RARE NEIL DIAMOND, I'M A BELIEVER/RED RED WINE, JAMAICAN STATESIDE 60'sPROMO VG+
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A VERY RARE ''ONE-OFF!!'' SINGLE BY NEIL DIAMOND ''I'M A BELIEVER'' / ''RED RED WINE''. THE SINGLE IS A 'JAMAICAN' PRESSING ON THE 'STATESIDE' LABEL. (GIVEN THAT THERE IS NO HISTORICAL RECORD OF THIS SINGLE, IT APPEARS TO BE A BMI STATESIDE ''PROMO'' OF SOME KIND!)THIS SINGLE WAS MANUFACTURED SOMETIME DURING THE 60'S. THERE IS NO DATE OR CATEGORY NUMBER ON THE LABELS ON BOTH SIDES. GIVEN THAT THE TRACKS RUN FOR NO LONGER THAT 2MINS 45SECS, WAS CLEARLY AND OBVIOUSLY PRESSED DURING THE 60's. AS A GUESS I'D SAY THIS SINGLE IS AROUND, 1966, WHEN NEIL WORKED WITH THE PRODUCERS, BARRY & GREENWICH. NOTE, THIS SINGLE HAS SEVERAL OBVIOUS MISPRINTS/ERRORS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE LABEL REGARDING THE SPELLING OF NEIL'S NAME!
THE MATRIX NUMBERS OF THIS PRESSING ARE: SIDE 1 (W I R L 4257-2) SIDE 2 (W I R L 4258-2). NOTE, I HAVE DONE SOME INTENSIVE ONLINE RESEARCH INTO THIS SINGLE/MATRIX NUMBERS, BUT CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WHAT SO EVER! HENCE VERY RARE!
VINYL: IN VERY GOOD PLUS CONDITION AND HAS HARDLY TOUCHED A NEEDLE/STYLUS. THE OVERALL MAJORITY OF THE VINYL GROOVES ON BOTH SIDES APPEARS VERY MUCH UNPLAYED WITH A BRILLIANT SHEEN! NOTE, AS PICTURED IN THE SECOND PHOTO THE VINYL HAS TWO VERY VERY TINY DOTS WHICH HAVE NO EFFECT ON PLAY IN ANY WAY (IF YOU LOOK TOWARD THE GLARE IN PHOTO 2 AT AROUND THE 8 0' CLOCK POSITION YOU WILL SEE THESE TWO FAINT NEEDLE-LIKE DOTS ONLY NOTICEABLE AT CLOSE RANGE TOWARDS THE GLARE OF LIGHT! ) THERE IS ALSO ONE FAINT SURFACE MARK ON THE VINYL WHICH DOES NOT AFFECT PLAY. OVERALL, THIS RARE 7'' PLAYS FLAWLESSLY THROUGHOUT, VERY SUPERB!
THANKS AND FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS!
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