VELVET UNDERGROUND "WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT" 1st US *VERVE* SEALED-SKULL COVER
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VELVET UNDERGROUND "WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT" MONSTER RARE ORIGINAL *STILL SEALED* US STEREO PRESSING FROM 1968 ON THE VERVE RECORDS LABEL Cat. No. V6-5046!!! HERE YOU HAVE IT, THE SECOND ALBUM FROM THE VELVETS - RECORDED IN LATE 1967 AT THE SCEPTER STUDIOS IN NEW YORK CITY & RELEASED IN JANUARY 1968!!! ON WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT YOU HAVE ALL - A DARK DRUGGY SOUND MIXED WITH DISTORTED GUITAR SOLOS, LONG EXPERIMANTAL JAMS ETC. HARD TO DESCRIBE BECAUSE NOTHING SOUNDS LIKE THE VELVETS BACK IN 1967!!! ONE THING IS SURE, YOU HAVE TO HEAR THIS RAW-BRAIN DESTROYING MASTERPIECE WITH TRACKS LIKE "THE GIFT" "LADY GODIVA´S OPERATION" "HERE SHE COMES NOW" "SISTER RAY" ON IT!!! WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS A 100% ORIGINAL STILL SEALED 1st US PRESSING ON THE VERVE RECORDS LABEL WITH THE "SKULL & BONES" COVER WHICH WAS ONLY USED FOR 1st PRESSINGS!!! STUNNING COPY, NEVER OPENED SINCE 1968 & YOUR FINAL UPGRADE, YOU´LL NOT FIND A BETTER ONE!!! UNLAMINATED THICK CARDBOARD COVER PRINTED IN THE USA!!! PLEASE NOTE: TO FIND THIS ALBUM STILL SEALED AFTER 44 YEARS IS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE & NOW I EXPLAIN WHY IT´S 100% THE ORIGINAL 1st PRESSING: THE FIRST THING TO NOTE IS THE THICKNESS OF THE COVER AND THE VINYL INSIDE (WHICH IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS MY OPENED 1st PRESSING!) THAN, MAYBE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING - THE "SKULL&BONES" ARTWORK VISIBLE ON FRONT COVER (IT WAS ONLY USED FOR 1st PRESSINGS & DELETED ON ALL LATER PRESSINGS!) ANOTHER POINT IS THE CELLOPHANE WHICH IS THICK AND FRAGILE (THIS MATERIAL WAS ONLY USED IN THE 60s!!! ON LATER AND-OR NEWER PRESSINGS THE CELLOPHANE IS MORE ELASTIC AND THIN)!!! IF YOU HAVE PLANNED TO OPEN THE ALBUM YOU´LL FIND INSIDE: EITHER THE STEREO 1st PRESSING ON BLUE/SILVER VERVE LABEL OR A YELLOW LABEL PROMO (THE CHANCES ARE APPR. 1% TO FIND A PROMO INSIDE BUT WHO KNOWS!)!!! ALL I CAN SAY IS USE THE OPPORTUNITY & TRY TO GET IT, MAYBE IT´S YOUR LAST CHANCE - GOOD LUCK!!! FINAL UPGRADE FOR SURE - 100% ORIGINAL STILL SEALED 1st PRESSING OF THIS KILLER ALBUM, WOW!!!
RECORD/COVER: MINT- (THERE ARE NO SEAM SPLITS ETC. - THE ORIGINAL PRICE STICKER IS STAPLED TO THE UPPER LEFT - A BIT OF THE SHRINK IS MISSING ON BACK, THE REST IS PERFECTLY SEALED!!! I ASSURE YOU THAT IT´S THE BEST COPY YOU´LL EVER FIND - THIS OPPURTUNITY COMES ONCE IN YOUR LIFETIME!!!)
I´M A VINYL LOVER!! ALL MY RECORDS ARE 100% STRICTLY AND CONSERVATIVE GRADED!!!
I´M LOCATED IN GERMANY AND WILL SHIP WORLDWIDE, SO PLEASE ASK FOR SHIPPING COSTS BEFORE BIDDING!!!
PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT MY OTHER AUCTIONS OF RARE AND HARD TO FIND 60s AND 70s VINYL!!!!
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