BOB DYLAN BLONDE ON LP UK CBS w/ SONG STICKER/IN-STORE PROMO DISPLAY

$

102

PLEASE NOTE: I WILL ONLY GRADE AN OPENED LP NEAR MINT (NM) IF I CAN GUARANTEE IT HAS NEVER BEEN PLAYED (i.e. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER).  OTHERWISE, NEAR MINT MINUS (NM-) IS THE ABSOLUTE HIGHEST GRADE I WILL ASSIGN AN OPENED LP.


INSANELY RARE UK stereo pressing from 196?/197? on CBS' orange label with printed inner sleeves, gatefold cover laminated on the outside only with no stereo text on the front, A3/B2/C3/D2 matrix suffixes stamped in the dead wax, respectively, on sides one through four and ULTRA RARE original hype sticker in the bottom right hand corner on the front cover with complete track listing and catalog number at the bottom!!!  LPs are VG+/VG++ with a few barely visible paper scuffs.  Cover is a nice VG+, close to VG++, but for a small light crease in the top right hand corner on the front only and a small price tag residue in the top right hand corner on the front that is visible at a certain angle.  Auction also includes a MEGA RARE rigid single-sided 12 X 12 in-store promotional display put out by CBS Records in 1986!!!  I purchased this display some time in the early 2000s from a former Tower Records (R.I.P.) manager here in Chicago who was a big Dylan fan and decided to rescue this one from the Tower wall for her own private collection (which was staggeringly impressive).  She told me that 99% of these displays were either tossed after they were displayed or never displayed at all and ten tossed.  Tower staff saw them as disposable swag and clutter and as a result very few survived from the 1980s.  Display is in pristine condition with no pin or staple holes, tape residue or peel spots, rips, tears, creases or stains.  You will not be disappointed.  These are the kinds of items Dylan fans and collectors are going to be fighting over fiercely in the very near future so don't sleep.  You won't ever find another lot like this.


I USE GOLDMINE GRADING~ MINT (SEALED)  NEAR MINT: LOOKS UNPLAYED VG++:  VERY VERY MINIMAL SIGNS OF USE VG+:  AVERAGE SIGNS OF USE, NOTHING DEEP, SUPERFICIAL VG:  STILL AN OK RECORD, NOISE BETWEEN SONGS
GOOD: WORN BUT PLAYS FINE WITH DISTRACTING NOISE POOR:  FILLER COPY ONLY.  LOTS OF SCRATCHES