GRAHAM BOND ORGANISATION 1st LP MONO RAREST EVER

	£		120
	$		159

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Graham Bond Organisation called "The Sound Of 65" and is an ORIGINAL UK MONO Pressing on the RAREST EVER Columbia label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND (ESPECIALLY IN THIS INCREDIBLE CONDITION!)!!!!  IT WAS GRAHAM BONDS 1ST & RAREST LP EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL - IS THAT THIS IS WITHOUT ANY DOUBT THE RAREST POSSIBLE PRESSING OF THIS LP EVER MADE - AND IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  AND DONT UNDERESTIMATE THE AMAZING RARITY OF THIS PRESSING!!!!  IT WILL BE A VERY VERY LONG TIME (IF EVER) BEFORE YOU SEE ANOTHER!!!!  I WILL EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT MAKES THIS LP SO AMAZINGLY RARE!!!!  THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED IN 1965 ON THE BLUE/BLACK COLUMBIA LABEL AND WAS AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE 1960s BEFORE EVENTUALLY BEING DELETED IN 1971.  MOST PRESSINGS OF THIS LP (THE MOST COMMON) WERE MADE ON THE BLUE/BLACK COLUMBIA LABEL BETWEEN 1964 & 1968 - AND OVER 90% CAME ON THIS BLUE/BLACK LABEL.  THEN IN 1968 COLUMBIA CHANGED THEIR LABELS TO A 'ONE BOX' EMI SILVER/BLACK COLUMBIA LABEL WHICH LASTED BETWEEN 1968 & 1970.  HOWEVER THIS IS THE RAREST PRESSING EVER MADE (FROM EARLY 1968 ONLY!) - AND ONLY LASTED A MATTER OF WEEKS!!!!  WHEN THE MOST COMMON BLUE/BLACK LABELS ENDED IN LATE 1968 - THE LABELS WERE CHANGED TO THE 'ONE-BOX' COLUMBIA LABEL - AND THE 'SOLD IN THE UK' TEXT WAS ALSO REMOVED AT AROUND THE SAME TIME.  HOWEVER FOR AN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNT OF TIME ONLY - THE 'SOLD IN THE UK' TEXT WAS LEFT ON THE LABELS - BEFORE IT WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY REMOVED!!!!  IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE LABELS - YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE IT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE EACH ONE!!!!  THIS ULTRA RARE PRESSING WAS ONLY EVER PRESSED IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS (MOST LIKELY 1 BATCH OF 200/300 ONLY!) AND IT IS WITHOUT ANY DOUBT THE RAREST PRESSING OF THIS LP EVER MADE!!!!  AND DONT UNDERESTIMATE THE INCREDIBLE RARITY OF THIS LP!!!!  WHEREAS ALL OTHER PRESSINGS LASTED A NUMBER OF YEARS - THIS PRESSING ONLY LASTED A MATTER OF WEEKS ONLY AND IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  IN FACT - I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANOTHER ONE - EVER!!!!  IT ALSO STILL HAS 1ST PRESS MATRIXES (ENDING IN 1N/1N), 1ST PRESS 1/1 MOTHER CODINGS, AND A 1ST PRESS 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' FLIPBACK LAMINATED 'PATENTS PENDING' COVER!!!!  AND YOU ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER - THAT BY 1968, VIRTUALLY NO ONE WAS BUYING THIS LP AT ALL!!!!  EVEN 1ST PRESSINGS ON THE BLUE/BLACK COLUMBIA LABEL DIDNT SELL WELL AT ALL - BUT BY 1968 SALES OF THIS LP HAS ALMOST DISAPPEARED!!!!  AND THE ABSOLUTELY TINY SALES OF THIS LP IN 1968 - COUPLED WITH THE FACT THAT THIS LP WAS ONLY AVAILABLE LIKE THIS FOR A MATTER OF WEEKS ONLY MAKES THIS LP IMPOSSIBLY RARE!!!!  SO MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT!!!!  THIS IS THE RAREST EVER PRESSING OF THIS AMAZING LP EVER MADE AND IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION - AND IS THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!!  AMAZINGLY THE RECORD HAS ONLY EVER BEEN PLAYED JUST ONCE AND IS IN AMAZING CONDITION - AND THE FLIPBACK LAMINATED COVER IS SIMPLY SUPERB!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE RAREST POSSIBLE 1968 UK MONO PRESSING ON THE ULTRA RARE 'ONE BOX' EMI SILVER/BLACK COLUMBIA LABEL, 'SOLD IN THE UK' TEXT ON BOTH LABELS, ORIGINAL 'PATENTS APPLIED FOR' ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE, 1ST PRESS 1N/1N MATRIXES, AND 1ST PRESS 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE FLIPBACK LAMINATED 'PATENTS PENDING' COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!! This is the ORIGINAL UK MONO Pressing from 1968 and is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl!!!!  The Cat. No is 33SX 1711 on the RAREST EVER Columbia label (see picture) and is a UK MONO Pressing!!!!

The record labels are in AWESOME condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and AMAZINGLY only 1 TINY spindle mark!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS ONLY EVER BEEN PLAYED ONCE!!!!  The vinyl is in AMAZING 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, NO scufflines, and only a VERY few of the VERY lightest paper scuffs only visible under EXTREME light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOKS AWESOME!!!!  It is great to find that the playing of the record is as STUNNING as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply AWESOME with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade Excellent++++ if not MINT(Minus)!!!!  AWESOME 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 'Patents Applied For' Advertising inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The 1st Press 'Garrod & Lofthouse' Flipback Laminated 'Patents Pending' Cover is in STUNNING condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour), VERY shiny laminate, only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking), and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!!  Even the unlaminated back is in STUNNING condition with NO writing, NO rubbing, barely ANY grubbyness AT ALL (virtually NONE!), and NO yellowing!!!!  The cover must grade FULL Excellent!!!!  THIS IS EASILY THE RAREST PRESSING OF THIS LP EVER MADE AND IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING 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 UK MONO PRESSING OF "THE SOUND OF 65" BY THE GRAHAM BOND ORGANISATION, IN SUPERB 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 (Postal discounts are available - see below for details).  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

On 24-Nov-02 at 12:19:15 GMT, seller added the following information: