SANTANA Santana 1969 LAMINATED 1ST PRESS

	£		79
	$		105

On offer here is a very rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Santana called "Santana" and is an INCREDIBLY rare Stereo 1969 UK CBS LAMINATED 1st pressing!!!!  THIS LP IS SIMPLY MASSIVELY RARE AS A UK LAMINATED 1ST PRESS!!!!  THIS LP DIDNT SELL WELL ON RELEASE AND IT WAS ONLY LATER ON IN THE EARLY 1970S (WHEN SANTANA BECAME MORE POPULAR) THAT MOST COPIES OF THIS 1ST LP WERE SOLD.  THIS LP WAS ACTUALLY RELEASED IN LATE 1969 - BUT DIDNT HIT THE UK CHARTS UNTIL MAY 1970 - AND OF COURSE BY THEN THE COVERS WERE UNLAMINATED.  ONLY THE VERY EARLIEST 1969 1ST PRESSINGS WERE LAMINATED AND THESE ARE INCREDIBLY HARD TO FIND AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE IN THIS CONDITION!!!!  THIS IS AN EXTREMELY RARE 1969 GENIUNE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING - WITH 1ST PRESS CBS LABELS, 1ST PRESS 'SBPG' MATRIXES, 1ST PRESS A1/B1 MATRIX ENDINGS, MEGA THICK VINYL, 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND MEGA RARE 1ST PRESS LAMINATED 'UPTON PRINTING GROUP' COVER!!!!   BUT NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS MEGA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING IS IN AWESOME CONDITION AND IS EASILY THE BEST 1ST PRESSING I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!!  IT HAS CLEARLY BARELY EVER BEEN TOUCHED SINCE NEW - AND HAS AMAZINGLY ONLY EVER BEEN PLAYED ONCE!!!!  DONT UNDERESTIMATE THE MEGA RARITY OF FINDING A GENINUE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP IN THIS CONDITION!!!!  LATER 1970S UNLAMINATED PRESSINGS ARE EASY TO FIND - BUT FINDING A GENIUNE 1969 LAMINATED 1ST PRESSING IN THIS CONDITION IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE!!!!  SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!! This is an ORIGINAL UK 1969 CBS Stereo 1st Pressing, and is very VERY hard to find indeed!!!! The Cat. No is S(BPG) 63280 (with 1st Press SBPG matrixes) on the ORIGINAL 1st Press CBS Stereo label (see picture) and is a Stereo 1st pressing!!!! All the tracks are Pure quality Santana at their best!!!! Any fan of Santana, or 60s music in general, will want to have this in their collection - especially in this condition!!!!

The record labels are in STUNNING condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing and only 1 MEGA faint spindle mark to one label!!!!  AMAZINGLY THIS RECORD HAS ONLY EVER BEEN PLAYED ONCE!!!! The vinyl is in AWESOME condition!!!!  Most of these 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, and only a VERY few of the VERY lightest paper scuffs only visible under EXTREME light (probably from initial insertion of the record into the sleeve at the factory)!!!! THIS RECORD IS IN AWESOME CONDITION!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!! THE RECORD STILL HAS A 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOKS SUPERB!!!! It is also great to find that the playing of the record is as STUNNING as the visual!!!! It plays with NO pops, NO jumps, NO sticks, NO hiss and NO crackle!!!! The record has NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!! Just CRYSTAL CLEAR sound!!!!  The record must grade Excellent++++ if not better!!!!  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 CBS inner sleeve!!!! The MEGA RARE 1st Press LAMINATED Cover is in AWESOME condition and the best I have EVER seen!!!! It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, barely ANY corner wear (NOT through the colour), barely ANY creases AT ALL (cover is AMAZINGLY flat looking - AS NEW), and NO writing!!!! The opening edge is beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!! Even the unlaminated back is in STUNNING condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, and NO writing!!!! There is also barely ANY rubbing AT ALL - and that is MASSIVELY rare on this cover!!!!!  The only absolutely TINY thing to mention is that there is some MEGA faint and virtually unnoticeable 'darkening' (NOT staining, and NOT water damage) along the top of the reverse of the cover (probably where the cover was 'slid' into a rack).  Though of course as this cover is black on the reverse - this is virtually UNNOTICEABLE!!!!  This really is a SUPERB looking cover and is easily the VERY best I have EVER seen!!!!  IT IS SIMPLY AWESOME!!!!  The cover must grade Excellent+ if not better!!!! WHAT A SUPERB LP AND MASSIVELY RARE AS A GENIUNE 1969 LAMINATED 1ST PRESSING!!!!  DONT MISS OUT ON THIS MASSIVELY RARE 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 RARE LP in this sort of condition!!!! THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1969 1ST UK STEREO PRESSING OF "SANTANA" BY SANTANA, IN STUNNING CONDITION!!!! Dont forget to take a look at all my other auctions including many other MEGA RARE LPs, and contact me with any queries you may have!!!! P&P £3 in the UK, Overseas TBA. Paypal, Cash, Cheques, and Post Orders accepted. Overseas MUST use either Cash or Paypal. Thanks for looking. Cheers!!!!

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