STEPHEN STILLS Stephen Stills 2 LP 1971 PLUM 1st Press

	£		28
	$		37

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Stephen Stills called 'Stephen Stills 2' and is an ORIGINAL 1971 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Red/Maroon (Plum) Atlantic label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS EASILY STEPHEN STILLS RAREST LP EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION!!!!  AND THIS IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  THIS LP IS WITHOUT ANY DOUBT THE HARDEST LP ON THE ATLANTIC LABEL TO FIND IN TOP CONDITION - MAINLY BECAUSE IT HAS SO MANY FRAGILE PARTS TO IT.  IT HAS THE 'SOFTEST' TYPE OF CARD COVER (SO EASILY WORN AND DESTROYED), A 'LYRIC' INSERT, AND AN INCREDIBLY 'THIN' PICTURE INNER SLEEVE (WHICH IS USUALLY FOUND IN 'BITS'!)!!!!  AND THIS MEANS THAT MOST 1ST PRESSINGS OF THIS LP WERE BADLY DAMAGED AND HEAVILY WORN VERY QUICKLY INDEED (NOT THIS ONE!)!!!!  THE 'ULTRA THIN' BLACK INNER QUICKLY BECAME SPLIT, WORN AND TORN, (NOT THIS ONE!) AND THE 'SOFT CARD' COVER QUICKLY SHOWED TERRIBLE EDGEWEAR, SPLITS, AND STICKER TEARS (NOT THIS ONE!).  AND SO IF YOU ARE PREPARED TO SETTLE FOR A TERRIBLE LOOKING LP - WITH DAMAGED OR MISSING PARTS & LOOKING A SHADOW OF ITS FORMER SELF, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND ONE.  HOWEVER - MOST COLLECTORS DONT WANT TO SETTLE FOR THAT - AND THIS IS WHERE THE TRUE MASSIVE RARITY OF THIS LP REALLY SHOWS ITSELF!!!!  IT IS SIMPLY SUPERB - AND IS EASILY THE RAREST LP ON THE PLUM (RED/MAROON) ATLANTIC LABEL TO FIND IN TOP CONDITION!!!!  THE RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL AND IS IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION, THE 'PICTURE' INNER SLEEVE IS IN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING CONDITION AND HAS NO SPLITS AT ALL, THE 'LYRIC' INSERT IS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT, AND THE INCREDIBLY FRAGILE GATEFOLD 'TEXTURED' SOFT CARD COVER IS THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!! JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS!!!!  THIS LP IS ALSO INCREDIBLY SOUGHT AFTER - AS IT FEATURES ERIC CLAPTON ON GUITAR!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1971 UK 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS RED/MAROON (PLUM) ATLANTIC LABEL, 1ST PRESS 1A/1B MATRIXES, 1ST PRESS 'PICTURE' INNER SLEEVE, 1ST PRESS 'LYRIC' INSERT, AND 1ST PRESS GATEFOLD 'E.J.DAY' SOFT CARD 'TEXTURED' COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!! This is the ORIGINAL Atlantic UK 1st Pressing from 1971 and is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is 2401 013 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Atlantic Label (see picture) and is a UK 1971 Stereo 1st Pressing (there were NO Monos)!!!! 

The record labels are in AWESOME 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 SUPERB condition!!!!  Most of these 60s/70s 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, only 1 MEGA light TINY 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 LOOKS SUPERB!!!!  It is 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 and VERY occassional gap - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade Excellent+ if not better!!!!  SUPERB 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 'Picture' inner sleeve which is in absolutely SUPERB condition with NO rips, NO tears, NO 'fraying' to the opening edge, NO ringwear, barely ANY creases AT ALL, NO rubbing, NO edgewear, and NO splits!!!!  What a SUPERB conditioned 'Picture' inner sleeve that MUST grade Excellent+ if not better!!!!  THE MEGA RARE 'LYRIC' INSERT IS IN ABSOLUTELY MINT CONDITION AND CLEARLY HASNT EVER LEFT THE COVER!!!!  The 1st Press Gatefold 'E.J.Day' Soft Card 'Textured' Cover is in absolutely BRILLIANT condition - and so hard to find like this!!!!  The cover has barely ANY edge wear AT ALL (virtually NONE!), only the VERY lightest spinal wear (side words ALL readable!), only VERY slight corner wear, absolutely NO rubbing & NO ringwear to the cover front AT ALL, absolutely NO ringwear to the cover back AT ALL, NO rubbing to the cover back (apart from 2 or 3 absolutely TINY traces in the bottom left corner - IMPOSSIBLE to notice!), barely ANY creases AT ALL (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), NO sticker tears AT ALL, NO splits, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edges are beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!!  Even the 'textured' inside of the cover is in absolutely PERFECT condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, NO rubbing, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must MEGA STRICTLY grade Very Good++++ if not better and is virtually IMPOSSIBLE to find like this!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING 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 1971 UK 1ST PRESSING OF "STEPHEN STILLS 2" BY STEPHEN STILLS, 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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