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Grand Funk Railroad – E Pluribus Funk sealed 1971 U.S. round cover LP

Offered for sale is a still sealed original U.S. pressing of E Pluribus Funk by Grand Funk Railroad.

About this copy: This copy of E Pluribus Funk is a 1971 U.S. pressing on the Capitol label.

As the album is still sealed, the record is presumably new and unplayed.

The wrap is fully intact with no rips, tears, or holes.

A beautiful copy of an album that is usually found in poor condition due to its unusual cover.

Background: Released in late 1971, E Pluribus Funk was the fifth studio album by Grand Funk Railroad. The LP reached #5 on the U.S. album charts and was certified platinum by the RIAA.

Allmusic.com gave E Pluribus Funk this review:

The album, made by a band by now popular enough to sell out Shea Stadium (depicted on the back of the album, its cover designed to look like a silver coin), consisted of a series of simple rock tunes with lyrics devoted to the joys of music itself (“Footstompin’ Music”), social concerns generically expressed (“People, Let’s Stop the War,” “Save the Land”), and claims of romantic betrayal (“Upsetter,” “No Lies”). … Grand Funk were still primarily a live band, able to achieve intensity, but with little sense of the varying dynamics and musical textures that might make a studio album interesting to listen to beyond being a souvenir of their live show.

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Country of origin:	U.S.
Size:	12″
Record Label:	Capitol
Catalog Number:	SW-853
Year of Release:	1971
Format:	Stereo
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Rolling Stones – Some Girls sealed 1978 U.S. LP with withdrawn cover

Offered for sale is a still sealed original U.S. pressing of the Rolling Stones’ 1978 LP, Some Girls, with the original withdrawn cover that featured the faces of famous celebrities mixed in with the faces of band members.

About this copy: This copy of Some Girls offered here is a 1978 pressing on the Rolling Stones Records label.

As the album is still sealed, the record is presumably new and unplayed.

The wrap is fully intact, with no rips, tears, or holes. There is a small (3 cm) split in the top of the cover under the wrap.

There is a a hype sticker promoting “Miss You” attached to the wrap.

A nice copy of a classic album and the first sealed copy we’ve had for sale in a while.

Background: The Rolling Stones’ 1978 LP Some Girls is one of their best-selling albums ever, reaching #1 on the charts in both the U.S. and the UK. It’s also the album that featured their last #1 hit, “Miss You.”

The album featured a die-cut cover that included photos of both band members and famous celebrities. Shortly after the release of the album, the band was sued by the representatives of some of those famous people, forcing the record company to remove the images of everyone but the band members.

The words “cover under reconstruction” appeared where the images of Lucille Ball, Jackie Onassis and Marilyn Monroe had appeared in the earlier design.

Allmusic.com gave Some Girls a 5 star review:

During the mid-’70s, the Rolling Stones remained massively popular, but their records suffered from Jagger’s fascination with celebrity and Keith’s worsening drug habit. By 1978, both punk and disco had swept the group off the front pages, and Some Girls was their fiery response to the younger generation. Opening with the disco-blues thump of “Miss You,” Some Girls is a tough, focused, and exciting record, full of more hooks and energy than any Stones record since Exile on Main St. Even though the Stones make disco their own, they never quite take punk on their own ground. Instead, their rockers sound harder and nastier than they have in years…. Some Girls may not have the back-street aggression of their ’60s records, or the majestic, drugged-out murk of their early-’70s work, but its brand of glitzy, decadent hard rock still makes it a definitive Stones album.

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Country of origin:	U.S.
Size:	12″
Record Label:	Rolling Stones Records
Catalog Number:	COC 39108
Year of Release:	1978
Format:	Stereo
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Joe Jackson – Look Sharp! sealed U.S. 10″ 2 LP set with button

Offered for sale is a still sealed U.S. limited edition 10″ double LP pressing of Look Sharp! by Joe Jackson, including the pinback button.

Note: The button is often missing, as people would remove them from the cover in record stores.

About this copy: This copy of Look Sharp! is a 1979 U.S. pressing on the A&M label.

As the album is still sealed, the records are presumably new and unplayed.

