FULLY TEST PLAYED AND RECORDED SO YOU CAN HEAR IT BEFORE BIDDING

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THE GROUNDHOGS - SPLIT

IN ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT  CONDITION

NEAR MINT AUDIO

1ST PRESS BLACK AND YELLOW LABELS

NEAR MINT SLEEVE

CATALOGUE:LBS83401 MATRIX:LBS83401 A-1U /   /  B-1U MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 2 RM / 1 H  FIRST PRESS INDICATORS

THE RECORD

 

THE LABELS

THE BLACK AND YELLOW LABELS ARE IN TOP CONDITION. THE BASE COLOUR FULLY EXTENDS INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE AND THE SILVER TYPEFACE IS BOTH UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. I CANNOT SEE ANY MORE THAN A COUPLE OF MINUSCULE SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE  , SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED IN ITS 52 YEARS. 

THE VINYL

SUPERB GLEAMING ORIGINAL HEAVYWEIGHT DISC IN SPOTLESS  CONDITION. . THE DISC GLEAMS IS FREE FROM ANY HANDLING MARKS ON EITHER SIDE, AND LOOKS TO BE FLAWLESS IN DAYLIGHT. UNDER A MAGNIFYING LED HALO I CAN SEE ONE THIN SCUFF LINE ON THE SURFACE BETWEEN TRACKS 3 AND FOUR ON SIDE A, AND THAT'S ALL APART FROM ONE OR TWO TINY WISPY HAIRLINES

THE TEST PLAY

WHAT YOU WILL HEAR IS A DISTORTION FREE REPRODUCTION THAT IS CRYSTAL CLEAR, AND CRISP.MEANING THAT WHAT LITTLE PLAY THE VINYL HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

THERE IS NO HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

THE STEREO RECORDING IS SUBLIME ALL THE WAY THROUGH

CLEAR AND CLEAN EVEN THROUGH THE SILENT PASSAGES

ALL I HEARD WERE 2-3 MINUSCLUE SPECKS OF LOW LEVEL STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND ACROSS THE ENTIRE ALBUM

NO TICS OR POPS

SO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL NEAR MINT 

 

 

 

 

THE SLEEVE

 

FULLY LAMINATED  E.J DAY GATEFOLD SLEEVE 

 

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND DOES NOT HAVE ANY HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES. NO BENDS OR FOLDS EITHER. THERE ARE THREE PRESSURE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE. ABSOLUTELY NONE ALONG EITHER THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE SPINE EITHER.

THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR

THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE AND THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE WITH JUST A DOT OF RUB ON THE BOTTOM LEFT TIP

 

ALL FOUR OF THE FOUR TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE IMMACULATE. PERFECT LAMINATE AND UNBLEMISHED CORNER TIPS

 

THE SPINE IS ALSO IN TOP CONDITION. ALL OF THE  BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE SURFACE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED, AND EVEN THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIP ENDS ARE UNRUBBED

 

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND DOESN'T EVEN HAVE ANY OF THOSE THUMB NAIL NICKS

THE REAR SURFACEHAS SOME NATURAL YELLOW AGEING UNDER THE LAMINARE AROUND THE EDGES

 

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS AN UNMARKED PAIR OF INNER PANELS, WITH AN ABSOLUTELY GLEAMING SURFACE

 

THE SLEEVE EASILY GRADES NEAR MINT

 

 

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

GARRY