THEM Here Comes The Night LP 1965 UK EXPORT 1st Press DECCA TEST PRESS

	£		327
	$		433

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Them called "Here Comes The Night" and is an ORIGINAL 1965 UK MONO EXPORT 1st Pressing on the 1st Press 'Grooved' Decca 'Test Press' label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  IT IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE RAREST THEM LP EVER TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE - AND THE CHANCES OF EVER FINDING ANOTHER ONE OF THESE AGAIN - ARE VIRTUALLY ZERO!!!!   AND WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS THE 'EARLIEST' & RAREST EXPORT 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - AND ALMOST CERTAINLY UNIQUE!!!!  AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  THIS LP WAS MADE BY DECCA FOR EXPORT ONLY - STRICTLY FOR THE U.S. MARKET.  IT WAS MIXED AND RECORDED BY DECCA IN THE UK, AND ON RELEASE IN THE U.S. THE FIRST FEW 'STOCK COPIES' HAD RECORDS THAT WERE ACTUALLY MADE IN THE UK BY DECCA, AND MATCHED UP WITH U.S. COVERS.  IT WAS RELEASED IN THE U.S. IN JULY 1965, ON THE 'PARROT' LABEL UNDER THE MONO CAT NUMBER OF 'PA 61005' AND THE STEREO CAT NUMBER OF 'PAS 71005'.  HOWEVER - BEFORE THE U.S. RELEASE COULD HAPPEN, AND UK RECORDS STOCKPILED FOR THE U.S. MARKET, A 'TEST PRESSING' BY DECCA HAD TO BE MADE!!!!

THIS IS THE ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' PRE-EXPORT 'TEST PRESSING' OF THIS INCREDIBLE LP - AND HAS TO BE REGARDED AS THE RAREST THEM LP EVER TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD - EVER!!!!  U.S. PROMOs OF THIS LP ARE VERY COMMON INDEED (AS MANY HUNDREDS WERE PRESSED!) - BUT FINDING A UK MONO 'TEST PRESSING' OF THIS LEGENDARY LP IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE AS SO FEW WERE EVER MADE!!!!  THIS EXPORT 'TEST PRESSING' WAS MADE BY DECCA IN THE UK, AND WAS MADE SOLELY TO TEST THE SOUND QUALITY AND 'CUTTING' OF THE TRACKS PRIOR TO PRESSING BEGINNING!!!!  AND YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THE UK 'DECCA MADE' EXPORT 'TEST PRESS' LABEL IN MY PICTURES - WITH THE UK DECCA MATRIXES ON THE LABEL ('ARL 6801' & 'ARL 6802') AND THE U.S. CAT NUMBER FOR RELEASE:- 'PA 61005'!!!!  ONCE THE TEST PRESSING PASSED QUALITY CONTROL - ONLY THEN COULD THE GO AHEAD BE GIVEN FOR THE PRESSING TO BEGIN!!!!  AND IN THIS LPs CASE, AS THIS LP WAS 'UK EXPORT ONLY' - AND WAS NEVER RELEASED DOMESTICALLY - IT IS ALMOST CERTAIN THAT THIS 'TEST PRESSING' IS UNIQUE!!!!  SO MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT - THIS HAS TO BE THE ALL TIME RAREST THEM LPs EVER TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE - AND MUST BE REGARDED AS A TRUE 'ONCE IN A LIFETIME' OPPORTUNITY!!!!

AND CONFIRMING THAT THIS IS INDEED A 100% GENIUNE UK MONO EXPORT DECCA 'TEST PRESSING' - IT HAS THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1/B 1/B MOTHER & STAMPER CODINGS!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN BRILLIANT  CONDITION!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1965 UK 'TEST PRESS' MONO 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'TEST PRESS' DECCA LABEL, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 1/B 1/B MOTHER & STAMPER CODINGS, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS COVER!!!!  IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT EVEN THOUGH THE 'TEST PRESSING' IS UNDOUBTEDLY MONO - THE COVER IS STEREO, AS IT WAS OBTAINED FROM PARROT (AND SENT TO DECCA) BY THE 1 PREVIOUS OWNER AT THE DECCA FACTORY TO 'COMPLETE' THE LP, WHEN HE TOOK IT HOME SAVING IT FROM DESTRUCTION!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Decca UK 1st Pressing from 1965 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is PA 61005 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Decca label (see picture) and is a UK MONO 1st Pressing!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO tears, and only a VERY few light spindle marks!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in BRILLIANT 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 nasty concentric marks AT ALL, NO nasty 'tick' marks AT ALL, only 2 or 3 VERY light hairlines, NO scufflines, only 2 or 3 small surface marks, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND SHINES LIKE NEW!!!!  It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO skips, 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!!!!  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 comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeve which is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press Cover is in absolutely BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear (apart from 2 or 3 TINY 'touched in' traces and side words ALL readable!),  NO sticker marks, NO sticker tears, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), NO splits, barely ANY creases AT ALL (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), NO ringwear, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL (virtually ZERO!), NO rips, NO tears, 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 ringwear, barely ANY foxing, NO rubbing, NO yellowing, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!!  BRILLIANT 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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