JOHN LEE HOOKER THE REAL FOLK BLUES RARE VINYL UK 1ST PRESS '66 MONO CHESS LABEL

	£		280
	$		371

JOHN LEE HOOKER
THE REAL FOLK BLUES
VERY RARE 1966 MONO UK 1ST PRESS !!!!
PRESSED ON UNBELIEVABLE 190gms OF ORIGINAL 1966 MONO HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL, AND PRESSED OFF THE FIRST MOTHER WITH VERY EARLY STAMPERS !!!!
FIRSTLY BEFORE YOU READ ON, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION, ALTHOUGH THE AUDIO PLAYS WITH NO SERIOUS ISSUES, YOU WILL NEED TO READ THE DETAILED TRACK BY TRACK ADUDIO DESCRIPTION BELOW CAREFULLY, THANK YOU !!!! ALSO VISUALLY UNDER BRIGHT LIGHT NOT TH BEST LOOKING VINYL, BUT AGAIN NOTHING NASTY, AND ALL WILL BE EXPLAINED BELOW. HONESTLY IF THIS PLAYED TERRIBLE THEN IT WOULD NOT BE LISTED HERE, BUT AS IT PLAYS WELL, AND AS IT IS FULLY COMPLETE, AND A VERY RARE BLUES ALBUM, THAT IS WHY IT IS HERE !!!!
THIS IS THE ONE AND ONLY, MR JOHN LEE HOOKER, WHO WAS FROM TUTWILER, MISSISSIPPI, AND ONE OF THE GREATEST BLUES ARTISTS OF ALL TIME. THIS IS A VERY RARE ORIGINAL, RECORDED IN CHICAGO IN 1966, AND RELEASED ALSO IN 1966, AND A CHESS MONO UK 1ST PRESS, AND WILL BE A VERY SAD LOSS FROM MY TREASURED PERSONAL VINYL COLLECTION !!!!
DISCLAIMER :: ALL MY LP'S LISTED ON THIS SITE ARE ORIGINAL AND NOT FAKE OR COUNTERFEIT, AND ARE SOLD IN GOOD FAITH. THEY WERE BOUGHT ON THE DATE OF ISSUE. THANK YOU !! 
THIS IS AN ORIGINAL 1966 UK 1ST PRESS :: CRL 4527 A-1 * T :: ACRL 4527 B-1 * T .
PRESSED OFF THE FIRST MOTHER, WITH VERY EARLY STAMPERS  ::  1  C  ::  1  C .
ON THE 1ST PRESS BLACK CHESS MONO LABEL :: CRL.4527 .

COVER ::  ORIGINAL FRONT LAMINATED FLIPBACK MONO, PRINTED AND MADE BY GARROD & LOFTHOUSE Ltd, PATENTS PENDING, WITH SOLID SPINE AND EDGES WITH A SMALL RUB ON THE CORNERS. SUPERB LAMINATE WITH NO LAMINATE LIFT, JUST  FEW SMALL LAMINATE CREASE LINES AROUND THE EDGES. THE BACK IS FREE FROM WRITING, AND JUST A BIT OF PAPER LOSS TOP RIGHT CORNE, AND SOME LIGHT AGE RELATED MARKS, SO BEST TO LOOK AT THE PHOTO'S, THANK YOU. THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, AND I WOULD GRADE  :: VG+ . 

VINYL :: PLAYS WELL, WITH NOTHING NASTY ON THE AUDIO, SO CERTAINLY NO SKIPS, STICKS, JUMPS OR CRACKLE, AS YOU WILL SEE BELOW, AND DUE TO HOW RARE THIS VINYL IS, I WILL DO A TRACK BY TRACK AUDIO DESCRIPTION......

ON SIDE 1 :: TRACK 1 :: THERE IS ONE SINGLE TICK ON THE RUN IN, TWO FAINT TICKS AFTER THE START, THREE LIGHT POPS, AND TWO FAINT TICKS IN THE MIDDLE, AND 4 FAINT TICKS A LITTLE FURTHER ON .

TRACK 2 :: THERE ARE THREE FAINT TICKS AFTER THE START AND THRE FAINT TICKS AT THE END .

TRACK 3 :: PLAYS FINE WITH NOTHING TO MENTION .

TRACK 4 :: PLAYS FINE WITH NOTHING TO MENTION, JUST TWO FAINT TICKS IN THE MIDDLE .

ON SIDE 2 :: TRACK 1 :: THIS I WOULD SAY HAS THE MOST GOING ON, AS THERE ARE SOME LIGHT POPS, AND SOME LIGHT TICKS FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE TRACK, AND TWO FAINT TICKS AND A FAINT POP IN THE MIDDLE .

TRACK 2 :: HAS FIVE LIGHT TICKS AND A LIGHT POP AFTER THE START, AND TWO FAINT TICKS IN THE MIDDLE .

TRACK 3 :: HAS A COUPLE OF FAINT TICKS, AND ONE SINGLE LIGHT POP .

TRACK 4 :: PLAYS FINE WITH NOTHING TO MENTION.

TRACK 5 :: HAS EIGHT FAINT TICKS AT THE START AND FIVE FAINT TICKS IN THE MIDDLE . 

SO AS YOU HAVE JUST READ, NOTHING NASTY ON THE AUDIO, AND IT PLAYS VERY CLEAR WITH NO CRACKLE. HONESTLY  I STILL ENJOYED IT, EVEN WITH THE FIRST HALF OF TRACK 1, HAVING A BIT MORE GOING ON.

