BOB DYLAN Highway 61 Revisited LP 1965 MONO 1st Press SUPERB FACTORY SAMPLE

	£		165
	$		219

HELLO AND WELCOME TO MY 'ONE OFF' WEDNESDAY NIGHT AUCTIONS (ENDING LATE WEDNESDAY 20TH APRIL / EARLY THURSDAY 21ST!)!!!!

As many people may already know, I usually end all my items on Sunday nights (and these will still continue!)!!!!  However as I had quite a few extra items of UTMOST RARITY come in to me this week (they really are TOP QUALITY, and NOT cheap overstock!) and completely ran out of time to list them last Sunday - I decided to do a 'one off' set of listings of Wednesday auctions ending on Wednesday 20th April!!!!  So PLEASE NOTE that this auction will end late on Wednesday 20th April (and NOT Sunday!) - though of course, I will be putting more auctions on during the week for next Sundays auctions!!!!  And please don’t forget take a look at my other auctions, as there really are some INCREDIBLE items listed!!!!  Thanks for reading and please take a look at this AMAZING item below:-

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Bob Dylan called "Highway 61 Revisited" and is an ORIGINAL 1965 UK MONO 1st Pressing on the 1st Press 'Textured' CBS label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF BOB DYLAN'S RAREST LPs EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1965 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED IN THE UK - IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS (LIKE THIS!), AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY CHANGED!!!!  AS A RESULT, IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL - IS THAT IT IS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE (LATER ONES ARE VERY DIFFERENT!)!!!!  AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  I WILL NOW EXPLAIN THE ALL IMPORTANT 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS DETAILS BELOW:-

FIRSTLY THIS LP HAS 'FULLY TEXTURED' LABELS WITH '33' LABEL TEXT (LATER ONES DONT!), AND A MUCH 'THICKER' CBS BLOCK LOGO ON THE LABELS (LATER ONES ARE THINNER!)!!!!  SECONDLY THE LABELS ARE FULLY TEXTURED TO THE EDGES, AND HAVE A VERY DISTINCTIVE 'DEEP CENTRAL GROOVE' AROUND THE CENTRE HOLES (LATER ONES DONT!)!!!!  THIRDLY THE FLIPBACK COVER IS EXTREMELY THICK IN CONSTRUCTION (LATER ONES ARE THINNER!), MADE BY 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' (LATER ONES ARENT!), AND HAS 'PATENTS PENDING' TEXT (LATER ONES DONT!)!!!!  AND LASTLY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE LABELS HAVE THE ULTRA RARE '62575' MISPRINT ABOVE THE DATE ON THE LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF EITHER LABEL (OF COURSE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN '62572' INSTEAD!)!!!!  AND THIS IS TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT!!!!  BECAUSE ONLY AN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNT OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS ONLY - WERE EVER MADE WITH THIS ULTRA RARE '67575' LABEL MISPRINT - BEFORE IT WAS IMMEDIATELY CHANGED ON ALL LATER COPIES!!!!  SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' & RAREST 1ST PRESSINGS OF THIS INCREDIBLE LP, THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET!!!!

BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP EVEN RARER STILL - IS THAT IT IS AN ULTRA RARE 'FACTORY SAMPLE' 1ST PRESSING!!!!  'FACTORY SAMPLE' 1ST PRESSINGS WERE ONLY EVER PRESSED IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS (NO MORE THAN A FEW HUNDRED COPIES ONLY!), AND WERE ONLY EVER USED FOR 'IN-HOUSE' USE BY CBS THEMSELVES (FOR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES), SENT TO RADIO STATIONS OR REVIEWERS AT THE TIME (FOR PROMOTION), OR VERY OCCASSIONALLY ONE WAS GIVEN OUT TO 'IMPORTANT VISITORS' TO THE FACTORY - SUCH AS PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS FOR EXAMPLE!!!!  THEY WERE NEARLY ALWAYS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE (AS IN THIS CASE!) - AND ARE NOW ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  AND IN THIS CASE I HAVE PERFECT HISTORY WITH THIS LP - AND I KNOW THAT THIS 'FACTORY SAMPLE' IS 100% GENIUNE (SEE BELOW)!!!!  BARELY ANY 'FACTORY SAMPLE' PRESSINGS OF THIS LP WERE EVER MADE - MAKING THIS LP ONE OF THE RAREST BOB DYLAN LPs EVER MADE!!!!

