Jimi Hendrix Electric Ladyland UK 1st press.1968 Track 2xLP Blue Text A1/B1

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The Jimi Hendrix Experience
ELECTRIC LADYLAND (NM/NM) 1st Press Blue Text A1/B1 UK 1968

V1 cover with blue text in gatefold
The Jimi Hendrix Experience ?– Electric Ladyland
Label: Track Record ?– 613008/9
Matrix: A1/B1
Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold
Country: UK
Released: 25 Oct 1968
Media: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve: Near Mint (NM or M-)

Very exceptional record and vinyl and cover in like new condition no marks, no rips, absolutely stunning copy. Blue Text inside.

- 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"

Tracklist
A1     And The Gods Made Love     
A2     Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)     
A3     Cross Town Traffic     
A4     Voodoo Chile     
B1     Little Miss Strange     
B2     Long Hot Summer Night     
B3     Come On     
B4     Gypsy Eyes     
B5     The Burning Of The Midnight Lamp     
C1     Rainy Day, Dream Away     
C2     1983... (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)     
C3     Moon, Turn The Tides... Gently, Gently Away     
D1     Still Raining, Still Dreaming     
D2     House Burning Down     
D3     All Along The Watchtower     
D4     Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)

Credits
Arranged By – Jimi Hendrix (tracks: A1 to A4, B2, B4 to D4)
Bass – Jack Cassady (tracks: A4)
Congas – Larry Faucette (tracks: C1, D1)
Cover – David King
Drums – Buddy Miles (tracks: C1, D1)
Engineer – Eddie Kramer, Gary Kellgren
Flute – Chris Wood (tracks: C2)
Horns – Freddie Smith (tracks: C1, D1)
Organ – Mike Finnegan (tracks: C1, D1), Stevie Winwood (tracks: A4)
Photography By [Cover & Hendrix] – David Montgomery
Photography By [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)

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 typical vinyl is:
Side A: 61300##8 A//1 12 10
Side D: 51 61300#8 B//1 1
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.

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.

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

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