The wrap is fully intact with no rips, tears or holes. There is a hype sticker on the wrap that says “Special Collector’s Edition 2 10″ Records.”

A nice copy of a terrific LP and the first copy we’ve had in several years.

Background: Released in 1979, Look Sharp! was the first album by Joe Jackson.

The album reached #20 on the U.S. album charts and #40 on the UK chart.

Allmusic.com gave Look Sharp! a 5 star review:

A brilliant, accomplished debut, Look Sharp! established Joe Jackson as part of that camp of angry, intelligent young new wavers (i.e., Elvis Costello, Graham Parker) who approached pop music with the sardonic attitude and tense, aggressive energy of punk. Not as indebted to pub rock as Parker and Costello, and much more lyrically straightforward than the latter, Jackson delivers a set of bristling, insanely catchy pop songs that seethe with energy and frustration….Look Sharp! is the sound of a young man searching for substance in a superficial world — and it also happens to rock like hell.

Country of origin:	U.S.
Size:	12″
Record Label:	A&M
Catalog Number:	SP 3666
Year of Release:	1979
Format:	Stereo
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Pink Floyd – The Piper at the Gates of Dawn sealed 1967 U.S. stereo LP

pink floyd the piper at the gates of dawn u.s. stereo lp

Offered for sale is a still sealed U.S. stereo pressing of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, the first album by Pink Floyd.

Note: While the full title appears on the back cover, the spine and label simply list the title as The Pink Floyd.

About this copy: This copy of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is a U.S. stereo pressing on the Tower label.

As the album is still sealed, the record is presumably new and unplayed.

Label variation is unknown, but the number “9” appears on the back cover. This suggests that the album was pressed at Capital Records’ Jacksonville, Illinois pressing plant and the album likely has the second “striped” Tower label.

The wrap is fully intact with no rips or tears. There are no punch holes in the cover. There are a couple of breathe holes in the shrink wrap; this is common on 1960s albums pressed by Capitol.

A nice copy of a very rare Pink Floyd LP and the first sealed copy we’ve had for sale in many years.

Background: Released in 1967, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn was the first album by Pink Floyd, which then included Syd Barrett on guitar and vocals.

The album reached #6 on the UK album chart and #131 on the U.S. chart.

The album was released in the U.S., UK, and Canada in both stereo and mono in late 1967. The U.S. version, issued by Tower Records, went out of print in 1970 when Capitol Records shut down their Tower Records subsidiary label. The album has not been reissued on vinyl in the U.S. since the original release.

The UK album had 11 tracks, but the U.S. version deleted three of them (“Astronomy Domine,” “Flaming,” and “Bike”) and added “See Emily Play,” which had been recently issued as a single. The track appears in rechanneled stereo on this LP.

UK version has these eleven tracks:

Astronomy Domine
Lucifer Sam
Matilda Mother
Flaming
Pow R. Toc H.
Take Up They Stethoscope and Walk
Interstellar Overdrive
The Gnome
Chapter 24
The Scarecrow
Bike

The U.S. copy (this one) has these nine tracks:

See Emily Play
Pow R. Toc H.
Take Up They Stethoscope and Walk
Lucifer Sam
Matilda Mother
The Scarecrow
The Gnome
Chapter 24
Interstellar Overdrive

Allmusic.com gave The Piper at the Gates of Dawn a 5 star review:

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn successfully captures both sides of psychedelic experimentation — the pleasures of expanding one’s mind and perception, and an underlying threat of mental disorder and even lunacy; this duality makes Piper all the more compelling in light of Barrett’s subsequent breakdown, and ranks it as one of the best psychedelic albums of all time.

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Country of origin:	U.S.
Size:	12″
Record Label:	Tower
Catalog Number:	ST5093
Year of Release:	1967
Format:	Stereo
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Monkees – The Monkees sealed 1966 U.S. stereo Colgems LP signed Davy Jones

Offered for sale is a still sealed stereo copy of The Monkees, the self-titled 1966 debut album by the Monkees.

Note: This copy has been signed by Davy Jones on the back cover in permanent marker.

About this copy: This copy of The Monkees is a U.S. stereo pressing on the original Colgems label, catalog number COS-101 RE. This is the second version of the cover, with the corrected spelling for the song “Papa Gene’s Blues.”

