Sold Date: August 13, 2018
Start Date: August 6, 2018
Final Price: £19.00 (GBP)
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DAVID PORTER - INTO A REAL THING

ENTERPRISE ALBUM   - PROMO COPY

U.S 1st press - ONCE PLAYED

NEAR MINT AUDIO

EX+ SLEEVE

  I HAVE IN MY POSESSION A COLLECTION OF ALBUMS THAT CAME DIRECT FROM THE USA TO THE UK IN THE EARLY 70'S. THEY WERE AQUIRED BY A GENTLEMAN WHO WAS A DJ ON A RADIO STATION. HE WROTE TO STAX IN MEMPHIS IN THE MID 60'S AND ASKED HOW HE COULD GET HIS HANDS ON SOME SOUL MUSIC AS HE WANTED TO PLAY IT ON HIS RADIO STATION. TO HIS SURPRISE STAX ADDED HIM TO THEIR MAILING LIST AND CONTINUED TO SEND PARCELS OF LP'S AND SINGLES TO HIM WELL INTO THE 70'S. A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF THEM WERE THEREFORE DJ PROMO COPIES. THEY MAILED BOTH ALBUMS AND SINGLES, AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE ALBUMS HAVE REMAINED UNPLAYED. 

THIS IS INDEED A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO CLAIM A PIECE OF HISTORY IN PRISTINE CONDITION. I CANNOT IMAGINE JUST HOW FEW UNPLAYED COPIES OF GENUINE STAX AND ASSOCIATED LABELS HAVE REMAINED IN THIS CONDITION.

TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE WHITE LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. THE BASE COLOUR HAS REMAINED UNRUBBED, AND THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE. THIS COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLES REVEALS ONE MINUSCULE SPIDER LINE

THE VINYL

THE RECORD GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND COULDN'T LOOK ANY BETTER. ALL OF THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE HAS BEEN RETAINED.AND IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS!!! THERE ARE NO VISIBLE MARKS OR ANY SIGNS OF HANDLING ON THE DISCS, UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION I CAN ONLY SEE SOME EMBEDDED DULL STREAKS AND PATCHES. NO HAIRLINES

THE PLAYTHROUGH

THE VINYL PERFORMS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH. FROM THE SECOND THE STYLUS IS PLACED ON THE RECORD THERE IS SILENCE IN THE RUN IN GROOVE. THIS CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE VOLUME.

THE CLARITY OF THE FIRST PRESS IS VERY AUDIBLE AND THE RECORDING IS JUST SUPERB

THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS

NO MORE THAN THE ODD SPECK OF EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

I HEARD A FEW RANDOM LITTLE DUST TICS

A STUNNING AUDIO PERFORMANCE THAT CAN ONLY GRADE  NEAR MINT 

BUT BECAUSE YOU ARE ABLE TO LISTEN TO THE WHOLE ALBUM YOU WILL BE ABLE TO JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR PERSONAL STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH PASTE ON INNER SURFACE

THE FRONT SURFACE STILL HAS MOST OF THE RICH COLOURS . THERE IS A LIGHT SHADOW OF RING WEAR.THE FOUR CORNER TIPS ARE RUBBED AND TWO OF THEM HAVE TINY DINGS

THERE IS ONE PRESSURE LINE AGAINST THE SPINE. NONE ON THE TOP EDGE. NONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES BY THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP EDGES HAVE RUBBING TO THE CORNERS AND A SINGLE SMALL PIN PRICK OF RUB ON THE REAR EDGE

THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS RUBBING TO THE CORNER AREAS

THE SPINE IS ALSO  RUBBED AND AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS AND ALSO ALONG THE LEADING EDGES

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL  SHARP

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME CONDITION AS THE FRONT

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO NEAR PRISTINE INNER PANELS SHOWING A LITTLE RING WEAR AT THE TOP

THE PLAIN INNER SLEEVE IS FLAT AND FREE FROM SPLITS. HAS SOME AGEING, AND THE ORIGINAL OWNER STUCK SOME INFO ABOUT THE ALBUM TO ONE SIDE

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS  SLEEVE EX+

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

GARRY