Sold Date: August 14, 2018
Start Date: August 7, 2018
Final Price: £24.00 (GBP)
Bid Count: 1
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RUFUS THOMAS - DOD YOU HEARD ME

STAX ALBUM PROMO COPY  

U.S 1st press - UNPLAYED APART FROM MY TEST PLAY

 MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS  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 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 YELLOW 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 ABSOLUTELY ZERO SPIDER LINES

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 THERE IS STILL NOTHING TO SEE. A PRISTINE VINYL

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 LINKING GROOVE WITH A LITTLE EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE 

THE ODD SPECK OF VERY LIGHT STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND AND A COUPLE OF MINUSCULE STATIC TICS

A STUNNING AUDIO PERFORMANCE THAT CAN ONLY GRADE  MINT MINUS 

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 PERFECTLY FREE FROM ANY RUBBINGAPART FROM A NEAR INVISIBLE SPECK UNDER THE TOP EDGE. THE BLACK BORDERS SHOW A LITTLE RUB AT THE EDGES. THE STICKER IS FIRMLY ADHERED ON THE LEFT SIDE.

THE BOTTOM TWO CORNER TIPS HAVE DINGS, AS DOES THE TOP LEFT

THERE ARE ZERO 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 A SPECK OF RUB TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT CORNER TIPS AND SOME PIN PRICKS OF WHITE ELSEWHERE ON THE SURFACE

THE BOTTOM EDGE ALSO HAS A LITTLE SPLIT TO THE RIGHT CORNER, AND SOME RUBBING IN PATCHES ALONG THE SURFACE

THE SPINE IS ALSO FULLY COLOURED, HAS PERFECT TYPEFACE AND ONLY A LITTLE RUB TO THE BOTTOM TIP END. 

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL  SHARP

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN PERFECT CONDITION APART FROM RUB TO THE CORNER TIPS

THE PLAIN DIE CUT INNER SLEEVE IS FLAT AND FREE FROM SPLITS,FURTHER PROOF THAT THE LP HAS REMAINED INSIDE THE SLEEVE UNTOUCHED FOR MANY YEARS. 

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS  SLEEVE EX+

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

GARRY