FULLY TEST PLAYED AND RECORDED SO YOU CAN HEAR IT BEFORE BIDDING Powered by eCommercePlayer.com Powered by eCommercePlayer.com ELTON JOHN - EMPTY SKY

UK 1ST PRESS

SUPERB MINT MINUS AUDIO

OUTSTANDING  NEAR MINT TEXTURED SLEEVE

 

CATALOGUE:DJM  DJLP 403

MATRIX: DJLPS 403A2-♢ H C / DJLPS 403B3-♢ H KT BJ

TEXTURED  E.J.DAY AND CO SLEEVE

THE RECORD

 

THE LABELS

THE JET BLACK LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS ON THEM AT ALL. THE COLOUR FULLY EXTENDS INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE.. THE YELLOW DJM LOGO IS UNRUBBED AND THE SILVER TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE IS JUST ONE SINGLE SPIDER LINE BY THE SPINDLE HOLE 

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE.  IN DAYLIGHT THE VINYL IS FLAWLESS, AND EVEN UNDER A MAGNIFYING LED HALO THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE. A PRISTINE RECORD IN EVERY WAY

THE TEST PLAY

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH MAGNIFICENTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC IT SOUNDS.

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

NO CRACKLE OF LOUD CLICKS

                                         NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND, MEANING NO GROOVE WEAR                                              SILENT LINKING GROOVES AND ONLY A FEW MINUSCULE SPECKS OF STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND
 NO POPS OR TICS

SUPERB FIRST PRESS AUDIO FROM START TO FINISH

PLEASE LISTEN TO IT AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR PERSONAL STANDARDS

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS AUDIO AS MINT MINUS

 

THE SLEEVE

 

E.J.DAY AND CO GATEFOLD  SLEEVE WITH THE  TEXTURED SURFACE 

THE FRONT SURFACE IS SUPERB WITH NO, WITH A NEAR PERFECT TEXTURED FINISH THAT ONLT SHOWS A TINY SPECK OF RUB JUST OVER THE BOTTOM EDGE IN THE LEFT CORNER AREA

THE COLOURS ARE DEEP, RICH AND UNFADED

THERE ARE THREE PRESSURE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES BY THE OPENING EDGE

NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE

THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE

THE TOP EDGES ARE IN  PRISTINE CONDITION WITH ALL OF THE ECOLOURED SURFACE FULLY RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER , WITH UNBLEMISHED CORNER TIPS

THE BOTTOM EDGES ARE IDENTICAL

THE SPINE IS ALSO IN SUPERB CONDITION.  FLAT AND UNSQUASHED,  WITH EVERY LETTER OF TYPEFACE CLEARLY LEGIBLE.. THE COLOUR MATCHES THE FRONT AND REAR SURFACES. THERE ARE A FEW TINY FLECKS OF RUB TO THE LEADING EDGES

THE REAR SURFACE HAS PERFECT COLOUR AND NO RUBBING. ORIGINALLY RELEASED AS A MONO PRESSING THE STEREO COPIES HAD A STICKER COVERING THE MONO CATALOGUE NUMBER AT THE TOP. THIS STICKER IS IN PERFECT CONDITION

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A  PRISTINE PAIR OF  INNER PANELS.

THIS IS A REAL RARITY AND A PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE  NEAR MINT

 

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

GARRY