NEIL DIAMOND-CLOWN TOWN-HIS FIRST & RAREST RECORD
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FOR YOU NEIL DIAMOND FANS HERE IS ONE YOU WILL PROBABLY NEVER SEE AGAIN. AT LEAST IN THE NON-PROMO EDITION. THIS WAS NEIL DIAMONDS FIRST RECORD FROM 1963. THERE WERE VERY FEW COMMERCIAL COPIES EVER PRESSED AND EVEN FEWER SOLD. I PURCHASED THIS ONE ABOUT 40 YEARS AGO FROM A BARGIN BIN IN GRANT'S VARIETY STORE. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANOTHER COPY. I PAID .10 THOSE MANY YEARS AGO AND NOW GOLDMINE LISTS IT FOR $500.00 IN NEAR MINT CONDITION. DON'T BE ALARMED I AM NOT ASKING ANYWHERE NEAR THAT, IF FACT MY STARTING PRICE IS ONLY ABOUT 10% OF THAT LISTING. I WILL LET YOU GUYS DECIDE WHAT IT'S REALLY WORTH. THE RECORD IS IN THE ORIGINAL SLEEVE BUT UNFORTUNATELY EVEN WHEN I BOUGHT IT IT WAS IN THE SAME VG(-) CONDITION THAT IT IS NOW. IT HAS A FEW LIGHT SCRATCHES AND SCUFFS FROM ROLLING AROUND IN THAT BARGIN BIN YEARS AGO. IT DOES HOWEVER PLAY ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITH A MINIMUM OF BACKGROUD NOISE. AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE SCAN IT IS ON THE ORIGINAL ORANGE COLUMBIA LABEL WHICH HAS THE RESIDUE FROM A PRICE TAG, A RED "X" ON BOTH SIDES, AND A "10 CENT" PRICE WRITTEN IN MAGIC MARKER ON THE B SIDE. I HAVE HELD ON TO THIS RECORD FOR MANY YEARS JUST SO I COULD SAY THAT I HAD NEIL DIAMONDS FIRST RECORDING, NOW I'M GETTING OLDER AND I AM SLIMMING DOWN MY RECORD COLLECTION. MR. DIAMOND APPARANTLY HAD NO SUCESS ON COLUMBIA IN THOSE DAYS AS THIS IS THE ONLY RECORD HE CUT FOR THEM BACK THEN. LATER HE HAD BETTER LUCK ON THE BANG IN THE MID TO LATE SIXTIES, SOME HITS ON CAPITOL AND IRONICALLY COLUMBIA IN THE 70'S & 80'S. ANYWAY HERE IT IS, HAVE AT IT AND GOOD LUCK.
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