MOODY BLUES Lost Chord LP 1968 1st Press RAREST EVER

	£		83
	$		110

On offer here is a very rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Moody Blues called 'In The Search Of The Lost Chord' and is an ORIGINAL 1968 UK 1st pressing on the 1st Press LARGE 'DSS' Deram label!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT THIS IS THE RAREST AND EARLIEST 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - AND DIFFERS GREATLY FROM ALL LATER PRESSINGS!!!!  IN FACT, THIS IS ONE OF THE ALL TIME MOODY BLUES RARITIES AND IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  I WILL EXPLAIN JUST HOW RARE THIS LP REALLY IS!!!!  WHEN THIS LP WAS DUE TO BE RELEASED, DERAM HAD 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' PRINT THE FIRST BATCH OF COVERS EVER - WITH A COMPLETELY UNIQUE DESIGN (EXPLAINED BELOW)!!!!  HOWEVER FOR WHATEVER REASON (PROBABLY BECAUSE DERAM WERENT HAPPY WITH THE DESIGN) THESE COVERS WERE IMMEDIATELY DROPPED AND 'ROBERT STACE' PRINTED ALL LATER COVERS AFTER THIS FIRST EVER BATCH!!!!  THE LATER 'ROBERT STACE' COVERS ARE EASILY FOUND - AND CONSIDERING EVERY COPY AFTER THE FIRST 500 OR SO COPIES WERE PRINTED BY THEM THIS REALLY ISNT SURPRISING!!!!  HOWEVER THE REAL RARITY LIES WITH THIS 'ULTRA RARE' EARLIEST EVER 1ST PRESSING - WITH ITS COVER PRINTED BY 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE'!!!!!  I WILL EXPLAIN THE AMAZING DIFFERENCES!!!! 

FIRSTLY THIS ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST EVER' GARROD & LOFTHOUSE COVER IS MUCH THINNER THAN ALL LATER COVERS, AND HAS A MUCH DEEPER AND VIVD COLOUR THAN ALL LATER PRESSINGS!!!!  SECONDLY IT HAS A 'SINGLE THICKNESS' FRONT GATEFOLD, AND FLIPBACKS ON THE INSIDE RIGHT HAND GATEFOLD (LATER COVERS DONT)!!!!  AND LASTLY THIS COVER IS CENTRE OPENING!!!!  AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SIMPLY ALL LATER COVERS DO NOT HAVE!!!!  ONLY THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' GARROD & LOFTHOUSE GATEFOLD COVERS - HAD FLIPBACKS AND WERE CENTRE OPENING!!!!  DONT UNDERESTIMATE THE HUGE RARITY OF THIS LP - ONLY AN ABSOLUTELY TINY FRACTION OF 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS WERE EVER PRESSED LIKE THIS, AND THEY ARE SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!! 

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THE INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO OF THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESS DESIGN AND THE RECORD ITSELF IS AMAZING EARLY - WITH 1/1 MOTHER CODINGS ON BOTH SIDES!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP EVEN RARER STILL - IS THAT IT IS PRESSED IN MEGA RARE STEREO!!!!  AND THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT!!!!  WHILST LATER STEREO PRESSINGS (WITH DIFFERENT COVERS) FROM LATE 1969/70 ONWARDS ARE VERY EASY TO FIND - THIS ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING IS CERTAINLY NOT!!!!  IN FACT, THIS IS THE FIRST ONE I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!!   BACK IN 1968 THIS LP SOLD VIRTUALLY NOTHING IN STEREO - WITH VIRTUALLY EVERY 1ST PRESSING BEING IN MONO!!!!  AND ANOTHER THING THAT SHOWS THIS LP TO BE ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' EVER - IS THAT IT HAS PRINTED 'ALSO AVAILABLE IN MONO' UNDER THE BACK RIGHT STEREO CAT NUMBER (LATER PRESSINGS SIMPLY DONT HAVE THIS TEXT!)!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN STUNNING CONDITION - AND IT WILL SURELY BE A VERY VERY LONG TIME BEFORE YOU SEE ANOTHER ONE OF THESE AGAIN!!!!  THIS THE ORIGINAL 1968 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS 'LARGE' 'DSS' DERAM LABELS,  'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'CENTRE OPENING' GATEFOLD LAMINATED 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' FLIPBACK 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 Deram UK 'Earliest' 1st pressing from 1968 and is in STUNNING condition!!!! The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is SML 711 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Large' 'DSS' Deram Label (see picture) and is a UK 1968 Stereo 1st pressing!!!! All the tracks are pure quality Moody Blues at their best!!!! Any fan of The Moody Blues, or 60s music in general, will want to have this in their collection!!!!

The record labels are in STUNNING condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and only a few light spindle marks!!!! The vinyl is in STUNNING 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, only 1 light NON sounding hairline, and only a VERY few of the VERY lightest paper scuffs only visible under EXTREME light!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK!!!! It is great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, NO hiss and only the VERY occassional touch of MEGA low level background crackle in a VERY few places (barely ANY)!!!! The sound quality is simply AWESOME with NO groovewear either and NO distortion!!!! The record must grade Very Good++++ if not better - and if it wasnt for the 1 light hairline (which doesnt sound AT ALL anyway) this record would EASILY grade Excellent++++ if not MINT(MInus)!!!!  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 'Earliest' 1st Press inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The ULTRA RARE 'Earliest' 1st Press 'Garrod & Lofthouse' Flipback Laminated 'Centre Opening' Gatefold Cover is in STUNNING condition!!!! It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only slight corner wear (NOT through the colour), only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking), VERY shiny laminate, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edges are beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!! Even the unlaminated inside is in SUPERB condition with NO grubbyness, NO writing, NO wear, barely ANY yellowing AT ALL, and PERFECT flipbacks!!!!  The cover must VERY strictly grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS, AND IT WILL SURELY BE A VERY VERY LONG TIME BEFORE YOU SEE ANOTHER - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS MEGA RARE 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 UK 1968 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING OF "IN THE SEARCH OF THE LOST CHORD" BY THE MOODY BLUES, IN STUNNING 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.  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

On 24-Nov-02 at 12:19:15 GMT, seller added the following information: