STRAWBS Bursting At The Seams LP 1973 A&M 1st Press + INNER SILVER FOIL COVER

	£		113
	$		150

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Strawbs called "Bursting At The Seams" and is an ORIGINAL 1973 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press 'Mustard' A&M label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE STRAWBS RAREST LPs EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1973 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!!!!  THIS LP IS MADE EVEN RARER STILL - AS IT IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE, WITH A 'SILVER FOIL' COVER (OVERLAID IN BLACK), AND 'SILVER' LYRIC INNER SLEEVE (LATER ONES DONT - THEY HAVE STANDARD COVERS INSTEAD!)!!!!

BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL - IS THAT IT IS IN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING CONDITION!!!!  AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  THIS LP COMES FROM AN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING COLLECTION OF LPs, FROM SOMEONE WHO WAS VERY HIGH UP IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS BACK IN THE LATE 1960s & EARLY 1970s!!!!  ALL OF HIS RECORDS WERE RECIEVED DIRECT FROM THE FACTORY AND STORED OUT OF THE LIGHT (VERTICALLY IN CLOSED BOXES!) AND REMAINED IN PLASTIC SLEEVES SINCE NEW!!!!  ALL WERE COMPLETELY UNPLAYED, BARELY PLAYED, OR VERY LIGHTLY PLAYED INDEED!!!!  AS A RESULT THIS RECORD HAS REMAINED IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION - AS IT HASNT SEEN THE LIGHT OF DAY SINCE THE YEAR IT WAS MADE!!!!  AND IN THIS LPs CASE - INCREDIBLY, THE RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL (AND IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION!), THE 'SILVER' INNER SLEEVE IS ABSOLUTELY AWESOME, AND THE 'SILVER FOIL' COVER IS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES - THIS IS SURELY ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES LEFT IN EXISTENCE (ESPECIALLY THE COVER - IT IS SUPER HARD TO FIND LIKE THIS!)!!!! 

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1973 UK 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS 'MUSTARD' A&M LABEL, 1ST PRESS 'SILVER' LYRIC INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS 'MacNEILL' SILVER FOIL 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 A&M UK 1st Pressing from 1973 and is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is AMLH 68144 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press A&M 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 BRILLIANT 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, NO scufflines, only 2 or 3 absolutely ULTRA light surface traces, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  The only detail to mention on this record - is that it has a few VERY small 'pressing marks', which are 100% DEFINITELY from manufacture, part of the vinyl itself, and commonly found on A&M pressings from this period!!!!  And although I will drop half a grade for this - this is EXACTLY how the record was made!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOKS SUPERB!!!!  It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, barely ANY clicks, NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!!  BRILLIANT RECORD!!!!   THE ULTRA RARE 'SILVER' LYRIC INNER IS IN ABSOLUTELY AWESOME CONDITION - AND HAS BARELY EVER BEEN USED AT ALL!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'MacNeill' Silver Foil Cover is in absolutely SUPERB condition - and EASILY the best conditioned cover I have EVER seen for this LP!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear (PERFECT side words & black colour!), only VERY slight corner wear, NO splits, barely ANY creases AT ALL (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), NO rips, NO tears, NO ringwear, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the back of the cover is in SUPERB condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, NO ringwear, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Excellent+ if not better!!!!  SUPERB COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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