SIMON & GARFUNKEL Wednesday Morning 3 a.m. LP 1968 UK MONO 1st MINT
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On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Simon & Garkfunkel called "Wednesday Morning 3 a.m." and is an ORIGINAL 1968 UK MONO 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Orange CBS label!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!! THIS IS EASILY SIMON & GARFUNKEL'S ALL TIME RAREST UK LP EVER (AS A 1ST PRESSING!) - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE (ESPECIALLY IN MEGA RARE MONO!)!!!! JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!! BACK IN 1968 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED IN THE UK, IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DELETED!!!! AS A RESULT IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!! BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS 1ST PRESSED IN MEGA RARE MONO!!!! AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!! WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED IN THE UK BACK IN VERY LATE 1968, NEARLY EVERY 1ST PRESSING WAS MADE IN COMMON STEREO - WITH VIRTUALLY NONE IN MEGA RARE MONO AT ALL!!!! MOST SHOPS HAD EVEN STOPPED STOCKING MONOs ALTOGETHER BY THIS POINT - AND THEY WERE ONLY AVAILABLE BY 'SPECIAL ORDER' ONLY!!!! AS A RESULT, FINDING A 1ST PRESSING OF THIS INCREDIBLE LP IN MEGA RARE MONO IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE - AS BARELY ANY WERE EVER MADE!!!!
BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP EVEN RARER STILL, IS THAT IT IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - AND WAS ONLY EVER MADE LIKE THIS FOR 2 OR 3 MONTHS ONLY!!!! THIS LP WAS ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 1964 IN THE U.S.A. ONLY - AND WAS NEVER GIVEN A UK RELEASE!!!! AND SO - WHEN CBS DID EVENTUALLY FIRST RELEASE IT IN THE UK IN 1968, MOST BUYERS AVOIDED IT (AS THEY HAD ALREADY BOUGHT U.S. IMPORTS) AND IT BARELY SOLD AT ALL - COMPARED TO THEIR OTHER LPs!!!! AND IT WAS ONLY WHEN THE PRICE DROPPED ON RE-ISSUES IN THE EARLY 1970s, THAT THIS LP THEN BEGIN SELLING IN HUGE NUMBERS!!!! AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT MAKES THIS LP SO INCREDIBLY RARE!!!! BECAUSE - ALTHOUGH YOU DO SEE A FEW COPIES OF THIS LP BEING OFFERED FOR SALE QUITE REGULARLY - ALMOST NONE OF THEM ARE 100% GENIUNE 1968 1ST PRESSINGS (LIKE THIS ONE!), AND ARE ACTUALLY MUCH LATER RE-ISSUES!!!! I WILL NOW EXPLAIN WHAT MAKES THIS LP A 100% GENIUNE UK 1ST PRESSING - AND THIS WILL SHOW JUST EXACTLY WHY THIS LP IS SO VERY VERY RARE!!!! HERE ARE THE 1ST PRESS ONLY DETAILS:-
1) THIS LP HAS A LAMINATED COVER (ALL LATER ONES FROM 1970 ONWARDS DID NOT!)
2) THIS LP HAS NO 'STEREO' TEXT ON THE LABELS (BECAUSE IT IS MONO!) - WHEREAS ALL LATER ONES FROM LATE 1969 ONWARDS DID!
3) THE RECORD HAS 1ST PRESS ONLY A1/B1 MONO MATRIX ENDINGS (ALL LATER ONES DID NOT!)
4) THE LABELS ARE BOTH FULLY 'TEXTURED' (LATER ONES ARE NOT!)
5) THE COVER IS MADE BY 'E.J.DAY' AND CARRIES THE ALL IMPORTANT 'PATENT PENDING' TEXT (LATER ONES DID NOT!)
6) AND LASTLY & MOST IMPORTANTLY - IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF THE COVER FRONT, IT HAS A 'SINGLE' CBS BOX LOGO - WITH '63370' ABOVE IT!!!! AND THIS ONLY HAPPENED ON THE 'DAY OF RELEASE' 1ST PRESSINGS ONLY - WITH ALL LATER ONES HAVING A LONG 'RECTANGUAR' LOGO IN ITS PLACE, WITH 'STEREO' PRINTED ABOVE IT (AFTER MONOs HAD BEEN DELETED!)!!!!
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