MOTT THE HOOPLE DEBUT ISLAND 1969 ISLAND UK VINYL 1ST PRESS
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MOTT THE HOOPLE 'MOTT THE HOOPLE' UK ISLAND 1ST PRESSING UK 1969 ORIGINAL SINGLE VINYL RELEASE WITH CORRECT 'ISLAND 'WHITE 'I' LABEL ONLY FOUND ON THE EARLIEST ' 1ST PRESSES!! EARLIEST KNOWN MATRIX NUMBERS: SIDE ONE: ILPS 9108 A//2 SIDE TWO: ILPS 9108 B//1
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE RARITY OF THIS RECORD!! THIS RECORD SOLD SO FEW COPIES ON RELEASE AND SANK WITHOUT A TRACE!! NEARLY ALL COPIES OF THIS ALBUM ARE RE-PRESSINGS ON THE ISLAND 'PALM' LABEL AFTER THE GROUP FOUND FAME FROM DAVID BOWIE 'LENDING' THEM THE CLASSIC 'ALL THE YOUNG DUDES' IN 1972 - THE REST AS THEY SAY IS HISTORY, BUT THIS ALBUM WAS RELEASED NEARLY THREE YEARS BEFORE THEY FOUND FAME AND FORTUNE!!
IMPOSSIBLY FRAGILE GATEFOLD UNLAMINATED ISLAND SLEEVE, WITH PASTED ON INNER PICTURE SLEEVE, THAT ONLY CAME WITH THE EARLIEST FIRST PRESSINGS IN 1969. THIS SLEEVE IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE, WITH A TINY AMOUNT IF ANY RUBBING, NO FADING OF THE RICH COLOURS, TINY WEAR POINTS ON THE CORNERS, A FANTASTIC AND FULLY LEGIBLE SPINE!! MINIMAL IF ANY CREASING IN THE UNLAMINATE SOFT CARD SLEEVE!! THIS IS A TRULY GREAT COVER THAT HAS BEEN STORED IN A PLASTIC SLEEVE I GRADE THIS SLEEVE AS EXCELLENT CONDITION, AND IT IS HARSHLY GRADED!! THIS IS SUCH A HARD ALBUM TO FIND IN THIS CONDITION!! YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!!
INNER SLEEVE - EXCELLENT CONDITION ORIGINAL THIN PAPER DIE CUT INNER SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, WITH MINOR AGE YELLOWING AND CREASING!!
VINYL- VERY GOOD PLUS (+) CONDITION THE ALBUM HAS A DEEP SHINE, WITH MINOR HAIRLINES AND SCUFFS. THERE IS A MINOR SCRATCH ACROSS TRACKS ONE AND TWO ON SIDE ONE, BUT THIS IS LARGELY SUPERFICIAL AND NON-SOUNDING PLAYBACK WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW THE VISUAL GRADE AND A VERY GOOD MINUS (-) CONDITION, WITH A FEW CLICKS / POPS ACROSS TRACKS TWO AND THREE ON SIDE ONE, AND A POP BETWEEN TRACKS ONE AND TWO ON SIDE TWO. THE BULK OF THE TRACKS PLAY EXTREMELY WELL WITH MINIMAL BACKGROUND NOISE OF THIS EARLIEST PRESS, AND NO NEEDLE WEAR!! THE POPS MAY REDUCE WITH FURTHER CLEANING, BUT I AM SIMPLY NOTING WHAT I A HEARING TO ENSURE THE BUYER HAS ABSOLUTE CLARITY ON WHAT THEY ARE GETTING FROM THIS ULTRA RARE COPY!! I LOVE MOTT THE HOOPLE, AND THIS IS A SOLID COPY OF THEIR RAREST ELEASE BY FAR!! HARSHLY GRADED!!
OVERALL CONDITION EXCELLENT CONDITION (COVER) / EXCELLENT CONDITION (INNER) / VERY GOOD CONDITION (VINYL) / VERY GOOD MINUS (-) (PLAYBACK)
CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK!! I SHIP ALL OVER THE WORLD TO DELIGHTED VINYL BUYERS!! I ALWAYS HARSHLY GRADE TO ENSURE DELIGHTED BUYERS ALL OVER THE WORLD!!
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