Sold Date: August 13, 2018
Start Date: August 6, 2018
Final Price: £29.00 (GBP)
Bid Count: 1
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LITTLE SONNY - BLACK AND BLUE

ENTERPRISE ALBUM   -PROMO COPY

UNPLAYED APART FROM MY TEST PLAY

NEAR MINT AUDIO

NEAR MINT  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 SINGLE, 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 BLACK 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 ZERO SPIDER LINES AND SOME RESIDUAL VINYL ATTACHED TO THE HOLE

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 IT IS ALSO IN UNBLEMISHED CONDITION

THE PLAYTHROUGH

THE VINYL PERFORMS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH. FROM THE SECOND THE STYLUS IS PLACED ON THE RECORD THERE IS NEAR 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 IN THE LINKING GROOVES TO THE FIRST THREE TRACKS ON SIDE ONE

A LITTLE OCCASIONAL STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND HEARD IN SOME OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES, AND A COUPLE OF RANDOM LITTLE DUST POPS / STATIC TICS DURING THE PLAY

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 SINGLE SLEEVE WITH PASTE ON REAR SURFACE

THE FRONT SURFACE STILL HAS ALL OF THE RICH COLOURS . THERE IS A LIGHT SHADOW OF RING WEAR JUST BELOW THE TOP EDGE, BUT THIS IS VERY MINOR. THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIPS HAVE A SPECK OF RUBBING

THERE ARE TWO SMALL PRESSURE LINES AGAINST THE SPINE. NONE ON THE TOP EDGE. NONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES BY THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP EDGE HAS IS SUPERB WITH JUST A SPECK OF RUB TO THE CORNER TIP ENDS

THE BOTTOM EDGE IS SIMILAR WITH A LITTLE MORE RUB TO THE CORNER TIPS

THE SPINE IS ALSO LIGHTLY RUBBED AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS . THE TYPEFACE AND THE REST OF THE SPINE IS PRISTINE

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL  SHARP

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN NEAR PERFECT CONDITION. A LITTLE BUBBLINT TO THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE PASTE ON WHERE IT WASN'T PLACED EXACTLY AT THE FACTORY

THE PLAIN INNER SLEEVE IS FLAT AND FREE FROM SPLITS .

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS  SLEEVE NEAR MINT

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

GARRY