Sold Date: June 10, 2024
Start Date: May 31, 2024
Final Price: £649.99 (GBP)
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Artist: THE YARDBIRDS Title: ‘Five Live Yardbirds’ LP Label: UK Columbia 33SX 1677 (1964 - Advance SAMPLE PROMO)
TOGETHER WITH MANY OTHER RARE VINYL AND ACETATE DISCS YET TO BE LISTED, THIS ITEM WAS ACQUIRED IN 1997 DIRECTLY AND IN PERSON FROM THE SON OF THE LATE BRITISH BLUES PIONEER AND LEGEND, ALEXIS KORNER!  ALL OF THE ITEMS WERE ONCE OWNED BY ALEXIS AND MANY OF THEM WERE EITHER DUPLICATE COPIES THAT REMAINED UNPLAYED BY THE GREAT MAN OR HE CLEARLY ONLY PLAYED A FEW TIMES AT MOST!  
IF REQUIRED, THIS GEM CAN BE SUPPLIED WITH A SIGNED LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY FROM THE OFFICIAL ARCHIVIST TO THE ALEXIS KORNER ESTATE.


GRADES FOR THIS ITEM:
I do not grade ANY item as 'MINT' unless it is factory sealed!  So, my highest grading is Near MINT.
VINYL: Near Mint, the surface shines like a mirror and there are just a couple of light spindle marks around the centre hole of the labels.  This is a very early promotional copy and bears a sample label.  Essential to note that, as is consistent with a very EARLIEST pressing, the labels also have the very rare ‘Level-Love’ songwriters credit for Good Morning Little Schoolgirl ; later pressings were corrected with a change to ‘Demarais’.  In the dead wax the matrix numbers are machine-stamped.   COVER: The original Garrod & Lofthouse card sleeve is ‘patents pending’ with flipbacks and is in Excellent + shape, with only very slight signs of handling.  Please note: THE SHADING SEEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SLEEVE BACK IN THE PHOTO IS MERELY A SHADOW FROM LIGHTING.  There are no splits or tears. INNER SLEEVE: The original 'Emitex' rice paper-lined inner bag is in superb shape!
Together with the grades above, please look very carefully at the photographs which form an important part of the item description.  If you have any questions, please ask them BEFORE you make your purchase! 

SHIPPING: The cost and method is as listed for sales within the United Kingdom.  Prior to dispatch, all items are very carefully packaged.  The vinyl (inside its inner bag) is removed from the outer sleeve and then everything is placed inside a resealable polypropylene cover.
Covering mainly the British Beat, Freakbeat, Pyschedelic and Rock genres, I have a lifetime's collection of original 1960's and 1970's LPs/EPs and 45s to sell.  In addition to standard vinyl issues, I also have acetates, test pressings, demonstration discs, factory samples and transcription discs.   I was always very fussy and careful to find only items in wonderful condition, so I certainly won't be selling anything that I wouldn't be thrilled to buy myself.    
Iconic artists to come include: The Animals, The Applejacks, The Artwoods, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Chuck Berry, David Bowie, Eric Burdon, Cream, Bob Dylan, The Eagles, Georgie Fame, Fleetwood Mac, Herbie Goins, The Grateful Dead, The Groundhogs, Jimi Hendrix, The Hollies, John Lee Hooker, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Jefferson Airplane, The Kinks, Kiss, Alexis Korner, Led Zeppelin, Manfred Mann, John Mayall, The Move, Pink Floyd, The Pretty Things, The Rolling Stones, Rush, Savoy Brown, The Small Faces, The Spencer Davies Group, Dusty Springfield, Tamla Motown, The Who, The Yardbirds, Neil Young, Frank Zappa and many more!