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VERY FIRST 1968 U.K. Pressing 

         Magnificently Preserved - Track Records 613008 / 9  

This first press sold EBAY once in 2004, then again 2011 for $1642.00   

One of his, if not THE most sought after and rarest LP!!       

VERY RARE - GLOSSY MINT / NM - THE ORIGINAL "UNIQUE" Pressing U.K. 1968

Album with the help of Jimi's buddies: Al Kooper, Dylan, Noel Redding, Stevie Winwood..

FIRST PRESS DETAILS OF RECORD & CONFIRMED FOR THIS BID:

VERY FIRST PRESSING INFO taken from the authorized Hendrix family trust releases on the Experience Hendrix label (explained as follows):

First press with V1 (Version 1) gatefold sleeve, featuring the controversial image (censored by some outlets at the time) of naked ladies on front/back.

Cover spread has 'unwrapped/floating' gloss laminate applied, matt print areas left exposed at the two cut edges where the albums insert.

Gatefold opens to view inner spread (glued to outer cover's inside tabs as separate element). Gloss laminate exposing matt areas on all four edges. (Effectively, the sleeve is a flattened 2-piece cardboard tube).

Hendrix portrait on right-hand side (Back cover behind it).
Large sepia images of Redding & Mitchell on left (Front cover behind it), with blue tracks/credit text below them. "Track Record" logo center, E.J.Day print data to left. Erratic use of upper & lower-case in titles.

Discs in poly-lined white paper punch-hole sleeves. "Patent no 800513 & 973939" "Made in England 108" (this original printing is on the inner sleeves).

The vinyl: First release, 1st pressing 180 gram vinyl with original 'high-dynamic' mix. Produced in auto-coupled sequence;
Disc 1: 613008 Side A; Cat# (613008 A) [inverted over 613008]
Disc 1: 613008 Side D; Cat# (613008 B) [inverted over 613008]
Disc 2: 613009 Side B; Cat# (613009 A) [inverted over 613009]
Disc 2: 613009 Side C; Cat# (613008 B) [inverted over 613009]
Defect in matrix stamping on this early issue, altered by hand. This vinyl is:
Side A: 61300##8 A//1 12 1
Side D: 61300#8 B//1 12 1C
Side B: 10 61300#9 A#//1 1 ("10" has the '1' backwards, or it's an oddly stamped "CJ" upside down)
Side C: 61300#9 #B#//1 12 10
[The #, #8 or #9 indicates scratch-out]

Matt texture 'Version 1' labels with additional inverted catalog in parenthesis.
This album's label has been further verified as V1 (Version 1) label by confirmed comparison

Titles: This UK issue has no suffix to "Come On", "The" is prefixed to "Burning Of The Midnight Lamp" and "Cross Town" appears as two words.

Recorded: Initial tracks at Olympic Studios, London, January 1968. Completed at Record Plant Studios, Studio A, New York, June to August 1968.
Performers, additional to the band, and technical credits added retrospectively. Taken from the authorized Hendrix family trust releases on the Experience Hendrix label.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A: # denotes scratch-out (See Notes)): 61300#8
• Matrix / Runout (Side D: # denotes scratch-out (See Notes)): 61300##8
• Matrix / Runout (Side B: # denotes scratch-out (See Notes)): 61300#9
• Matrix / Runout (Side C: # denotes scratch-out (See Notes)): 61300#9
• Other: Auto-coupled release

This album is an Original U.K. Track Records 613008 / 9, Made in England 1968, VERY first pressing!

This album is  THE ORIGINAL HENDRIX PRESSING!. There is no evidence of spindle wear, SEE THE LABEL PHOTOS!! only a very slight wander mark, and the LP's are 180g THICK, HEAVY vinyl beautifully preserved  "LIKE A VIRGIN" - MINT/ N MINT condition, showing evidence of being played maybe once or twice - that's all!. Labels are GORGEOUS clean. SEE THE PHOTOS PROVIDED!!

Original "Printed and made by Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd. glossy lam GF cover (First Pressing details described above) which is nearly perfect - rate as NM.

Just look at the photos to see there is virtually no spindle wear and beautiful GLOSSY's!!

Includes the original inner sleeves described above from 1968 first release date.

"HENDRIX - PSYCHEDELIC ROCK AT ITS BEST - EARLY, EARLY WORK!

This is a wonderful quality addition to your CLASSIC ROCK collection. The fact of this being a ORIGINAL 1968 U.K. PRESSING - MINT/NM makes this a VERY RARE APPEARANCE - EVEN ON EBAY. The PRIME excellent condition after 43 years really is astounding!! My Cousin Kenny never took this album to parties!

Only (2) ways to obtain and possess this sweet of an ORIGINAL HENDRIX LADYLAND. That would be to invent a time machine and travel back in time to London 1968....OR....BID ON THIS ONE HERE!!

Here's the reality: THIS IS A GORGEOUS MINT HENDRIX ORIGINAL 1968 blk TRACK 613008/9.  TOO RARE TO FIND THIS AGAIN !!! There are at least 65 other versions out on HENDRIX ELECTRIC LADYLAND - none of which ARE THIS ORIGINAL MINTY FRESH DBL LP HERE!

You should buy here because there are always so many various deceptive "knock off" remakes and after the fact "re-masters"...but this one is the Real Deal Original in beautiful shape.

Go back and visit a better time gone past; by bringing in the real music of the day in the original format.

Private seller, not a "record store." My Cousin Kenny left these to me as his muscial legacy and all listings are the very Original Pressings, carefully preserved for 4 decades until now!

Credits

• Arranged By – Jimi Hendrix (tracks: A1 to A4, B2, B4 to D4)
• Artwork By [Cover] – David King
• Bass – Jack Cassady (tracks: A4)
• Congas – Larry Faucette (tracks: C1, D1)
• Drums – Buddy Miles (tracks: C1, D1)
• Engineer – Eddie Kramer, Gary Kellgren
• Flute – Chris Wood (2) (tracks: C2)
• Horns – Freddie Smith (tracks: C1, D1)
• Organ – Mike Finnegan (tracks: C1, D1), Stevie Winwood (tracks: A4)
• Photography [Cover & Hendrix] – David Montgomery
• Photography [Mitchell & Redding] – Donald Silverstein
• Piano – Al Kooper (tracks: B2)
• Producer, Directed By – Jimi Hendrix
• Written-By – Dylan (tracks: D3), Earl King (tracks: B3), Hendrix (tracks: A1 to A4, B2, B4 to D2, D4), Noel Redding (tracks: B1)

$16.00 USD shipping for most of Europe. Returns only if not as shown, buyer pays shipping back.