As the album is still sealed, the record is presumably mint and unplayed.

The wrap is 100% intact with no rips, tears, or holes. There are no corner bends.

Davy Jones has signed the back cover (on the shrink wrap) in permanent marker. It’s a nice, full, legible signature.

A nearly perfect copy of a record that’s quite hard to find sealed and likely your final upgrade.

Background: The Monkees, released in 1966, was the first of several best-selling albums by the made-for-TV band. Backed by the Wrecking Crew, the band took the album to #1 on the U.S. charts, helped by the hit single “Last Train to Clarksville” as well as the theme song from the TV show.

Allmusic.com gave The Monkees a 4 star review:

The Monkees’ first album was a huge success, following on the number one single “Last Train to Clarksville.” The Monkees spent 78 weeks on the Billboard chart including an astounding 13 weeks at number one. The record wasn’t only a commercial juggernaut, it also stands as one of the great debuts of all time, and while the record and the group have faced criticism from rock purists through the ages, it stands the test of time perfectly well, sounding as alive and as much fun 40 years later.

You can listen to “Sweet Young Thing” here:

Country of origin:	U.S.
Size:	12″
Record Label:	Colgems
Catalog Number:	COS-101RE
Year of Release:	1966
Format:	Stereo
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Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat sealed original 1968 stereo LP

velvet underground white light/white heat u.s. stereo L

Offered for sale is a still sealed original U.S. stereo copy of the second album by the Velvet Underground, White Light/White Heat.

About this copy: This particular copy of White Light/White Heat is a 1968 U.S. stereo pressing on the Verve label.

The exact pressing/version is unknown, as the album is still sealed and presumably unplayed.

The song “Here She Comes Now” is incorrectly titled “There She Comes Now” on the back cover.
This copy is also genuine; the dark image of a skull is visible in the lower left hand corner of the front cover.
Lou Reed is credited with “lead guitar” on the back cover.
The back cover has a credit to Andy Warhol for the cover concept.

The shrink wrap is mostly intact; there is a small tear at the top near the upper right hand corner and slight wear there. There is also a 3 cm tear near the lower right hand corner and slight wear there.

There is a clean punch hole in the lower left hand corner.

A beautiful copy of a classic album that is often found in terrible condition.

Background: Any fan of the debut album by the Velvet Underground was likely shocked upon hearing 1968’s White Light/White Heat, an album that sounded nothing at all like its predecessor, or for that matter, like any other record to be found in stores that year. Raw, unpolished, and loud, White Light/White Heat was, and remains, the most difficult album in the band’s catalog.

AllMusic.com gave White Light/White Heat five stars:

The world of pop music was hardly ready for The Velvet Underground’s first album when it appeared in the spring of 1967, but while The Velvet Underground and Nico sounded like an open challenge to conventional notions of what rock music could sound like (or what it could discuss), 1968’s White Light/White Heat was a no-holds-barred frontal assault on cultural and aesthetic propriety. Recorded without the input of either Nico or Andy Warhol, White Light/White Heat was the purest and rawest document of the key Velvets lineup of Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, and Maureen Tucker, capturing the group at their toughest and most abrasive. White Light/White Heat is easily the least accessible of The Velvet Underground’s studio albums, but anyone wanting to hear their guitar-mauling tribal frenzy straight with no chaser will love it, and those benighted souls who think of the Velvets as some sort of folk-rock band are advised to crank their stereo up to ten and give side two a spin.

Country of origin:	U.S.
Size:	12″
Record Label:	Verve
Catalog Number:	V6-5046
Year of Release:	1968
Format:	Stereo
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Pink Floyd – A Nice Pair sealed 1973 U.S. 2 LP set

Offered for sale is a still sealed originall 1973 U.S. pressing of the double album A Nice Pair by Pink Floyd.

This double album reissues the 1967-1968 LPs The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and A Saucerful of Secrets, with a couple of track substitutions.

About this copy: This copy of A Nice Pair is a 1973 U.S. pressing on the Harvest label.

