COLUMBIA RECORDS PROMOTIONAL DJ RADIO STATION SPECIAL RELEASE
BOB DYLAN THE FREEWHEELIN BOB DYLAN 1963
ORIGINAL 1963 COLUMBIA RECORDS TYPEWRITER NOTICE INSERT
WITHDRAWN TRACK TIMING STRIP BANNER
RUBBER INK DEMONSTRATION NOT FOR SALE STAMP
RADIO STATION COPY NOT FOR RELEASE WHITE PROMO LABELS
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Original Columbia Records promotional Radio Station Copy - Not For Resale white label release with the incredibly rare original typewriter Notice insert. Columbia Records Radio Station Service - Not For Resale CL-1986 timing strip banner with the withdrawn tracks on the front cover. Demonstration Not For Sale black rubber ink stamp on the back cover. 1st print cardboard cover featuring a typewriter Notice insert reading Please note that on Side 1, Band 3 and Band 6 are reversed . Columbia Records two-eye logo 2.69 pressing ring CL-1986 Printed in U.S.A. white labels. Columbia Records, Pitman, NJ plant pressing with the matrix numbers: Side 1 - XLP-58717-3A P o Side 2 - XLP-58718-2A P o. This rare promotional album comes with the original grey striped Columbia Records inner sleeve.
Please take into consideration that promotional copies, before they ended up in a collection, they were actively being used at a radio station as a demonstration example and this couldn t to one degree or another but affect their condition. If you intend to acquire this copy for the listening purpose only, perhaps the best solution would be to purchase a CD with a great mastering where you ll hear a perfect sound without all the flaws which almost all of the vintage promotional copies have due to being used by DJs during broadcasts. Additionally, some flaws such as ticks, pops and background noise of such records might be resolved with a good cleaning, please take this circumstance into consideration when reading the description of the vinyl in our listings. If you re a collector and purchase such copies as an investment then you re on the right path as without any doubts the value of these rare examples increases every year.
The cover is in great condition and is graded as Excellent. It s very clean and doesn t have any ring wear, splits or writing. The cover would be graded Near Mint Minus if it wasn t due to some very light scuffing on the corners and edges. The intact sturdy spine contains a fully readable text. I grade the promotional vinyl as Strong Very Good. It retains its beautiful factory gloss but has some light marks and hairlines as well as scuffs from the original inner sleeve which is in Near Mint Minus condition and doesn t have any splits. The magnificent white labels in Excellent condition are scuff- and wear-free only having some light spindle marks that can only be seen under a strong light source. The original Notice insert is in great vintage condition and doesn t have any splits or missing pieces. The vinyl sounds well in general but has light clicks and pops in several places. Perhaps some flaws will disappear if you change the balance of your tonearm. Most likely, the static and pops also could get reduced or go away if the record was professionally cleaned using a VPI cleaning machine.
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