RONETTES+PHIL SPECTOR PRESENTING VERONICA ULTRA-RARE SEALED 1964 PHILLES MONO LP

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·       RONETTES - PRESENTING THE FABULOUS RONETTES FEATURING VERONICA (PRODUCED,  ARRANGED AND ALMOST ENTIRELY COMPOSED BY PHIL SPECTOR) - 1964 PHILLES RECORDS MONO LP PHLP-4006.

·       GENUINE  U.S. PRESSING

* STILL SEALED LP BELIEVED TO BE THE ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING *

·       GUARANTEED TO BE EITHER ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING ON PALE BLUE PHILLES LABEL (1964) OR A NEARLY EQUALLY RARE SECOND PRESSING ON YELLOW & RED PHILLES RECORDS (1965), BUT IN ANY EVENT DEFINITELY ONE OF THE TWO (NO OTHER DOMESTIC PRESSINGS EXIST); THE WINNING BIDDER'S ODDS OF FINDING A BLUE LABEL ARE ABOUT 25%, AND FINDING A YELLOW AND RED LABEL ABOUT 75%.  PLEASE BE GUIDED ACCORDINGLY.

·       THE THICKNESS OF THE VINYL, THE APPEARANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COVER, LABEL’S LOGO AND OTHER PERIPHERAL ELEMENTS OF THE COVER, ARE ALL PERFECTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING OF THIS TITLE.

·       THIS IS NOT AN IMPORT, RECORD CLUB RELEASE OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

 (►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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For its extraordinary contribution to the modern music, superb production, craftsmanship, fine musicianship, revolutionary significance and influence it exerted on numerous generations of musicians, writers and general public, or for some other innate quality, this album was voted one of top-200 albums of all time in one of the largest poll of critics, music reviewers, professionals and producers ever organized: the poll, which was conducted by Paul Gambaccini, legendary BBC Radio A&R man, surveyed more than 50 top music professionals (including Roy Carr, Jonathan Cott, Robert Christgau, Cameron Crowe, Chet Flippo, Ben Fong-Torres, Charlie Gillett, Greil Marcus, Murray the K., Lenny Kaye, Bruce Morrow (a/k/a "Cousin Brucie"), Tim Rice (of "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Evita" fame), Lisa Robinson, Robert Shelton (who wrote liner notes for Bob Dylan's first album), Ed Ward, Joel Whitburn, Pete Wingfield, etc.). For more details, see: "Critics Choice: Top-200 albums" compiled by Paul Gambaccini, Omnibus Press, Library of Congress Catalog No.7855565 (or ►click here  for the complete album listing).

Track listing: Walking in the rain - Do I love you? - So young - Breakin' up - I wonder - What'd I say - Be my baby - Baby, I love you - How does it feel - When I saw you - Chapel of Love.

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The wall of sound - a production method patented by Phil Spector (which involved - inter alia - torturing the artists for maximum effect: just ask Tina Turner who was tormented so badly during the recording of "River Deep, Mountain High" that her tight bra fell apart) - does not get any more vivid than this. This collection of songs is a proverbial fortress of sound, consisting of multitude of overlapping layers of voices, sound effects, cascades of rhythm and ornamentation, and polyrhythmic textures AND IT COMES IN ITS ORIGINAL, GLORIOUS , BACK-TO-MONO version. A joyful, luscious, retrogressive, a*al-retentive, guilty-pleasure of a bygone era. Phil Spector is king!!! Absolutely critical album in the development of R&R, absolutely, positively the finest Phil Spector Work ever, and one of the most visually arresting covers in the cover-design history. And, oh yes…mega-rare album in any shape or form. What else can we do for you? Finding a still sealed original copy?!?! Forget it – not even a HOPE!!! This may be the last one you will ever see.

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Innocence is not a requirement for purity, as this album proves. Nedra Talley, Estelle Bennett, and right up front, Veronica Bennett (later Spector) sounded more in love with being in love than any other girl group. Simple lines like "For every kiss you give me/I'll give you three" say more about the absolute need of the savage teenage experience than any lyrics ever voiced. The sound effects for the opening number set the ambience, because it is always starting to rain when Ronnie sings. "Be My Baby," with Hal Blaine's divinely inspired drumming (especially the fade-out), is the fullest plea for reciprocity beckoned by mortals. One of the most fun is "Breaking Up," which, swear to God, sounds like the Beach Boys if they were girls. The album closer, "Chapel of Love," is so substantially different from the hit version by the Dixie Cups, that it becomes a different song. And everything else in between is gorgeosity made flesh. Producer (and Veronica's husband) Phil Spector may or may not have been projecting his ideas of the perfect woman here. But he certainly found and refined the perfect sound.

(REVIEW BY PHIL MERSHON, WWW.FURIOUS.COM)

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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)          THE ALBUM IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them. For our policy on still sealed records ►click here (PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING A BID).

(b)          The record is  apparently 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)           Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·       COVER

COVER IS STRONG NEAR MINT, STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL ►SHRINK WRAP

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging.  (nothing significant)

-        Cover has JUST A HINT of 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 2.  (VISIBLE ON FRONT SIDE ONLY); WE BELIEVE  THIS IS NOT ACTUALLY A RING WEAR, BUT PROBABLY A MINOR TARNISH FROM FRICTION BETWEEN SHRINK WRAP AND THE PAPER SLICK; IT CAN PROBABLY BE NEATLY CLEANED UP IF AND WHEN  THE SHRINK WRAP IS REMOVED)  

NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

-        No split seams

-        No cut-out (drill) holes.

-        No cut-out corners

-        No saw-marks or indents

-        No dirt/dust rubbing stains (friction marks caused by rubbing against other covers)

-        No wrinkles or creases

-        No writing

-        No stamps

-        No tearing: no chips, dents or nicks on the seams

-        No peel-off marks

-        No stains

-        No mold or mildew spots

-        No stickers or labels

-        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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