VISUALLY, UNDER BRIGHT LIGHT NOT THE BEST LOOKING VINYL, BUT THERE ARE NO NASTY SCRATCHES, AS THESE WOULD CAUSE AUDIO PROBLEMS. SO THERE ARE QUITE A LOT OF COSMETIC SLEEVE REMOVAL SPIDER WEB THREAD ULTRA FINE LINES, QUITE A LOT OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED COSMETIC HAIRLINES, A COUPLE OF HARMLESS SMALL THIN COSMETIC SCUFF LINES, AND TWO TINY SLIGHTLY FEELABLE MARKS ON TRACK 1, AND ANOTHER ONE ON TRACK 2, ON SIDE 1, AND ANOTHER TWO SLIGHTLY FEELABLE MARKS ON TRACK 1, ON SIDE 2.

SO A LOT TO THINK ABOUT AUDIO WISE, AND VISUALLY, BUT AS MENTIONED IT STILL IS A GREAT VINYL TO LISTEN TO, AND PROBABLY BEING PRESSED ON 190gms OF VINYL HAS HELPED, AS ON A LIGHTER VINYL IT WOULD BE UNPLAYABLE. AS ALWAYS I HAVE BEEN AS HONEST AS I POSSIBLY CAN, SO I WOULD ADVISE TO READ THE AUDIO, AND VISUAL DESCRIPTION ONE MORE TIME, AND IF YOU ARE HAPPY, THEN YOU WILL ENJOY THIS VERY RARE ALBUM, WHICH IS FULLY COMPLETE, THANK YOU. 

SO I SUPPOSE I BETTER GIVE IT AN AUDIO GRADE, AND I THINK THE FAIREST ALL ROUND AUDIO GRADE I CAN GIVE IS  ::  VG . 

LABELS :: NO ISSUES, LOVELY AND CLEAN, JUST SOME FAINT SPINDLE LINES AT THE CENTRE SEEN UNDER BRIGHT LIGHT ::  EX .

ORIGINAL INNER :: NO WRITING BUT THERE IS A BIG SEAM SPLIT IN THE MIDDLE OF BOTH SIDE EDGES, AND THE VINYL WILL COME IN A NEW BLACK POLYLINED INNER ALONG WITH THE ORIGINAL DESCRIBED ABOVE :: VG- .

SO THERE YOU HAVE IT, A VERY RARE MONO UK 1ST PRESS 1966 CHESS LABEL, PRESSED ON 190gms OF BLACK VINYL, THAT PLAYS WELL AND AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. THERE ARE QUITE A LOT OF COSMETICS AND A COUPLE OF OTHER MORE NOTICEABLE LOOKING MARKS AS ALSO DESCRIBED ABOVE, SO NOT THE BEST LOOKING UNDER BRIGHT LIGHT, BUT AWAY FROM BRIGHT LIGHT, NOT TOO BAD. IT DOES PLAY WITH NOTHING NASTY, LIKE STICKS, JUMPS, SKIPS OR CRACKLE, OF COURSE NOT FOR THE PERFECTIONIST, BUT STILL A GREAT VINYL TO LISTEN TO !!!! THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR YOUR TIME !!! ROSE.

TAKE CARE AND BE SAFE !!!!

IMPORTANT   I ALWAYS POST THE NEXT DAY, APART IF IT FALLS ON A SUNDAY. PLEASE READ THE POSTAGE LABEL FOR THE DATE OF POSTING, AND YOU WILL SEE IT WAS POSTED ON TIME. IT IS THE POSTAL SERVICES AT FAULT, AND NOT MINE, AND DUE TO THIS I HAVE LOST MY 5 STAR POSTAGE RATING. THANK YOU !!!

IMPORTANT SHIPPING COSTS INFORMATION BELOW

FOR SHIPPING COSTS OVERSEAS, PLEASE LOOK AT MY POSTAGE JUST ABOVE THE PAYMENT OPTIONS, JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THE MAIN PHOTO ON THE LISTING, AND CLICK ON...SEE DETAILS...AND THEN TYPE IN YOUR COUNTRY, THANK YOU. 

 I ALWAYS PACK WITH EXTRA STIFF CARD, BUBBLE WRAP, AND PROTECTED CORNERS !!!

ALSO FOR OVERSEAS I ALSO PACK VERY WELL WITH THE ABOVE MENTIONED PROTECTION FOR YOUR ALBUMS SAFETY IN SHIPPING, SO SINGLE ALBUMS WILL WEIGH OVER 500gms WHICH COSTS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN UNDER 500gms, BUT I AM SURE YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET YOUR ALBUM IN THE SAME CONDITION AS WHEN I PACKED IT !!! IF IT FALLS BELOW 500gms, I WILL REFUND YOU THE DIFFERENCE.

                  I COMBINE SHIPPING, SO PLEASE ASK FOR PRICES!!!!

 PLEASE E MAIL ME FIRST IF YOU ARE UNSURE ABOUT SHIPPING COSTS

ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK, THANKYOU.

IF YOU HAVE TIME, PLEASE CHECK OUT MY OTHER LISTINGS, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU MIGHT FIND !!!!!

VINYL WILL BE PACKED SEPARATE FROM COVER IN PLASTIC SLEEVES, AND WILL BE PACKED BULLET AND POSTMAN PROOF.

[[[[PLEASE NOTE IT IS £3.75 P&P ONLY IF YOU LIVE IN THE UK]]]] 

IF IN THE VERY UNLIKELY CIRCUMSTANCES THAT YOU ARE NOT HAPPY WITH YOUR ALBUM PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I WILL REFUND YOU. BUT I KNOW YOU WILLBE HAPPY !!!

 THANKYOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND GOOD LUCK IF YOU DECIDE TO BID.