TYRANNOSAURUS REX (T-Rex) MY PEOPLE WERE FAIR...MONO REGAL ZONOPHONE WITH INSERT

	£		62
	$		82

Artist or Band: TYRANNOSAURUS REX

Album Title: My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair… But Now They’re Content to Wear Stars on Their brows.

Track Listing: Hot Rod Mama; Scenescof; Child Star; Strange Orchestras; Chateau in Virginia Waters; Dwarish Trumpet Blues; Mustang Ford; Afghan Woman; Knight; Graceful Fat Sheba; Weilder of Words; Frowning Atahauallpa.

Label/Format: Regal Zonophone (Classic deep red and silver format).

Label Condition: Attractive and clean labels, but spindle marks are only light+ and any wear around the hole is virtually non-existent, and for a mono album this great age looks and plays to an astonishing standard.  - Cat Number: LRZ 1003.

Mono or Stereo: Mono (This was also issued in stereo).RANN

Country of Manufacture: Gt Britain.

Rarity: Rare, and easily, for me, the rarest of the Tyrannosaurus Rex albums, a mono copy that includes the lyric insert and looks and plays like this are rarer still and that should never be taken for granted. Even clean looking mono copies can play with horrible distortion and high frequency clipping that shatter the sound of Bolan’s incredible vocals. It’s almost perperative this delicate mono album is play-graded and lightly played to get full pleasure from this precious early Bolan recording - this passes all the criteria for offering a stunning record - and that’s rarer still! 

Original Year of Release: 1968

Matrix Nos: XCAFX 43-1G and XCAFX 44-1G. The tiny stampers are 1G / 1G. This must be a very first pressing.

Cover Grade and Format: An absolute stunner with arguably one of the finest covers from the 60s (or ever)A little creasing here and there on the front, only light though and hard to see unless held upto the light. This is laminated. The Back is more VG+/EX-, no damage but white and unlaminated it has some mild grubbiness - nothing at all heavy, dont get me wrong.  This is the original mono cover, the back states ‘Also available on Stereo No SLRZ 1003’, so no late substitutions here. It was printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd and the original Patents Pending text too. Also back text of ‘This mono record has been produced etc etc’ and reference to the new Emitex advert. This copy includes the highly prized and rare ‘Dinosaur’ lyric insert which apart from a few light toning marks is close to mint. Printed on thick card, its uncreased or torn and clean and attractive.

Lamination: Beautiful, solid 60s laminate that has retained a deep shine and almost no dulling. Creasing I am delighted to say is minimal and very light, this sublime front could have been destroyed by deep creasing but there are very few indeed and when present are very light and almost invisible. No peeling or dry areas, indentations and even surface traces are almost zero too.

Cover Front: Breathtaking artwork that I simply can hardly stop looking at even as I tap out this advert. The richness and depth of the colour under the superb laminate has to be seen for real to fully appreciate - I hope my picture does it near full justice but I would doubt it. This is very clean and almost devoid of any wear excepy the minimal creasing I mentioned.

Cover Back: Not as wonderful as the front but let’s be fair how could it be? Being this great age and white with no protection this has some almost mandatory discolour, but only relatively mild really. A few light toning hints and light handling wear but no damage and still looking generally nice and appealing. How many original mono back covers will remain looking much better will be few and will they ever show up - you decide.

Spine and Text: Solid and square with no wear, text is perfect and unworn under the uncracked laminate.

Corners: All four show little wear, just the very tips have tiny rubs. All still nicely shaped.

Cover Summary: A lovely all round example of this fragile late '60’s cover - the front is sublime, one that could prove hard to find much better, even the blemished back will beat most around these days. This strong item should please most collectors.

The Insert: Ellusive and rare, this is the icing on what is already a rich cake. A beautiful item, does the T-Rex show up on my picture? As stated this has only some small and faint toning spots, those apart, this is near perfect. No original copy can ever be complete without this vital part. Near Mint Insert.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: VG/VG+   A few light scratches and one or two scuffs which are just about noticeable in the light.  One or two noticeable scratches (only when held up to the light) are what makes he grading a VG/VG+.  Still a great buy and you'd be hard pushed to find one in this condition given it's age. 

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