WINGS - VENUS AND MARS

 

MAGNIFICENT  MINT MINUS AUDIO

 

COMPLETE WITH POSTERS AND STICKERS

NEAR MINT SLEEVE

 

 

CATALOGUE:PCTC 254 MATRIX: YEX 945-2U / 946-1U MOTHERS/STAMPERS:1 ? / 1 GGH A PORKY PRIME CUT IN SIDE 1 DEAD WAX M ROOM ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 2 WITH THE FIRST ISSUE POSTERS WITH THE FIRST ISSUE LYRIC INNER SLEEVE WITH THE FIRST ISSUE CIRCULAR STICKER AND PLANET SIXES STRIP

A PORKY PRIME CUT WAS THE MASTER RECORDING DESCRIPTION THAT WAS USED BY GEORGE PECKHAM TO INDICATE A FIRST CUT

 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

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THE RECORDS

 

THE LABELS

THE CAPITOL LABELS ARE IN NEAR PRISTINE CONDITION. THE JET BLACK SURFACE IS RICH AND VIBRANT, AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THERE ARE A FEW STRETCH LINES ON SIDE ONE, AND A SMALL FLECK OF WHITE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE SILVER TYPEFACE AND LOGOS ARE UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY CLEAR AND FULLY LEGIBLE.

THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY ZERO SPIDER LINES ON THE SPINDLE HOLE AND NO EVIDENCE OF ANY PLAY WHATSOEVER

THE VINYL

A BEAUTIFUL  VINYL, THAT HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE

IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS FLAWLESS NOT A MARK ON IT, A GLEAMING FIRST PRESS THAT IS MARK FREE, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE ONLY A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES VISIBLE

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 AM NOW DOING WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS 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

PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN TO THE RECORDINGS AND I SURE YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME THAT THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT AN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING COPY.

THE CLARITY OF THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, QUITE BRILLIANT!

EVERY NOTE BEING HEARD AS IT WAS INTENDED

THE LP PLAYS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES. THERE IS NO DISTORTION WHATSOEVER AT ANY POINT. NOR IS THERE ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND INCREDIBLY NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF SPLIT SECONDS OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC WHICH YOU WOULD EXPECT ON ANY VINYL

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

I DIDN'T HEAR ANY MORE THAN 2-3 TINY DUST POPS OR STATIC TICS AT ALL THROUGHOUT THE PLAY

THIS IS WITHOUT DOUBT A HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE AND I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT MINUS

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS

 

 

THE SLEEVE

 

NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE

THIS SLEEVE IS A GENUINE FIRST ISSUE SLEEVE WHICH CAN BE IDENTIFIED IN A FEW WAYS. FIRSTLY THE SLEEVE IS MADE OF ONE PIECE OF CARD NOT TWO LIKE LATER ISSUES. THIS CARD IS FOLDED AND STUCK TOGETHER WITH ONE FLIPBACK INSIDE THE TOP EDGE

SECONDLY THE CARD IS WHITE ON THE INSIDE

THIRDLY THE INNER SLEEVE ON THE FIRST PRESS HAS A THUMB NOTCH ALONG THE TOP OF THE OPENING EDGE FOR EASIER REMOVAL OF THE ALBUM

THE FRONT SURFACE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION WITH VERY LITTLE TO MAR THE OVERALL APPEARANCE. ONE OF THE PLUSSES OF THIS SLEEVE IS THE THICKNESS OF THE CARD USED TO CREATE IT, WHICH RESULTED IN FEW COPIES HAVING RING WEAR. HOWEVER IT'S WEAKNESS IS IN THE POWDERY UNLAMINATED SURFACE WHICH IS PRONE TO RUBBING.

THIS SLEEVE HAS BEEN KEPT INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER FROM NEW AND HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL COLOUR.THERE IS NOT ONE SPECK OF COLOUR LOSS OR RUB WHATSOEVER. THE TOP LEFT CORNER HAS SUSTAINED SOME CREASING WHERE IS SUSPECT IT HAD BEEN DROPPED AT SOME POINT. THE CREASE LINES ARE SMALL BUT IT IS THERE NON THE LESS. THERE IS ALSO A SMALL SLIVER OF SOMETHING JUST ON THE BOTTOM EDGE

THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY ZERO PRESSURE LINES AGAINST THE SPINE.  NONE ALONG THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE

THE TOP EDGE IS PRISTINE WITH ALL OF THE BLACK SURFACE RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER AND NO BLEMISHES TO THE CORNER TIPS

THE BOTTOM EDGE IS VIRTUALLY THE SAME, WITH ONLY A TINY SPECK OF RUB AT THE FRONT RIGHT CORNER TIP.

THE SPINE IS ALSO IN TOP CONDITION. TOTALLY FLAT AND 100% UNSQUASHED. THE COLOURED SURFACE ONLY HAS ONE PIN PRICK OF WHITE SHOWING ON THE TOP LEADING EDGE AND A TINY SPECK ON THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS

THE REAR SURFACE IS AS CLEAN AS THE FRONT. NO RUBBING. NO CREASES. NO SMALL LINES NEAR ANY OF THE EDGES, AND NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE. JUST THE DING TO THE TOP RIGHT CORNER

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO BEAUTIFUL AND IMMACULATE INNER PANELS.RICH UNMARKED SURFACE WITH COLOURS THAT ARE BOTH UNWORN AND VIBRANT. 

THE TWO OPENING EDGES ARE ABSOLUTELY RAZOR SHARP, AND IT'S OBVIOUS FROM EXAMINING THEM THAT THE LP HAS JUST NOT BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE

THE INNER SLEEVE HAS NO SEAM SPLITS AND ONLYA FEW LIGHT STRESS LINES ON THE SIDE EDGES

NO SPLITS TO ANY OF THE SEAMS,(THIS HAS A HISTORY OF HAVING THE BOTTOM SEAM SPLIT),  AND NO WEAR TO THE OPENING EDGE, NONE ON THE  BOTTOM EDGE. THE THUMB NOTCH IS ALSO IMMACULATE AND UNDAMAGED

THE TWO POSTERS ARE IN MINT CONDITION, HAVING NEVER LEFT THE SLEEVE. THE FIRST ISSUE POSTERS ARE MADE FROM A HEAVIER PAPER THAN LATER ISSUES AND THE PAPER IS NOT SO GLOSSY ON FIRST ISSUES. 

THE OFTEN MISSING CIRCULAR STICKER HAS ONE LIGHT CREASE LINE, AND FINALLY THE COMPARATIVE PLANET SIZE STRIP HAS A COUPLE OF VERY LIGHT WRINKLES

AN SUPER EXAMPLE OF THIS SLEEVE AND I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING IT NEAR MINT 

 

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

GARRY