JIMI HENDRIX " ELECTRIC LADYLAND " RARE NUDE COVER

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$ 68

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Feb 17, 2005 Sold Date

Feb 10, 2005 Start Date

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Description

ARTIST: JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE

TITLE: ‘ELECTRIC LADYLAND’

FORMAT: DOUBLE VINYL LP

YEAR OF 1ST RELEASE: 1968

LABEL: POLYDOR

CAT. NO: 2310269 / RARE UK PRESS.

RECORDS CONDITION: NEAR MINT

‘Electric Ladyland’ is one of, if not the, crowning glories in the Hendrix catalogue. This is the album that contained his most amazing moments of pop perfection, some of the greatest electric improvised blues jams ever committed to tape while completing the package with some mind bending special effects and studio trickery that surely pushed this 1968 recording equipment to its absolute technical limits!

This Near Mint grade applies to both these extremely well maintained albums. They both have the shiny, pristine appearance of new vinyl, they both have that wonderful feel of late sixties quality in their appearance and their heavy weight! Neither of these albums have any damage, absolutely nothing other than the vaguest suggestion that both records have been played a very few times. The spindle wear is extremely minimal, showing as little as two or three plays on a couple of sides and not much more than that on the others. Both records have no marks or defects in the vinyl, there is nothing other than the very occasional, totally non-sounding paper scuff. This is such a hard to find double album anyway, but in this condition I’d say it’s as close to "like new" as it is possible to find without actually being shrink-wrapped!

COVER CONDITION: NEAR MINT

This is a fully laminated gatefold sleeve that has remained in the kind of immaculate condition that you would rarely think possible after 36 years. I can’t emphasise this strongly enough, this album cover is so close to new it’s incredible, it’s a rare and collectable classic album cover . The whole laminate has remained firmly in place, nowhere is there any lifting, and apart from one or two of the tiniest ones imaginable near the spine there are no laminate creases either. This thorough covering has insured that the entire album cover has maintained a supreme glossy sheen that is generally only associated with brand new covers. I have never seen a finer example of this great record sleeve and I must stress, the Near Mint grade is applied with the same principles that I grade my vinyl – that is anything that gains a Mint grade has to be New without exception, the fact that this sleeve is so like new it’s incredible is irrelevant to the fact that this is a second hand item, albeit one that has been in just one collection for 36 years and has been handled with so much care that even now it has retained it’s delightful "as new" quality.

There’s really very little to comment on, I’ll cover all the usual points as a matter of routine though. The whole cover both inside and out has no serious creases and it’s even hard to spot any light ones; the front back and inner are un-harmed and have never had any stickers or such like attached to them.

ANY OTHER DETAILS: STEREO

TRACKLISTING:

Side One

‘And The Gods Made Love’

‘Electric Ladyland’

‘Crosstown Traffic’

‘Voodoo Chile’

Side Two

‘Little Miss Strange’

‘Long Hot Summer Night’

‘Come On’

‘Gipsy Eyes’