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SLADE - SLADE IN FLAME

GENUINE VERY FIRST PRESS WITH IMMACULATE AUDIO REPRODUCTION

A TRUE VAULT CONDITION COPY OF THIS RARE ALBUM

CATALOGUE NUMBER:POLYDOR 2442126

MATRIX:

THE LABELS

THE RED LABELS ARE IN  MINT CONDITION. THE DEEP RICH BASE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. FINALLY THERE IS JUST ONE MINUSCULE SPIDER LINE AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING HOW LITTLE THE VINYL HAS BEEN PLAYED.

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL SHEEN AND LUSTRE, AND IN DAYLIGHT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS . EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION, THERE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TINY WISPY HAIRLINES VISIBLE

A REALLY GLEAMING STUNNING COPY

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THE RECORD PLAYS TO ABSOLUTE PERFECTION ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES

THERE IS CERTAINLY NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER, MEANING THAT THE LITTLE PLAY IT HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

THE CLARITY OF THIS STEREO REPRODUCTION IS MAGNIFICENT, AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD EXACTLY AS IT WAS INTENDED. THIS IS HOW A TRUE FIRST PRESS SHOULD SOUND, SO PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE EITHER AND THE SILENT PASSAGES AND LINKING GROOVES INCLUDING THE RUN IN'S ARE SILENT AS THE DAY THE ALBUM WAS PRESSED

I SIT NO MORE THAN 12 INCHES FROM MY SPEAKERS AS I TYPE THIS OUT LISTENING TO EVERY TRACK CLOSELY AND THEREFORE I WILL DETECT FAR MORE THAN SOMEONE SITTING AT NORMAL LISTENING DISTANCE

ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT THIS ALBUM WOULD NOT SOUND ANY BETTER IF YOU COULD TIME TRAVEL AND BUY A COPY ON THE FIRST DAY OF RELEASE

BARELY A SPLIT SECOND OF VIRTUALLY INAUDIBLE STATIC ANYWHERE, AND I HEARD NO MORE THAN 2 MINUSCULE STATIC TICS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PLAY

A STUNNING FIST PRESS SLADE IN FLAME AND PLAYS WITHOUT A DOUBT AS CLOSE TO MINT AS YOU COULD EVER HOPE TO FIND AND LISTEN TO

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A PERFECT COPY OF THIS ICONIC ALBUM THEN I BELIEVE YOU HAVE JUST FOUND IT

TAKE A LISTEN AND YOU BE THE JUDGE THOUGH 

THE SLEEVE

 FULLY LAMINATED HOWARDS 1ST ISSUE GATEFOLD SLEEVE IN STUNNING CONDTION

 THE FRONT SURFACE IS  BLEMISH FREE!!  IT IS TOTALLY FLAT AND THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES ANYWHERE. THERE IS JUST ONE  MINUSCULE AND  INVISIBLE TINY LINE NEAR THE SPINE WHICH I FELT ONLY AS I RAN MY FINGER DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE SPINE. AND THATS IT, THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE

THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR, AND THERE IS NO LIFT, PEEL OR FLAKE ANYWHERE.

THE LAMINATE ON BOTH TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES IS STILL PRISTINE AND UNDAMAGED WHICH INCLUDES ALL FOUR CORNER TIPS

THE SPINE IS IN MINT CONDITION AS WELL. FIRSTLY ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS PERFECTLY INTACT, NO PEEL OR FLAKE. IT IS TOTALLY FLAT WITHOUT ANY THUMB TO FINGER SQUASHING AT ANY POINT, AN FINALLY ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND IT'S ALSO WORTH POINTING OUT THAT THERE IS NO WEAR EITHER TO THE TOP OR BOTTOM TIPS OF THIS SUPERB SPINE

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP, SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THE LP HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SLEEVE

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS PRISTINE AS THE FRONT.

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE PAIR OF INNER PANELS. ALL OF THE COLOURS ARE THERE AND THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS 

THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED, WITH THE FLIPBACKS AND POLY LINED INTERIOR. IT IS THE CORRECT ONE FOR THIS LP AND HAS THE 46 4 (1974) IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER.

IT IS UNSPLIT AND TOTALLY FLAT AND UNCREASED

THIS IS TRULY A MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE OF THIS  ORIGINAL SLEEVE, 

THIS HAS TO GRADE SO CLOSE TO MINT!!!

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY