THE STAPLE SINGERS:"HAMMER AND NAILS"1962 RIVERSIDE DEMO PRESSING.MONO-NEAR MINT

	£		20
	$		27

ATTENTION 1960s AMERICAN GOSPEL/SOUL AND RIVERSIDE LABEL LP COLLECTORS!

HERE IS A VERY RARE 1962 MONO LP:

THE STAPLE SINGERS:"HAMMER AND NAILS".

THIS GREAT AMERICAN GROUP NEVER HAD ANY HITS IN THE UK UNTIL THE EARLY 1970s WHEN THEY RECORDED FOR THE STAX LABEL. THIS ALBUM RECORDED IN THE USA AND WAS ONE OF THE EARLIEST LPs TO BE ISSUED ON THE HIGHLY COLLECTABLE FONTANA PRESSED RIVERSIDE LABEL(RLP 3501)WITH ROUGH TEXTURED LABELS AND THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE 1F/2F MATRIXES.THERE WAS VERY LITTLE ATTENTION OR SALES FOR THIS LP WHICH WAS PROBABLY DELETED WITHIN A FEW MONTHS OF ISSUE AND AS YOU WILL SEE FROM THE PHOTOS THERE IS A "SAMPLE RECORD-NOT FOR SALE"STICKER ON ONE OF THE LABELS DENOTING ONE OF THE FIRST EVER COPIES MADE IN ADVANCE OF ISSUE FOR DJs,REVIEWERS OR IMPORTANT MANAGEMENT AT THE RECORD COMPANY-IN 1962 ONLY ABOUT 100 COPIES WOULD BE MADE LIKE THIS AT THE MOST! THE PRINT RUN FOR "NORMAL" SHOP STOCK COPIES WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT 500 INITIALLY ONLY REPEATED IF THE ALBUM SOLD WELL AND IN THE UK BACK IN 1962,MOST SHOPS WOULD ONLY OBTAIN SUCH ALBUMS TO SPECIAL ORDER!  HARDLY ANY SURVIVE ESPECIALLY LIKE THIS OUTSTANDING COPY WHICH HAS CLEARLY ONLY HAD A COUPLE OF PLAYS IN  OVER 50 YEARS WITH THAT"JUST PRESSED"LOOK! THICK VINYL! WOW! WHAT A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY TO BID FOR ONE OF THE RAREST EVER LPs TO BE ISSUED ON RIVERSIDE AND IS MUSICALLY MAGNIFICENT UPLIFTING AND SOULFUL GOSPEL SONGS-THE VERY ROUTE OF SO MANY SOUL ARTISTS THAT FOLLOWED-YOU'LL TREASURE THIS FOR YEARS!    THE RECORD ITSELF HAS JUST A COUPLE OF ULTRA TINY AND FAINT,WISPY SURFACE MARKS ONLY VISIBLE UNDER A STRONG LIGHT,GLEAMING SURFACES-VERY QUIET SURFACES-NO CLICKS-NO STICKS-NO JUMPS-JUST ABOUT THE BEST COPY YOU COULD EVER WISH TO FIND! THE LAMINATED FRONT+FLIPBACK COVER HAS A FEW TINY EDGE CREASES AND A CORENR CREASE BUT NO REPAIRS OR WRITING WITH SHARP PRINTING-FANTASTIC!-A REALISTIC £20 STARTING PRICE. POSTAGE:£4 RECORDED DELIVERY TO THE UK   EUROPE  £6 REST OF THE WORLD £9 

FROM A VERY CAREFUL COLLECTOR WHO BOUGHT FROM NEW AND AS OFTEN THE CASE WITH LARGE COLLECTIONS-THE MAJORITY OF THE DISCS HAD A COUPLE OF PLAYS AT THE VERY MOST AND THEN FILED AWAY ON SHELVES AWAY FROM LIGHT AND HEAT FOR YEARS!

YOU'LL PROBABLY NEVER FIND A BETTER COPY!

SO CLOSE TO MINT! A TERM I NEVER USE AS IT DOES NOT EXIST EXCEPT FOR SEALED LPs! 

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