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What's on offer?: Almost without the need for introduction, here we have a SIMPLY LEGENDARY NUGGET from the BEATLES-RELATED scene - particularly as this copy is an ORIGINAL FIRST UK SAMPLE PRESSING in WONDERFUL condition!!!

 

A SIMPLY ESSENTIAL DISC FOR TRUE BEATLES FANS and 60s COLLECTORS IN GENERAL!

 

Artist: CHRIS BARBER and his BAND

(Alexis Korner)

Title: "Battersea Rain Dance"

Label: Marmalade 608 009 (UK Original SAMPLE)

 

Matrices/Stampers: 608009 A//1 1 1 1

 

 

 

A SIMPLY TREMENDOUS EXAMPLE WITH A FANTASTIC HERITAGE - EVERY COLLECTOR'S DREAM!!

 

 

Such a revered and incredibly TOUGH item to find in its original format!!  Battersea Rain Dance is a simply fabulous album that has even greater appeal due to a cameo appearance on Cat Call from no less than PAUL McCARTNEY!!!!  There are also appearances from BRIAN AUGER, VIV PRINCE (The Pretty Things), VIC BRIGGS and BARRY JENKINS (The Animals).  Even The Action's REG KING gets in on the act with Production duties!!!

Now then, later re-pressings on the Polydor label often show up, but to find the FIRST PRESS on Marmalade is such a rare thing these days!!!!  To make things even better, this incredible gem is an early SAMPLE pressing came from the collection of the late CHARLES FOX; a Jazz critic who for many years lodged at the house of the legendary ALEXIS KORNER. It's hard to imagine that Charles would have been sent this disc (or would have been particularly interested in owning it), so it is perfectly plausible that it was perhaps owned by Alexis and then subsequently found its way into one of Charles' boxes by mistake??? Who knows...... 

So, bid now to win this gem or, after the auction has ended, you can sit back in your chair and wonder how you managed to let this MONSTER BEATLES-RELATED RARITY pass you by!!!

  Use the Auctionplayer to sample for yourself just how fantastic this LP truly is!!!!!

 

As you'll see from the photo, this is unconditionally guaranteed to be the ORIGINAL 1969 UK 1st SAMPLE pressing made with machine-stamped matrices, so you can forget about having to settle for one of those dodgy so-called "limited re-pressings" (many of which are actually bootlegs) that are flooding the market.

 

A TRULY fantastic and legendary LP, any fan of Chris Barber, The Beatles or 60s music in general will simply have to have this item in their collection!!!!

Grade (labels): The classic multicolour labels are in AWESOME condition; there is NO wear and NO spindle trails!!!  The item was sourced from the collection of the late-CHARLES FOX (a long-time friend of ALEXIS KORNER and a lodger at Alexis' house) and bears a SAMPLE label, suggesting this was one of the first copies pressed and intended for promotional use!!!

Grade (vinyl): Housed within its original, die-cut plain inner bag with flipbacks, this heavy hunk of magnificent vinyl is absolutely stunning and strictly graded at MINT minus!!!  Sitting perfectly flat on the turntable, the deep-grooved platter is in absolutely awesome shape with a lovely sheen and it plays wonderfully loud and clear throughout. Of course, with the hyper-sensitivity of modern styli and amplifiers, any lucky winning bidder would need to accept the likelihood of a 45 year-old hunk of used vinyl producing a touch of general noise and static here and there.  Good luck in finding another one of these nuggets......... they just do NOT turn up very often in this shape!!!!

 

Grade (sleeve): Printed and made by MacNeill Press Ltd, this earliest possible fully-laminated sleeve is in over all EXCELLENT shape; some minor wrinkles and (typical) laminate lift at the title spine.

 

Why buy?: This is an absolute MONSTER of a BEATLES-RELATED gem and always so incredibly sought-after!! Truly a RARE LP and SO TOUGH TO FIND in TOP condition, don't miss this incredible example as it might be your only chance to buy an ORIGINAL 1969 UK LP SAMPLE pressing of "Battersea Rain Dance" by Chris Barber and his Band in wonderful condition!!!

 

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