LEAVES HEY JOE INSANELY RARE ORIG '66 SURREY MONO WHITE LABEL PROMO LP 1st PRESS

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·       THE LEAVES - HEY JOE – MONSTROUSLY RARE TRUE FIRST, ORIGINAL PRESSING ON SURREY LABEL  - ORIGINAL 1965 SURREY RECORDS MONO LP-3005;

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       *** INSANELY RARE WHITE LABEL PROMO ***

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING ON SURREY LABEL (PRESSINGS ON MIRA LABEL ALSO EXIST, BUT THEY ARE  LATER (SECOND) PRESSINGS!!!)

·       A NOTE ABOUT THIS PRESSING: THE LEAVES ORIGINALLY SIGNED UP WITH SURREY, A SMALL INDIE LABEL. THE GROUP’S FIRST ALBUM WAS ACTUALLY ALREADY PRESSED ON SURREY LABEL (AND WITH SURREY LABELS AFFIXED TO THE WAX) WHEN SURREY RECORDS WAS SUDDENLY ACQUIRED BY AND ABSORBED INTO MIRA RECORDS, A SLIGHTLY LARGER INDIE RECORD LABEL.  BECAUSE, AT THAT POINT, THE COVERS FOR THE ALBUM HAD NOT BEEN PRINTED YET, MIRA RECORDS FINISHED THE JOB, PRINTED THE COVERS WITH THEIR LOGO AND PACKAGED THOSE VERY FEW ALREADY PRESSED SURREY RECORDS IN MIRA COVERS; IN OTHER WORDS, NO SURREY COVERS EXIST; ALL TRUE FIRST PRESSINGS (SUCH AS THE ONE WE HAVE HERE) HAVE SURREY RECORDS PACKAGED IN MIRA COVERS.  SO RARE ARE THE ORIGINAL SURREY MONO PRESSINGS THAT THEY EVEN PRECEDE WHITE LABEL PROMO PRESSINGS MADE BY MIRA RECORDS (THE MONO PRESSINGS OF THIS ALBUM HAVE TWO DIFFERENT WHITE LABEL PROMOS: THE PREPOSTEROUSLY RARE SURREY PRESSING - LIKE THE ONE WE HAVE HERE - AND THE RELATIVELY COMMON MIRA WHITE LABEL PROMOS.  STEREO WHITE LABEL PROMOS ARE NOT BELIEVED TO EXIST AT ALL. 

·       IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT NO STEREO PRESSINGS EXIST ON SURREY LABEL, ONLY MONOS. IN OTHER WORDS, TRUE FIRST MONO PRESSING IS ON SURREY LABEL; WHEREAS THE FIRST STEREO PRESSING IS ON MIRA LABEL. THEY WERE SET APART BY ABOUT A YEAR (MONO RELEASED IN 1965, STEREO IN LATE 1966)

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·       THE COVER ALSO HAS LEGENDARY DISTRIBUTOR WELDON McDOUGAL'S GOLD STICKER (McDOUGAL WAS THE CHIEF AGENT  OF THE CHIP'S DISTRIBUTION'S CENTER)

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       MONO version of this album has NEVER been available on legitimate Compact Disc or in any other digital format.

 (►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you'll get.  GUARANTEED!)

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This is one hell of a debut album, especially for a group that only lasted for about a year after its release. The Leaves perform some superb folk-rock in a Byrds/Beatles vein ("Just a Moment," "Girl From the East"), excellent lyrical garage punk ("Words," "Tobacco Road"), and solid hard rock ("Hey Joe," "Too Many People"), and cross swords with the Rolling Stones ("You Better Move On," "Back On the Avenue" -- the latter a ripoff of the Stones' "2120 South Michigan Avenue") and Bob Dylan ("Love Minus Zero"). The sound isn't exactly consistent, given the gamut of influences at work here, from Bo Diddley ("Dr. Stone") to primitive psychedelia ("War of Distortion"), but there isn't a bad song on the disc. Maybe the strangest and best track in that regard is their cover of "He Was a Friend of Mine," which incorporates elements of both the Searchers' "When You Walk In the Room" and the Byrds' "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" into its structure and beat -- the guitars are a real kick there. Anyone who enjoyed the first two Byrds albums must own this disc.

(REVIEW REPRINTED COURTESY OF BRUCE EDER, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

This is the granddad of all garage-rock, and probably the only case in the entire history of Rock, where a particular album is so completely identified with the entire genre or subcategory. For all purposes and intents, this is the album that started the whole "Garage-Rock" hoopla. Not to mention the fact that the title track has been covered by The Byrds…Love…one Jimi Hendrix…Deep Purple, etc, etc, etc… And, of course, title track has been included in the original version of the Elektra's legendary 1972 "Nuggets" compilation.

THE WHITE LABEL PROMO, RADIO STATION-, AUDITION OR DEMONSTRATION COPIES AND RELEASES (such as the one we have here) were often distributed to the radio stations before the record was released to the public, sometimes as much as four months ahead. These records are generally considered to be the "first among equals": the VERY FIRST generation and the VERY FIRST pressings of the particular title; a PROTOTYPE and the earliest known official pressing of the record.

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS STRONG VG++, just a notch below NEAR MINT. A few light abrasions (probably just sleeve scuffs inflicted in storage over the years) ARE VISIBLE, but they appear fairly  insignificant relative to the overall condition of the vinyl, and are only moderately visually distracting. For most part, the vinyl looks impeccable, without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections. Much of the original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)          The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(c)           Original Surrey pressing of this title is much rarer that a later, Mira version of this title. We estimate that Mira pressings of this album outnumber Surrey copies by a ratio of at least 20:1.

(d)            White Promo Label version of this title is much rarer that a regular, commercially released, version of this title. We estimate that stock copies of this album outnumber promo copies by a ratio of at least 50:1.

(e)           Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

(f)            Stereo pressings of this title do not exist on Surrey label (only on Mira)

·       COVER

THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT EXCELLENT OR VERY GOOD++ (VG++).

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-         Cover has some light ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 3

-         Back cover has a few yellowish dust speckles scattered here and there

-         Cover shows some light yellowing on back side, apparently from aging  (nothing significant).

-         Minor shelf wear noted on the seams (nothing significant)

-         Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine  (nothing significant)

-         Cover has one corner slightly worn / dinged / bent.

NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

-        No split seams  (yet, but the bottom is close)

-        No cut-out (drill) holes.

-        No cut-out corners

-        No saw-marks or indents

-        No writing

-        No stamps

-        No peel-off marks

-        No stickers or labels (except for Weldon McDougal's gold distribution sticker)

-        No water damage

-        No razor marks, scratches, pressure marks, lines, streaks, or  cuts.

-        No warping

-        No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover

-        No glue traces or wax residue.

-        No bar codes

-        No RIAA stamps or stickers. 

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