Sold Date: February 15, 2021
Start Date: August 29, 2019
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Vinyl:  MINT!  SEALED!  NO BARCODE!!  This is the RARE Original 1971 1st Pressing of The Mamas & The Papas at The Monterey International Pop Festival, which they themselves Organized and brought to fruition!!! Some of the cuts are downright Garagey!  Hear them go outside their comfort zone!!! Great!!   See Review Below!
Cover: NM- SEALED! (see photos; bumped corners, a couple minor tears in the shrink) Nice high gloss on cover. Front and back of cover artwork and text are rich, clear and bright. Seams and spine are solid, with some minor wear on the top edge.  No splits.  No writing.  Spine print is crystal clear.  Although it's visible on the photos, I'll mention that this record has some places where dust  has gotten between the shrink-wrap and the cover in the 49 years that it's been sitting under wraps, as it were... The dust seems to have gotten in in the places where the shrink wrap has tiny tears and imperfections in the seal.   I believe that once the shrink-wrap is removed that a damp cloth will pick it all up but I can't say for sure.   Also, the record appears straight; when I look with one eye down all 4 edges there's no big, ominous bow to it that would suggest that it's warped. 
I will gladly accept the return of Sealed records as long as they have not been opened (i.e. as long as they are still in the condition I sent them in).  Every record has a "fingerprint" of imperfections in the seal and/or the cover and I separately photograph and keep these details to prevent fraudulently returned items...yep, there are a few rotten apples out there!)  I will not accept a previously sealed record that has been opened, even if the complaint is that the record is warped.  This is why I look down the edge of all 4 sides of the record, to assess for potential bowing.  Look for that in the description of the covers of all my Sealed items. Thanks!  By the way, I've never (knock on wood!) had a buyer complain that they received a warped Sealed record.  :)
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All records are packaged securely.  The vinyl is sandwiched between two cardboard stiffeners and shipped in a custom cardboard record mailer box. 
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Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album?  First and early pressings are pressed from the first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues/re-issues (which, in recent times, are often pressed from whatever 'best' tapes or digital sources are currently available) - many so-called 'audiophile' new 180g pressings are cut from hi-res digital sources…essentially an expensive CD pressed on vinyl.  Why  experience the worse elements of both formats?  These are just High Maintenance CDs, with mid-ranges so cloaked with a veil as to sound smeared.  They are nearly always compressed with murky transients and a general lifelessness in the overall sound.  There are exceptions where re-masters/re-presses outshine the original issues, but they are exceptions and not the norm.  First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider.  Subtle instrument nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with a far-tighter bass. Upper-mid ranges shine without harshness, and the overall depth is more immersive.  Inner details are  clearer.   On first and early pressings, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant.  The physics of sound energy is hard to clarify and write about from a listening perspective, but the best we can describe it is to say that you can 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music. AllMusic Review by Joe Viglione 

With the lengthy title of , this 1971 release was recorded at the event held at Monterey, CA, between June 16-18 in 1967. Six of the eight tunes appear on the box set Rhino released of the mega concert, excluding "Somebody Groovy" and "Spanish Harlem." ' arranging and songwriting genius has never been properly recognized as the inspiring force that it was and continues to be, and though this  remote recording (mixed in the studio by ) is deficient, the performance by the original group at this important point in time is enthusiastic and worthwhile. As this writer put it in the liner notes requested by  for his production of the latter-day version of the band's Sold Out: Live at the Savoy 3/12/82 on Rykodisc, "The highly influential group has not had the luxury of each and every live cassette and studio outtake traded the way , ,  and  get studied, sought after, and talked about." At Monterey the band included many of the musicians from the  album -- future  keyboard player  was utilized along with  on bass and  on guitar. Replacing  drummer  was Chicago area percussionist . The disc is vocal-heavy, as it should be for a harmony quartet, and the bootleg quality actually adds a sort of charm. Dunhill/ABC was desperate for more  product and the drive of the live version of "Got a Feeling" didn't deny the label something substantial to offer the fans. A band so slick in the studio is fun heard letting it all hang out at this monumental event, and the bottom line is that for fans this is a wonderful, if all too brief, glimpse of the four in performance at the height of their fame. It's 33 minutes and 29 seconds -- including on-stage chatter -- that becomes more valuable as time goes by. Listen to the band cook on "California Dreamin'" and  belt it out with  countering his moves. As credible as any garage rock group churning out "Pushin' Too Hard" and hoping for stardom, these stars shine perhaps because the performance is somewhat ragged. Who wants a clone of the studio stuff anyway?