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

PLAYS TO A MINT GRADE
INCREDIBLE AUDIO PERFORMANCE

MINT MINUS SLEEVE

THIS VENTURES ALBUM CAME FROM A CLASSICAL RECORD COLLECTOR WHO COLLECTED 'STEREO' PRESSES. YOU KNOW HOW CAREFULL TOP NOTCH CLASSICAL RECORD COLLECTORS ARE WITH THEIR RECORDS. THIS IS NO EXCEPTION

THE RECORD

THE LABELS

THE BLACK LABELS ARE IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. 

THE BLACK BASE COLOUR IS UNRUBBED .THE COLOURS RUN UNINTERRUPTED INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE, WHICH HAS JUST ONE TINY SPIDER LINE BY IT 

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT DISC LOOKS SUPERB. IT HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN. 

IN DAYLIGHT IT IS ABSOLUTELY MINT

EVEN UNDER A MAGNIFYING LED HALO THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE OTHER THAN A COUPLE OF NON SOUNDING WISPY HAIRLINES

THE TEST PLAY

THIS ALBUM HAS JUST NOT BEEN PLAYED MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES

THIS STEREO ALBUM PLAYS MAGNIFICENTLY. THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT THING TO TALK ABOUT IS THE COMPLETE CLARITY OF THE  REPRODUCTION. 

THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION ANYWHERE, AND THE SOUND IS AS CLEAR AND SHARP AS IT POSSIBLE COULD BE. 

MANY MANY 60'S COPIES WERE PLAYED ON SYSTEMS THAT HAD A STYLUS THAT WAS TOO HEAVY OR WORN AND CAUSED INVISIBLE GROOVE WEAR. THIS WOULD ONLY BE SPOTTED OR SHOULD I SAY HEARD WHEN PLAYING THE ALUM AND WOULD TAKE THE FORM OF BEHIND THE MUSIC STATIC AND BE CONTINUOUS. THIS VINYL HAS NONE OF THAT.
BUT AS MENTIONED AT THE TOP THIS BELONGED TO A CLASSICAL COLLECTOR WHO ONLY BOUGHT STEREO AND WAS METICULOUS WITH HIS RECORDS. A REAL JOY TO FIND

THE RUN IN IS SILENT, THE LINKING GROOVES ARE SILENT, AND THE RUN OUT IS SILENT

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER AT ANY POINT.

NO  CLICKS, OR POPS EITHER
INCREDIBLE AUDIO THROUGH ALL 14 TRACKS

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LONG LISTEN AND YOU BE THE JUDGE OF THE QUALITY OF THIS SUPERB DISC

I JUST HAVE TO GRADE THIS AUDIO MINT 

THE SLEEVE

LAMINATED FRONT, AND REAR WITH FLIPBACKS - SINGLE SLEEVE FROM GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN, NO MARKS OR STAINS, NO LAMINATE PEEL, FLAKE OR EVEN LIFT 

THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR

THERE ARE THREE SMALL PRESSURE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE , NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE. TWO ON THE BOTTOM EDGE AND ZERO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

 THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE WITH A DOT OF RUB ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT

NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE AT ALL

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE FULLY LAMINATED AND HAVE NO DAMAGE OR SCUFFING. ALL OF THE CORNER TIPS REMAIN UNBLEMISHED APART FROM A SPECK ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT END

THE SPINE IS ALSO MAGNIFICENT. ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS PRISTINE AND UNDAMAGED. EVEN THE  TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS ARE UNWORN. EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND THERE IS NO SQUASHING TO THE SPINE WHATSOEVER, IT'S JUST PERFECT IN EVERY WAY

THE OPENING EDGE HAS A ITTLE FEATHERING

THE REAR SURFACE IS WHITE AND LOOKS TO BE IN GREAT CONDITION. VERY WHITE WITH JUST A TRACE OF HANDLING ON THE OPENING EDGE

THE FLIPBACKS ARE PRISTINE ON ALL THREE EDGES

THE ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE HAS NO SPLITS

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE  MINT MINUS

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

GARRY