Creedence Clearwater Revival CCR GREEN RIVER UK MINT -

	£		87
	$		115

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL -GREEN RIVER

IN ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT  CONDITION

ORIGINAL UK BLUE LIBERTY LABEL

• CATALOGUE:LBS83272
• MATRIX:LBS83272 A//2 420  /  B//2  420
• FIRST PRESS INDICATORS

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL AMAZINGLY RECORDED AND RELEASED 6 ALBUMS WITHIN A 2 YEAR SPAN FROM 1968-1970. IN FACT HERE IN THE UK THERE WERE 4 RELEASES IN 1969 WITH THE DEBUT ALBUM (RECORDED IN 1968) NOT ACTUALLY RELEASED IN THE UK UNTIL 1969, WHICH IS WHY IT IS 69 STAMPED ON THE LABEL

i have the third and 4th albums up for grabs this week, on the original blue liberty label

THE RECORD

 IT IS ONLY THE VERY FIRST PRESSES OF THE 1969 CCR ALBUMS THAT YOU WILL FIND ON THE RARE BLUE LIBERTY LABEL, ALL THE REISSUES WERE ON THE BLACK BLABEL

THE LABELS

THE 2 SHADES OF BLUE ARE IN TOP CONDITION. THE BASE COLOUR FULLY EXTENDS INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE AND THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS BOTH UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE IS JUST ONE MINISCULE SPIDER LINE CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE, AND EVEN THIS YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT UNDER A LIGHT, SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED IN ITS 41 YEARS. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND UNRUBBED.

THE VINYL

SUPERB GLEAMING ORIGINAL HEAVYWEIGHT DISC IN SPOTLESS  CONDITION. . THE DISC GLEAMS IS FREE FROM ANY HANDLING MARKS ON EITHER SIDE. AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE , POSSIBLY A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I DECIDED THAT IT WAS DESERVING TO RECORD THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINSH TO DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW MAGNIFICENT THIS INCREDIBLE 1969 ALBUM REALLY IS

ALL YOU WILL HEAR IS THE UNBLEMISHED STEREO REPRODUCTION

THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF ANY DISTORTION, NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE ETC, JUST PURE FIRST PRESS PRODUCTION

IF I AM BEING ULTRA PICKY THEN THERE IS PERHAPS A FEW TINY DUST POPS THOUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PLAY, AND A RANDOM SECOND OR TWO OF STATIC. BUT HONESTLY THE LP IS 41 YEARS OLD AND HAS SAT INSIDE A PLASTIC SLEEVE FOR ALL THAT TIME

LISTEN TO THE LP PLEASE!!!! IT IS JUST MAGNIFICENT

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT MINUS

THE SLEEVE

FRAGILE THIN AND TEXTURED SINGLE SLEEVE

THE FIRST TWO ALBUMS WERE FULLY LAMINATED AND HAD STRONG CARD FOR THE SLEEVES, QUITE WHY THE DECISION TO REPLACE THEM WITH A FLIMSY UNLAMINATED AND TEXTURED SLEEVE I HAVE NO IDEA, BUT OF ALL THE CCR SLEEVES IT IS THIS ONE THAT IS THE HARDEST TO GET IN A GREAT COLLECTIBLE CONDITION, FOR THOSE VERY REASONS

THIS COPY HOWEVER I BELIEVE IS AS GOOD AS YOU COULD POSSIBLY FIND

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN. THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE ON THE SURFACE, AND IMPORTANTLY THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES, NOR ARE THERE AND BENDS OR FOLDS.

BUT WHAT IS INCREDIBLE IS THAT THERE ARE JUST TWO REALLY TINY LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE. I WAS EXPECTING TO SEE MANY, BUT CLEARLY THIS LP SLEEVE HAS BEEN PROPERLY HOUSED INSIDE A STRONG PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE FROM NEW

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE IN REALLY NICE CONDITION WITH JUST A LIGHT SHADE OF RUBBING IN A FEW SPOTS

THE SPINE HAS THE TAPERED ENDS AND APART FROM A TINY BIT OF THUMB AND FINGER SQUASHES HAS ALL OF THE TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND SHOWS CLEARLY WHY THIS ALBUM HAS JUST NOT BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE

THE REAR SURFACE AGAIN IS FULLY TEXTURED AND ALSO IN TOP UNBLEMISHED CONDITION, WITH JUST THE BAREST SHADE OF RECORD SHAPE ALONG THE TOP EDGE

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN STUNNING CONDITION. THE FIRST THING TO NOTE IS THAT IS IS FLAT WITH JUST THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER LIGHTLY CREASED . THE THREE SEAMS ARE PERFECT AND UNSPLIT, AND THE TOP OPENING EDGE IS ALSO IN NMINT CONDITION, WITH JUST ONE TINY NICK TO THE EDGE. 

THE SLEEVE EASILY GRADES NEAR MINT

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY