JEFFERSON AIRPLANE - SURREALISTIC PILLOW - MONO - RARE 1S - VG++ SUPER ALBUM

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JEFFERSON AIRPLANE

SURREALISTIC PILLOW

RCA LPM 3766

GENUINE 1ST PRESS

1S STAMPED SIDE 1 IN DEAD WAX

MONO

PSYCH CLASSIC IN SUPER RARE MONO

THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST CONDITIONED MONO COPIES I HAVE OWNED!

VINYL CONDITION VG++ PLAYS EX MINUS W/ MINOR HAIRLINES VISIBLE UNDER BRIGHT LIGHTS – NO FEELABLE SCRATCHES - MINIMAL SURFACE NOISE

ALL ORIGINAL US VINYL PRODUCING A RICH SOUND THAT SOUNDS GREAT!! FULL DYNAMICS DEEP GROOVES

PLAYS AMAZING! MONO IS THE BEST!!

DYNAMIC BASS AND HIGHS – A GORGEOUS COPY

COVER IS EXCELLENT NO SPLITS NO LABELS  NO WRITING –NO NOTICEABLE RING WEAR - MINOR BUMPING – NO PUNCH HOLES – ONLY GENERAL AGE WEAR

SPINE IS EX MINUS, BUMPING ON CORNERS AND SOME AGE WEAR

LABELS EXCELLENT

ALL ORIGINAL FIRST PRESS

ONE NOT TO BE MISSED!!

THIS IS 100% GUARANTEED

TO MONO OR NOT TO MONO

Is there a difference in the mono versus stereo mix? The answer is yes, but not always a better mix. Record producers work on budgets and time restrictions, so often the mono mix is created by the engineer or even at the mastering plant. Record companies would sometimes ask for a MONO mix for radio play and in earlier days because a lot of people had mono portable type record players and were unable to hear a lot of the stereo effects put into the stereo version.

That is not always the case however, take George Martin for instance who spent a lot of time on a MONO mix as no one was sure what would be the next Beatle single. Brian Wilson is another example, who because of a hearing problem in one ear mixed exclusively in MONO.  Spector of course only really made 45’s, so STEREO was out of the question. That means the MONO mix is often noticeably different from the STEREO version.

What is missed in a MONO mix is the phasing and distinct separation of the instruments, something that MONO mixes lack; some LP’s however sound much truer to the sound of the band in MONO, an example is the Jefferson Airplane’s Surrealistic Pillow album, where the single White Rabbit sounds terrible in STEREO. A real collector wants to hear both mixes, and remember the CD’s that were rushed out in a new mixed version, made the only way to hear the MONO mix was to obtain a MONO version of the album. Most MONO albums were quickly deleted once the STEREO editions became the norm, so good luck finding early psych, prog and of course later Beatles and Stones in a nice MONO condition!

WORLDWIDE SHIPPING!!

FRIENDS: PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO READ THE GRADING CONDITIONS – ALSO, UNLESS A LP RECORD IS SEALED (US COPIES), THERE IS BOUND TO BE SOME DISCREPANCY HEARABLE. ALSO DEPENDING ON HOW GOOD YOUR STYLUS AND CARTRIDGE IS, YOU MAY DISAGREE WITH MY GRADINGS BUT, PLEASE NOTE: THIS RECORD IS GUARANTEED, IF YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH THE CONDITION PLEASE RETURN FOR A FULL REFUND – PLEASE DISCUSS WITH ANY PROBLEMS

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ALL LP RECORDS ARE SHIPPED IN PROPER ALBUM BOXES AND DISC IS SEPERATED FROM SLEEVE AND ALL PLACED IN PLASTIC COVER

ALL BUYERS WILL GET POSITIVE FEEDBACK – PLEASE DO THE SAME ALSO PLEASE BE AWARE A STAR RATING OF 4 IS CONSIDERED BY EBAY TO BE BELOW AVERAGE! AND ALWAYS LEADS TO A SELLER BEING PUNISHED BECAUSE NO ONE REALLY UNDERSTANDS THEIR RATING SYSTEM

We ship worldwide!!

ALL RECORDS SHIPPED FROM THE UNITED STATES VIA USPS

USA , LP's & 10"
- $4.00 usps MEDIA MAIL ( 2 to 9 days , online tracking , $1.50 for each additional record)

WORLDWIDE , LP's & 10"
-$19.00 usps 1ST CLASS AIR (no insurance , , buyer is responsible for any loss , $6.00 for each additional record)

CANADA, LP's & 10"

-$9.00 USPS 1ST CLASS AIR (no insurance, no tracking #, buyer is responsible for any loss, $1.50 for each additional record

7” 45’S

USA: $4.00 1st class

WORLDWIDE: $9.00 1st class

CANADA: $6.00 1st class

How I Grade Condition Of Discs

Mint

This means I have owned it from new or purchased from a distributors warehouse, basically it means absolutely new shape, never been played or out of its dust cover. In the case of LP's, a North American album will have to be factory sealed (anyone can reseal an album!) Take Note: European and Japaneses albums were never shrink wrapped!

Note: Being mint does not guarantee it's free of pops and clicks, many pressings especially from the US were made with very poor vinyl and in a hurry which means often there are imperfections in the pressing. As a former importer, we were often given back brand new albums due to clicks heard in the playback.

Mint Minus - No such thing, it's either mint or not.

Excellent - A disc is super clean, with no visible marks

 Excellent Plus, means it's probably mint but can't be proven by me.

Excellent minus, is a disc that is excellent except it may have some markings that do not show up in the playing

VG - A disc that is STILL in good shape, WILL have some scuffs or scratches, not in excellent shape but well worth owning. VG + and ++,a disc that is that much better than VG.

VG minus, just a smidgen below VG

Good - A disc that can be played, has obvious ware but is worth owning, a DJ copy of a rare early Motown for instance or a rare Doo-Wop or Northern Soul which could still be worth a fortune, Good Minus & Good Plus is a step above or below Good. In most cases I will not offer a disc in this condition unless it's rare and hard to find.

LABELS

Labels do not alter the grading of vinyl, many records are Excelent, looked after by the previous owner but still has their initials or markings on the label. A DJ copy will often have markings to show which side to be plugged, or the length of the intro. Many labels and covers in the US have been punched, that was done by the record company to show the disc was deleted and shipped out to mass retailers to sell cheap and could not be returned for a credit, this does not impeed the value, many records eg Swan and VJ Beatles were done like that (try finding an original album!)