THE LEFT BANKE 1st LP 1967 MONO 1st Press SUPERB
  £   278
  $   332

 


£ 278 Sold For
Feb 9, 2009 Sold Date
Feb 4, 2009 Start Date
£   3 Start price
23   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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PLEASE NOTE - It seems a few buyers are getting a little confused with my listings - especially with the large amounts of 'Buy It Now's/Best Offers' I have on sale!  Please remember I will ALWAYS be continuing my AUCTION listings every week with items of the highest quality - so if you want to look at my auction items ONLY - simply click the 'Auctions Only' button at the top of my listings to view Auctions only!  On the other hand I do have some VERY fine and VERY rare items (at VERY reasonable prices!) in my 'Buy It Now/Best Offer' listings - so this may be still worth a look even if you are usually only interested in Auctions only!  And remember that any of my 'Buy It Now' items are always open to any offers through the ebay function!  Thanks for reading this message - and now please read on about this AMAZING item below!!!!

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Left Banke called 'Walk Away Renee / Pretty Ballerina' and is an ORIGINAL 1967 UK MONO 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Philips label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST & MOST SOUGHT AFTER PSYCH LPS EVER RELEASED - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  IN FACT, THERE IS NO DOUBT AT ALL THAT THIS IS THE RAREST & HARDEST TO FIND UK RELEASED PSYCH LP EVER MADE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1967 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 REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION!!!!  AND THIS IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  THE RECORD IS IN SUPERB CONDITION AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL, THE INNER SLEEVE IS SIMPLY STUNNING, AND THE FLIPBACK LAMINATED COVER IS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!!!  THERE IS NO DOUBT AT ALL, THAT FINDING THIS LP IN ANY CONDITION IS NEAR TO IMPOSSIBLE - BUT FINDING A UK MONO 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP IN THIS SUPERB CONDITION IS COMPLETELY UNHEARD OF!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1967 UK MONO 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS PHILIPS LABEL, 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS FLIPBACK LAMINATED 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 Philips UK 1st Pressing from 1967 and is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is BL 7773 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Philips Label (see picture) and is a UK MONO 1st Pressing!!!! 

The 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 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 with NO pops, 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 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 comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The 1st Press Flipback Laminated Cover is in absolutely BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only slight corner wear (NOT through the colour), only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), STUNNING shiny laminate, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!!  Even the unlaminated back of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, NO ringwear, only 1 VERY small creaseline to the EXTREME bottom right flipback ONLY, NO rubbing, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must MEGA STRICTLY grade Very Good++++ if not better and is very VERY close to a grade above!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING 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 1967 UK 1ST PRESSING OF "WALK AWAY RENEE / PRETTY BALLERINA" BY THE LEFT BANKE, IN SUPERB 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. P&P £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World (Postal discounts are available - see below for details).  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

 

 

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