GRAND FUNK RAILROAD E Pluribus Funk LP 1971 CAPITOL 1st Press FACTORY SAMPLE

	£		43
	$		57

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Grand Funk Railroad called "E Pluribus Funk" and is an ORIGINAL UK 1971 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Capitol label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE, AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AS A UK 1ST PRESSING!!!!  U.S. PRESSINGS ARE OFTEN SEEN - BUT FINDING A UK 1ST PRESSING IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE!!!!  AND MAKE NO MISTAKE - EVERY PART OF THIS LP IS A 100% GENIUNE UK 1ST PRESSING, WITH A UK 1ST PRESS INSERT, 'UK STICKERED' 1ST PRESS COVER, UK 1ST PRESS 'MADE GT BRITAIN' LABELS, AND OBVIOUSLY A UK 1ST PRESS RECORD!!!!  THIS LP IS EASILY GRAND FUNKS RAREST POSSIBLE UK LP EVER - AND IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND 100% COMPLETE!!!! 

BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP EVEN RARER STILL - IS THAT IT IS AN ULTRA RARE 'FACTORY SAMPLE' 1ST PRESSING!!!!  AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  'FACTORY SAMPLE' 1ST PRESSINGS WERE ONLY EVER PRESSED IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS (NO MORE THAN A FEW HUNDRED COPIES ONLY!), AND WERE ONLY EVER USED FOR 'IN-HOUSE' USE BY EMI / CAPITOL THEMSELVES (FOR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES), TAKEN BY EMPLOYEES AT THE TIME (BY PERMISSION OF THE MANAGEMENT), OR VERY OCCASSIONALLY ONE WAS GIVEN OUT TO 'IMPORTANT VISITORS' TO THE FACTORY - SUCH AS PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS FOR EXAMPLE!!!!  THEY WERE NEARLY ALWAYS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE (AS IN THIS CASE!) - AND ARE NOW ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE HARD TO FIND!!!!  BARELY ANY 'FACTORY SAMPLE' PRESSINGS OF THIS LP WERE EVER MADE - MAKING THIS LP OF THE UTMOST RARITY!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION - AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1971 UK 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS CAPITOL LABEL, 1ST PRESS PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE, 1ST PRESS 'CIRCULAR' INSERT, AND 1ST PRESS 'SILVER COIN' FOIL COVER!!!!  IMPORTANTLY THIS LP STILL HAS ITS ORIGINAL UK CIRCULAR STICKER ON THE COVER FRONT (SEE PICTURE) WITH THE UK CAT NUMBER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND 100% COMPLETE - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Capitol UK 1st pressing from 1971 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is EA-SW 853 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Capitol label (see picture) and is a Stereo 1st Pressing!!!!  All the tracks are pure quality Grand Funk Railroad at their best!!!!  Any fan of Grand Funk Railroad, or 60s/70s 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 barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!!   IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  Most of these 60s/70s 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, only 2 or 3 MEGA light hairlines, only 2 or 3 VERY light scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND SHINES LIKE NEW!!!!  It is great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, barely ANY clicks AT ALL, NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear either and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good++ if not better!!!!  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 comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press plain white inner sleeve which is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  THE ULTRA RARE 1ST PRESS UK 'CIRCULAR' INSERT IS IN STUNNING CONDITION - AND CLEARLY HASNT EVER LEFT THE COVER!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Silver Coin' Stickered Cover is in GREAT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO rips, the usual VERY light rubbing in places (that you ALWAYS find on this type of silver foil cover!), NO splits, NO tears, only 2 or 3 indentations, NO 'foil loss', only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking), shiny silver foil, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  The all important 'sticker' has barely ANY rubbing, and most importantly is UNPICKED!!!!  The cover MUST grade Very Good+ if not better!!!! THIS LP IS EXTREMELY RARE TO FIND AS A UK 1ST PRESSING, AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND 100% COMPLETE - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING  OPPORTUNITY!!!! 

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