PLEASE NOTE THIS IS AUCTION WILL END LATE MONDAY 26th DECEMBER INTO EARLY MORNING TUESDAY 27TH UK TIME OF COURSE, MY USUAL SUNDAY AUCTIONS WILL STILL CONTINUE ENDING EVERY SUNDAY - AND I WILL EVEN HAVE AUCTIONS ENDING ON SUNDAY 1ST JANUARY NEW YEARS DAY SO PLEASE READ ON ABOUT THIS AMAZING ITEM BELOW - AND GOOD LUCK IF YOU DECIDE TO BID:-
On offer here is a VERY rare LP especially in this condition by Mott The Hoople called Mott The Hoople and is an ORIGINAL 1969 UK Earliest 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Textured Pink i Island label THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND THIS IS MOTT THE HOOPLES FIRST LP EVER - AND IS THEIR RAREST BY FAR ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS THE EARLIEST 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - AND IS COMPLETELY MISPRESSED WITH DIFFERENT LABELS, DIFFERENT MATRIXES, AND A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WITHDRAWN TRACK AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP - AND ONLY AN ABSOLUTELY TINY HANDFUL WERE EVER PRESSED I WILL EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHY THIS LP IS AMAZINGLY RARE BEFORE THIS LP WAS RELEASED - THE TRACK LISTING WAS PLANNED OUT, MIXED AND RECORDED. IT WAS DECIDED TO INCLUDE THE TRACK ROAD TO BIRMINGHAM AND THE LP HAD A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ORDER TO THE EVENTUALLY RELEASED 1ST PRESSING. HOWEVER AT THE LAST MOMENT A DECISION WAS TAKEN TO COMPLETELY RE-MIX THE LP, DROP THE TRACK ROAD TO BIRMINGHAM AND REPLACE IT INSTEAD WITH BACKSLIDING FEARLESSLY . HOWEVER ALTHOUGH THE COVER LABELS WERE CHANGED IN TIME FOR THE RELEASE DATE HAD THE CORRECT TRACK ORDER - AN ABSOLUTELY TINY HANDFUL OF RECORDS LEAKED OUT WITH THE INCORRECT MIXES AND WRONG TRACK OF COURSE, ONCE THIS WAS REALISED - IT WAS QUICKLY WITHDRAWN AND CORRECTED, WITH BARELY ANY LEFT IN EXISTENCE TODAY AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AMAZINGLY RARE MISPRESSED EARLIEST 1ST PRESSINGS THAT INCORRECTLY PLAYS ROAD TO BIRMINGHAM 5 DIFFERENT MIXES - AND IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND NOW AND THIS MAKES THIS LP ONE OF THE ALL TIME RAREST LPs EVER MADE ONLY AN ABSOLUTELY TINY HANDFUL NO MORE THAN A FEW HUNDRED OF THE EARLIEST 1ST PRESSINGS ONLY, WERE EVER PRESSED LIKE THIS - AND THE CHANCES OF EVER FINDING ANOTHER ONE AGAIN ARE VIRTUALLY ZERO
AND OF COURSE - IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO IDENTIFY THIS IMPOSSIBLY RARE EARLIEST 1ST PRESSING CORRECTLY FIRSTLY THE LABELS ARE FULLY TEXTURED LATER ONES ARENT , AND THIS LP IS PRESSED ON DOUBLE THICKNESS VINYL LATER ONES ARE MUCH THINNER AND SECONDLY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE RECORD HAS THE EARLIEST 1ST PRESS MISPRESSED ILPS 9108 A ILPS 9108 B MATRIXES SEE PICTURES WITH NO NUMBER ADDED AT THE END OF EACH MATRIX LATER PRESSINGS OF COURSE, SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE THESE ULTRA RARE MATRIXES - AND INSTEAD HAVE LATER MATRIXES WITH NUMBERS ADDED - EITHER //2 OR //1 THIS IS WITHOUT ANY DOUBT ONE OF THE RAREST LPs YOU WILL EVER SEE - AND THIS LP IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS THIS WILL SURELY BE ONE OF THE ONLY CHANCES TO EVER OWN THE EARLIEST 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP EVER MADE WITH ROAD TO BIRMINGHAM 5 DIFFERENT MIXES - SO DONT MISS OUT
BUT NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT CONDITION WITH AN AWESOME RECORD AND THE RECORD ITSELF IS IN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING CONDITION, HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL - AND MUST BE ONE OF THE BEST CONDITIONED EARLIEST 1ST PRESSINGS WITH WITHDRAWN MIXES TRACK LEFT IN EXISTENCE JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1969 WITHDRAWN UK EARLIEST 1ST PRESSING ON THE EARLIEST 1ST PRESS FULLY TEXTURED PINK i ISLAND LABEL, EARLIEST 1ST PRESS A/B MATRIX ENDINGS, EARLIEST 1ST PRESS DIFFERENT TRACK 5 DIFFERENT MIXES, EARLIEST 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND EARLIEST 1ST PRESS GATEFOLD 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 Island UK Earliest 1st Pressing from 1969 and is in SUPERB condition The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is ILPS 9108 on the ORIGINAL Earliest 1st Press Textured Island label see picture and is a UK Stereo 1st Pressing there were NO Monos
The record labels are in SUPERB 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 absolutely AWESOME 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 light TINY surface traces, 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 AMAZING It is great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either The record must grade MINT Minus AWESOME 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 comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition The ORIGINAL 1st Press Gatefold Cover is in BRILLIANT condition It has NO sticker marks, NO top edge wear, only very VERY light bottom edge wear, NO splits, barely ANY spinal wear AT ALL, NO ringwear, NO rubbing, only VERY slight corner wear, NO rips, NO tears, only a VERY few light creases cover is VERY flat looking indeed , barely ANY yellowing, NO annotations, and NO writing The opening edges are beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL Even the inside of the cover is in SUPERB condition with NO writing, NO wear, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, NO ringwear, NO grubbyness and NO yellowing The cover is must grade Very Good if not better BRILLIANT COVER THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY
HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE LP THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1969 UK EARLIEST 1ST PRESSING OF MOTT THE HOOPLE BY MOTT THE HOOPLE, IN SUPERB CONDITION Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. Postal discounts for multiple buys are always available - and I guarantee to ALWAYS undercharge on postage Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking Cheers--ooOOoo--
