NICO Marble Index LP 1968 MONO 1st Press SUPERB

	£		149
	$		197

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Nico called 'The Marble Index' and is an ORIGINAL 1968 UK MONO 1st Pressing on the 1st Press 'Textured' Elektra label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS WAS NICO'S FIRST & RAREST LP EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1968 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED, IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS - AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DELETED!!!!  AS A RESULT IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS 1ST PRESSED IN MEGA RARE MONO!!!!  AND THIS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  THIS LP WAS ONLY MADE AVAILABLE IN ULTRA RARE MONO FOR AN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNT OF TIME ONLY, BEFORE ELEKTRA DECIDED THAT THE MONO FORMAT WAS FINISHED AND DELETED ALL MONO VERSION'S OF THEIR LPs FOREVER!!!!  AND FROM THAT MOMENT ONWARDS, THIS LP WAS THEN ONLY AVAILABLE IN STEREO ONLY (WHICH ARE FAR MORE COMMON)!!!!  AS A RESULT, FINDING A 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP IN MEGA RARE MONO IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1968 UK MONO 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS 'TEXTURED' ELEKTRA LABEL, 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS 'MacNEILL' FULLY LAMINATED MONO COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS (ESPECIALLY IN MONO!) - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Elektra UK 1st Pressing from 1968 and is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is EKL 4029 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Elektra Label (see picture) and is a much MUCH rarer UK MONO 1st Pressing!!!! 

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 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 also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some absolutely ULTRA faint touches of MEGA low level background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB 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 1st Press 'MacNeill' FULLY Laminated MONO Cover is in absolutely BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour), only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking!), VERY shiny laminate, only a thin line of laminate lifting along the spinal edge, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!!  Even the laminated back is in BRILLIANT condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must MEGA STRICTLY grade Very Good++++ if not better and is VERY close to a grade above!!!!  BRILLIANT COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN ULTRA RARE MONO - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS ULTRA 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 1968 UK MONO 1ST PRESSING OF "THE MARBLE INDEX" BY NICO, IN SUPERB 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!!!!!

 

 

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