HENDRIX BAND OF GYPSYS US ORIG’70 CAPITOL LIME 1ST PRESS ROBERT LUDWIG STERLING
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HENDRIX~BAND OF GYPSYS~RARE GUARANTEED FIRST US PRESSING ORIGINAL 1970 CAPITOL RECORDS STAO-472 STEREO WITH THE FIRST ISSUE LIME TARGET CAPITOL LABEL WITH THE PURPLE ’C’ LOGO AT THE TOP. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL BOB LUDWIG MASTERING; HIS INITIALS (R)OBERT (L)UDWIG ARE STAMPED IN THE DEAD WAX / TRAIL-OFF VINYL ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD. ALL THE WONDERFUL ELEMENTS OF BOB LUDWIG’S TRADEMARK MASTERING STYLE ARE HERE: INCREDIBLE CLARITY AND BALANCED CHANNEL SEPARATION, VIVID AND SPACIOUS ”AMBIENCE” SOUND, AS WELL AS WIDE DYNAMIC AND FREQUENCY RANGE OF THE SOUND SPECTRUM. AS IS ALMOST ALWAYS THE CASE WITH BOB LUDWIG’S MASTERINGS, THE BOB LUDWIG-MASTERED PRESSINGS OF THIS ALBUM ARE CONSIDERABLY RARER THAN THE REGULAR, NON-LUDWIG COPIES OF THIS ALBUM. ORIGINAL GATEFOLD COVER, MADE OF THICK CARDBOARD (AMERICAN STYLE). ORIGINAL "TEXTURED" (CRUDE FINISH) COVER. THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING WITH THE MATRIX NUMBER IN THE TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) SIDE ONE STAO-1-472-A Z8#3 STERLING RL. SIDE TWO STAO-2-472-B Z8#2 STERLING RL. THE VINYL HAS THE RARE STERLING SOUND MASTERING STAMP ”STERLING” ON BOTH SIDES. CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING.
COVER: EXCELLENT (EX)
VINYL: EXCELLENT (EX)
- HAS SOME VERY LIGHT SURFACE HAIRLINES AND SCUFFS FROM THE SLEEVE, BUT THEY APPEAR FAIRLY INSIGNIFICANT RELATIVELY TO THE OVERALL CONDITION OF THE VINYL
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