Creedence Clearwater Revival CCR GREEN RIVER UK MINT

£ 153

$ 203

£ 153 Sold For

Aug 29, 2010 Sold Date

Aug 22, 2010 Start Date

£ 19 Start price

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Description

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL -GREEN RIVER

IN ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

ORIGINAL UK BLUE LIBERTY LABEL

CATALOGUE:LBS83272
MATRIX:LBS83272 A//1 420 / B//1 420
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 MANAGED TO AQUIRE THE FIRST THREE ALBUMS IN WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS 'NEAR IMPOSSIBLE' CONDITION. PLAYED JUST THE ONCE EVER!!! AND THEN CAREFULLY STORED AWAY, THESE ALBUMS BELONGED TO A RECORD EXECUTIVE WHO RECENTLY DOWNSIZED HIS COLLECTION

ALL THREE ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON EBAY

I MAKE NO APOLOGY FOR USING VIRTUALLY THE SAME DESCRIPTION, BUT ALL 3 LP'S ARE IN THE SAME STAGGERING CONDITION

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.

AS I PLACED THE DISC ONTO MY TURNTABLE I COULD HEAR THE SHARDS OF RESIDUAL VINYL STILL INSIDE THE SPINDLE HOLE, SHOWING AGAIN WHY THIS INCREDIBLE ALBUM HAS JUST NOT BEEN PLAYED!!!

THE VINYL

SUPERB GLEAMING ORIGINAL HEAVYWEIGHT DISC IN SPOTLESS MINT 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 COUPLE OF 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 AND NO CLICK ETC, JUST PURE FIRST PRESS PRODUCTION

IF I AM BEING ULTRA PICKY THEN THERE IS PERHAPS A COUPLE OF TINY DUST POPS THOUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PLAY, 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 !!!!!!!!

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 IS JUST ONE REALLY TINY LINE 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 EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION WITH JUST A SPECK OR TWO OF SHELF WEAR

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

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP WITH JUST ONE SMALL SCUFF/FINGERNAIL NICK TOWARDS THE TOP SECTION WHERE THE LP WAS REMOVED FROM THE SLEEVE FOR PROBABLY IT'S ONLY TIME

THE REAR SURFACE AGAIN IS FULLY TEXTURED AND ALSO IN TOP UNBLEMISHED CONDITION.

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN STUNNING CONDITION. THE FIRST THING TO NOTE IS THAT IS IS FLAT WITH JUST THE CORNERS LIGHTLY CREASED WHERE THEY WERE PEHAPS FOLDED OVER TO STOP THE DISC COMING OUT. THE THREE SEAMS ARE PERFECT AND UNSPLIT, AND THE TOP OPENING EDGE IS ALSO IN MINT CONDITION. THERE IS THE BAREST TOUCH OF AGING IN THE FORM OF SOME VERY VERY LIGHT BROWNING TO THE PERIMETER EDGES.

THE SLEEVE EASILY GRADES MINT MINUS

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

GARRY

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