SPENCER DAVIS GROUP Autumn 66 LP 1966 MONO 1st + BOOKLET FACTORY SAMPLE

	£		72
	$		95

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Spencer Davis Group called "Autumn 66" and is an ORIGINAL 1966 UK MONO 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Fontana label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS EASILY THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP'S RAREST LP EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1966 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED - IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS, AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DELETED!!!!  AS A RESULT IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS AN ULTRA RARE 'FACTORY SAMPLE' 1ST PRESSING!!!!   AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  'FACTORY SAMPLE' 1ST PRESSINGS WERE ONLY EVER PRESSED IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS (NO MORE THAN A FEW HUNDRED COPIES ONLY!), AND WERE ONLY EVER USED FOR 'IN-HOUSE' USE BY PHILIPS / FONTANA THEMSELVES (FOR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES), OR VERY OCCASSIONALLY ONE WAS GIVEN OUT TO 'IMPORTANT VISITORS' TO THE FACTORY - SUCH AS PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS FOR EXAMPLE!!!!  BARELY ANY 'FACTORY SAMPLE' 1ST PRESSINGS WERE EVER MADE - MAKING THIS LP VERY VERY RARE INDEED!!!! 

THIS LP IS MADE EVEN RARER STILL - AS IT COMES WITH AN ULTRA RARE PHILIPS / FONTANA 'PROMOTIONAL' BOOKLET ADVERTISING ALL RELEASES (INCLUDING THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP, TROGGS ETC!) MADE AT THE TIME OF THIS LPs RELEASE!!!!  IT WAS ISSUED BY PHILIPS TO PROMOTE ALL OTHER LPs MADE BY PHILIPS - INCLUDING THE PHILIPS LABEL, MERCURY LABEL, AND OF COURSE THE FONTANA LABEL - WHICH WERE ALL OWNED BY PHILIPS!!!!  CLEARLY IT MUST HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN A FEW 'FACTORY SAMPLE' COPIES AT THE TIME - SO MUSIC REVIEWERS OR RADIO STATIONS WOULD HAVE AN INSTANT REFERENCE TO REQUEST ANY OTHER LPs THEY WANTED TO REVIEW OR PLAY!!!!  AND IT IS VERY OBVIOUS IT IS 100% CORRECT FOR THIS LP - AS IT ADVERTISES ALL SPENCER DAVIS LPs MADE UP TO AND INCLUDING 'AUTUMN 66' - BUT NONE AFTERWARDS!!!!  BARELY ANY 1ST PRESSINGS OF THIS LP CAN EVER HAVE COME WITH THIS AMAZING 'PROMOTIONAL BOOKLET' - AND MAKES IT VERY VERY RARE INDEED!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT CONDITION - AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1966 UK MONO 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS FONTANA LABELS, 1ST PRESS 1/1 MONO MATRIXES, 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS FLIPBACK LAMINATED MONO COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Fontana UK 1st Pressing from 1966 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is TL 5359 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Fontana Label (see picture) and is a UK MONO 1st Pressing!!!! 

The record labels are in AWESOME condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in SUPERB condition!!!!  Most of these 60s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, NO hairlines, NO scufflines, only 2 or 3 absolutely ULTRA faint surface traces (only visible under the most EXTREME light!), and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL JUST PRESSED LOOK AND LOOKS SUPERB!!!!  It is also GREAT to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual!!!!  The record plays with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade Excellent+ if not better!!!!  SUPERB RECORD!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!!  I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  The record also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeve which is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  THE ULTRA RARE 'PROMOTIONAL' BOOKLET IS IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION (NO RIPS, NO SPLITS, NO TEARS, ETC!) - APART FROM A SMALL AREA OF ALMOST INVISIBLE SURFACE WEAR ON THE BOOKLET BACK (ALMOST INVISIBLE!)!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press Flipback Laminated MONO Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The cover has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), only a few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), only some very VERY minor evidence of 'tipping in' to the EXTREME corner tips, VERY shiny laminate, only 2 or 3 absolutely TINY repaired 'nicks' on the opening edge (these are almost IMPOSSIBLE to see - and the largest one is only 3 mms!), and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the unlaminated back of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, NO ringwear, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good++ if not better!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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