JOHN MAYALL Bare Wires LP 1968 DECCA 1st EARLIEST EVER 'GROOVED' LABEL
  £   133
  $   159

 


£ 133 Sold For
Jun 21, 2015 Sold Date
Jun 20, 2015 Start Date
£   3 Start price
9   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by John Mayall's Bluesbreakers called "Bare Wires" and is an ORIGINAL 1968 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press UNBOXED 'Grooved' Decca label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF JOHN MAYALL'S RAREST LPs EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1968 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED - IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS (LIKE THIS!), AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY CHANGED!!!!  AS A RESULT IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE, AND IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP EVEN RARER STILL (AND PROBABLY THE RAREST LP ON THE DECCA LABEL!) IS THAT IT IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - WITH AN ULTRA RARE 'GROOVED' LABEL!!!!  AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  IN EARLY 1968 - DECCA HAD A COMPLETE RE-FIT OF ALL THEIR PRESSING MACHINES, REPLACING THE 'PRESSING HEADS' ON ALL MACHINES FROM A 'GROOVED' HEAD TO THE FLAT ONE (WHICH IS EXACTLY WHY ALL LATE 1960s DECCA LPs HAVE NO GROOVE ON THE LABELS!).  HOWEVER IN THE CASE OF THIS LP (THE LAST LP ON THE DECCA LABEL EVER TO BE PRESSED WITH THE 'GROOVED' LABEL!) - PRESSING HAD JUST STARTED PRIOR TO THE RE-FIT (WELL BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE!) WITH ONLY A FEW HUNDRED COPIES ALREADY MADE.  AND THEN, WHEN IT WAS RESUMED AFTER THE RE-FIT, ALL FURTHER COPIES HAD THE STANDARD 'FLAT' LABELS INSTEAD!!!!  AND ALL THIS HAPPENED WAY BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE!!!!  AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT MAKES 'GROOVED' EXAMPLES OF THIS LP SO VERY RARE INDEED!!!!  BECAUSE ONLY A FEW HUNDRED COPIES WERE EVER MADE WITH 'GROOVED' LABELS - AND EVEN IF YOU HAD BOUGHT THIS LP ON THE VERY DAY IT CAME OUT, THE CHANCES OF FINDING ONE WITH THE 'GROOVED' LABEL WAS STILL VIRTUALLY ZERO!!!!  AND IF YOU DONT BELIEVE ME - JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  THIS LP COMES UP FOR SALE ALMOST EVERY WEEK (THOUGH NOT IN THIS SUPERB CONDITION!) - BUT 99% OF THESE ARE ON THE NORMAL COMMON 'FLAT LABELS' AND VERY EASILY FOUND!!!!  BUT FINDING ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE, ON THE ULTRA RARE 'GROOVED' UNBOXED DECCA LABEL IS TRULY ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE - BECAUSE BARELY ANY WERE EVER MADE!!!!  SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS IS THE 'EARLIEST' & RAREST 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP EVER MADE (WITH THE ULTRA RARE 'GROOVED' DECCA LABEL!), AND IT WILL SURELY BE A VERY VERY LONG TIME INDEED (IF EVER!) BEFORE YOU EVER SEE ANOTHER ONE AGAIN!!!!

THIS LP IS MADE EVEN RARER STILL - AS IT IS 1ST PRESSED IN MEGA RARE STEREO (MOST WERE PRESSED IN COMMON MONO INSTEAD!) WITH THE COMMON MONOs OUT PRESSING STEREOs BY AT LEAST 10 TO 1 (WHICH IS EXACTLY WHY YOU SEE SO MANY 1ST PRESS MONOs - AND BARELY ANY 1ST PRESS STEREOs AT ALL!)!!!!   NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION - AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1968 UK STEREO 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS UNBOXED 'GROOVED' DECCA LABEL, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 1W/1W STEREO MATRIX ENDINGS, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'ROBERT STACE' GATEFOLD LAMINATED STEREO 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 Decca UK 1st Pressing from 1968 and is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is SKL 4945 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press UNBOXED 'Grooved' Decca label (see picture) and is a much MUCH rarer UK Stereo 1st Pressing!!!!

The record labels are in AWESOME 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 absolutely SUPERB 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 lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOKS SUPERB!!!!  It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade Excellent+ if not better!!!!  SUPERB 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 comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Robert Stace' Gatefold Laminated STEREO Cover is in absolutely BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO splits, NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only 2 or 3 TINY laminate lifting traces on the spinal edge, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), VERY shiny laminate, only some very VERY minor evidence of 'tipping in' to the corner tips, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edges are all beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the unlaminated inside of the cover is in SUPERB condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL (virtually NONE!), and NO writing!!!!  The cover must MEGA STRICTLY grade Very Good++++ if not better - and is very VERY close to a grade above!!!!  SUPERB COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE 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 1968 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING OF "BARE WIRES" BY JOHN MAYALL'S BLUESBREAKERS, IN ABSOLUTELY 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.  Postal discounts for multiple buys are always available - and I guarantee to ALWAYS undercharge on postage!  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

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