CREAM Disraeli Gears LP 1967 EARLIEST 1st Press RARE
  £   180
  $   239

 


£ 180 Sold For
Jun 11, 2006 Sold Date
Jun 4, 2006 Start Date
£   3 Start price
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On offer here is a very VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Cream called 'Disraeli Gears' and is a 1967 UK 'Earliest' 1st pressing on the VERY 'earliest possible' Reaction labels!!!! THIS LP IS WITHOUT DOUBT THE RAREST POSSIBLE VERSION OF ANY CREAM LP AND IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  IT IS ALSO IN STUNNING CONDITION AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO FIND LIKE THIS!!!!  BELOW I WILL EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHY THIS LP IS SO RARE. 

FIRSTLY THIS LP IS THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESSING EVER AND DIFFERS GREATLY TO ALL LATER PRESSINGS!!!!  I WILL EXPLAIN THE VERY IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES.  FIRSTLY THIS LP HAS 1/1 MATRIX ENDINGS (THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT - AND I WILL EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHY FURTHER BELOW)!!!!  SECONDLY THIS LP HAS ULTRA RARE DOUBLE 'MISCREDITED' LABELS WHICH WERE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY CORRECTED!!!!  IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE OF THE SIDE 1 LABEL - YOU CAN SEE THAT THE BOTTOM CREDIT (AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE LABEL) IS MISCREDITED TO 'WINDFALL MUSIC' - WHEREAS ON ALL LATER PRESSINGS THIS CREDIT WAS CORRECTED TO 'IMMEDIATE MUSIC'!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE OF THE SIDE 2 LABEL - YOU CAN SEE THAT THE BOTTOM CREDIT (AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE LABEL) IS MISCREDITED TO 'APPLE PUBLISHING' - WHEREAS LATER ON THIS CREDIT WAS CORRECTED TO 'COPYRIGHT CONTROL'!!!!  ALSO ON THIS SIDE 2 LABEL - IT HAS THE DATE '1967' - WHEREAS ON ALL LATER PRESSINGS THIS SUDDENLY CHANGED TO '1966'!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THE CENTRE OF EACH LABEL ON THIS 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING HAS 2 'RIDGES' AROUND THE CENTRE HOLE - WHEREAS ALL LATER PRESSINGS ONLY HAVE ONE!!!! IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE VINYL IS ALSO MUCH HEAVIER THAN ALL LATER PRESSINGS!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP HAS A 'SAMPLE' STICKER ON THE SIDE 1 LABEL - WHICH IS ALWAYS AN INDICATION OF A VERY VERY EARLY 1ST PRESSING INDEED!!!!  ONLY THE VERY 'EARLIEST' 1967 1ST PRESSINGS OF THIS LP HAVE 1/1 MATRIX ENDINGS, 2 'RIDGES' AROUND THE CENTRE HOLE, AND THESE MEGA RARE 'MISCREDITED' LABELS - AND ARE SERIOUSLY RARE!!!!  

AND OF COURSE - BEING THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESSING THIS LP HAS A FULLY LAMINATED COVER!!!!  AND THIS FULLY LAMINATED COVER IS AGAIN THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' (SEE PICTURES) WITH THE REACTION LOGO (BOTTOM LEFT ON REVERSE) IN WHITE (LATER ONES WERE IN BLACK) AND THE RIGHT HAND TRACK LISTING ON THE REVERSE & LEFT HAND CREDITS ALSO IN THE REVERSE IN WHITE (SEE PICTURE) WHEREAS LATER COVERS HAD THEM IN BLACK.  PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT 1ST PRESSINGS ONLY HAD FULLY LAMINATED COVERS LIKE THIS ONE - WITH THE LATER UNLAMINATED BACK COVERS DATING FROM 1968 ONWARDS. THIS IS WITHOUT ANY DOUBT THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' FULLY LAMINATED COVER FOR THIS LP!!!!

BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP THE RAREST CREAM LP OF ALL - IS THAT IT IS PRESSED IN MEGA RARE STEREO!!!!  THIS IS WITHOUT ANY DOUBT THE HARDEST EVER CREAM LP TO FIND AS A 'GENIUNE' 1967 STEREO 1ST PRESSING!!!!  FINDING A LATER STEREO PRESSING IS RELATIVELY EASY - BUT FINDING A GENIUNE FULLY LAMINATED STEREO 1ST PRESSING WITH ALL THE 1ST PRESS DETAILS GIVEN ABOVE (FOR COVER & RECORD) IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE!!!!  AND THIS IS WHERE THE MATRIX ENDINGS ON THIS LP ARE SO IMPORTANT!!!!  ON THIS LP ONLY THE VERY 'EARLIEST' STEREO 1ST PRESSINGS HAD 1/1 MATRIX ENDINGS AND THEY WERE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY CHANGED TO LATER MATRIXES STRAIGHT AFTER RELEASE!!!!  WHILST MONO MATRIX ENDINGS DIDNT CHANGE FOR AT LEAST A YEAR - STEREO MATRIXES WERE CHANGED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AND IT IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO FIND A GENIUNE 1/1 STEREO 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT OF COURSE IN 1967 VIRTUALLY NO ONE BOUGHT THIS LP IN STEREO (NEARLY ALL WERE MONO) AND MOST STEREO PRESSINGS WERE BOUGHT MUCH MUCH LATER ON IN 1968/69!!!!  EVERY OTHER CREAM LP IS RELATIVELY EASY TO FIND AS A STEREO 1ST PRESSING - BUT 'DISRAELI GEARS' IS WITHOUT ANY DOUBT THE RAREST POSSIBLE CREAM LP TO FIND AS A GENIUNE 1967 FULLY LAMINATED STEREO 1ST PRESSING AND IS SERIOUSLY RARE!!!!  

THIS IS THE 1967 UK 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' STEREO 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'MISCREDITED' STEREO REACTION LABELS, 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS FULLY LAMINATED 'PATENT PENDING' E.J.DAY STEREO COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO FIND IN THIS CONDITION, AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AS A GENIUNE 1967 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' STEREO 1ST PRESSING WITH THESE MEGA RARE DIFFERENCES - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS SERIOUSLY RARE OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is a UK Reaction 1st STEREO pressing from 1967 and is in STUNNING condition!!!! The record is pressed on MEGA THICK quality vinyl (MUCH thicker vinyl than ANY later pressing). The Cat. No is 594 003 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Blue Reaction Label (see picture) and is a UK STEREO 1st pressing!!!! All the tracks are pure quality Cream at their best!!!! Any fan of Cream, or 60s music in general, will want to have this in their collection!!!!

The record labels are in STUNNING condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and only a few light spindle marks!!!! The vinyl is in AWESOME 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, 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!!!! It is 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 record plays with CRYSTAL CLEAR sound quality with NO groovewear either and NO distortion!!!!  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 also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeve!!!!  The MEGA RARE 1st Press STEREO Fully Laminated E.J.Day 'Patents Pending' 1st Press Cover is in STUNNING condition!!!! The cover has barely ANY edge wear AT ALL (NOT through the colour), NO spinal wear, only slight corner wear (NOT through the colour), only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking), VERY shiny laminate, and NO writing!!!! The opening edge is beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!! Even the laminated back is in STUNNING condition with NO writing, NO grubbyness, NO wear, and NO yellowing!!!!  The cover must MEGA strictly grade Very Good++++ if not better and still looks STUNNING!!!!  THIS LP IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AS A GENIUNE 1967 STEREO 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING WITH A 'DOUBLE RIDGED' LABEL, 'MISCREDITED' LABELS, A FULLY LAMINATED COVER AND A/1 B/1 MATRIX ENDINGS!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE (ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION) - DONT MISS OUT ON THIS MEGA RARE 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 STEREO 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESSING OF "DISRAELI GEARS" BY CREAM, IN STUNNING 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.  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

 

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