VAN MORRISON~BLOWIN' YOUR MIND~1st ALBUM~MEGA-RARE SEALED ORIG'67 BANG STEREO LP

 
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·       VAN MORRISON – BLOWIN’ YOUR MIND  (VAN MORRISON'S VERY RARE FIRST SOLO ALBUM, PRODUCED AND PARTIALLY ARRANGED BY BERT BERNS) - RARE ORIGINAL 1967 BANG RECORDS  STEREO LP BLPS-218
 
·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING
 
 
*** STILL SEALED GUARANTEED ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING ***
 
 
·       BELIEVED TO CONTAIN A RARE UNCENSORED VERSION OF ‘BROWN-EYED GIRL' (WE ARE NOT ENTIRELY CERTAIN)
 
·       GUARANTEED ORIGINAL RED AND WHITE “BANG” LABEL WITH A REVOLVER LOGO  , SUCH AS THE ONE SHOWN BELOW, FROM OUR PREVIOUS AUCTION
 
·       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.
 
·       ONE “BREATHE” (AIR) HOLE NOTED ON THE SHRINK WRAP
 
·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, 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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Although Van Morrison's first solo album is remembered for containing the immortal pop hit "Brown Eyed Girl," Blowin' Your Mind! is actually a dry run for his masterpiece, Astral Weeks. Songs like "Who Drove the Red Sports Car" look to that song cycle, even as "Midnight Special" nods to Morrison's R&B past. But it's the agonizing "T.B. Sheets" -- all nine-plus minutes of it -- that dominates this record and belies its trendy title and pop association. "T.B. Sheets" takes the blues and reinvents it as noble tragedy and humiliating mortality. It's where Van Morrison emerges as an artist
 
 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY WILLIAM RUHLMAN, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)
 
 
Finding a still sealed original pressing of Van Morrison's rare debut???? Forget it – not even a HOPE!!! This may be the last one you will ever see.
 
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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   (A SMALL PIECE OF SHRINK WRAP IS MISSING)
 
NO SIGNIFICANT IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:
 
-        No split seams
-        No ring wear
-        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 yellowing from aging
25 Dec 2016
$243.50