BLOOD,SWEAT AND TEARS:"2ND LP".1968 CBS MONO+ROUGH TEXTURED BOX LOGOS+GATEFOLD.

	£		20
	$		27

ATTENTION PROGRESSIVE ROCK COLLECTORS!HERE IS AN ORIGINAL 1ST MONO 1968 UK EDITION OF THE 2ND BLOOD,SWEAT AND TEARS ALBUM THAT USUALLY TURNS UP IN STEREO- HARDLY ANY MONO COPIES WERE MADE AND I AM SURE THERE WAS NO MONO ISSUED IN THE USA! CBS WERE ONE OF THE FIRST COMPANIES IN THE UK TO PHASE OUT MONO LPs,WITH ONLY THE BIGGEST SELLING ARTISTS STILL HAVING MONO VERSIONS ISSUED FROM 1968 ONWARDS. MANY DEALERS WOULD ONLY OBTAIN THEM TO SPECIAL ORDER. THOSE THAT WERE STICKING WITH MONO IN 1968 WOULD IN MOST CASES PLAY RECORDS ON OLD AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT WITH THE RECORDS SURVIVING IN TERRIBLE CONDITION RESULTING IN GENUINE 1ST PRESSINGS LIKE THIS STRICTLY GRADED EXCELLENT+++ EXAMPLE BEING KEENLY SOUGHT AFTER.SOUNDS REALLY PUNCHY IN MONO ESPECIALLY THE "PHASING" EFFECTS! IT'S THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE UK MONO ISSUE ON THE THICK PRESSED CBS"ROUGH TEXTURED"BOXED LOGO LABEL WITH THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE A1/B1 MATRIXES UNLIKE LATER REPRESES! CBS M 63504. STRICTLY GRADED AS EXCELLENT++++ CONDITION DUE TO A COUPLE OF FAINT SURFACE MARKS BUT THAT IS BEING VERY STRICT-IT'S BORDERLINE NEAR MINT!  CLEARLY A COPY THAT HAS NOT HAD MANY PLAYS! NO CLICKS! NO JUMPS AND NO STICKS! VERY CLEAR SOUND INDEED!

MOST COPIES THAT WERE SOLD 45 YEARS AGO IN 1968 WERE OFTEN PLAYED A LOT USUALLY USING ANCIENT,HEAVY AND AWFUL EQUIPMENT,SOMETIMES TAKEN TO PARTIES RESULTING IN ALL SORTS OF DAMAGE.

THE GATEFOLD COVER IS VERY CLEAN AND JUST A FEW ULTRA TINY EDGE CREASES AND A LITTLE "DAMP RIPPLING" AT THE BACK BUT NO WRITING,STAINING,RIPS,REPAIRS AND THE SPINE DETAILS ARE EASY TO READ.

THE ORIGINAL AND CORRECT CBS LPs INNER SLEEVE IS IN PRISTINE AND CLEAN CONDITION. THIS COPY IS WELL WORTH CONSIDERATION AT MY REALISTIC,LOW STARTING PRICE OF  £12! PLEASE SEE THE PHOTOS OF THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE COVER+BOTH LABELS! NOTHING TO HIDE!NO HORRIBLE SMOKE OR DAMP SMELL AS SO OFTEN THE CASE WITH SUCH OLD LPs!THIS 1ST ISSUE FROM 1968 HAS FAR MORE BASS AND MUCH THICKER VINYL AS WELL AS A MUCH THICKER COVER THAN LATER 1970s and 1980s REISSUES WHICH HAD WAFER THIN VINYL!GREAT VOCALS AND GUITARWORK WITH  WARM SOUNDING VINYL + AMAZING BASS!

GREAT INVESTMENT!!!

READ ON CAREFULLY FOR ALL THE INFORMATION ON THIS GEM!! 

YOU MIGHT FIND CHEAPER COPIES BUT I DOUBT THEY WILL BE AS GOOD AS THIS EXAMPLE! 

YOU'LL LOVE IT FOR YEARS AND HOPEFULLY WILL RETURN TO ME AGAIN!   

SUPERB MONO SOUND PLUS THE ADDED ADVANTAGE OF THE BASS THAT CANNOT BE MATCHED ON CD!!

The previous owner was not a smoker and so this item doesn't stink of that dreadful stale smoke!!!!Lovely pressing!! Warm sound!!.

 I test on a lightweight pickup of approx 2 grammes and listen with the treble full on and no filtering or mono switch used.

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THIS COULD BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GET THIS  LP AS GOOD AS THIS!!

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