IMPORTANT: FREE P&P TO UK ADDRESSES (AS REGISTERED WITH PAYPAL) WILL INCLUDE 2ND CLASS RECORDED DELIVERY. THE OFFER RELATES ONLY TO AUCTION ITEMS ENDING AT A VALUE BELOW £51 AND, ABOVE THAT VALUE, THE BUYER WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXPENSE OF SPECIAL DELIVERY P&P.

 

What's on offer?: Almost without the need for introduction, here we have a SIMPLY SUPERB NUGGET from the SOUL and TAMLA MOTOWN scenes - particularly as this copy is an ORIGINAL FIRST UK FACTORY SAMPLE PRESSING in INCREDIBLE condition!!!

 

A SIMPLY ESSENTIAL DISC FOR TRUE SOUL and TAMLA MOTOWN FANS and 60s COLLECTORS IN GENERAL!

 

Artist: THE FOUR TOPS

(Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Mary Wells)

A-side: Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever

B-side: I Like Everything About You

Label: Tamla Motown TMG 568 (UK Original FACTORY SAMPLE)

 

Matrices: TMG 568 A-1/TMG 568 B-1

Stampers: '1' at 9 o'clock, 'M' at 3 o'clock

 

A TRULY RARE EXAMPLE - EVERY COLLECTOR'S DREAM!!

 

Here we have US Motown/Northern Soul legends THE FOUR TOPS with one of their most highly-prized UK discs! 

This pre-release FACTORY SAMPLE with EARLIEST POSSIBLE STAMPERS came from the collection of the late LAURIE SELLSTROM; an EMI 'A&R' man based in Scotland.

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 such a MONSTER TAMLA MOTOWN RARITY pass you by!!! Ask yourself when you honestly expect to see another one of these come up for sale in such AWESOME shape??!!

 

  Use the Auctionplayer to hear for yourself just how fantastic "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" truly is!!!

 

As you'll see from the photo, this is unconditionally guaranteed to be the ORIGINAL 1966 UK 1st FACTORY SAMPLE pressing made with a 4-prong pushout centre, 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 double-sider, any fan of The Four Tops, the Tamla Motown and Northern Soul scenes or 60s music in general will simply have to have this item in their collection!!!!

Grade (labels): The classic black labels with silver print are in AWESOME condition; absolutely NO wear and NO spindle trails!!! The item was sourced from the collection of the late-LAURIE SELLSTROM and bears a FACTORY SAMPLE label, supporting the notion that this gem was one of the first copies to have emerged from the pressing plant and intended for promotional use!!!

Grade (vinyl): Incredibly superb and very strictly graded at MINT minus. The platter sits perfectly flat on the turntable and the playing surface has a wonderful sheen!!!  Of course, with the hyper-sensitivity of modern styli and amplifiers, any lucky winning bidder would need to accept the likelihood of a 48 year-old hunk of vinyl producing a touch of static here and there.  Good luck in finding another one of these nuggets......... they just do NOT turn up that often in this shape!!!!

 

Grade (company bag): This fantastic gem is housed within a period-correct orange with white print Tamla Motown wavy-top bag in superb shape!!!

 

Why buy?: This is an absolute MONSTER of a TAMLA MOTOWN NORTHERN SOUL gem and always so incredibly sought-after in this condition!! Truly a KILLINGLY RARE 45 and VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND like this, don't miss this incredible example as it might be your only chance to buy an ORIGINAL 1966 UK 1st FACTORY SAMPLE pressing of "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" by The Four Tops in incredible condition!!!

 

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Note: I'm just a private individual selling off his private record collection gathered over 30+ years.  I am NOT a business!!!  I unreservedly retain the right to cancel bids from known defaulters or timewasters.  The items I offer for auction are rare and of the highest quality, so please bid with respect