JOHN MAYALL WITH ERIC CLAPTON UK 1ST Pressing MONO Signed Mint-

	£		102
	$		121

JOHN MAYALL WITH ERIC CLAPTON

IN MAGNIFICENT 1CONDITION

INCREDIBLE MINT MINUS VINYL AND SLEEVE

CATALOGUE:DECCA LK 4804

• MATRIX: ZARL 7297-1A / 7298-1A
• VERY FIRST PRESS

AN ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT FIRST PRESS ON THE MONO LABEL. THIS LP WAS LATER ISSUED IN STEREO BUT NOT UNTIL 1969, MAKING THE ORIGINAL 1966 MONO PRESS THE FIRST PRESS, AND BY FAR THE MOST OUTSTANDING.

THE RECORD

THE LABELS

THE DEEP RED AND SILVER UNBOXED MONO LABELS ARE IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. THE RED BASE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND UNRUBBED. THE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE SILVER TYPEFACE AND LOGOS ARE ALSO IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF SMALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE HOLE SHOWING THAT THIS ALBUM HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED IN ITS 44 YEARS

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE HANDLING MARKS OR LINES,AND IN DAYLIGHT IT IS TOTALLY FLAWLESS, AND ONLY WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION AM I ABLE TO MAKE OUT A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES THAT ARE OTHERWISE INVISIBLE. THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT AN EXCEPTION COPY OF A REALLY HARD TO LOCATE ALBUM (IN THIS MAGNIFICENT CONDITION)

PLAYING THE RECORD

THE INCREDIBLE MONO SOUND COMES THROUGH CRISP AND CLEAR ON ALL TRACKS, WITHOUT ANY INDICATION OF GROOVEWEAR OR BACKGROUND CRACKLES AND CLICKS WHATSOEVER.

IT IS VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT THIS ALBUM HAS ONLY EVER BEEN PLAYED ON HIGH END EQUIPMENT. THERE IS THE BAREST TRACE OF WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS LIGHT STATIC IN SOME OF THE VERY QUIETEST MOMENTS, AND THIS IS LIMITED TO JUST A COUPLE OF LINKING GROOVES.

THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THIS SUPERB BLUES ALBUM AND I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THE PLAYTHROUGH MINT MINUS

THE SLEEVE - SIGNED BY JOHN MAYALL ON FRONT

LAMINATED FRONT SURFACE, NON LAMINATED REAR SURFACE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND PERFECTLY CLEAN WITH JUST A FEW HANDING HALF MOONS NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR BENDS. AMAZINGLY THERE IS ONLY THREE SMALL LAMINATE LINES DOWN THE SPINE. THIS IS RARE DUE TO THE FLIMSINESS OF THE SLEEVE WHICH USUALLY SUFFERS FROM SEVERE CREASING AND LARGE LAMINATE LINES

THE LAMINATE STILL GLEAMS LIKE NEW. AND THE FRONT SURFACE STILL HAS A MIRROR FINISH. .

THERE ARE NO THUMB NAIL LINES EITHER ON THIS GLEAMING SURFACE.INCREDIBLY THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE TO THIS VULNERABLE SLEEVE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE BOTH 1005 FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR WHATSOEVER, AND ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS PERFECTLY ADHERED FROM CORNER TO CORNER

INCIDENTALLY ALL 4 CORNERS ARE SQUARE AND SHARP

THE SPINE IS ABSOLUTELY FLAT AND TOTALLY UNSQUASHED. NOT EVEN ONE SEMI FINGER TO THUMB DENT. THE SPINE HAS THE CORRECT TAPERED ENDS, AND EVEN THESE ARE UNWORN EVEN DOWN TO THE TIPS. ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS PROPERLY INTACT AND EVERY SINGLE LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND DOESN'T EVEN HAVE ANY THUMB NAIL NICKS. IT IS CLEAR JUST BY LOOKING AT THIS EDGE THAT THE LP HAS HARDLY BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE IN 44 YEARS

THE REAR SURFACE WHICH IS UNLAMINATED IS STILL IN AN AMAZINGLY WHITE CONDITION. THIS ALWAYS LOOKS POOR AND SUFFERS FROM GRUBBINESS VERY EASILY. IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS PARTICULAR SLEEVE HAS BEEN PROTECTED FROM NEW INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE TO BE IN THIS SUPERB CONDITION

SO THE WHITE SURFACE IS STILL WHITE AND THE ONLY AREA OF WEAR IS A VERY VERY LIGHT SHADOW OF GREYING ALONG THE TOP EDGE, AND THE BAREST SNIP OF HANDLING NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

ALL OF THE BLACK TEXT AND THE PICTURES HAVE REMAINED ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE AND UNRUBBED

THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND IS IN EXCEPTIONAL UNSPLIT CONDITION. A COUPLE OF TINY CREASE LINES TO THE BOTTOM CORNERS AND A SHADE OF BROWNING TO THE PERIMETER EDGES

HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE MINT MINUS

THIS REALLY IS AN EXCEPTIONAL COPY OF THIS CLASSIC BLUES ALBUM, AND WOULD GRACE ANY COLLECTION

Please note - There is a unknown signature on the rear

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