EMI LPs ADVERT INNER SLEEVE WITH THE "PATENTS APPLIED FOR" CREDIT DENOTING ON OF THE FIRST PRINTED FOR THIS LP WITH NO WRITING,RIPS,REPAIRS OR STAINING.

THE COVER HAS A FEW CREASES AND A LITTLE STAINING BUT NO WRITING,RIPS OR REPAIRS!  PLEASE SEE ALL THE PHOTOS SHOWING THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE COVER AND BOTH LABELS! NOTHING TO HIDE! A LOW,REALISTIC £25 STARTING PRICE  WITH MORE 1960s AND 1970s ROCK LPs FROM ME FOR AUCTION ON EBAY THIS WEEK AND TO FOLLOW.

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