As the album is still sealed, the records are presumably new and unplayed. The cover has two stickers that say “A Nice Pair” over the photos of a woman’s breasts. A third sticker is attached to the wrap that says “Pink Floyd Special Low Priced Two Record Set.) The spine shows the original $7.98 U.S. list price.

The wrap is fully intact with no rips, tears, or holes, aside from a couple of factory “breathe holes” in the shrink wrap.

A nearly perfect copy of a Pink Floyd set that’s hard to find as a first pressing.

Background: Released in 1973, A Nice Pair reissued the band’s first two LPs – The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and A Saucerful of Secrets. In the U.S., both albums had been out of print for years, but the success of The Dark Side of the Moon inspired a reissue of the band’s earlier material.

The U.S. and UK versions of the album had a couple of minor differences – a cover photo advertising a dentist appeared on the U.S. version; this was replaced with a different photo in the UK.

The first track on the album, “Astronomy Domine,” appeared as a studio track on the UK version (as it had on the original LP) but in the U.S., the live version of the song from the Ummagumma LP was used instead.

This set features “Flaming” in mono; later pressings used a stereo version.

Allmusic.com gave A Nice Pair a 4 star review.

In the wake of the mega-hit status achieved earlier in 1973 by Dark Side of the Moon, executives at Capitol Records, in tandem with their counterparts in other countries, decided to remarket the group’s earlier catalog; in America, this meant reissuing their first two LPs, Piper at the Gates of Dawn (originally issued stateside as Pink Floyd, in edited form) and A Saucerful of Secrets, both of which originally appeared on the Capitol subsidiary label Tower and were, by then, out of print. The result was a double LP called A Nice Pair, which was also put out in England — which was odd, since both original albums were still readily in print on that side of the Atlantic.

Country of origin:	U.S.
Size:	12″
Record Label:	Harvest
Catalog Number:	SABB-11257
Year of Release:	1973
Format:	Stereo
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Alice Cooper – Love It to Death sealed 1971 U.S. LP with white censored cover

alice cooper love it to death cropped cover u.S. LP

Offered for sale is a still sealed copy of Love It to Death by Alice Cooper, with the rare white “censored” transitional cover.

About this copy: This copy of Love It to Death is the second U.S. issue of the 1971 LP on the Warner Brothers label.

This is the “censored,” or “cropped” version of the cover that was used to temporarily replace the original full-cover photo of the band. A later version restored the full cover photo while airbrushing Alice Cooper’s thumb out of the photo.

As the album is sealed the record is presumably new and unplayed.

The wrap is largely intact except for a 2 cm split in the wrap at the mouth and an 8 cm split in the wrap at the top edge. We have secured these with tape to prevent further splits in the wrap.

The cover is VG++ with a few foxing spots above the photo on the front cover.

A nice copy of a rare variation on this classic LP, and the first copy we’ve had in many years.

Background: Love It to Death was the third album by the Alice Cooper band, and it reached #35 on the U.S. charts, but was eventually certified platinum by the RIAA.

The original cover photo showed Cooper holding his thumb in such a way that it resembled a penis. The record company quickly replaced the cover with a second version which cropped out that part of the photo, leaving large white bars at the top and the bottom.

Eventually, the cover was replaced with a third version that looked like the first version, though the thumb was airbrushed out.

Allmusic.com gave Love It to Death a 4 1/2 star review:

Alice Cooper’s third album, Love It to Death, can be pinpointed as the release when everything began to come together for the band. Their first couple of albums (Pretties for You and Easy Action) were both largely psychedelic/acid rock affairs and bore little comparison to the band’s eventual rip-roaring, teenage-anthem direction. The main reason for the quintet’s change was that the eventually legendary producer Bob Ezrin was on board for the first time and helped the Coopers focus their songwriting and sound, while they also perfected their trashy, violent, and theatrical stage show and image. … Love It to Death was the first of a string of classic releases from the original Alice Cooper group.

Country of origin:	U.S.
Size:	12″
Record Label:	Warner Brothers
Catalog Number:	WS 1883
Year of Release:	1971
Format:	Stereo
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Mothers of Invention (Frank Zappa) – Freak Out! sealed U.S. stereo 2 LP set

mothers of invention freak out u.s. stereo LP

Offered for sale is a still sealed early U.S. stereo pressing of the double album Freak Out! by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention.

