Sold Date: December 31, 2020
Start Date: November 4, 2020
Final Price: $38.21 (USD)
Seller Feedback: 14527
Buyer Feedback: 15

First press psych rock lp: THE GRATEFUL DEAD - American Beauty - Warner Bros 1893, green label, Santa Maria pressing, 1B/1B in the runoffs, and with the scarce title/hype sticker to the cover. Released in 1970.

Condition: VG/G+ (vinyl has moderate scuffing and several scratches, but nothing I can feel - plays VG++ with no skips, some ticks at the scratches, minor background; clean labels; original WB inner is beat up; jacket has some heavy ringwear, moderate rubbing to extremities, corner bumping, a 4-inch and 2-inch split to the spine, some rubbing to sticker, and a 7-inch split to top seam, and tiny ink initials to back cover).

(Vintage Records, Vinyl, Music, Rock, Classic Rock, Folk, Jerry Garcia, Psychedelic, 1960's, Collectable, Memorabilia)

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