PETE TOWNSEND AND RONNIE LANE - ROUGH MIX

1977 1ST UK PRESS

PLAYS TO A NEAR MINT GRADE

FULLY PLAY TESTED BEFORE LISTING

NEAR MINT  SLEEVE

 

CATALOGUE:    POLYDOR  2442 147 MATRIX:               2442147 A//2 ML / B//1 ML

 

 

THE RECORD

 

THE LABELS

THE ORANGE  LABELS ARE IN NICECONDITION. 

SOME LIGHT FOXING, BUT THE COLOUR FULL Y STRECHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE 

THE BLACK TEXT IS ALSO IN PERFECT CONDITION

THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWS 1-2  MINUSCULE SPIDER LINES, AND I HAVE EXAMINED IT USING A MAGNIFYING GLASS

THE VINYL

THE VINYL HAS RETAINED ALL OF THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND SHEEN AND IN DAYLIGHT  LOOKS ABSOLUTELY MINT. 

EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE OTHER THAN A COUPLE OF NEAR INVISIBLE WISPY HAIRLINES  

BEAUTIFUL LOOKING RECORD

PLAYING THE RECORD

THIS VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, 

NO DISTORTION AT ANY POINT TO THE STEREO REPRODUCTION, SO NO GROOVE WEAR

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE 

A CLEAR , AND LOUD STEREO REPRODUCTION 

THE RECORD PLAYS SUPERBLY THROUGH BOTH SIDES, CLEAN AUDIO AND ONLY THE ODD RANDOM SPECK OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND IN A FEW RANDOM NEAR SILENT PASSAGES

NOTHING TO MAR THE OUTSTANDING AUDIO PERFORMANCE WHATSOEVER

SO A BARELY PLAYED LP THAT HAS AN AUDIO GRADE OF NEAR MINT

THE SLEEVE

  

MATTE  GATEFOLD SLEEVE FROM HOWARDS PRINTERS

THE FRONT SURFACE HAS SUPERB UNRUBBED COLOURS AND IT LOOKS LIKE NEW

NO RING WEAR OR ANY RECORD SHAPE

THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE

THERE ARE ZERO  PRESSURE LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE. THREE  ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE  ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE  , AND ZERO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

THE TOP EDGES HAVE ALL OF THE COLOUR FULLY RUNNING ACROSS FROM CORNER TO CORNER, AND NO RUBBING EVEN TO THE TIPS

THE BOTTOM EDGES  ARE VIRTUALLY AS PERFECT WITH ONLY A TINY SPECK OF RUB TO THE REAR RIGHT CORNER TIP END

THE SPINE IS FLAT , HAS PRISTINE  TEXT AND NO SIGNS OF RUBBING

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP

THE REAR SURFACE  IS IN THE SAME CONDITION AS THE FRONT

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS NEAR PERFECT INNER PANELS, JUST LIGHT FOXING DIRECTLY UNDER THE TOP EDGE

 I AM VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT

 

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

GARRY