MOTT THE HOOPLE 1st LP 1969 ISLAND 1st Press MINT WITHDRAWN 300 COPIES ONLY

	£		353
	$		467

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Mott The Hoople called "Mott The Hoople" and is an ORIGINAL 1969 UK 'Earliest' 1st Pressing on the 1st Press 'Textured' Pink 'i' Island label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS MOTT THE HOOPLES FIRST LP EVER - AND IS THEIR RAREST BY FAR (ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION)!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS THE ALL TIME RAREST 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - WITH ONLY 300 COPIES EVER PRESSED!!!!  I WILL EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHY THIS LP IS AMAZINGLY RARE!!!!  BEFORE THIS LP WAS RELEASED - THE TRACK LISTING WAS PLANNED OUT, MIXED AND RECORDED.  IT WAS DECIDED TO INCLUDE THE TRACK 'ROAD TO BIRMINGHAM' AND THE LP HAD A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ORDER TO THE EVENTUALLY RELEASED 1ST PRESSING.  HOWEVER AT THE LAST MOMENT A DECISION WAS TAKEN TO COMPLETELY RE-MIX THE LP, DROP THE TRACK 'ROAD TO BIRMINGHAM' AND REPLACE IT INSTEAD WITH 'ROCK & ROLL QUEEN'.  HOWEVER ALTHOUGH THE COVER & LABELS WERE CHANGED IN TIME FOR THE RELEASE DATE (& HAD THE CORRECT TRACK ORDER) - AN ABSOLUTELY TINY HANDFUL OF RECORDS LEAKED OUT WITH THE INCORRECT MIXES AND WRONG TRACK!!!!  OF COURSE, ONCE THIS WAS REALISED - IT WAS QUICKLY WITHDRAWN AND CORRECTED, WITH BARELY ANY LEFT IN EXISTENCE TODAY!!!!  ONLY AROUND 3000 COPIES OF THIS LP WERE MADE LIKE THIS - AND NATURALLY IT IS EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND!!!!

BUT THIS ONE IS EVEN RARER THAN THAT!!!!  AROUND 3000 COPIES OF THIS LP WERE MADE LIKE THE ONE I JUST DESCRIBED ABOVE - BUT WITH THIS COPY ONLY 300 COPIES WERE EVER MADE (1 BATCH ONLY!)!!!!  AND THIS IS BECAUSE THIS IS THE LEGENDARY 'FALSE CORRECTION' 1ST PRESSING - WHERE ISLAND ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE ERROR AND FAILED BADLY!!!!  AS I JUST DESCRIBED ABOVE - ON THE MISPRESSINGS 'ROAD TO BIRMINGHAM' WAS INCLUDED (SIDE 1), 'BACKSLIDING FEARLESSLY' WAS INCLUDED (BEGINNING OF SIDE 2!), AND 'ROCK & ROLL QUEEN' WAS EXCLUDED.  SO QUICKLY ISLAND CHANGED SIDE TWO THINKING THEY HAD SOLVED THE PROBLEM!!!!  EXCEPT THEY HADN'T!!!!  FOR ON THIS SUPER RARE 'RAREST EVER' PRESSING (WITH +A / B1 MATRIXES) THE LP STILL PLAYED 'ROAD TO BIRMINGHAM' ON SIDE 1 (WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN REMOVED!) BUT NOW PLAYED 'ROCK & ROLL QUEEN' AT THE BEGINNING OF SIDE 2.  SO NOT ONLY HAD THEY FAILED TO REMOVE THE TRACK THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO REMOVE ('ROAD TO BIRMINGHAM') BUT IN ADDING THE CORRECT TRACK 'ROCK & ROLL QUEEN' THEY HAD NOW REMOVED 'BACKSLIDING FEARLESSLY' IN ERROR!!!!  OF COURSE, EVENTUALLY BOTH SIDES WERE CORRECTED!!!!  BUT THIS ONE IS THE ALL TIME RAREST EVER MISPRESSING EVER MADE - INCORRECTLY PLAYING 'ROAD TO BIRMINGHAM' ON SIDE 1, 'ROCK & ROLL QUEEN' ON SIDE 2, AND INCORRECTLY EXCLUDING 'BACKSLIDING FEARLESSLY' COMPLETELY!!!!  THIS IS THE ONLY 1ST PRESSING I HAVE EVER SEEN LIKE THIS IN 30+ YEARS IN SELLING & COLLECTING - AND WITH ONLY 300 COPIES (1 BATCH) EVER MADE (WITH +A/B1 MATRIXES)- THE CHANCES OF EVER FINDING ANOTHER ONE AGAIN, ARE VIRTUALLY ZERO!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT CONDITION (WITH AN AWESOME RECORD!)!!!!  AND THE RECORD ITSELF IS IN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING CONDITION, HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL - AND MUST BE THE VERY BEST CONDITIONED EXAMPLE OF THIS SUPER RARE MISPRESSING LEFT IN EXISTENCE!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1969 WITHDRAWN UK 'FALSE CORRECTION' MISPRESSED 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'FULLY TEXTURED' PINK 'i' ISLAND LABEL, 'RAREST EVER' 1ST PRESS +A/B1 MATRIX ENDINGS, 'RAREST EVER' 1ST PRESS DIFFERENT TRACKS & MIXES, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS GATEFOLD 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 Island UK 'Earliest' 1st Pressing from 1969 and is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is ILPS 9108 on the ORIGINAL 'Earliest' 1st Press 'Textured' Island label (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st Pressing (there were NO Monos)!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in absolutely 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, only 2 or 3 absolutely ULTRA light TINY surface traces, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOKS AMAZING!!!!  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 SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade MINT(Minus)!!!!  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 ORIGINAL 1st Press Gatefold Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO sticker marks, NO sticker tears, only some very VERY minor 'touched in' traces to the edges, NO edge splits, NO spine splits, barely ANY spinal wear, NO ringwear, NO rubbing, only slight corner wear (with some 'tipping in'), NO rips, NO tears, only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), barely ANY yellowing AT ALL, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edges are beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the inside of the cover is in SUPERB condition with NO yellowing, NO wear, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, NO ringwear, NO grubbyness and NO writing!!!!  The cover is must grade Very Good++ if not better!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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