THE DOOBIE BROTHERS S/T SEALED 1971 Warner Bros 1919 1st Press SKIP SPENCE

$

100

Vinyl:  STILL FACTORY SEALED!   NO BARCODE!  LONG OUT OF PRINT.  This is the 1971 Warner Brothers Release.  Extremely RARE to find one with no barcode Sealed. This is the first time I have been able to offer a Sealed NO Barcode Copy of this Record.  It comes from a collection of Sealed records that were given to the previous owner from Bruce Cohn, The Doobies' manager, so it COULD be a PROMO, but I can't guarantee that.  I CAN guarantee that it's Brand New!  :)  This is a Classic Rock Lost Classic!   The Doobies' first album, where you can hear the beginnings of their Unique Sound...Enjoy!

See Review Below!
Cover: SEALED! (see photos)  Nice high gloss on cover.  Notch cut.  Front and back of cover artwork and text are rich, clear and bright, essentially flawless.  Seams, corners and spine are solid and clean, essentially flawless.  No writing.  Spine print is crystal clear.  Has a couple breathing holes in the shrink, which is a normal finding.  There is one microtear on the bottom of the front cover, by the WB symbol.  The record appears straight; when I look down with one eye down all 4 edges there's no big, ominous bow to it that would suggest that it's warped.
I will gladly accept the return of Sealed records as long as they have not been opened (i.e. as long as they are still in the condition I sent them in).  Every record has a "fingerprint" of imperfections in the seal and/or the cover and I separately photograph and keep these details to prevent fraudulently returned items...yep, there are a few rotten apples out there!)  I will not accept a previously sealed record that has been opened, even if the complaint is that the record is warped.  This is why I look down the edge of all 4 sides of the record, to assess for potential bowing.  Look for that in the description of the covers of all my Sealed items. Thanks!  By the way, I've never (knock on wood!) had a buyer complain that they received a warped Sealed record.  :)
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All records are packaged securely with the vinyl sandwiched between two cardboard stiffeners and shipped in a custom cardboard record mailer box. 
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Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album? 
First and early pressings are pressed from the first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues/re-issues (which, in recent times, are often pressed from whatever 'best' tapes or digital sources are currently available) - many so-called 'audiophile' new 180g pressings are cut from hi-res digital sources…essentially an expensive CD pressed on vinyl.  Why  experience the worse elements of both formats?  These are just High Maintenance CDs, with mid-ranges so cloaked with a veil as to sound smeared.  They are nearly always compressed with murky transients and a general lifelessness in the overall sound.  There are exceptions where re-masters/re-presses outshine the original issues, but they are exceptions and not the norm. 

First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider.  Subtle instrument nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with a far-tighter bass. Upper-mid ranges shine without harshness, and the overall depth is more immersive.  Inner details are  clearer.  

The Doobie Brothers Review

by Peter Kurtz

One of the most inauspicious debuts by a major rock group, this subdued slice of country boogie might be called the missing link between Moby Grape and the later, revved-up Doobies of "Listen to the Music." Only a handful of West Coast hippies bought this record originally, but it lays the blueprint for the Doobies' future radio-friendly sound: chugging rhythm guitar, stretched-out harmonies, Tom Johnston's joyful R&B vocals, and Patrick Simmons' acoustic picking. A muffled mixing job helped keep this album in the morgue, which is sad, because "Nobody" and "Greenwood Creek" rate with some of Johnston's best tunes, and they deserve issuance on a definitive Doobie Brothers compilation.