JONI MITCHELL Clouds LP 1969 1st Press+INSERT AWESOME

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$ 325

£ 245 Sold For

Dec 16, 2007 Sold Date

Dec 11, 2007 Start Date

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On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Joni Mitchell called 'Clouds' and is an ORIGINAL 1969 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press '3-Colour' Reprise label!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND (ESPECIALLY IN THIS AMAZING CONDITION!)!!!! THIS IS EASILY JONI MITCHELLS RAREST LP EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!! BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - WITH SOME INCREDIBLE DIFFERENCES!!!! AND THIS IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!! VIRTUALLY EVERY COPY OF THIS LP THAT EVER TURNS UP FOR SALE IS NEARLY ALWAYS A LATER PRESSING. BUT NOT THIS ONE!!!! THIS IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - AND IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE!!!! I WILL EXPLAIN THESE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT DETAILS THAT APPLY TO THIS 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING ONLY!!!!

FIRSTLY THIS LP HAS THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' RSLP '3-COLOUR' REPRISE LABELS (LATER ONES DONT!) & THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS A-1/B-1 MATRIX ENDINGS (LATER ONES DONT)!!!! SECONDLY AS WITH ALL 100% GENIUNE 'EARLIEST' REPRISE 1ST PRESSINGS - THE RECORD IS PRESSED BY PYE FOR REPRISE & ALSO HAS THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' PYE RECORDS TEXT ON THE REVERSE OF THE COVER (SEE PICTURE) - WHICH LATER PRESSINGS SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE!!!! FOR THOSE WHO DONT ALREADY KNOW, PYE (UK) PRESSED ALL UK REPRISE RELEASES THROUGHOUT THE 1960s UP THE END OF 1969 - BEFORE REPRISE STARTED THEIR OWN PRESSING PLANT (WITH DIFFERENT VINYL, MATRIXES & LABELS). AND THIS LP IS SHOWN AS HAVING THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESS RECORD - AS IT HAS THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' A-1/B-1 MATRIXES IN THE 'LARGE' PYE MATRIX STYLE (LATER PRESSINGS HAVE MUCH SMALLER MATRIXES!). THIRDLY THIS LP COMES WITH ITS ORIGINAL 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' LYRIC INSERT!!!! THIS IMPOSSIBLY RARE 'LYRIC' INSERT ONLY EVER CAME WITH AN ABSOLUTELY TINY HANDFUL OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS ONLY - AND THIS WAS DISCONTINUED IMMEDIATELY AFTER RELEASE!!!! FOURTHLY EVERY SINGLE PART OF THIS LP (INCLUDING THE COVER, INSERT, RECORD LABELS & MATRIXES) HAVE THE CORRECT & EARLIEST POSSIBLE 'RSLP' 1ST PRESS CAT NUMBER (LATER ONES DONT!)!!!! AND LASTLY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THIS LP HAS THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' STYLE OF COVER EVER MADE!!!! THIS 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' COVER WAS MADE BY 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE', WITH A 'NARROW SPINE' (LIKE 'ABBEY ROAD' FOR EXAMPLE), NO BOX AROUND THE 'PYE RECORDS TEXT ON THE REVERSE OF THE COVER (LATER ONES DO!), IS MUCH THICKER THAN ANY LATER COVER, AND IS SMOOTH!!!! AND PLEASE DO NOT CONFUSE THIS COVER WITH THE LATER RE-ISSUE 'SMOOTH' COVERS OF THE EARLY 1970S!!!! BECAUSE THIS COVER HAS A 'NARROW' SPINE (ONLY USED BY 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' IN 1968 & 1969 ONLY - NO LATER!) AND THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESS COVER TEXT & 'RSLP' CAT NUMBER!!!! AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBTING THAT THIS IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS COVER EVER MADE - AND CAME BEFORE ALL TYPES OF LATER COVERS (INCLUDING THE LATER 'TEXTURED' ONES)!!!! THIS LP IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AS A 100% COMPLETE 'EARLIEST POSSBILE' 1ST PRESSING WITH ALL THESE INCREDIBLE DIFFERENCES LISTED ABOVE!!!! AND IT WILL SURELY BE A VERY VERY LONG TIME BEFORE YOU EVER SEE ANOTHER!!!! JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!

BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS IN ABSOLUTELY AWESOME CONDITION!!!! JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!! THE RECORD HAS AMAZINGLY ONLY EVER BEEN PLAYED JUST ONCE AND IS IN AMAZING CONDITION, THE ULTRA RARE 'LYRIC' INSERT IS SIMPLY SUPERB, AND THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS COVER IS SIMPLY AWESOME!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS!!!! THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1969 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING ON 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS '3-COLOUR' REPRISE LABEL, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS A-1/B-1 MATRIXES, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'LYRIC' INSERT, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' NARROW SPINE COVER!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!! This is the ORIGINAL Reprise UK 'Earliest' 1st Pressing from 1969 and is in AWESOME condition!!!! The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is RSLP 6341 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press '3-Colour' Reprise label (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st Pressing (there were NO Monos)!!!!

The record labels are in AWESOME condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and AMAZINGLY only 1 TINY spindle mark!!!! IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS ONLY EVER BEEN PLAYED ONCE!!!! The vinyl is in AWESOME condition!!!! Most of these 60s 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 VERY lightest paper scuffs only visible under EXTREME light!!!! ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!! THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOKS AWESOME!!!! It is great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!! The sound quality is simply AWESOME with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!! The record must grade Excellent++++ if not better!!!! AWESOME 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 comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition!!!! THE ULTRA RARE 'LYRIC' INSERT IS IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION - AND CLEARLY HASNT EVER LEFT THE COVER!!!! The 'Earliest' 1st Press 'Garrod & Lofthouse' Narrow Spine Cover is in AWESOME condition!!!! It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, barely ANY corner wear AT ALL (NOT through the colour!), barely ANY creases AT ALL (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), NO ringwear, NO rubbing, and NO writing!!!! The opening edge is beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!! Even the unlaminated back is in AWESOME condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, NO rubbing, NO ringwear, and NO writing!!!! The cover must grade Excellent++++ if not better!!!! AWESOME COVER!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!

HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!! It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE LP!!!! THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1969 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING OF "CLOUDS" BY JONI MITCHELL, IN AWESOME CONDITION!!!! Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. P&P £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World (Postal discounts are available - see below for details). Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!