RINGO STARR - RINGO

 

 MAGNIFICENT ONE PLAY MINT!!!! AUDIO

1973 UK 1ST PRESS

 

SUPERB MINT MINUS!!!!! SLEEVE

 

 

 

CATALOGUE:APPLE PCTC 252  MATRIX: YEX 925-1U / YEX 926-3U MOTHERS/STAMPERS:2 O/ 3 GG TML STAMPED INTO DEAD WAX BOTH SIDES  THESE ARE ALL FIRST PRESS INDICATORS

 

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

BOTH LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE PICTURES AND COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT AND FREE FROM ANY MARKS OR STAINS. THE WHITE STAR IS PURE WHITE ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE ON BOTH SIDES BEING UNRUBBED. THERE IS ONE MICROSCOPIC SPIDER LINE NEAR THE HOLE SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THE LP HAS BEEN PLAYED. I.E VIRTUALLY NEVER!! 

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE HANDLING MARKS OR LINES, IT LOOKS AS GOOD TODAY AS IT DID WHEN IT WAS FIRST PRESSED IN 1973

EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION, THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE, APART FROM THE VERY ODD SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL WISP. PLUS ONE NON SOUNDING HANDLING LINE ON SIDE TWO

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.

TO FIND ANY UNPLAYED LP IS RARE BUT A BEATLES SOLO LP, JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN. I HAD TO PLAY IT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE POTENTIAL BIDDERS THE CHANCE TO HEAR JUST HOW MAGNIFICENT THIS VINYL IS. I HAVE OF COURSE BEEN EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHEN PLACING THE STYLUS ONTO THE SURFACE OF THIS MINT VINYL

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I FIRMLY BELIEVE 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 OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS LP SOUNDS.

THE CLARITY OF THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST PURE FIRST PRESS. IT IS WITHOUT A DOUBT A STUNNING AUDIO PERFORMANCE FROM THE VINYL.

NO DISTORTION AT ANY POINT AND NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER

NO  EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND NO STATIC EITHER , NOT EVEN IN THE LINKING GROOVES

I HEARD NO DUST POPS, JUST A COUPLE OF MINUSCULE STATIC TICS THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT !!! FOR THE AUDIO PERFORMANCE

TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT BY YOUR OWN STANDARDS

 

 

THE SLEEVE

 

A VERY DELICATE AND HARD TO FIND PRISTINE SLEEVE, AND THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT IT WAS MADE IN EXACTLY THE SAME MANNER AS THE WHO'S QUADROPHENIA. THAT IS A VERY SOFT DELUXE CARD OUTER SURFACE AND A VERY HEAVY LARGE BOOK STAPLED INTO THE SOFT SPINE.IN FACT IT WAS MADE BY THE SAME DUTCH COMPANY THAT MADE THE SLEEVE FOR THE WHO, (EUROALBUMS OF HOLLAND BV) SO REALLY ITS NO SURPRISE

FOR MOST COPIES THIS USUALLY RESULTS IN DAMAGE TO THE SOFT OUTER SKIN OF THE FRONT OR BACK SURFACE, AND A BOOK WHICH DUE TO IT'S OWN WEIGHT AND POORLY FIXED STYLE USUALLY COMES COMPLETELY COME WAY FROM THE SPINE

THIS COPY HOWEVER HAS NONE OF THE ABOVE AND IS IN STUNNING CONDITION

THE FRONT SURFACE OF THE SLEEVE IS JUST MAGNIFICENT.  NO HEAVY CREASES, NO LIGHT CREASES, NO CREASE LINES, NO BENDS AND DEFINITELY NO LOSS TO THE COLOURS WHATSOEVER. 

NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE, AND INCREDIBLY NOT EVEN ANY OF THE TINY STRESS LINES THAT ARE USUALLY FOUND NEAR THE SPINE. 

THERE ARE ZERO!! ALONG THE TOP EDGE, THREE TINY ONES ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. ALL OF THE COLOUR FULLY RUNS FROM CORNER TO CORNER AND THE ONLY SPECK OF WHITE SHOWS ON THE RIGHT TIP ENDS, AND A FEW WHITE FLECKS ON THE BOTTOM FRONT EDGE

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. THE TYPEFACE IS ALL PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE COLOUR HAS STARTED TO FADE AS DO MANY, AND THERE IS A LITTLE RUB TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM AREAS

THE STAPLE IS PERFECTLY AFFIXED AND HASN'T RUSTED EITHER

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND LOOKS AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PUT TOGETHER. IT CLEAR THAT THIS LP HAS JUST NOT BEEN OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE. 

THE REAR SURFACE IS VIRTUALLY AS PERFECT AS THE FRONT WITH JUST A COUPLE OF TINY PRESSURE LINES ON THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS THE PRISTINE INNER PANELS, AND THE LARGE 24 PAGE BOOK (NEARLY THE SAME SIZE AS THE SLEEVE) WHICH IS IN MINT CONDITION. THE BOOKLET IS PERFECTLY AFFIXED INTO THE SLEEVE AND THE STAPLED AREA IS UNWORN

THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE 'APPLE' SLEEVE IS IN  ORIGINAL UNSPLIT CONDITION, JUST LIGHTLY AGED AROUND THE PERIMETER EDGES

HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE MINT MINUS

 

 

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

GARRY