SPOOKY TOOTH:"IT'S ALL ABOUT".1968 ISLAND PINK/BULLSEYE STEREO+LAMINATED COVER

	£		82
	$		109

ATTENTION SPOOKY TOOTH,PINK ISLAND LABEL LPs,1960s BRITISH PROGRESSIVE ROCK,PSYCHEDELIC GROUPS COLLECTORS!     HERE IS AN ORIGINAL 1968 STEREO 1ST ISSUE OF THE RARELY SEEN DEBUT ALBUM BY SPOOKY TOOTH:"IT'S ALL ABOUT" ON IT'S EARLIEST LABEL DESIGN! DESPITE SOUNDING LIKE THE BAND TRAFFIC(ALSO ON ISLAND),THERE WAS VERY LITTLE ATTENTION OR SALES FOR THIS LP BACK IN 1968 FAILING TO CHART,IT WAS PROBABLY DELETED WITHIN A FEW MONTHS OF IT'S ORIGINAL ISSUE.  IT'S THE FIRST COPY I HAVE FOUND IN YEARS AS A DEALER!  NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH LATER REPRESESS WITH DIFFERENT LABEL DESIGNS OR REISSUES THAT EXIST-THIS IS THE ORIGINAL UK ISSUE USING THE "BULLSYE" OR "CIRCLE" LOGO WHICH WAS CHANGED WITHIN A FEW WEEKS OF THE FIRST PRESSINGS BEING MADE! MOST BUYING LPs IN 1968 WERE USING OLD,HEAVY EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD WEAR OUT ANY RECORD VERY QUICKLY INDEED-SOMETIMES EVEN STEREO RECORDS WERE PLAYED ON MONO EQUIPMENT IN ERROR! THIS EXAMPLE DIRECT FROM THE COLLECTION OF A MAJOR COLLECTOR WHO HAS FINALLY DECIDED TO SELL HAVING CARED AND CHERISHED HIS RECORDS-MOST BOUGHT NEW AT THE TIME WITH MINIMAL PLAYS AS OFTEN THE CASE WITH LARGE COLLECTIONS.THEY WERE STORED UPRIGHT ON STRONG SHELVING AWAY FROM LIGHT,HEAT,DAMP AND THE PREVIOUS OWNER WAS A NON-SMOKER!  THIS EXAMPLE HAS HAD CAREFUL USE IN NEARLY 48 YEARS AS WELL AS A CLEAN FULLY LAMINATED COVER.

ISSUED ON THE VERY THICK 100% FLAT VINYL ISLAND PINK"ROUGH TEXTURED" AND CIRCLE/BULLSEYE DESIGN LABELS:ILPS 9080.  LOCATING AN ORIGINAL 1968 STEREO COPY IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE AS THE MAJORITY OF COPIES WERE PLAYED OVER AND OVER AGAIN CAUSING MAJOR DISTORTION AND GENERAL WEAR. THIS COPY HAS HAD SOME CAREFUL USE WITH GLEAMING SURFACES,JUST A FEW FAINT,WISPY HAIRLINE SURFACE MARKS VISIBLE UNDER STRONG LIGHT.THERE IS HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE-JUST A LITTLE FAINT CRACKLE HEAR AND THERE DURING THE QUIETER PASSAGES BUT THAT IS MINIMAL AND VERY STRICT INDEED! THERE ARE NO NASTY LOUD CLICKS,NO STICKS OR JUMPS! THE 1968 PRESSINGS HAVE FAR MORE BASS THAN THE LATER  REPRESSINGS.  STRICTLY AND SERIOUSLY GRADED AS NEAR EXCELLENT CONDITION! THICK VINYL.HARDLY ANY SPINDLE WEAR AND NO LABEL WRITING,STAINING,RIPS OR DEFACEMENT!  THE COVER HAS SOME CREASES-MOSTLY NEAR THE EDGES BUT NO WRITING,RIPS,STAINING OR REPAIRS!  PLEASE SEE ALL THE PHOTOS SHOWING THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE COVER AND BOTH LABELS! NOTHING TO HIDE! A LOW,REALISTIC £25 STARTING PRICE FOR SUCH A RARE LP WITH MORE 1960s RARE  LPs FROM ME FOR AUCTION ON EBAY THIS WEEK AND TO MANY MORE FOLLOW SO CHECK THEM OUT!.

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