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FULLY TEST PLAYED AND RECORDED SO YOU CAN HEAR IT BEFORE BIDDING Powered by eCommercePlayer.com Powered by eCommercePlayer.com

SYD BARRETT - THE MADCAP LAUGHS

UK 3rd PRESS - 1974

NEAR MINT / MINT AUDIO

EX SLEEVE

  CATALOGUE:HARVEST SHVL 765
MATRIX: SHVL 765 A-2G / B-3

THE RECORD

THE LABELS

BOTH LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE GREEN HARVEST BASE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND IS UNMARKED AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

THE VINYL

 THE VINYL IS STILL VERY GLOSSY 

SIDE ONE HAS TWO VISIBLE DULL MARKS. ONE IS A LINETRACK ONE AND THE OTHER IS HALFWAY IN TRACK ONE AND TWO

THEY LOOK LIKE SMUDGE MARKS AND ARE NOT SCRATCHES (NOT FEELABLE)

OTHER THAN THESE TWO MARKS THE RECORD IS SPOTLESS. SIDE TWO IS JUST PRISTINE. THIS IS ALSO TRUE WHEN PLACED UNDER A MAGNIFYING LED HALO

THE TEST PLAY

THE FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY ABOUT THIS SUPERB FIRST PRESS IS THE CLARITY OF THE REPRODUCTION IS JUST INCREDIBLE. 

THE CUT IS LOUD AND THE VOCALS ARE CRISP AND CLEAR AS A BELL, WHILST THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTATION COMES THROUGH WITH CLARITY

THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT ON THIS PLAYTHROUGH

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

WHILST THE MARKS ON SIDE ONE WOULD APPEAR TO BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD CAUSE A PROBLEM WITH THE AUDIO. THE FACT IS THAT NEITHER OF THEM CAUSE ANY BACKGROUND NOISE OR CLICKS AT ALL

BOTH SIDES PLAY TO NEAR PERFECTION OR IN THE CASE OF SIDE TOW, TO PERFECTION, SIDE ONE HAS ABOUT THREE TINY LITTLE DUST POPS DURING THE PLAY, NONE OF WHICH ARE CAUSED BY THE TWO MARKS

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE ON EITHER SIDE

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS AUDIO NEAR MINT / MINT

PLEASE TAKE A FULL LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF 

THE SLEEVE

FULLY LAMINATED GATEFOLD FROM THE E.J DAY CO LTD

THE FRONT SURFACE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR AND THERE IS NO DAMAGE TO THE LAMINATE WHATSOEVER. NO LIFT, PEEL OR FLAKE

THERE ARE TEN PRESSURE LINES AGAINST THE SPINE. FOUR ALONG THE TOP EDGE, SIX ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE AND ONE THUMB LINE BY THE OPENING EDGE

NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE. THE FOUR CORNERS ARE STILL VERY SHARP AND SQUARE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 100% FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR, AND ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS INTACT AND SMOOTH TO THE TOUCH WITH JTHE CORNERS ARE UNBLEMISHED

THE SPINE HAS A SCUFF NEAR THE TOP END WHERE THE LAMINATE HAS GONE ANDS THE SMALL AREA OF CARD UNDERNEATH HAS WORN. THE REST OF THE SPINE HAS PERFECT LAMINATE. PRISTINE TEXT AND UNBLEMISHED ENDS

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL VERY SHARP 

THE REAR SURFACE LIKE THE FRONT HAS A NUMBER OF EDGE PRESSURE LINES AND A TRACE OF RECORD SHAPE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PERFECTLY CLEAN AND UNRUBBED INNER SURFACE. NO LOSS OF COLOUR AT ALL. 

VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE EX