LOVE:"DA CAPO".1967 ELEKTRA MONO.1A/1B MATRIXES+FOREIGN PATENTS PENDING INNER

	£		79
	$		105

ATTENTION LOVE,1960s PROGRESSIVE ROCK,PSYCHEDELIC GROUPS COLLECTORS!     HERE IS AN ORIGINAL 1967 MONO 1ST ISSUE OF THE RARELY SEEN ESSENTIAL ALBUM BY LOVE:"DA CAPO" ON IT'S EARLIEST LABEL DESIGN AND SOLID MONO MIXES! 

THERE WAS HARDLY AND ATTENTION OR SALES FOR THIS LP IN THE UK FAILING TO CHART AND ONLY REACHED #80 IN THE USA!  IT'S THE FIRST UK MONO COPY I HAVE FOUND IN YEARS AS A DEALER!  NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH LATER REPRESESS WITH DIFFERENT LABEL DESIGNS OR REISSUES THAT EXIST-THIS IS THE ORIGINAL UK ISSUE USING THE RED WITH LARGE BLACK LOGO WHICH WAS CHANGED WITHIN A YEAR OF THE FIRST PRESSINGS BEING MADE! MOST BUYING MONO LPs IN 1967 WERE USING OLD,HEAVY EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD WEAR OUT ANY RECORD VERY QUICKLY INDEED! BY 1967,MOST NEVER MONO RECORD PLAYERS COULD SAFELY PLAY STEREO RECORDS RESULTING IN FEWER MONO PRESSINGS MADE AND SOLD. INFACT MANY DEALERS WOULD ONLY OBTAIN THE MONO PRESSINGS TO SPECIAL ORDER. THIS EXAMPLE DIRECT FROM THE COLLECTION OF A MAJOR COLLECTOR WHO HAS FINALLY DECIDED TO SELL HAVING CARED AND CHERISHED HIS RECORDS-MOST BOUGHT NEW AT THE TIME WITH MINIMAL PLAYS AS OFTEN THE CASE WITH LARGE COLLECTIONS.THEY WERE STORED UPRIGHT ON STRONG SHELVING AWAY FROM LIGHT,HEAT,DAMP AND THE PREVIOUS OWNER WAS A NON-SMOKER!  THIS IMPRESSIVE EXAMPLE HAS HAD CAREFUL USE IN NEARLY 49 YEARS AS WELL AS A CLEAN AMERICAN PRINTED COVER AS WAS THE CASE WITH MOST ELEKTRA LPs SUPPLIED IN THE UK AT THE TIME.

THE POLYLINED INNER SLEEVE HAS THE "FOREIGN PATENTS PENDING" CREDIT DENOTING ONE OF THE FIRST EVER PRINTED FOR THIS LP!

ISSUED ON THE VERY THICK 100% FLAT VINYL "ROUGH TEXTURED" AND BLACK LOGO ON RED DESIGN LABELS:EKL 4005 WITH THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE 1A/1B MATRIXES.  LOCATING AN ORIGINAL 1967 MONO COPY IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE AS THE MAJORITY OF COPIES WERE PLAYED OVER AND OVER AGAIN CAUSING MAJOR DISTORTION AND GENERAL WEAR. THIS COPY HAS HAD SOME USE WITH SOME LIGHT HAIRLINE SURFACE MARKS.THERE IS SOME SURFACE CRACKLE HERE AND THERE AND A COUPLE OF VERY SHORT LIVED FAINT CLICKS BUT NO NASTY LOUD OR LONG LASTING CLICKS,NO STICKS OR JUMPS! THE 1967 MONO PRESSINGS HAVE FAR MORE BASS THAN THE LATER STEREO REPRESSINGS. STRICTLY AND SERIOUSLY GRADED AS VERY GOOD++++ CONDITION BUT MOST WOULD GLADLY STATE NEAR EXCELLENT OR EVEN EXCELLENT CONDITION! THE DISC PLAYS REALLY GREAT WITH DEEP BASS AND GREAT GUTSY POWERFUL MONO SOUND! THICK VINYL.THERE IS HARDLY ANY SPINDLE WEAR AND NO LABEL WRITING,STAINING,RIPS OR DEFACEMENT!  THE COVER HAS SOME MINOR STAINING AT THE BACK AND A FEW CREASES-MOSTLY NEAR THE EDGES AND A LITTLE EDGE WEAR BUT NO WRITING,RIPS OR REPAIRS!  PLEASE SEE ALL THE PHOTOS SHOWING THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE COVER AND BOTH LABELS! NOTHING TO HIDE! A LOW,REALISTIC £50 STARTING PRICE FOR SUCH A RARE LP WITH MORE 1960s RARE  LPs FROM ME FOR AUCTION ON EBAY THIS WEEK AND TO MANY MORE FOLLOW SO CHECK THEM OUT!.

SPECIAL DELIVERY AND INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR POSTAGE ONLY ON THIS LP. PERSONAL COLLECTION IS WELCOME FROM MY SHOP IN NORWICH AT A MUTUALLY CONVENIENT TIME.

Over the years I have helped to add to the collections of many  collectors and given my experience, I am aware of the titles that are GENUINE RARE ITEMS.

Now of course for those who are"chained"to the record collector price guide books,for whom I am one of the main consultants, the prices are still a SUGGESTION and as we all know ACTUAL prices SOLD can vary.

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