JOHN MAYALL & ERIC CLAPTON Bluesbreakers STEREO 1st

	£		131
	$		174

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by John Mayall, Eric Clapton & The Bluesbreakers called "Bluesbeakers With Eric Clapton" and is an INCREDIBLY rare STEREO UK 1st pressing on the 1st Press UNBOXED 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!!!!  IT IS ONE OF THE RAREST LPs ON THE DECCA LABEL - AND IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP EVEN RARER STILL - IS THAT IT IS 1ST PRESSED IN MEGA RARE STEREO!!!!  AND THIS IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  I WILL NOW EXPLAIN WHAT MAKES THIS LP SO MASSIVELY AS A 100% GENIUNE UK 'EARLIEST' STEREO 1ST PRESSING!!!!  THIS LP WAS ORIGINALLY RELEASED (IN MONO ONLY) BACK IN 1966 (THERE WERE NO STEREOS!) - BUT, BY LATE 1969 (WHEN MONOS WERE BEING PHASED OUT), DECCA DECIDED TO GIVE THIS LP ITS FIRST EVER STEREO RELEASE ON THE EXTREMELY RARE 'UNBOXED' DECCA LABEL!!!!  AND THIS IS WHAT MAKES A STEREO 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP SO SERIOUSLY RARE!!!!  WHEREAS MONOS WERE PRESSED CONTINIOUSLY ON THE UNBOXED DECCA LABEL FROM 1966 THOUGH TO THE END OF 1969 - STEREO 1ST PRESSINGS WERE ONLY PRESSED ON THE UNBOXED DECCA LABEL FOR AN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNT OF TIME (IN LATE 1969 ONLY!) - BEFORE THE LABEL WAS CHANGED TO THE COMMON 'BOXED' STEREO LABEL WHICH FOLLOWED THROUGHOUT THE 1970s!!!!  AS A RESULT IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND A 100% GENIUNE 1969 UK STEREO 1ST PRESSING ON THE UNBOXED DECCA LABEL!!!!  BUT NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS THE 'EARLIEST' AND RAREST POSSIBLE VERSION OF THIS LP EVER MADE - WITH THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS COVER, LABELS, & MATRIXES!!!!  IF YOU LOOK AT MY PICTURES YOU CAN SEE ON THE REVERSE OF THE COVER THIS LP HAS AN ULTRA RARE 'MONO/STEREO' EYE HOLE ON THE REVERSE OF THE COVER!!!!  ONLY AN ABSOLUTELY TINY HANDFUL OF THE 'EARLIEST' UK STEREO 1ST PRESSINGS EVER HAD THIS COVER TYPE (ONLY A FEW HUNDRED COPIES AT THE VERY MOST!) - BEFORE THIS COVER STYLE WAS DROPPED FOREVER!!!!  AS MANY PEOPLE WILL ALREADY KNOW - 'MONO/STEREO' EYE HOLES WERE INTRODUCED ON THE REVERSE OF ALL DECCA RELEASES IN LATE 1968/EARLY 1969 (WELL BEFORE THIS LP GAINED ITS 1ST STEREO RELEASE).  THEY WERE ONLY IN USE FOR JUST OVER A YEAR UNTIL EARLY 1970 - WHEN MONOS WERE OF COURSE PHASED OUT FOR EVER!!!!  THIS LP WAS 1ST PRESSED IN STEREO IN LATE 1969 - AND FOR ONLY A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME ONLY, THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS HAD THIS EXTREMELY RARE 'MONO/STEREO' EYEHOLE COVER - BEFORE MONOS WERE ENDED FOREVER AND THE 'MONO/STEREO' EYEHOLE COVER WAS THEN DROPPED!!!!  AND THIS IS WHY THE VAST MAJORITY OF STEREOS OF THIS LP DO NOT HAVE THIS ULTRA RARE COVER - AS THEY WERE BOUGHT AFTER MONOS HAD STOPPED BEING PRESSED!!!!  AND PLEASE NOTE THAT THE 'MONO/STEREO' COVERS WERE ALREADY BEING USED ON DECCA LPS WELL BEFORE THIS LP WAS 1ST RELEASED IN STEREO - AND SO ANY COVERS WITHOUT THE 'MONO/STEREO' EYEHOLE CAME AFTER THEY WERE DISCONTINUED AND NOT BEFORE!!!!  AND SHOWING EXACTLY HOW EARLY THIS 1ST PRESSING REALLY IS - IT HAS A 'BLUE BORDERED' STEREO INNER SLEEVE (THIS WAS CHANGED IN 1970!), 1/W 1/W MATRIX ENDINGS (THE 'EARLIEST' POSSIBLE!), AND 1U 1U MOTHER STAMPER CODES (ONE OF THE EARLIEST EVER!)!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL - IS THAT IT IS IN ABSOLUTELY AWESOME CONDITION!!!!  AND THIS IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  THE RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL AND IS IN AMAZING CONDITION, THE INNER SLEEVE IS SIMPLY AWESOME, AND THE LAMINATED COVER IS ABSOLUTELY SUPERB!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1969 UK 'EARLIEST' STEREO 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS UNBOXED DECCA LABEL, 1ST PRESS BLUE INNER SLEEVE, 1ST PRESS 1/W 1/W MATRIX ENDINGS, AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'MONO/STEREO' LAMINATED 'MacNEILL' 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 1969, and is in AWESOME condition!!!!  The Cat. No is SKL 4804 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press UNBOXED Decca label (see picture) and is a much MUCH rarer 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 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 STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOKS AMAZING!!!! It is also great to find that the playing of the record is as STUNNING as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO pops, NO jumps, NO sticks, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear either and NO distortion!!!!  The record must grade MINT(Minus)!!!!  AMAZING 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 1st Press Blue Stereo Inner sleeve which is in AWESOME condition!!!!  The ULTRA RARE 'Earliest' 1st Press Laminated 'Mono/Stereo' Cover is in SUPERB condition!!!! It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), VERY shiny laminate, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!!  Even the unlaminated back of the cover is in SUPERB condition overall with NO grubbyness, NO rubbing, NO yellowing and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Excellent+ if not better!!!!  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 in this sort of condition!!!! THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1969 UK STEREO 1ST PRESSING OF "BLUESBREAKERS WITH ERIC CLAPTON" BY JOHN MAYALL, ERIC CLAPTON & THE BLUESBREAKERS, IN AWESOME 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: