THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.1968 CBS MONO+INNER+A1/B1 MATRIX.SO RARE IN MONO

	£		28
	$		37

ATTENTION 1960s PSYCHEDELIC ROCK ALBUM COLLECTORS!     

HERE IS AN ORIGINAL 1968 1ST MONO ISSUE OF THE DEBUT/SELF-TITLED AND BRILLIANT ALBUM BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHICH FAILED TO CHART IN THE UK WITH VERY LITTLE ATTENTION OR SALES AND WAS PROBABLY DELETED WITHIN A FEW MONTHS OF ISSUE AS MOST DEALERS WOULD ONLY OBTAIN IT TO SPECIAL ORDER WITH HARDLY ANY MONO COPIES MADE AT ALL! SUPERB,BASS FILLED,GUTSY MIXES AS ONLY MONO CAN PROVIDE!. PRETTY MUCH ALSO IGNORED IN THE USA WHERE IT ONLY REACHED #181,ONLY LATER TO BECOME A CULT ALBUM IN LATER YEARS WHEN IT WAS REISSUED AND THERE WAS ONLY A STEREO ISSUE IN THE USA. BY 1968,EVEN THE MOST BASIC MODERN MONO RECORD PLAYERS HAD COMPATIBLE CARTRIDGES FITTED FOR SAFELY PLAYING STEREO LPs REDUCING DRAMATICALLY THE DEMAND FOR MONO COPIES. HARDLY ANY EXIST 49 YEARS LATER IN MONO OR STEREO!

THIS IS THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE UK MONO PRESSING HAVING THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE A1/B1 MATRIXES AND THE BOXED LOGOS LABELS. THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE CBS LPs ADVERT INNER SLEEVE FROM 1968 WHICH WAS CHANGED A FEW MONTHS LATER TO A TOTALLY DIFFERENT DESIGN! SO YOU WILL SEE EVERYTHING ADDS UP CORRECTLY TO THE EARLIEST UK MONO ISSUE OF THIS  LP! IT VERY RARELY TURNS UP IN SUPERB CONDITION AS IN THIS EXAMPLE!.

 NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH LATER REISSUES THAT EXIST-THIS IS THE ORIGINAL UK MONO 1ST ISSUE! MOST BUYING LPs IN 1968 WERE USING OLD,HEAVY EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD WEAR OUT ANY RECORD VERY QUICKLY INDEED.DIRECT FROM THE COLLECTION OF A MAJOR COLLECTOR WHO HAS FINALLY DECIDED TO SELL HAVING CARED AND CHERISHED HIS RECORDS-MOST BOUGHT NEW AT THE TIME WITH MINIMAL PLAYS AS OFTEN THE CASE WITH LARGE COLLECTIONS.THEY WERE STORED UPRIGHT ON STRONG SHELVING AWAY FROM LIGHT,HEAT,DAMP AND THE PREVIOUS OWNER WAS A NON-SMOKER!  THIS IMPRESSIVE EXAMPLE HAS AMAZINGLY HAD VERY CAREFUL USE IN NEARLY 49 YEARS!  LOCATING A REALLY OUTSTANDING 1968 MONO EDITION IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE AS THE MAJORITY OF COPIES WERE PLAYED OVER AND OVER AGAIN CAUSING MAJOR DISTORTION AND GENERAL WEAR.THIS COPY HAS HAD SOME CAREFUL USE WITH GLEAMING SURFACES.THERE ARE A FEW MINOR SURFACE MARKS VISIBLE BUT APART FROM A COUPLE OF VERY SHORT LIVED CLICKS,THERE IS HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE. THE 1968 PRESSINGS HAVE FAR MORE BASS THAN THE LATER REISSUES. THE RECORD HAS NO STICKS OR JUMPS.STRICTLY AND SERIOUSLY GRADED AS NEAR EXCELLENT CONDITION BUT MOST OF THE DISC IS EXCELLENT! THICK VINYL.THERE IS HARDLY ANY SPINDLE WEAR AND NO LABEL WRITING,STAINING,RIPS OR DEFACEMENT!  THE CBS LPs ADVERT INNER(THE CORRECT ONE FOR 1968) HAS A FEW CREASES AND A SMALL SPLIT AT THE BOTTOM EDGE BUT NO WRITING OR REPAIRS.THE LAMINATED FRONT COVER HAS A FEW SMALL CREASES,SOME STAINING MAINLY AT THE BACK BUT NO WRITING,RIPS OR REPAIRS!  PLEASE SEE ALL THE PHOTOS SHOWING THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE COVER AND BOTH LABELS! NOTHING TO HIDE! A LOW,REALISTIC £12 STARTING PRICE WITH MORE LPs FROM ME FOR  AUCTION ON EBAY THIS WEEK AND TO FOLLOW.CHECK THEM OUT!.  PERSONAL COLLECTION IS WELCOME FROM MY SHOP IN NORWICH AT A MUTUALLY CONVENIENT TIME.

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