Sold Date: April 8, 2022
Start Date: April 1, 2022
Final Price: £19.00 (GBP)
Bid Count: 3
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JOHN MARTYN - COOLTIDE

SUPERB NEAR MINT  PLAYTHROUGH!!!

 NEAR MINT SLEEVE 

FULLY PLAY TESTED PRIOR TO LISTING

CATALOGUE:PERMANENT  PREM LP4

THE RECORD

THE LABELS

THE  WHITE  LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. 

THE BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. 

THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS CLEAR AND UNRUBBED AND THEREFORE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF TINY SPIDER LINES BY THE HOLE

THE VINYL

THE RECORD GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND COULDN'T LOOK ANY BETTER. 

ALL OF THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE HAS BEEN RETAINED. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE MARKS OR ANY SIGNS OF HANDLING ON THE DISC, AND IN DAYLIGHT THE VINYL LOOKS FLAWLESS.

 EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION IT LOOKS ALMOST PERFECT, JUST ONE VERY FINE HANDLING LINE ON THE FIRST TWO TRACKS OF SIDE TWO (SEE PICS)

PLAYING THE RECORD

THE RECORD PLAYS EXTEMELY CLEANLY THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAY

THERE ARE NO BACKGROUND CRACKLES AND NO LOUD CLICKS EITHER

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND, MEANING NO GROOVE WEAR

ALL I HEARD WAS A TINY BIT OF LOW LEVEL STATIC LIKE STUFF IN A FEW RANDOM PLACES

AND A FEW TINY LITTLE STATIC TICS, WELL BEHIND THE MUSIC

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST SUPERB AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD TO PERFECTION

A HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE THAT PLAYS TO AN INCREDIBLE NEAR MINTTANDARD.

THE SLEEVE

 NON LAMINATED  SINGLE SLEEVE 

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND HAS ALL OF THE COLOURS RUB FREE. 

THERE IS NO RING WEAR, JUST A SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM

THE FOUR CORNER TIPS ARE STILL SHARP AND SQUARE WITH A LITTLE RUB TO THE TIP ENDS

THERE ARE NO CREASES OR BENDS AND NO HEAVY CREASE LINES EITHER. 

NO  PRESSURE LINES NEAR  THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND ZERO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

THE TOP EDGE HAS A FEW PIN PRICK FLECKS OF UNDERCARD VISIBLE AND A SPECK OF RUB TO THE CORNER TIP ENDS

THE BOTTOM EDGE IS SIMILAR WITH SLIGHTLY MORE RUB ON THE RIGHT CORNER

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT . PRISTINE WHITE SURFACE. THE TOP AND BOTTOM ENDS ARE UNBLEMISHED

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP ALL THE WAY ALONG AND SHOWS WHY THE LP HAS NOT BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE

THE REAR SURFACE IS AS  PERFECT AS THE FRONT. 

THE LYRIC INNER SLEEVE IS FLAT, HAS NO SEAM SPLITS OR CREASES

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS  SLEEVE  NEAR MINT