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RORY GALLAGHER - DEUCE

ARCHIVE COPY  - MINT AUDIO

WITH A SUPERB SLEEVE TO MATCH

 

 

CATALOGUE:POLYDOR 2383-076

MATRIX:2383076  A//2 11 1 / /B V 1  11 4

THE RECORDS

 

THE LABELS

THE ORANGY RED POLYDOR LABELS ARE IN ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE CONDITION. THERE IS NOT A MARK OR STAIN ON THEM. THE BASE COLOUR FULLY EXTENDS INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE IS JUST ONE SMALL SPIDER LINE CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING JUST WHY THIS LP HAS HARDLY BEEN PLAYED

THE VINYL

THE DISC GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR AND LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS.THERE ARE NO MARKS WHATSOEVER ON THIS VINYL, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE APART FROM A COUPLE OF WISPS

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. THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE DECIDED TO ADD TO THE AUCTIONS AND ALTHOUGH IT TAKES EXTRA TIME AND EFFORT, I BELIEVE IT'S WELL WORTH IT. IT HAS LONG BEEN SAID THAT BUYING FROM EBAY IS A LOTTERY WHEN IT COMES TO RECORDS. SO MANY INEXPERIENCED SELLERS DESCRIBE RECORDS AS MINT, ONLY FOR THEM TO BE ANYTHING BUT, AND THIS IS A VALID ARGUMENT THAT BUYERS WILL LEVY AGAINST SELLERS. FAIR ENOUGH, BUT HERE YOU ARE ABLE TO HEAR THE ENTIRE RECORD BEFORE DECIDING WHETHER TO BID. I HOPE YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE WAY FORWARD.

THE LP PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY WITH CLEAR AND CRISP STEREO REPRODUCTION.A SUPERB CLARITY AND CRISPNESS, THAT IS BOTH LOUD AND POWERFUL. PLAYING THE LP THE FIRST THING TO STATE IS THAT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND ANYWHERE, MEANING THAT WHAT LITTLE PLAY THIS ALBUM HAS RECEIVED, WAS CONDUCTED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY BALANCED AND UNWORN STYLI.

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE DURING THE PLAY

NO LOUD POPS AND NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE

NO MORE THAN A SPLIT SECOND OR TWO OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN ONE OR TWO LINKING GROOVES, AND PERHAPS JUST 2 MINUSCULE STATIC TICS

AN OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL FIRST PRESS IN THE BEST POSSIBLE CONDITION AND PLAYS LIKE NEW

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS VINYL MINT

 PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS

 

 

 

THE SLEEVE

 NON LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE FROM MACNEILL

THE FRONT SURFACE IS SUPERB. FLAT AND CLEAN, AND SURPRISINGLY NONE OF THE POWDERY COLOURED SURFACE HAS BEEN LOST THROUGH RUBBING AND SHELF WEAR. THERE IS ONE LIGHT CREASE LINE ACROSS THE TOP LEFT CORNER AREA, OTHER THAN THAT JUST ONE MINUSCULE LINE AGAINST THE SPINE. TWO ON THE TOP EDGE, TWO ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING NEDGE

THERE IS NO RECORD SHAPE OR RING WEAR

THE TOP EDGE HAS ALL OF THE COLOUR RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER, WITH JUST A PIN PRICK OF WHITE ON THE TIP ENDS. THE BOTTOM EDGE DOES HAVE SOME SHELF WEAR TO THE VULNERABLE SURFACE

THE SPINE IS SO THIN AND FLIMSY THAT MOST ARE RUBBED SO BADLY THAT YOU ARE UNABLE TO READ ANY OF THE TYPEFACE. THIS COPY HAS EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE TAPERED ENDS ARE NEAR PERFECT WITH A PIN PRICK OF RUB TO THE TIP ENDS

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP 

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS CLEAN AND TIDY AS THE FRONT

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS FREE FROM ANY SPLITS. AND IT HAS REMAINED UNCREASED. SOME AGEING TO THE EDGES. THE DATE 10/71 IS PRINTED IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE  NEAR MINT

 

 

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

GARRY