The much sought after original first pressing of The Zombies' classic album ODESSEY & ORACLE!
See below for details.
COUNTRY: UK
YEAR: 1968
LABEL: CBS
CATALOGUE NUMBER:
63280
STAMPERS:
O / O
GRADING
SLEEVE: VG+
Very nice cover, the front is clean with some creases and edgewear. The back is in good order with no worrying damage, has some light wear and age-related discolouration. Spine is great with all words legible.
LABELS: EX
Labels are very clean as pictured, spindles still look great.
RECORD: VG+
Both sides look great with just faint hairlines. Side 2 especially looks EX. Playback is also beautiful, some crackle in parts but mostly audible during the quieter passages. Graded VG+ conservatively!
This copy appears to be a super rare first press misprint where the Side 1 matrix is from the A1 mono mix and the Side 2 matrix appears to be from the B2 stereo mix.
I've included a snippet of what is for me the apex moment of this album and almost single-handedly why the album (and pressing) deserves to be lauded as one of the greatest albums ever made. The way this pressing delivers all of the intricacies and beauty of the arrangements and melodies exactly as the band had recorded them almost 60 years ago is astonishing. THIS pressing is what will make you fall even deeper in love with vinyl and the world of sounds it opens up for you as if the band were there in your room!
Shipped within a day!
Original Inner: Great condition original inner, writing top right corner. VG+
Postage Information
This will be shipped special delivery to make sure it reaches the lucky buyer safe and securely.
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Cleaning: All vinyl sold by me is carefully cared for and cleaned with one of the most effective processes in the field. Manually cleaned with a Disco Stat + Loricraft combination with a formulated distilled water and alcohol mixture, and a tergikleen + glycol surfactant. The process is then finished off with an Ultrasonic Degritter cleaning to blast out and rinse any other impurities that may still remain. This is one of the key factors into why the vinyl I sell on sounds so clean and lacks the surface noise you may get from a seller who doesn't go to the same lengths as this vinyl obssessed guy over here :)!
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