THE STOOGES Funhouse LP 1970 UK ELEKTRA (100% GENIUNE) RAREST EVER

	£		437
	$		579

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Stooges called "Funhouse" and is an ORIGINAL 1970 UK Pressing on the RAREST EVER Elektra label!!!!  AND MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT THE SHEER RARITY OF THIS LP!!!!  THIS IS A 100% GENIUNE UK PRESSING FROM 1970 (AND NOT LATER!) AND IS COMPLETELY UNDOCUMENTED!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS EASILY THE STOOGES RAREST UK LP EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1969 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED IN THE UK - 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 EVEN RARER STILL - IS THAT IT IS THE RAREST UK PRESSING EVER MADE, AND IS COMPLETELY UNDOCUMENTED IN ANY GUIDE BOOK!!!!  I WILL EXPLAIN JUST HOW RARE THIS LP REALLY IS:-

THIS LP IS SEEN VERY OFTEN INDEED IN LATER FORMATS - CANADIAN, FRENCH, GERMAN, U.S. - YOU LOOK FOR IT, AND YOU WILL PROBABLY FIND IT.  BUT WHAT YOU ALMOST NEVER SEE - IS A 100% ORIGINAL UK PRESSING FROM 1970!!!  WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS ONE IS!!!!  HOWEVER - THIS ONE HAS THE ADDED BONUS OF BEING COMPLETELY UNDOCUMENTED IN ANY GUIDE BOOK!!!!  WHEN THIS LP WAS RELEASED IN THE UK IN JULY 1969 IT WAS FIRST RELEASED ON THE RED ELEKTRA LABEL AND SOLD TERRIBLY (ONLY A FEW HUNDRED COPIES).  AND ACCORDING TO GUIDE BOOKS IT WAS DELETED AND THEN NOT RE-ISSUED AGAIN UNTIL 1977.  HOWEVER - THIS IS COMPLETELY UNTRUE - AS THIS PRESSING CLEARLY SHOWS!!!!  IN SEPTEMBER 1970 (ONLY 2 MONTHS AFTER RELEASE!) ELEKTRA DROPPED THEIR RED ELEKTRA LABELS AND REPLACED THEM WITH THE ELEKTRA 'BUTTERFLY' LABELS INSTEAD.  HOWEVER AT THIS POINT ELEKTRA STILL USED THEIR 1ST PRESS 'EKS 74071' CAT NUMBER - WITH APPLIED TO 1970 PRESSINGS ONLY - AS IN DECEMBER 1970 (JUST AFTER THE DOORS '13' LP WAS RELEASED!), THIS 'EKS' CAT NUMBER WAS DROPPED AND ALL NUMBERS THEN CHANGED TO THE COMMON 'K SERIES' CAT NUMBERS THAT FOLLOWED THROUGHOUT THE 1970s!!!!  HOWEVER THIS LP HAD ALREADY BEEN DELETED BY THEN - AND WAS NEVER RE-ISSUED AGAIN UNTIL 1977!!!!  AND AT FIRST GLANCE - YOU MIGHT THINK THIS IS JUST ANOTHER 1977 'K-SERIES' RE-ISSUE.  BUT IF YOU LOOK CAREFULLY AT THE LABELS & COVER - YOU CAN VERY CLEARLY SEE IT HAS PRINTED 'EKS 74071' WHICH DATES THIS LP EXACTLY TO SEPTEMBER 1970 ONLY 2 MONTHS AFTER THE RELEASE DATE!!!!  AND THIS MAKES THIS LP THE RAREST UK PRESSING EVER MADE - AND I WAS QUITE SIMPLY AMAZED WHEN I FOUND IT!!!!  AND THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT IT IS THE RAREST PRESSING EVER MADE!!!!  AS THIS LP WAS DELETED FOR 7 YEARS STRAIGHT AFTER THESE EKS 74071 'BUTTERFLY' LABELS CAME INTO EXISTENCE IN SEPTEMBER 1970 - CLEARLY ONLY 1 BATCH WAS EVER MADE (PROBABLY 300 COPIES OR LESS!)!!!!  AND IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING - THAT THIS LP ALSO HAS A 100% GENIUNE UK 1ST PRESS 'E.J.DAY' COVER ASWELL!!!!  YOU WILL NO DOUBT SEE MANY MUCH LATER RE-ISSUES OF THIS LP FROM MANY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES FOR MANY YEARS TO COME - BUT THE CHANCES OF EVER FINDING ANOTHER 100% GENIUNE 'RAREST EVER' UK PRESSING FROM SEPTEMBER 1970 AGAIN IS VIRTUALLY ZERO!!!!  SO THERE ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS IS THE ALL TIME RAREST UK PRESSING OF THIS LP EVER (100% GENIUNE FROM 1970!) AND IS EASILY THE RAREST VERSION OF THIS LP ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD TODAY!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION (WITH A SUPERB RECORD & A VERY PRESENTABLE COVER!) - AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1970 UK PRESSING ON THE 'RAREST EVER' EKS 74071 ELEKTRA 'BUTTERFLY' LABEL, ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS 'E.J.DAY' 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 Elektra UK Pressing from 1970 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is EKS 74071 on the ORIGINAL Elektra label (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 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 SUPERB 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, NO hairlines, NO scufflines, 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 also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO pops, NO jumps, NO sticks, 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 distortion and NO groovewear 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 inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'E.J.Day' Cover is in GREAT condition - and is very VERY presentable indeed (see pictures!)!!!!  It has NO rips, NO tears, only VERY slight 'touching in' to the edges & spine (this is VERY well done indeed!), only slight corner wear (NOT through the colour), only a few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking!), barely ANY rubbing, only a TINY grubby residue trace on a TINY part of the 'Stooges' title (this is absolutely NOT a sticker tear and looks to be the remains of a TINY sticker!), and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the back of the cover is in GREAT condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, barely ANY rubbing, an EXTREMELY well done 'touched in' area to the top right, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good (PROPERLY graded, NOT trashed!) if not better - and is VERY presentable indeed (see pictures!)!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE - SO 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 1970 UK PRESSING OF "FUNHOUSE" BY THE STOOGES, 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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