DIANA ROSS & SUPREMES Reflections LP 1968 MOTOWN 1st Press TEST PRESSING

	£		77
	$		102

Hello!  Please note, that this auction will end on late Tuesday January 2nd UK time.  Of course, I usually end my auctions on Sundays.  However, as this coming Sunday falls on News Years Eve in the UK this is impossible.  I do NOT stop for the Christmas period, and will be listing some truly INCREDIBLE items!  In fact, most of my listings over the Christmas period have all come from one AMAZING collection, and are the BEST and RAREST items I have seen for a very VERY long time.  So don't forget to check back before Tuesday January 2nd UK time - to see some the BEST ITEMS I have EVER listed!  Please read on about this AMAZING item below, and GOOD LUCK if you decide to bid:-

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Diana Ross & The Supremes called "Reflections" and is an ORIGINAL 1968 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Tamla Motown label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST LPs ON THE TAMLA MOTOWN LABEL - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1968 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED IN THE UK - IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS, AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DELETED!!!!  AS A RESULT IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  THIS LP IS MADE EVEN RARER STILL - AS IT IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - AND IS ALMOST CERTAINLY UNIQUE!!!!  THIS IS AN ULTRA RARE 1ST PRESS 'WHITE LABEL' TEST PRESSING (WITH 2 x 'ONE-SIDED' TEST PRESS DISCS)!!!!  AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  'WHITE LABEL' TEST PRESSINGS WERE ONLY EVER PRESSED IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS (NO MORE THAN 2 OR 3 COPIES ONLY!), AND WERE ONLY EVER USED TO TEST THE QUALITY OF THE PRESSING - PRIOR TO APPROVAL!!!!   NATURALLY, THEY WERE ALWAYS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE (AS IN THIS CASE!) - AND ARE OF THE UTMOST RARITY!!!!  AND AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, THIS ULTRA RARE 'WHITE LABEL' TEST PRESSING HAS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS A-1/B-1 MATRIX ENDINGS, AND THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1G/1G MOTHER & STAMPER CODINGS CLEARLY SHOWING THAT THIS IS QUITE LITERALLY THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE!!!!  BARELY ANY 'WHITE LABEL' TEST PRESSINGS OF THIS LP WERE EVER MADE (AND THIS IS ALMOST CERTAINLY THE ONLY ONE LEFT IN EXISTENCE!) - MAKING THIS THE RAREST & 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET!!!! 

NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THIS LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1968 UK 'EARLIEST' STEREO 1ST PRESSING ON THE ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 2 x 'WHITE LABEL' TEST PRESS LABELS, 1ST PRESS 'STEREO' FACTORY STAMP ON ONE DISC, 1ST PRESS 'DATE STAMP' ON THE OTHER DISC, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS A-1/B-1 MATRIX ENDINGS, A 'KT' TAX CODING TO EACH DISC, PLAIN INNER SLEEVES, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 1G/1G MOTHER & STAMPER CODINGS, AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' FLIPBACK LAMINATED 'PATENTS PENDING' COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Tamla Motown UK 1st Pressing from 1968 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is STML 11073 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Tamla Motown label (see picture) and is a much MUCH rarer UK Stereo 1st Pressing!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing (apart from factory annotations!), and only a few VERY light spindle marks!!!!  The vinyl is in BRILLIANT 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 BOTH records have NO scratches, only 2 or 3 MEGA light hairlines, only 2 or 3 ULTRA light scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORDS STILL RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND SHINE LIKE NEW!!!!  It is also great to find that the records play as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some VERY slight background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  BOTH records must grade Very Good++ if not better!!!!  Believe me these records are NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!!  I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  The records also come in plain inner sleeves which are in SUPERB condition!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Garrod & Lofthouse' Flipback Laminated 'Patents Pending' Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), NO splits, only a few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking!), NO rips, NO tears, VERY shiny laminate, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the back of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, NO ringwear, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good++ if not better!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS (IT IS ALMOST CERTAINLY UNIQUE!) - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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