THE BYRDS Mr Tambourine Man RARER ORIG UK 1965 Nr EX MONO LP, LOVELY SOUND.

	£		52
	$		69

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Artist or Band: THE BYRDS

Album Title: Mr Tambourine Man

Producer(s): Terry Melcher

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: Mr. Tambourine Man; I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better; Spanish Harlem Incident; You Won’t Have to Cry; Here Without You; The Bells of Rhymney.

Side 2: All I Really Want to Do; I Knew I’d Want You; It’s No Use; Don’t Doubt Yourself, Babe; Chimes of Freedom; We’ll Meet Again.

Label/Format: CBS, first issue format with matt rough textured surfaces and the 33 speed indicator.

Label Conditions: Both very clean, fresh and attractive with only a few light, fine and faint spindle marks and no wear around the hole area.

Catalogue Number: 62571

Mode / Speed: Mono / 33.3 rpm.

Warps: Assume all records I offer have no warping of any significance and all tracking is easy and effortless and should play on all turntables and even ‘budget’ decks.

Weight of this Record: 144 grams.

Country of Manufacture: England

Rarity: Very first issue UK copies in better condition are more difficult to find.

Original Year of Release: 1965

Matrix Nos: 62571-1A-1 / 62571-1B-1

Musicians: Jim McGuinn – lead guitar, vocals; Gene Clark – rhythm guitar, tambourine, vocals; David Crosby – rhythm guitar, vocals; Chris Hillman – electric bass; Michael Clarke – drums. With: Jerry Cole – rhythm guitar; Larry Knechtel – electric bass; Leon Russell – electric piano; Hal Blaine – drums.

Brief Info: The first Byrds album and one that bought a new unique sound to popular music. They skillfully blended folk-rock which soon included elements of psychedelia. It includes four classic covers by Bob Dylan as well as original material. It proved popular and sold quite well. This an impressive original UK mono copy that plays very well with a very attractive cover.

Cover Grade and Format: EXCELLENT: or close to. A single format with front laminate, this covers all the folds and ends on the back on three large flipbacks. The main back panel is matt and smooth. Printed and made in England, uncredited. Includes the 075 (July, 1965) date-coded inner sleeve.

Lamination & Front: The famous fish eye band cover graphic looks superb and this area close to faultless. The laminate retains respectable shine and clarity with no lifting. Some modest dulling seen under light but with minimal creasing at all. A laminate crinkle, possibly a mild scuff is seen on the lower edge towards the left corner. For a cover this great age, this has fared well overall.

Cover Back: Lightly darkened mostly near left to politely remind of age but the main matt panel is little else to really fault apart. The three flipbacks are solid and neat and have no grime or burring of their laminate ends. Also very few creases on the laminate areas. Also note this has the early mono text below the CBS logo on the top right.

Top Edge: Thin, but still straight and smooth with hardly any trace of wear.

Bottom Edge: Quite straight with some modest traces of friction rubbing to the laminate, mostly seen end on. The laminate is very close to being fully intact, thus the black surface has barely worn.

Right Edge(s), and Type: Still quite sharp with any thickening modestly light, the front edge especially is impressively sharp. Record enters on this edge.

Spine and Text: Solid, straight with negligible compression. The text is mostly unworn with just a small chip that has lost the ‘N’ in ‘MAN’ as seen. That apart, the laminate is fully intact with just a little patchy discolouration beneath.

Corners: Any tip rubs small and mostly light, very fine or better shape retained with no major knocks.

Cover Summary: A strong all-round example of this classic mid-1960’s cover, one that will prove difficult to find much better. This still attractive item should please many collectors.

The Inner Sleeve: EXCELLENT(–): moderate discolouration of the white paper is seldom avoided on a 55-year-old inner sleeve, and this was manufactured in July 1965 as the 075 date-code shows. There is a moderate crease to the lower right corner area with no others of note. The polylining is still clear and fresh as seen through two undamaged window circles, also the edges are naturally intact. It includes the ‘British Patent No. 800513’ reference as well as ‘British & Other Patents Pending’ text.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: NEAR EXCELLENT: and arguably better. A very fine visual copy that is very clean with equally fine shine and quite heavily pressed. A copy with modest plays on all the evidence with any surface marks few, mostly very light, wispy and faint as seen critically under bright light. No penetrating stylus scratches, viewed in average room light, few even register. Visually a lovely vintage record that should please many collectors.

Album Played For Grading: Yes. [I play ALL records I offer before submitting to Ebay, also the record is played in its entirety unless clearly stated otherwise. I do NOT play snippets or joining grooves to check for sound quality and quietness – I play from the beginning to end via clinically revealing equipment, all listed further down.]

Sound Quality and Audio Grading: This quality album plays even above it’s high visual grading with little to fault. Offering strong, distortion-free sound, all frequencies are sharp and clear – sound quality is very high with a wide dynamic range and very detailed sound. Any surface sounds are minimal indeed – a couple or three light clicks only – two of which on the a joining groove – and this is a very clean pressing with no tracking issues* or inherent pressing noises. Mono records of this era are never easy to find this clean and few available copies will outperform this early first pressing I feel sure. Both channels are clean and sharp when played on a standard stereo system. I am certain this record has been played only lightly and has been generally well stored and carefully handled. Nothing of any real note spoilt my pleasure when play-grading this lovely record. It will prove difficult to find significantly better and can be strongly recommended.

* As played-graded on a high-end Linn LP12 Sondek turntable with Ittok Mk II arm and Ortofon Quintet Black moving coil cartridge tracking at 2 grams. Records are a ‘contact’ format, and few will avoid the odd minor sound blemish.

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Deck: Linn LP12/Hercules/Cirkus with Ittok Mk II arm and Ortofon Quintet Black moving coil cartridge (tracks at 2 grams). Amps: Naim Supernait 2 with Project USB phono stage and Tellerium Black interconnects. Speakers: B&W 805 Nautilus (bi-wired with Tellurium Black terminated cable) with REL subwoofer. All records I offer on Ebay are cleaned on a professional Nessie vacuum machine before play-grading for the cleanest and best possible sound and will include a brand new lined inner and protective cover too. Pictures taken with a Nikon D7500 DSLR Camera.

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