BUT NOT ONLY THAT - BUT FOR ONCE I HAVE PERFECT HISTORY WITH THIS LP!!!!  THE ONE PREVIOUS OWNER WORKED AT CBS IN THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT (PROMOTING RELEASES) - AND OBVIOUSLY SAW MANY MANY LPs!!!!  THIS PARTICULAR LP WAS USED IN CBS FOR 'IN HOUSE USE' (NO DOUBT FOR REFERENCE PRIOR TO RELEASE) AND WAS TAKEN HOME BY HIM AFTER IT HAD BEEN FINISHED WITH.  AND IT WAS SELECTED - BECAUSE IT COULDNT BE SOLD TO THE PUBLIC!!!!  ALTHOUGH THE RECORD IS PERFECTLY PRESSED AND HAS BARELY BEEN TOUCHED SINCE NEW - THE COVER HAS SOME AMAZING MISPRINTS AND IS COMPLETELY UNIQUE!!!!  FOR EXAMPLE BOB DYLAN'S FACE ON THE COVER FRONT (SEE PICTURE) HAS A 'BEAUTY SPOT' ON HIS UPPER LIP WHICH CLEARLY SHOULDN'T BE THERE (THIS IS UNDER THE LAMINATE - AND EXACTLY AS MANUFACTURED!)!!!!  THERE IS A PRINTED BLACK SPOT ON THE TOP FLIPBACK OF THE COVER BACK (AGAIN UNDER THE LAMINATE!)!!!!  AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PICTURE ON THE COVER FRONT (AGAIN UNDER THE LAMINATE!) THERE IS SOME 'FUZZY' PRINTING WHICH SHOULDNT BE THERE AT ALL!!!!  AND ALL THIS POINTS TO A 100% GENIUNE PROMOTIONAL 1ST PRESSING - WAY BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THE 'DATE CODING' IN THE INNER SLEEVE IS 100% CORRECT WITH A 'PRE-RELEASE' PROMOTIONAL COPY ASWELL!!!!  THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED IN THE UK ON 'AUGUST 31st 1965' - AND AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, THIS LP HAS AN '075' (JULY 1965) 'DATE CODING' ON THE INNER SLEEVE, CLEARLY SHOWING THAT IT WAS MADE OVER 1 MONTH PRIOR TO THE RELEASE DATE!!!!  SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS LP IS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE, IS A 100% GENIUNE 'FACTORY SAMPLE', IS COMPLETELY UNIQUE, AND IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE ALL TIME RAREST 1ST PRESSING OF THIS INCREDIBLE LP EVER TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE - EVER!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION - AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1965 UK 'EARLIEST' MONO 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'TEXTURED' CBS LABEL, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'DEEP CENTRAL LABEL GROOVE' (LATER ONES DONT!), 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS '33' LABEL TEXT, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'FACTORY SAMPLE' STICKER, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'THICKER CBS BOX' ON THE LABELS, ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS '67575' MISPRINT LABEL ERROR, 1ST PRESS '1A-1/1B-1' MONO MATRIX ENDINGS, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS COVER DETAILS (AS DESCRIBED ABOVE!), 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS '075' DATE CODED INNER SLEEVE, AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' FLIPBACK LAMINATED 'PATENTS PENDING' MISPRINTED MONO COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL CBS UK 1st Pressing from 1965 and is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is BPG 62572 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press CBS label (see picture) and is a UK MONO 1st Pressing!!!!

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 SUPERB 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, only 1 MEGA light scuffline, 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 SUPERB!!!!  It is also 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 distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade Excellent+ if not better!!!!  SUPERB 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 also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press '075' Date Coded inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The ORIGINAL 'Earliest' 1st Press 'Garrod & Lofthouse' Flipback Laminated 'Patents Pending' Misprinted MONO Cover is in SUPERB condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear, NO splits, only a VERY few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), NO rips, NO tears, only 2 or 3 TINY manufacturing indentations (almost INVISIBLE!), STUNNING shiny 'mirror-like' laminate, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the unlaminated back of the cover is in SUPERB condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, NO ringwear, NO rubbing, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade FULL Excellent if not Excellent+!!!!  SUPERB COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS (ESPECIALLY AS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE!) - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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