KING CRIMSON 1st LP 1969 EARLIEST 1st PINK ISLAND

	£		531
	$		704

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by King Crimson called "In The Court Of The Crimson King" and is an ORIGINAL 1969 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Pink 'i' Island label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS WAS KING CRIMSONS FIRST & RAREST LP EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  IT IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER LPs ON THE ISLAND LABEL AND IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - AND HAS SOME AMAZING DIFFERENCES COMPARED TO ALL LATER PRESSINGS!!!!  I WILL EXPLAIN ALL THE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS DETAILS BELOW:

FIRSTLY THE LABELS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD ARE 'TEXTURED' (LATER ONES ARE NOT!) AND THIS LP HAS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS A//2 B//2 MATRIXES (LATER ONES HAVE HIGHER NUMBERS!)!!!!  AND SECONDLY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE VINYL IS MUCH MUCH THICKER THAN ALL LATER PRESSINGS!!!!  MOST PINK 'i' ISLAND STANDARD 1ST PRESSINGS (WITH LATER MATRIXES) ARE ON VERY THIN VINYL - BUT THIS 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING WITH 'TEXTURED' LABELS IS AT LEAST DOUBLE THE THICKNESS OF MOST STANDARD 1ST PRESSINGS!!!!  I MUST ALSO STRESS (BEFORE I RECIEVE ANY EMAILS!) THAT THIS IS THE 'EARLIEST' RELEASED 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP EVER MADE!!!!  THERE WERE OF COURSE 2 OR 3 ISLAND 'TEST PRESSINGS' DONE (WITH COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MATRIXES!), AND ALSO ABOUT 20/30 COPIES PRESSED WITH A//1 B//1 MATRIXES (ONLY 1 HAS EVER TURNED FOR SALE ON THE OPEN MARKET!) - BUT THESE WERE ALL 'PRE-RELEASE' PRESSINGS (TO TEST THE SOUND QUALITY - OR 'IN-HOUSE' COPIES) AND WERE NEVER RELEASED - AND THE CHANCES OF FINDING ANY OF THOSE IS 'REMOTE' TO SAY THE LEAST!!!!  SO HAVE NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS LP REALLY IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE, AND IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE!!!!  THIS LP IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AS AN 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING (WITH ALL THE ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS DETAILS GIVEN ABOVE!) AND IT WILL SURELY BE A VERY VERY LONG TIME BEFORE YOU SEE ANOTHER ONE!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1969 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'TEXTURED' PINK 'i' ISLAND LABEL, 'EARLIEST' RELEASED 1ST PRESS A//2 B//2 MATRIX ENDINGS, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS 'ROBOR' GATEFOLD COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Island UK 1st Pressing from 1969 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The Cat. No is ILPS 9111 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Island 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 writing, NO wear, and only a few VERY light spindle marks!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in visually BRILLIANT condition - with the playing grade only slightly less!!!!  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, only 2 or 3 VERY light hairlines, NO scufflines, 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 playing of the record is as STUNNING as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO nasty loud pops, only 2 or 3 brief surface sounds in 'Moonchild', NO jumps, NO sticks, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  There is also some audible background sound on the run on grooves, gaps and the VERY quietest parts of the music (such as 'Moonchild' for example), but any surface sound is lost WAY behind the music in any of the louder passages which play VERY well indeed!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must visually grade Very Good++++ if not better (with the playing grade a little less than this)!!!!  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 BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The 1st Press Gatefold Laminated Cover is in absolutely BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear (apart from an absolutely TINY hint of virtually INVISIBLE 'touching in' in a very VERY few places), only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), barely ANY creases AT ALL (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), NO sticker tears, NO ringwear, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL (virtually NONE!), and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!!  Even the inside of the cover is in SUPERB condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, NO ringwear, NO rubbing, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!!  BRILLIANT COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE - 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 1969 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING OF "IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING" BY KING CRIMSON, IN BRILLIANT 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!!!!!

On 24-Nov-02 at 12:19:15 GMT, seller added the following information: