BABE RUTH VERY RARE 1K 1974 HARVEST 1st AMAR CABALLERO

	£		42
	$		55

Mega Rare Original 1974 Harvest Records UK TRUE 1st Pressing (A1//B1 Matrix) 'Amar Caballero' by the Awesome Babe Ruth!!! Absolutely Stunning Unblemished 1st Press Thick & Chunky Vinyl!!! Complete with 1st Press Laminated Garrod & Lofthouse Gatefold Sleeve!!! Amazing Lost Progressive Classic on Harvest!!! Very, Very Rare as a True UK 1st Pressing and Almost impossible to Find in This Condition!!!

You are bidding on a STUNNING UK Harvest 1st Pressing (A1//B1 & 'Gramophone Co.' text) of 'Amar Caballero', by the awesome Babe Ruth! What can I say about this record - it is pure bluesy progressive bliss from start to finish!!! If you have never heard this band before - this is the place to start. Formed in Hatfield, UK, this band featured the powerful bluesy vocals of the beautiful Janita Haan. As more people are discovering Babe Ruth,  you will soon be paying big money to own this, a Mint- Harvest 1st pressing of Amar Caballero.  What make this particular record so very rare is firstly that it is the EARLIEST UK Harvest 1st Pressing, secondly it is in STUNNING Ex++ vinyl condition!!! Firstly and perhaps most importantly, it has the correct A1//B1 matrix identifying it as the first record pressed from the master. Secondly it has all the correct label information; with the inclusion of the rim text beginning with 'The Gramophone Co.' As it was made after the EMI box was introduced to the label - this record was never made without the EMI logo.  Is also important to note that this record is fully complete with its TRUE UK 1st press non-laminated Garrod & Lofthouse gatefold Sleeve and UK patents inner sleeve!!! When this album turns up today it is almost always trashed; in terrible condition with lots of marks & scratches etc. This one IS NOT!!! Aside from being the true UK 1st pressing, what makes this one SO rare is its STUNNING condition!!! It has no marks to the playing surfaces whatsoever save for the almost invisible paper line and that's it!!! This record grades as a Ex++!!! You will not find a better 1st press example of this Prog. Classic!!! A truly beautiful 1st press example of this increasingly rare album, don't miss it!!! Again, I cannot stress how rare this album is to find as a true Extra Thick & Chunky UK Harvest 1st press with A1//B1 Matrix and non laminated Garrod & Lofthouse Gatefold Sleeve!!!

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Cat No:

SHVL 812

1st Press Matrix:

Side 1 - SHVL 812 A1

Side 2 -  SHVL 812 B1

The Classic yellow/green centre labels are in great condition with NO Tears, NO Peeling, NO Scribbles and NO unwanted writing of any kind!!! There are just some spindle traces and that's it!!! The gramophone rims containing the all important matrix's are MINT!!! This record was only pressed in very small quantities back in the early 1970's. And most of these UK Harvest 1st pressings were played to death and only turn up today full of scratches with a dull sheen and totally worn out. This one is NOT and the record stills retains a beautiful deep mirror-like sheen!!! The thick & chunky super heavy 1st press vinyl is in superb condition!!! It has NO Scratches, NO scuffing, NO Groove-wear and NO warping!!! Just the standard almost invisible wisps from removing the disc from the inner sleeve, almost invisible unless holding the record up to a window and completely non sounding!!! The record still retains ALL its original gloss and shine and has NO dulling and NO nasty greying of the grooves!!! ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!! This record must PROPERLY grade Excellent if not better!!! I refuse to over-grade any of my records!!!  It also plays superbly, nice and quiet with just the very occasional and very low level pop, that can only be heard between tracks and can in no way be heard over the music, except for the very quietest tracks, such as 'Baby Pride', where there is very faint background crackle. I refuse to over-grade any of my records!!! The classic 1st Press matt un-laminated Garrod & Lofthouse sleeve is simply stunning!!!!  Due to non lamination, these sleeves suffered severe wear and always turn up worn out and really nasty looking with bashed corners and splits etc. This one however is simply stunning, and is the best 1st press sleeve I have ever come across, (it is much better than most of the later sleeves!!!)  It retains ALL of its factory pressed satin textured finish!!! There are NO Tears, NO Scribbles and NO unwanted writing of any kind!!!  The corners are super sharp retaining and it has retained 100% of its just pressed box shape (I have tried to show this on the images) It is completely blemish free. This mega rare sleeve easily grades as Excellent, it's as simple as that (most would grade it Nr Mint but I prefer to under-grade!!!)  Comes complete with its ORIGINAL Inner sleeve with correct 'Patent No' and 'Made in Gt. Britain' text. The inner is perfect with NO nasty creasing, NO discolouration and NO writing/scribbles!!!!!! This really is a one off chance to own a superb example of this the scarce UK Press of this rare and classic Harvest LP. This record hardly ever turns up nowadays. Check out our feedback and bid with confidence as this is a no reserve auction with a very low starting price! 

I will be selling my entire UK 1st Press collection of 1960/70's Psych/Prog./Rock & Folk over the coming months, most of these records are in Mint- condition and each have 3 figure book prices. All will be listed here on eBay UK at a £2.99 start with No Reserve - bookmark my pages. Like the vast majority of my collection, this record has been archived upright in a thick outer PVC sleeve in a smoke & damp free environment for the best part of 20-30 years!

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