VARIOUS:"LIGHTHOUSE AT LAGUNA"1957 VOGUE/CONTEMPORARY MONO.NEAR MINT+CLEAN COVER

	£		21
	$		28

ATTENTION 1950s AMERICAN JAZZ MUSIC COLLECTORS AND CONDITION UPGRADERS! IGNORE EVERY OTHER COPY ON EBAY(IF YOU CAN FIND ONE)AND LOOK AT THIS STUNNING ORIGINAL 1ST UK EDITION MONO LP FROM 1957 OF THE RARELY SEEN LP: "LIGHTHOUSE AT LAGUNA"-1955 LIVE RECORDINGS FEATURING TRACKS BY BARNEY KESSEL,THE HAMPTON HAWES TRIO,FRANK ROSOLINO AND THE LIGHTHOUSE ALL STARS. HERE IS WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT THE BEST ORIGINAL MONO COPY I HAVE EVER SEEN AND HEARD IN NEARLY 30 YEARS AS A DEALER OF AN ALBUM WHICH USUALLY TURNS UP IN DREADFUL CONDITION!

THIS IS AN ORIGINAL 1957 MONO 1ST ISSUE ON QUIET AND THICK VINYL!  1957 DECCA PRESSED VOGUE/CONTEMPORARY LABELS. LAC 12125 WITH THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE 1B/1B MATRIXES AND ROUGH TEXTURED LABELS. HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL AND CORRECT POLYLINED "HANDLING" INNER SLEEVE WITH THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE "FOREIGN PATENTS PENDING" CREDIT WITH NO RIPS,WRITING ETC AND THE FULLY LAMINATED+FLIPBACK COVER WHICH IS VERY CLEAN-JUST AN ULTRA TINY LAMINATION PEELING AT THE BACK LEAD IN EDGE BUT NO WRITING,STAINING,RIPS OR REPAIRS WITH A CLEANLINESS AND BRIGHTNESS RARELY SEEN ON AN LP OF THIS VINTAGE WITH NO SMOKE OR DAMP SMELL!  FROM THE COLLECTION OF A FORMER JAZZ AND CLASSICAL MUSIC COLLECTOR THAT CLEARLY HAS HAD VERY FEW PLAYS INDEED! JUST BEGIN TO IMAGINE WHAT AN LP FROM  59 YEARS AGO SOUNDS LIKE WITH PRACTICALLY NO CRACKLE,NO DISTORTION,NO CLICKS,NO STICKS,NO SWISHES-EVEN IN BETWEEN THE TRACKS! THIS IS A TRULY AMAZING COPY! GLEAMING SURFACES THAT RARELY EXIST ON ANY LP OF THIS AGE LET ALONE A LATE 1950s JAZZ ONE THAT WOULD HAVE MAJOR SURFACE MARKS ADDED WITHIN A FEW DAYS OF USE BY THE MAJORITY OF BUYERS IN 1957 UNDER VERY STRONG LIGHT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ULTRA FAINT,WISPY SURFACE MARKS VISIBLE AND THAT IS BEING MEGA-STRICT!

DOES THE GRADING MINT EXIST? ONLY IF IT IS 100% UNPLAYED AND/OR SEALED AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED WHICH IS WHY REGULAR BUYERS WILL KNOW MY NEAR MINT GRADINGS EQUAL MOST PEOPLE'S MINT! THEREFORE MY NEAR MINT GRADING GIVES YOU THE IMPRESSION JUST HOW OUTSTANDING THIS EXAMPLE IS!

LOCATING AN OUTSTANDING NEAR MINT COPY IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE AS THE MAJORITY OF COPIES WERE PLAYED OVER AND OVER AGAIN CAUSING DISTORTION AND MAJOR WEAR. THIS COPY IS THE BEST I HAVE SEEN AND HEARD AND AS SUCH THE DISC IS STRICTLY GRADED AS NEAR MINT CONDITION.

THICK VINYL.NO SPINDLE WEAR. THE LAMINATED COVER HAS A FEW ULTRA TINY EDGE CREASES BUT NO WRITING,MAJOR STAINING,RIPS OR REPAIRS.THERE IS A WONDERFUL SHEEN AND CLEANLINESS WHICH TAKES THE BREATH AWAY! THIS WILL BE HARD TO BEAT! FACT!

ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF THIS COVER I HAVE EVER SEEN! 

  PLEASE SEE ALL THE PHOTOS SHOWING THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE COVER,THE SPINE+BOTH LABELS! NOTHING TO HIDE! A LOW,REALISTIC £12 STARTING PRICE WITH MORE RARE JAZZ LPs FROM ME ON EBAY ENDING AT AUCTION ON THE SAME EVENING AS THIS ONE ENDS.

Over the years I have helped to add to the collections of many  collectors and given my experience, I am aware of the titles that are GENUINE RARE ITEMS.

Now of course for those who are"chained"to the record collector price guide books,for whom I am one of the main consultants, the prices are still a SUGGESTION and as we all know ACTUAL prices SOLD can vary.

The sellers on ebay who continually put"listed"or "list price"on everything should be aware of this!!!!     

This is my honest grading!!!

Please see my listening policy below. 

I test on a lightweight pickup of approx 2 grammes and listen with the treble full on and no filtering or mono switch used.As both a collector and dealer,I AM VERY STRICT ON GRADING but DO CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR GRADING PROOF!!!!  

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YOU ARE UNLIKELY TO EVER IMPROVE ON THIS LP,SO DON'T MISS OUT!