About this copy: This copy of Freak Out! is a sealed U.S. pressing on the Verve label of an album that was originally released in 1966.

As the album is still sealed, the records are presumably new and unplayed.

As the album is sealed, we don’t know the label variation or cover variation (with or without the Freak Out Map ad), but the album feels fairly thick and heavy, so it’s likely pressed on the blue Verve label.

There are several tears in the wrap – a small break at the upper left hand corner and the lower right hand corner. There is a tear at the upper right hand corner and a split in the wrap at the top center that measures about 3″ (8 cm.) We have secured the tear in the wrap with tape to prevent further tearing.

There is slight wear at the upper right hand corner (see photo.)

This copy does not have cutout marks of any kind – no drill hole, no cut corner, no saw mark.

A nice copy of an album that is usually found in horrible condition.

Background: Released in 1966, Freak Out! was the first album by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention and only the second studio album created as a double album (after Bob Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde.)

Freak Out! sold relatively poorly, reaching #130 on the U.S. album charts, but was reviewed favorably by critics.

Allmusic.com gave Freak Out! a 5 star review:

One of the most ambitious debuts in rock history, Freak Out! was a seminal concept album that somehow foreshadowed both art rock and punk at the same time. Its four LP sides deconstruct rock conventions right and left, eventually pushing into territory inspired by avant-garde classical composers. Yet the album is sequenced in an accessibly logical progression; the first half is dedicated to catchy, satirical pop/rock songs that question assumptions about pop music, setting the tone for the radical new directions of the second half. …. Zappa would spend much of his career developing and exploring ideas — both musical and conceptual — first put forth here; while his myriad directions often produced more sophisticated work, Freak Out! contains at least the rudiments of almost everything that followed, and few of Zappa’s records can match its excitement over its own sense of possibility.

Country of origin:	U.S.
Size:	12″
Record Label:	Verve
Catalog Number:	V6-5005-2
Year of Release:	1966
Format:	Stereo
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Mothers of Invention (Frank Zappa) – We’re Only in it for the Money sealed U.S. Verve LP

mothers of invention we're only in it for the money u.s. lp

Offered for sale is a still sealed early U.S. stereo pressing of We’re Only in it for the Money by the Mothers of Invention.

About this copy: This copy of We’re Only in it for the Money is a U.S. pressing on the Verve label of an album that was originally released in 1968.

As the album is still sealed, the record is presumably new and unplayed.

As the album is sealed, the label and mastering versions are unknown.

The wrap is mostly intact; there is a tiny break at the lower right hand corner. There are two splits in the wrap along the top edge – one measuring 4″ (10 cm) at the upper left hand corner and one measuring about 2″ (5 cm) at the upper right hand corner. We have secured these with tape to prevent further tearing of the wrap.

A nice copy of an album that’s hard to find as a clean original pressing.

Background: Released in 1968, We’re Only in it for the Money was the fourth album by the Mothers of Invention.

The album reached #30 on the U.S. album chart and #31 in the UK.

Allmusic.com gave We’re Only in it for the Money a 5 star review:

From the beginning, Frank Zappa cultivated a role as voice of the freaks — imaginative outsiders who didn’t fit comfortably into any group. We’re Only in It for the Money is the ultimate expression of that sensibility, a satirical masterpiece that simultaneously skewered the hippies and the straights as prisoners of the same narrow-minded, superficial phoniness. Zappa’s barbs were vicious and perceptive, and not just humorously so: his seemingly paranoid vision of authoritarian violence against the counterculture was borne out two years later by the Kent State killings. Like Freak Out, We’re Only in It for the Money essentially devotes its first half to satire, and its second half to presenting alternatives. Despite some specific references, the first-half suite is still wickedly funny, since its targets remain immediately recognizable. … Zappa’s politics and satirical instinct have rarely been so focused and relevant, making We’re Only in It for the Money quite probably his greatest achievement.

Country of origin:	U.S.
Size:	12″
Record Label:	Verve
Catalog Number:	V6 5045X
Year of Release:	1968
Format:	Stereo
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