JONI MITCHELL Clouds LP 1969 REPRISE 1st Press + INSERT BRILLIANT EXAMPLE

	£		87
	$		115

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Joni Mitchell called "Clouds" and is an ORIGINAL 1969 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press '3-Colour' Reprise label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF JONI MITCHELL'S RAREST LPs EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1969 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED -  IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS AS A 1ST PRESSING, 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 THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - WITH SOME INCREDIBLE DIFFERENCES THAT ALL LATER PRESSINGS SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE!!!!  AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  VIRTUALLY EVERY COPY OF THIS LP THAT EVER TURNS UP FOR SALE IS NEARLY ALWAYS A LATER PRESSING (NOT THIS ONE!)!!!!  THIS IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - AND IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE!!!!  I WILL NOW EXPLAIN THESE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT DETAILS THAT APPLY TO THIS 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING ONLY!!!! 

FIRSTLY THIS LP HAS THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' RSLP '3-COLOUR' REPRISE LABELS (LATER ONES DONT!) & THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS A-1/B-1 MATRIX ENDINGS (LATER ONES DONT)!!!!  SECONDLY AS WITH ALL 100% GENIUNE 'EARLIEST' REPRISE UK 1ST PRESSINGS - THE RECORD IS PRESSED BY PYE FOR REPRISE & ALSO HAS THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' PYE RECORDS TEXT ON THE REVERSE OF THE COVER - WHICH LATER PRESSINGS SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE!!!!  FOR THOSE WHO DONT ALREADY KNOW, PYE (UK) PRESSED ALL UK REPRISE RELEASES THROUGHOUT THE 1960s UP THE END OF 1969 - BEFORE REPRISE STARTED THEIR OWN PRESSING PLANT (WITH DIFFERENT VINYL, MATRIXES & LABELS!).  AND THIS LP IS SHOWN AS HAVING THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESS RECORD - AS IT HAS THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' A-1/B-1 MATRIXES IN THE 'LARGE' PYE MATRIX STYLE (LATER PRESSINGS HAVE MUCH SMALLER MATRIXES!).  THIRDLY THIS LP COMES WITH ITS ORIGINAL 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' LYRIC INSERT!!!!  THIS AMAZINGLY RARE 'LYRIC' INSERT ONLY EVER CAME WITH AN ABSOLUTELY TINY HANDFUL OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS ONLY - AND THIS WAS DISCONTINUED IMMEDIATELY AFTER RELEASE (MOST NEVER HAD IT!)!!!!  FOURTHLY EVERY SINGLE PART OF THIS LP (INCLUDING THE COVER, INSERT, RECORD LABELS & MATRIXES) HAVE THE CORRECT & EARLIEST POSSIBLE 'RSLP' 1ST PRESS CAT NUMBER (LATER ONES DONT!)!!!!  AND LASTLY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THIS LP HAS THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' STYLE OF COVER EVER MADE!!!!  THIS 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' COVER WAS MADE BY 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE', WITH A 'NARROW SPINE' (LIKE 'ABBEY ROAD' FOR EXAMPLE), 'PYE RECORDS TEXT ON THE REVERSE OF THE COVER (LATER ONES DONT!), IS MUCH THICKER THAN ANY LATER COVER, AND IS 'FULLY TEXTURED'!!!!  THIS LP IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AS A 100% COMPLETE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESSING WITH ALL THESE INCREDIBLE DIFFERENCES LISTED ABOVE - AS ONLY A VERY VERY FEW OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS WERE EVER MADE LIKE THIS!!!! 

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION - AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1969 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING ON 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS '3-COLOUR' REPRISE LABEL, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS A-1/B-1 MATRIXES, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'LYRIC' INSERT, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' NARROW SPINE 'TEXTURED' 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 Reprise UK 'Earliest' 1st Pressing from 1969 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is RSLP 6341 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press '3-Colour' Reprise label (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st Pressing (there were NO Monos)!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and only a VERY few VERY light spindle marks!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in BRILLIANT 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 2 or 3 VERY light scufflines, only 2 or 3 ULTRA light surface traces, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND SHINES LIKE NEW!!!!  It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some EXTREMELY low level background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good++ if not better!!!!  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 comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeve which is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  THE ULTRA RARE 'LYRIC' INSERT IS IN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT CONDITION - WITH NO DAMAGE AT ALL!!!!  The ORIGINAL 'Earliest' 1st Press 'Garrod & Lofthouse' Narrow Spine 'Textured' Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO splits, NO edge wear (apart from some almost INVISIBLE 'touching in' traces on the bottom edge!), NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), barely ANY creases AT ALL, NO ringwear, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL (virtually NONE!), only the very VERY slightest touch of uneveness (NO ripples!), NO sticker tears, only some very VERY minor evidence of 'tipping in' to the bottom corners, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the 'textured' back of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL (virtually NONE!), NO ringwear, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!!  BRILLIANT COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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