BOB SMITH - THE VISIT

VERY RARE PSYCHEDELIC - BLUES ROCK DOUBLE LP

1ST PRESS ON THE KENT LABEL

NO POSTER WITH THIS SET

FULLY PLAY TESTED PRIOR TO LISTING

 

CATALOGUE: KENT  KST 511

MATRIX:  KST 511-1 / 3 / 2 / 4 BOB SMITH THE VISIT  ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX

THE RECORD

 

THE LABELS

THE MULTI COLOURED 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 ONLY 2-3 TINY SPIDER LINES BY THE HOLES

THE VINYL

THE RECORDS GLEAM LIKE NEW AND COULDN'T LOOK ANY BETTER. 

ALL OF THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE HAS BEEN RETAINED. , AND IN DAYLIGHT THE VINYL LOOKS FLAWLESS.

WHEN PLACED UNDER A BANK OF SPOTLIGHTS, I CAN SEE SOME DULL EMBEDDED NON SOUNDING STRAKS IN THE PRESS

ALSO SOME LIGHT SURFACE HANDLING LINES AND A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES

PLUS A SMALL SCTACH ON TRACK ONE, SIDE FOUR

THE TEST PLAY

RECORD ONE CONSISTS OF SIDES ONE AND THREE

RECORD TWO THEREFORE HAS SIDES TWO AND FOUR

SIDE ONE PLAYS SUPERBLY THROUGHOUT. NO BACKGROUND AND NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TINY TICS OR POPS. CRYSTAL CLEAR AND CLEAN SOUND WITH PERHAPS THE ODD SPECK OF STATIC HEARD IN THE LINKING GROOVES AND A LITTLE VINYL NOISE IN THE FINAL TRACK

SIDE THREE HAS A VERY TINY BIT OF VERY LOW LEVEL BACKGROUND AT THE START OF THE FIRST TRACK AND A FEW LITTLE TICS AT THE END OF THE SAME TRACK. THE REST OF THE SIDE IS SUPER CLEAN AND CLEAR WITHOUT NOISE

SIDE TWO PLAYS TO PERFECTION ALL THE WAY THROUGH NO VINYL NOISE, OR ANY BACKGROUND OTHER THAN A TINY SPECK OF STATIC IN A LINKING GROOVE

SIDE FOUR HAS A SMALL SCRATCH ON THE FIRST TRACK WHICH CAUSES A LIGHT ROTATIONAL TIC FOR ABOUT ONE MINUTE. OTHER THAN THIS JUST A COUPLE FOR TICS FURTHER INTO THE SIDE, BUT LIKE THE SIDE 2 THERE IS NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND THE AUDIO IOS VERY CLEAN

A HIGH GRADE COLLECTABLE THAT PLAYS TO A EX+ / EX+ / NEAR MINT  / VG+  STANDARD.

 

THE SLEEVE

 

NON LAMINATED MATTE GATEFOLD SLEEVE

THERE IS A TINY EXPORT HOLE PUNCH IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT , BUT SHOWS THE USUAL RING WEAR YOU MAY ASSOCIATE WITH US SLEEVES THAT HAVE BEEN STORED IN A RACK

THE FOUR CORNER TIPS ARE STILL FAIRLY SQUARE WITH A LITLE SPECK OF RUB TO THE TIP ENDS

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

THERE 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 EDGES HAVE MILD SHELF RUB TO THE PAPER SURFACE

THE BOTTOM EDGES HAS SLIGHTLY MORE, AND THERE IS A TINY SPLIT ON THE RIGHT FRONT CORNER TIP END 

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT . THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE TOP AND BOTTOM ENDS HAVE A DOT OF RUB AND THERE ARE A FEW SPECKS OF RUB TO THE TOP LEADING EDGE

THE OPENING EDGES ARE SHARP ALL THE WAY ALONG

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN NEAR PRISTINE CONDITION

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO NEAR PERFECT INNER PANELS

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS  SLEEVE  EX