On offer here is a VERY rare LP especially in this condition by Monument called The First Monument and is an ORIGINAL 1971 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Beacon label THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND THIS IS ONE OF THE ALL TIME RAREST LPs ON THE BEACON LABEL - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE BACK IN 1971 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED - IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS, AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DELETED AS A RESULT IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE, AND IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN GREAT CONDITION WITH AN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT RECORD - AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1971 UK 1ST PRESSING ON 1ST PRESS BEACON LABEL, 1ST PRESS A-1 B-1 MATRIX ENDINGS, 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS COVER THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY This is the ORIGINAL Beacon UK 1st Pressing from 1971 and is in GREAT condition The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is BEAS 15 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Beacon label see picture and is a UK Stereo 1st Pressing there were NO Monos
The record labels are in SUPERB condition see pictures with NO wear, NO writing, and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL The vinyl is in absolutely BRILLIANT condition Most of these 60s/70s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, only 2 or 3 MEGA light hairlines, NO scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL JUST PRESSED LOOK AND LOOKS SUPERB It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, barely ANY clicks AT ALL, NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some EXTREMELY low level background sound on the run on grooves gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either The record must grade Very Good if not better BRILLIANT RECORD Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to Brillant The record comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition The ORIGINAL 1st Press Cover is in GREAT condition It has NO edge splits, NO stickers, only some VERY minor evidence of touching in to the edges, NO spine splits, only VERY slight spinal wear, only slight corner wear NOT through the colour , NO annotations, only a few light creases, barely ANY rubbing, and NO writing It also has the usual touched in sticker mark in the bottom right corner - which this cover always seems to have. The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL Even the back of the cover is in GREAT condition with NO grubbyness, NO ringwear, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL apart from an almost INVISIBLE rub trace at the VERY top , NO yellowing, and NO writing The cover must grade Very Good Minus PROPERLY graded, NOT trashed if not better - and is still a very VERY presentable cover indeed THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE ESPECIALLY WITH AN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT RECORD LIKE THIS ONE HAS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY
HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE LP THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1971 UK 1ST PRESSING OF THE FIRST MONUMENT BY MONUMENT, IN GREAT CONDITION Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. Postal discounts for multiple buys are always available - and I guarantee to ALWAYS undercharge on postage Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking Cheers--ooOOoo--
