THE KINKS - SOMETHING ELSE LP PYE 1967 NICE CONDITION

	£		113
	$		150

THE KINKS -SOMETHING ELSE LP

Producer(s): Shel Talmy & Ray Davies.

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: David Watts; Death of a Clown; Two Sisters; No Return; Harry Rag; Tin Soldier Man; Situation Vacant.

Side 2: Love Me Till the Sun Shines; Lazy Old Sun; Afternoon Tea; Funny Face; End of the Season; Waterloo Sunset.

Label/Format: Pye – intense pink-magenta and black format with a matt finish. (Please see my label scans).

Label Conditions: Both are very clean and attractive and NO spindle marks and there is no chipping or wear around the hole.

A great example from one of the greatest ever albums from the magnificent 60s.

Cat Number: NPL 18193.

Mode / Speed: Mono / 33.3 rpm.

Country of Manufacture: England.

Rarity: The title itself on vinyl is rare enough and considered the rarest ever ‘normal issue’ Kinks album.  With the record in fantastic condition and sounding as near perfect as any mono record will ever get, this is a major Kinks rarity, it will prove immensely difficult to find better. It looks great and sounds the same, it’s that simple.

 The cover is also in fantastic condition with any wear minimal and minor. Being an unprotected silvery-grey finished sleeve, its prone to all forms of wear and housing such a heavy record inside for over 42 years, well most are found in simply horrible condition (if indeed you can find one at all).  As you can see in the pictures there is a slight ding on the top corner and slight wear along one edge 

Original Year of Release: December 1967

Matrix Nos: NPL 18193 A-1 M (this side has a small matrix correction) / NPL 12193 B-1 *M (this side has a major matrix correction) MPL 18193 B-1 M has been struck through.

Musicians: Ray Davies – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica; Dave Davies – lead guitar, 12 string guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (on tracks 2, 8, 11); Pete Quaife – bass, backing vocals. Guests: Nicky Hopkins – keyboards, piano, organ, harpsichord; Rasa Davies – backing vocals.

Brief Info: One of the UK’s greatest music treasures, this album is up there with the very best albums of all-time. Brilliant pop music and their sound had now progressed beyond pure RnB. Ray Davies writes most of the thirteen songs on offer with his brother Dave writing two – the classic ‘Death of a Clown’ was co-written by them both. Ray especially in the 60s, wrote some of the most brilliant songs of this famous decade. Catchy tunes with superb lyrics but their albums did not sell in the numbers they should have done. Although the singles still sold well, the albums declined which is mystifying as they simply got better and better and better. This is a very rare record and the mono version commands a very high catalogue price (and as we all know, it usually undervalues everything), it’s near impossible to find unless heavily played. Tired, dull looking vinyl with significant marks, scratches and bad sound is almost the norm for today, finding such a clean and very modestly played examples is getting more and more difficult. This has hardly any marks of real noteworthiness and for any mono record this is light years above the average. The cover, again an impossibly difficult one, is in amazingly clean and little worn condition and truly has to be the very best I have seen for decades. 

This record is really excellent and has very few marks, those few present are only surface blemishes that have no effect on sound.

Side one has one very light hairline, side two has a really teeny scuff that is barely there. Otherwise this vinyl retains a just pressed look. Even under a bright light there are no other blemishes

 A record that plays with NO distortions or noteworthy surface sound with all sound focused and sharp with no clipping to the high frequencies. No single channel noise caused by uneven wear to the grooves which is so common on such records. All traits that mono records suffer when not treated with due respect. No noteworthy pops or clicks registered either and how unusual will that be on a record this age? Remember, one jolt or needle drop from a Dansette or similar single channel record player that tracked at massive weights could have destroyed this or any similar record. Pop nostalgia never gets better than the Kinks and this is one of their very best ever – the timeless ‘Waterloo Sunset’ brings this perfect album to the perfect end 

Cover Grade and Format: No hesitation in grading this lovely cover as EX. A single unlaminated format, this being unusual for the time and most of the Kinks 60s albums were laminated. It has three large rear outside flipbacks. This was printed and made in England by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd and has the ‘Patents pending’ text. This is a dedicated mono sleeve with the NPL 18193 number on back and spine which was also used on the stereo version, often a sticker was included to denote the record was stereo.

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The Inner: The plain white tracing paper lined inner is included in exceptional EX++ condition. The last one I had, a very slightly later copy had a polylined inner. This is a mere whisker off Mint(-) with no damage, clean and hardly aged or darkened. Any creasing minor and light and no edge splits or tears. Both the window rims and lining immaculate. These fragile vintage inners are never easy to find like this either.

 Kinks albums are simply rarely found so clean and obviously lightly played. A superb visual copy that is super clean with deep shine and lustre, intense black and heavily pressed. This record has to be seen to be fully appreciated. With a high percentage of 60s Kinks albums in such terrible conditions, mono examples in particular, this is a remarkable find. 

 Sound Quality and Audio Grading: This breathtaking Kinks classic plays up to and even exceeds its high visual grading with nothing to fault. Strong, distortion-free sound, never, ever take this for granted on any mono record, all frequencies are sharp and clear. Sound quality is very high with a wide dynamic range and very detailed, punchy sound. Barely any surface sounds worthy of note, any minuscule traces hardly even registered - the songs are of such quality, my mind was more focused on enjoyment rather than nit-picking. No noteworthy pops or clicks were noted and this is an exceptional clean pressing.

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GRADINGS

MINT The record itself is in brand new condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality. The cover and any extra items such as lyric sheet, booklet or poster are in perfect condition. Records advertised, as Sealed or Unplayed will be mint.

EXCELLENT The record shows some signs of having been played, possibly with light surface marks but there will be very little lessening in sound quality. The cover and packaging might have slight wear and/or creasing.

VERY GOOD + The record may have scuff marks and signs of some wear but will still play almost perfectly throughout, with only barely detectable crackles or pops. A slight noise at the beginning is allowable, but the remainder must be nearly flawless. Definitely no scratches or gouges that a touch with a dry finger can feel. The cover may only have the slightest signs of normal wear.

VERY GOOD The record has obviously been played many times, but displays no major deterioration in sound quality, despite noticeable surface marks and the occasional light scratch. Normal wear and tear on the cover or extra items, without any major defects, is acceptable.

GOOD The record has been played so much that the sound quality has noticeably deteriorated, perhaps with some distortion and mild scratches. The cover and contents suffer from folding, scuffing of edges, spine splits, discoloration, etc.

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