NICK DRAKE Bryter Layter LP 1970 ISLAND 1st Press 1U/1U MINT

	£		497
	$		659

Hello!  Please note, that this auction will end on late Tuesday January 2nd UK time.  Of course, I usually end my auctions on Sundays.  However, as this coming Sunday falls on News Years Eve in the UK this is impossible.  I do NOT stop for the Christmas period, and will be listing some truly INCREDIBLE items!  In fact, most of my listings over the Christmas period have all come from one AMAZING collection, and are the BEST and RAREST items I have seen for a very VERY long time.  So don't forget to check back before Tuesday January 2nd UK time - to see some the BEST ITEMS I have EVER listed!  Please read on about this AMAZING item below, and GOOD LUCK if you decide to bid:-

PLEASE ALSO NOTE - THAT THE 'TURQUOISE' ISLAND INNERS WERENT EVEN INVENTED UNTIL MID 1971, SO ANY COPIES WITH THIS INNER ARE MID 1971 OR LATER!!!!  IT IS UNDENIABLE THAT THESE SEEM TO 'SUIT' THIS LPs COVER - BUT DO NOT SWOP THEM, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T EXIST WITH THIS LP UNTIL 8 OR 9 MONTHS AFTER IT WAS RELEASED!!!!  ALL 100% GENIUNE 1ST PRESSINGS HAD PLAIN WHITE INNERS - WITH 'BLACK' PATENTS & 'MADE IN GT BRITAIN' TEXT (LIKE THIS ONE DOES!)!!!!

IT IS ALSO WORTH NOTING - THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE, WITH 1U/1U MATRIX ENDINGS, VERY THICK QUALITY VINYL, AND INCREDIBLY EARLY 1/A 1/T MOTHER & STAMPER CODINGS - CLEARLY SHOWING THAT THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST 900 COPIES EVER MADE!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN  ABSOLUTELY STUNNING CONDITION - AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL (ONLY ONCE OR TWICE AT THE VERY MOST!)!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1970 UK 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS 'MATT' PINK RIM 'PALM TREE' ISLAND LABEL, 1ST PRESS 1U/1U MATRIX ENDINGS, 1ST PRESS 1/1 MOTHER & STAMPER CODINGS, 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS 'E.J.DAY' FULLY 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 Island UK 1st Pressing from 1970 and is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is ILPS 9134 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 AMAZING condition (see pictures) with NO writing, NO wear, and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS ONLY EVER BEEN PLAYED ONCE OR TWICE AT THE VERY MOST!!!!  The vinyl is in absolutely AWESOME condition!!!!  Most of these 60s/70s 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, NO scufflines, only 2 or 3 absolutely ULTRA light TINY surface traces, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOKS AMAZING!!!!  It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, barely ANY clicks AT ALL (virtually NONE!), NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some VERY low level background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade MINT(Minus)!!!!!  AWESOME RECORD!!!!  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 SUPERB condition!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'E.J.Day' FULLY Textured' Cover is in absolutely BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The cover has NO edge splits, NO sticker marks, NO sticker tears, NO edge wear (apart from some almost INVISIBLE 'touching in' traces!), NO spine splits, only some almost INVISIBLE 'touching in' traces to the spinal edge, NO rips, NO tears, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, 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 SUPERB condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must  MEGA STRICTLY grade Very Good++++ if not better - and is very VERY close to a grade above!!!!  BRILLIANT COVER!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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Some people have been emailing me about the labels.  It is common knowledge that both labels were used at the same time.  Many other Island LPs (Jethro Tull Stand Up & This Was for example) had marginally different text, and were proven (like this LP) to have been used at the same time. All I can say is (for proof):-

a) On the 30/10 on ebay I sold a copy of this LP.

b) It had 'Stereo' text and different label text, MUCH LATER 1/P 1/GD (stamper 6 and stamper 10), and weighed 122 gms.

c) So it is VERY strange how this one has HEAVIER vinyl, and MUCH earlier stampers (stamper 3 and stamper 9!). 1/A and 1/T as stated.

So lets examine the proof!  As many people know you always take the 'earliest' stampers - as clearly on side cannot rise without a break in the stamper, or a faulty stamper etc. Most people put each stamper at 300 copies. But lets be VERY generous and say 500 copies a stamper - if they over used them.

SUMMARY:-

The real joke here is:-

1) If a minor label difference meant this LP came from a later year (which it does not!), then as this LP has stampers 1/A it would mean that LESS than 900 copies were made in 1970 of this LP!?  Or even with generous stampers of 500 less than 1500 copies? I know this LP sold poorly - but I think that is laughable!

2) How does anyone explain a THREE STAMPER difference? When my last copy was actually THREE STAMPERS LATER!  Of course, 1 stamper could be an overlap - but 3?

3) Bryter Later was Nicks biggest selling LP (though none sold hugely of course). Are people SERIOUSLY suggesting they didn't use stamper 3 until 1971? Or 1972? Seriously? Wow.

DECCA USED MULTIPLE DIFFERENT LABELS ON RELEASE OF EVERY ROLLING STONES LP THROUGHOUT THE 1960s. ALL MADE AT THE SAME TIME.  JETHRO TULLS FIRST & SECOND LP 'THIS WAS' AND 'STAND UP' - BOTH ON THE 1ST PRESS 'CIRCLE' LOGO LABEL HAVE DIFFERENCES. SOME HAVE 'MADE IN ENGLAND' AND SOME DO NOT. SOME HAVE 'BIEM' AND SOME DO NOT.  NO ONE COMPLAINS.  NO ONE MENTIONS THEM.  ALL ARE 1ST PRESSINGS - EXACTLY THE SAME AS THIS LP!

SO PLEASE, AS THE PROOF CLEARLY SHOWS - THIS IS A 100% GENIUNE UK 1ST PRESSING FROM 1970.  HAVE NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.  AND IT IS A STUNNING COPY INDEED!  AWESOME!!!!  BID WITH ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE!!!!