Sold Date: April 13, 2022
Start Date: April 6, 2022
Final Price: £34.96 (GBP)
Bid Count: 5
Seller Feedback: 11855
Buyer Feedback: 101

PATTO - ROLL EM SMOKE EM

1972 UK 1ST PRESS ON ISLAND

EX++ AUDIO

NEAR MINT SLEEVE 

CATALOGUE: ILPS 9210 A-1U / B-1U

MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 R / 1 P

FULLY PLAY TESTED PRIOR TO LISTING

THE PINK RIM LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION

THE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE AND THE BLACK TEXT IS IMMACULATE

THERE  NO 2-3 SMALL SPIDER LINES AROUND THE HOLE WHATSOEVER

ABSOLUTELY GLEAMING MARK FREE DISC IN DAYLIGHT

WHEN PLACED UNDER SPOTLIGHTS THERE ARE JUST A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES AND A FEW VERY FINE HAIRLINE HANDLING LINES

THE TEST PLAY

THE FIRST THING TO NOTE IS THAT THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THE CRYSTAL CLEAR SOUND, MEANING NO GROOVE WEAR

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISES OR HISS EITHER

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLES AND NO CLCIKS OR POPS

ALL YOU WILL HEAR IS A LITTLE VERY LOW LEVEL STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND IN SOME OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES

NO TICS OR POPS

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THE OVERALL AUDIO AS EX+

FULLY LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE SHOWS NO RUBBING AND THE LAMINATE IS GLOSSY AND HAS NO PEEL, LIFT OR FLAKE

NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE

THE BOTTOM CORNER TIPS HAVE A LITTLE RUB. 

THERE ARE FOUR PRESSURE LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE. TWO ON THE TOIP EDGE, NONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP EDGE IS FULLY LAMINATED WITH A PIN PRICK OF RUB TO THE RIGHT TIP END

A LITTLE AGEING UNDER THE LAMINMATE AROUND THE EDGES

THE BOTTOM EDGE IS IDENTICAL

THE SPINE IS FLAT AND FREE FROM SQUASHING. THERE IS ONE LAMINATE CRACK LINE ACROSS THE SURFACE AND THE TAPERED TIP ENDS HAVE A SPECK OF RUB. THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE

THE OPENING EDGE IS  RAZOR SHARP ALL THE WAY ALONG 

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME CONDITION AS THE FRONT

THE PLAIN INNER HAS NO SEAM SPLITS 

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS  SLEEVE NEAR MINT