CARLOS SANTANA & BUDDY MILES Live LP 1972 WITHDRAWN

	£		26
	$		34

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles called "Live!" and is an ORIGINAL 1972 UK 'Earliest' 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Orange CBS label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST LPs ON THE CBS LABEL (AS A 100% GENIUNE 1ST PRESSING!) - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1972 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED, IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS - AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DELETED!!!!  AS A RESULT IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  BUT THIS LP IS MADE EVEN RARER STILL - AS IT IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE, WITH AN ULTRA RARE 'WITHDRAWN' GATEFOLD COVER!!!!  AND THIS IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THE LP!!!!  WHEN THIS LP WAS DUE FOR RELEASE IN THE UK BACK IN 1972 - DEMAND WAS EXPECTED TO BE MASSIVE (AS WITH ALL SANTANA'S PREVIOUS LPs!)!!!!  HOWEVER - ADVANCE SALES WERE APPALLING, AND SO CBS TOOK THE DRASTIC STEP OF DITCHING THE GATEFOLD COVER FOR THIS LP - AND REPLACING IT WITH A 'BUDGET' SINGLE SLEEVE INSTEAD!!!!  AND THIS MEANT THAT EVEN THOSE FEW PEOPLE WHO DID BUY THIS LP ON THE RELEASE DATE BACK IN 1972 - OFTEN WENT HOME WITH A 'SINGLE SLEEVE' COVER INSTEAD, AND NEVER EVEN KNEW A GATEFOLD VERSION EVEN EXISTED!!!!  BUT THIS ONE WAS ACTUALLY SENT TO A 'RECORD REP' PRIOR TO THE RELEASE DATE - AND HE WAS ONE OF THE VERY LUCKY FEW, THAT OWNED A 100% GENIUNE 'EARLIEST' UK 1ST PRESSING - WITH A 'WITHDRAWN' GATEFOLD COVER!!!!  NOW GATEFOLD COVERS FOR THIS LP IN OTHER COUNTRIES (PARTICULARLY IN THE U.S.A.) ARE VERY COMMON - BUT HERE IN THE UK ONLY A FEW HUNDRED WERE EVER MADE!!!!  AND SO THIS LP - WITH ITS 'WITHDRAWN' UK GATEFOLD 1ST PRESS COVER (& INSERT!), IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE RAREST & MOST SOUGHT AFTER UK SANTANA RELATED LP EVER MADE!!!!

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  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1972 UK WITHDRAWN 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS ORANGE CBS LABEL, 1ST PRESS A1/B1 MATRIX ENDINGS, 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, ULTRA RARE 1ST PRESS 'COLOUR' INSERT, AND ULTRA RARE 'WITHDRAWN' 1ST PRESS UK GATEFOLD 'CENTRE OPENING' COVER!!!!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 CBS UK 1st Pressing from 1972 and is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl!!!!  The Cat. No is CBS 65142 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press CBS label (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st Pressing (there were NO Monos!)!!!! 

The record labels are in AWESOME condition (see pictures) with NO writing, NO wear, and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in SUPERB condition!!!!  Most of these 60s/70s 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 absolutely ULTRA light scuffline trace, 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 playing of the record is as STUNNING as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO pops, NO jumps, NO sticks, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion 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 inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition!!!!  THE ULTRA RARE 'COLOUR' INSERT IS IN SUPERB CONDITION - AND CLEARLY HASNT EVER LEFT THE COVER!!!!  The 1st Press WITHDRAWN Gatefold UK 'Centre Opening' Cover is in SUPERB condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear (apart from some ULTRA faint 'touching in' traces to the VERY lowest part of the spine - side words are all FULLY readable!), only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), barely ANY creases AT ALL (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), NO ringwear, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, NO sticker tears, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edges are beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!!  Even the inside of the cover is in AWESOME condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, NO rubbing, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Excellent(Minus) if not FULL Excellent!!!!  SUPERB 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 in this sort of condition!!!!  THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1972 UK 1ST PRESSING OF "LIVE!" BY CARLOS SANTANA & BUDDY MILES, 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. P&P £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World (Postal discounts are available - see below for details).  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

 

 

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