SIMON & GARFUNKEL Sounds Of Silence LP 1966 CBS MONO 1st Press WITHDRAWN

	£		103
	$		136

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Simon & Garfunkel called "Sounds Of Silence" and is an ORIGINAL 1966 UK MONO 1st Pressing on the 1st Press 'Textured' Orange CBS label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF SIMON & GARFUNKEL'S RAREST UK LPs EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1966 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED IN THE UK - IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS (LIKE THIS!), AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY CHANGED!!!!  AS A RESULT IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE!!!!  AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  AMAZINGLY, THIS LP HAS A THICKER FLIPBACK LAMINATED COVER (LATER ONES DONT!), 'MONO' PRINTED ON THE REVERSE OF THE COVER (LATER ONES DID NOT!), A 'THICKER' CBS LABEL BLOCK LOGO (LATER ONES WERE THINNER!), AND 'TEXTURED' ORANGE CBS LABELS WITH '33' LABEL TEXT (AGAIN, LATER ONES DONT!)!!!!  ONLY A TINY HANDFUL OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS ONLY, WERE EVER PRESSED LIKE THIS - BEFORE THE FLIPBACK LAMINATED COVER WAS DROPPED (AND CHANGED TO A NON-FLIPBACK COVER INSTEAD!), AND THE LABEL TEXT WAS ALSO CHANGED ASWELL!!!!  SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT ALL - THAT THIS IS THE 'EARLIEST' & RAREST 1ST PRESSING OF THIS AMAZING LP THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET!!!!

BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP THE RAREST SIMON & GARFUNKEL LP ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD TODAY - IS THAT IT FEATURES THE WRONG 'WITHDRAWN' CAT NUMBER ON THE COVER FRONT & SPINAL EDGE!!!!  AND THIS IS TRULY ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND - AND APPLIED TO THE FIRST 500 COPIES ONLY!!!!  THIS LP WAS RELEASED IN THE U.S. IN JANUARY 1966 AND ALSO IN A FEW SELECT COUNTRIES IN EUROPE (FRANCE FOR EXAMPLE).  AND ORIGINALLY IT WAS ALSO SCHEDULED FOR A UK RELEASE AT THE SAME TIME.  IT WAS GIVEN THE CAT NUMBER 'BPG 62408' AND A FEW PROOF COVERS WERE MADE FOR APPROVAL.  HOWEVER, AT THE LAST MOMENT THE LP WAS WITHDRAWN BEFORE RELEASE IN THE UK - AS CBS DIDNT FEEL SALES WERE GOING TO BE STRONG ENOUGH.  HOWEVER, ON THE 24TH MARCH 1966 THE TRACK 'HOMEWARD BOUND' ENTERED THE UK CHARTS AS A 45 - AND STARTED SELLING IN HUGE AMOUNTS.  QUICKLY CBS RUSH RELEASED THE ALREADY SEMI-PREPARED 'SOUNDS OF SILENCE' - AND THE FIRST BATCH OF 500 COVERS WERE SENT BY E.J.DAY TO CBS FOR APPROVAL!!!!  HOWEVER, ON THESE 500 COVERS THE INCORRECT 'WITHDRAWN' CAT NUMBER ('BPG 62408') HAD BEEN LEFT IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER AND ON THE SPINAL EDGE (SEE PICTURES!)!!!!  A HURRIED CORRECTION WAS MADE (YOU WILL NOTICE IN MY CLOSE UP PICTURES THE 'WITHDRAWN' BPG 62408 CAT NUMBER IS PRINTED UNDER THE LAMINATE - WHEREAS THE CORRECTED 'BPG 62690' CAT NUMBER IS STAMPED ON TOP OF THE LAMINATE!) - AND ALL LATER COVERS HAD THIS CORRECTED!!!!  ONLY THE FIRST 500 COVERS EVER HAD THE INCORRECT 'WITHDRAWN' BPG 62408 'CAT NUMBER' - AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL, THAT THIS IS THE ALL TIME RAREST & MOST SOUGHT AFTER SIMON & GARFUNKEL LP ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD TODAY!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT CONDITION - AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1966 UK MONO 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'TEXTURED' ORANGE CBS LABELS, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS '33' LABEL TEXT (LATER ONES HAD '33 1/3' INSTEAD!), 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'THICKER' CBS LABEL BLOCK LOGO, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'SQUARE' CBS ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE (LATER ONES DONT!), AND ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'E.J.DAY' FLIPBACK LAMINATED MONO COVER (WITH INCORRECT 'WITHDRAWN' CAT NUMBER!)!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL CBS UK 1st Pressing from 1966 and is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is BPG 62690 (with the incorrect WITHDRAWN 'BPG 62408' on the cover front & spine!) on the ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Textured' Orange CBS label (see picture) and is a UK MONO 1st Pressing!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO stickers, NO tears, NO writing, and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in absolutely SUPERB condition!!!!  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, NO hairlines, NO scufflines, only 2 or 3 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 SUPERB!!!!  It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade Excellent+ if not better!!!!  SUPERB 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 'Square' CBS Advertising inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'E.J.Day' Flipback Laminated MONO Cover (with WITHDRAWN 'Cat Number'!) is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), NO splits, only a few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking!), NO rips, NO tears, only some very VERY minor evidence of 'tipping in' to the corners, shiny laminate, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the unlaminated back of the cover is in SUPERB condition with NO grubbyness, NO rubbing, NO ringwear, NO yellowing, VERY nice flipbacks, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good++ if not better - and is a very VERY nice cover indeed!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS (ESPECIALLY AS ONE OF THE FIRST 500 COPIES - WITH THE ULTRA RARE 'WITHDRAWN' BPG 62408 CAT NUMBER ON THE COVER!) - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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