PROCOL HARUM Salty Dog LP 1969 REGAL ZONOPHONE 1st Press EARLIEST EVER

	£		95
	$		126

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Procol Harum called "A Salty Dog" and is an ORIGINAL 1969 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Regal Zonophone label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF PROCOL HARUM'S RAREST LPs EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1969 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  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - WITH A 'WITHDRAWN' 1ST PRESS COVER!!!!  AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  THIS LP CAME FROM AN EX COMPANY REP - WHOSE JOB IT WAS TO GO TO VARIOUS RECORD SHOPS TO PROMOTE LPs BY EMI (WHO MADE REGAL ZONOPHONE!).  THIS PARTICULAR LP WAS ONE HE KEPT (AS WELL AS OTHER I AM ALSO LISTING)!!!!  AND HE DISTINCTIVE REMEMBERS THIS COVER WAS ONE OF THE FIRST BATCH, AND IMMEDIATELY CHANGED.  IN FACT, ONE OF THE REASONS HE GOT THE LP FOR FREE IN THE FIRST PLACE WAS THAT IT WAS DUE FOR DESTRUCTION!!!!  BASICALLY THE ORIGINAL COVERS WERE MADE BY 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' WITH THE CORRECT '6907 TPS PRINTED AND MADE BY GARROD & LOFTHOUSE LTD PATENT NO 943,895 SLRZ 1009' ON THE BOTTOM FLIPBACK, AND 'FILE UNDER POPULAR: POP GROUPS' ON THE TOP FLIPBACK.  HOWEVER, FOR PRETTY OBVIOUS REASONS THIS COVER STYLE WAS CHANGED AS IT OBSCURED THE PATTERN ON THE BACK OF THE COVER - WITH ALL LATER COVERS HAVING THE 'NON-FLIPBACK' COVER INSTEAD!!!!  OF COURSE, SOME PEOPLE MIGHT BE SKEPTICAL AND ASK - COULD THIS COVER HAVE BEEN 'RE-STUCK'?  WELL FIRSTLY THE TEXT ON THE FLIPBACKS (WITH THE CORRECT CAT NUMBER & DATE CODING!) WAS OBVIOUSLY PUT THERE FOR A REASON, AND WAS CERTAINLY MEANT FOR DISPLAY ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE COVER!!!!  AND SECONDLY THE FLIPBACKS ARE FULLY LAMINATED, HAVE NO EVIDENCE OF ANY GLUE TRACES, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY (ON THE SPINAL CORNERS) THERE IS SOME CORNER WEAR WHICH HAS WORN PARTS OF THE FLIPBACKS WHICH WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN WORN IF THERE WERE INSIDE THE COVER!!!!  AND LASTLY ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME FAINT GLUE RESIDUE TRACES INSIDE THE COVER (WHICH ARE LIKELY TO HAVE SIMPLY BEEN 'BLEED OVER' FROM MANUFACTURE - THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO 'TEARING' AT ALL, WHICH THERE CERTAINLY WOULD BE IF SOMEONE HAD PULLED THE COVER APART AND RE-STUCK IT BACK TOGETHER!!!!  BUT THE MAIN EVIDENCE FOR THIS BEING A COMPLETELY GENIUNE 'TEST' (OR 'TRIAL') COVER IS THE TEXT ON THE FLIPBACKS - WHICH CERTAINLY WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN THERE AT ALL - IF IT WASNT MEANT FOR DISPLAY!!!!  ANOTHER IMPORTANT DETAIL WHICH ALSO SHOWS THIS LP TO BE THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - IS THAT IT HAS THE ULTRA RARE 'SOLD IN THE UK' LABEL TEXT AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH LABEL (MOST DO NOT HAVE THIS AT ALL!)!!!!  SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS IS THE 'EARLIEST' & RAREST 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION - AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1969 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS REGAL ZONOPHONE LABEL, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'SOLD IN THE UK' LABEL TEXT, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 1/1 MATRIX ENDINGS, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' FLIPBACK FULLY LAMINATED 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 Regal Zonophone UK 1st Pressing from 1969 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is SLRZ 1009 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Regal Zonophone 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 writing, NO wear, and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in BRILLIANT 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 MEGA light hairline, only 1 VERY light scuffline, 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 SHINES LIKE NEW!!!!  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 EXTREMELY low level background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!!!  BRILLIANT 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 also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeve which is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The ULTRA RARE 'Earliest' 1st Press 'Garrod & Lofthouse' Flipback FULLY Laminated Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The cover has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), only a few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking!), a small area of laminate lifting in the top right corner, shiny laminate, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the laminated back of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, shiny laminate, VERY nice flipbacks, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good++ if not better!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - DONT MISS OUT  ON THIS INCREDIBLE 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 "A SALTY DOG" BY PROCOL HARUM, IN BRILLIANT 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.  Postal discounts for multiple buys are always available - and I guarantee to ALWAYS undercharge on postage!  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

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