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What's on offer?: Almost without the need for introduction, here we have a SIMPLY LEGENDARY NUGGET from the MOD, R&B, PSYCH and BRITISH INVASION scenes - particularly as this copy is an ORIGINAL UK FIRST FACTORY SAMPLE MONO PRESSING with blue 'Magic Notes' logo in INCREDIBLE condition!!!

 

A SIMPLY ESSENTIAL DISC FOR TRUE MOD, R&B and PSYCH FANS, BRITISH INVASION DEVOTEES and 60s COLLECTORS IN GENERAL!

 

 

Artist: THE YARDBIRDS

(Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Cream, Led Zeppelin, Together, Renaissance, The T-Bones)

 

Title: "Yardbirds"

Label: Columbia SX 6063 (UK Original FACTORY SAMPLE MONO)   Produced by SIMON NAPIER-BELL

Matrices: XAX 3126-1/XAX 3127-1

Mothers/Stampers Side 1: '1' at 9 o'clock, 'RM' at 3 o'clock

Mothers/Stampers Side 2: '1' at 9 o'clock, 'RO' at 3 o'clock

 

 

AN INCREDIBLE MONO EXAMPLE with AN INCREDIBLE HERITAGE - EVERY COLLECTOR'S DREAM!!

 

This incredible and early FACTORY SAMPLE 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 for review (as it wasn't in his 'genre' and would he otherwise have been interested in owning it?) so, perhaps, it might have belonged to Alexis and then subsequently found its way into one of Charles' boxes by mistake??? Who knows......

Produced by SIMON NAPIER-BELL and more commonly referred to as the "Roger The Engineer" LP due to the sleeve artwork, this incredible Yardbirds LP features the mercurial guitar skills of JEFF BECK!!  There can be no doubt that this fantastic gem is one of the very best British Mod/R&B/Psych albums ever released!!!  Most collectors agree that the MONO mix, as is on offer here, is the far superior format!!!

The personnel line-up on these truly fantastic recordings is as follows: KEITH RELF (vocals, harmonica), JEFF BECK (lead guitar), CHRIS DREJA (rhythm guitar), PAUL SAMWELL-SMITH (bass guitar) and JIM McCARTY (drums).

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 MOD R&B PSYCH RARITY pass you by!!! Of course, you could always settle for a later pressing, one of the cheap repros that have kicked around for a few years now or, if digital is your 'bag', a CD - God forbid......

 

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

 

As you'll see from the photo, this is unconditionally guaranteed to be the ORIGINAL 1966 UK FIRST FACTORY 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 Yardbirds, Jeff Beck, the Mod, R&B, Psych scenes or 60s music in general will simply have to have this item in their collection!!!!

Grade (labels): As can be clearly seen from the photo, this is a FIRST PRESS with the labels having the all-important blue 'Magic Notes' logo, silver print and 'Sold in the UK.....' text. Both labels are in STUNNING condition; there is absolutely NO wear and just a couple of light spindle marks!!! Side 1 bears a 'Factory Sample Not For Sale' label, supporting the notion that this example was one of the first from the factory and intended for promotional/review purposes!!!

Grade (vinyl): Housed within its original super-crisp 'Emitex' polylined inner bag, this vinyl masterpiece is jaw-droppingly beautiful and strictly graded at MINT minus; just a couple of tiny and feint lines seemingly from withdrawal from the bag. Sitting perfectly flat on the turntable, the deep-grooved platter has a glorious sheen and 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 possibility of a near 50-year old hunk of used vinyl producing a touch of general noise and static here and there. The stampers, as provided further up this listing, are early!!!! Good luck in finding another one of these nuggets......... they just do NOT turn up very often in this shape!!!!

Grade (sleeve): The original Garrod and Lofthouse sleeve with laminated front, flipbacks and a matt reverse is in overall EXCELLENT ++++ shape!! As can be seen from the pictures, the front is absolutely lovely with just three very minor surface fissures in the laminate at the spine edge.  Otherwise, the spine is crisp and clear and the white matt back is bight and clean!!!! Just a touch of extremely minor chafing at the unlaminated edge of the bottom flipback.  For those who love to know such detail, this is the very first - 'Patents Pending' - press of the sleeve!!!

Why buy?: This is an absolute ICONIC MONSTER of a MOD R&B PSYCH gem and always so incredibly sought-after!! Truly a KILLINGLY RARE LP and ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND in ANY condition, don't miss this incredible example as it might be your only chance to buy an ORIGINAL 1966 UK LP FIRST FACTORY SAMPLE pressing of "Yardbirds" by The Yardbirds in awesome condition!!!

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