THE FACES Nods As Good As A Wink LP 1971 W/B 1st TEST PRESS + PROOF COVER

	£		283
	$		375

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Faces called "A Nods As Good As A Wink To a Blind Horse" and is an ORIGINAL UK 1971 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Warner Bros label!!!!  THIS IS A MASSIVELY RARE LP AND THIS ONE IS PARTICULARLY SPECIAL!!!!  IN FACT - THIS SURELY HAS TO BE THE RAREST SMALL FACES / FACES / ROD STEWART RELATED LP YOU WILL EVER SEE!!!!  THIS LP IS A MEGA RARE 'TEST' PRESSING WITH THE EARLIEST 1ST PRESS MATRIX NUMBERS (A1/B1), 'WHITE TEST PRESS' LABELS, AND AN ULTRA RARE 'PROOF' GATEFOLD COVER!!!!  THIS LP WAS MADE FOR APPROVAL PRIOR TO THE RELEASE DATE - WITH ONLY 2 OR 3 COPIES EVER BEING MADE LIKE THIS!!!!  'PROOF' COVERS WERE NOT 'FINISHED' COVERS - AND WERE SIMPLY MADE FLAT IN 1 CARDBOARD SHEET.  THIS WAS DESIGNED SO THOSE IN CHARGE, COULD APPROVE THE COVER - AND ALSO LISTEN AND APPROVE THE RECORD.  CLEARLY IN THIS CASE THEY GOT IT BADLY WRONG - AS YOU WILL NOTICE THIS 'PROOF' COVER FEATURES THE 'WITHDRAWN' 1ST PRESS FACES COVER - WHICH WAS ONLY RELEASED FOR A TINY AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE BEING 'WITHDRAWN'!!!!  FOR ALTHOUGH A FEW WERE MADE LIKE THIS - IT WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY WITHDRAWN, BECAUSE THE PICTURE ON THE COVER FRONT WAS TOO SMALL (AND TOO HIGH UP THE COVER!) - AND THE CREDITS ON THE COVER BACK WERE INCORRECT (AND HALF WERE PRINTED IN BLACK - WHICH YOU COULDN'T SEE PROPERLY!)!!!!  THERE IS ALSO A 'FACTORY CORRECTION' IN THE 'MACHINE STAMPED' A1/B1 MATRIX (WHERE A STAMPED 'S' HAS BEEN CHANGED TO A 'K') - WHICH I DON'T THINK MADE IT OUT TO THE RELEASED VERSIONS!!!!  WHAT THIS DOES PROVE - IS THAT IT IS QUITE LITERALLY THE 'EARLIEST' & RAREST 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE (WITH THE 'WITHDRAWN' COVER PROOF!), AND SO FEW WERE MADE LIKE THIS - THAT IT IS ALMOST CERTAINLY UNIQUE!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION (WITH AN AWESOME RECORD!) - AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1971 UK 'EARLIEST' WITHDRAWN 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'WHITE TEST PRESS' LABELS, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'A1/B1' MATRIX ENDINGS (WITH FACTORY CORRECTION!), 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS GATEFOLD 'PROOF' 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 Warner Bros UK 1st Pressing from 1971 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is K 56006 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Warner Bros Label (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st Pressing (there were NO Monos!)!!!!

The MEGA RARE 'Test' Press White label 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 absolutely AWESOME 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 TINY surface traces, 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 AMAZING!!!!  It is great to find that the playing of the record is as STUNNING as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade MINT(Minus)!!!!  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 also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeve which is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The MEGA RARE 'Earliest' 1st Press 'Proof' Single Cardboard Gatefold Sleeve is in GREAT condition!!!!  Of course, unlike a normal cover - it is simply a flat piece of cardboard, and so attracts damage far more easily than a standard cover does!!!!  Even so, this one has survived in GREAT condition!!!!  The cover has NO rips, NO tears, only VERY slight edge wear, VERY nice main faces (with SUPERB colour!), slight spinal wear, NO spine splits, NO sticker marks, NO pinholes, some residue traces to the top/bottom edges, only a few VERY light creases, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL to the cover front, only VERY slight rubbing to the cover back, NO sticker tears, and NO writing!!!!  This ULTRA RARE 'Proof' Gatefold Cover must grade Very Good (PROPERLY graded, NOT trashed!) if not better - and is still a very VERY decent Proof cover indeed!!!!  THIS SURELY HAS TO BE ONE OF THE RAREST SMALL FACES / FACES / ROD STEWART RELATED LPS YOU WILL EVER SEE!!!!  IN FACT THIS LP COULD EVEN BE UNIQUE LIKE THIS (AND ALMOST CERTAINLY IS!)!!!!  IT WILL SURELY BE A VERY VERY LONG TIME (IF EVER) BEFORE YOU GET ANOTHER CHANCE TO OWN AN ULTRA RARE TEST PRESSING OF THIS LP WITH 'PROOF' SLEEVE!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE IN EVERY RESPECT - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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