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Electric Light Orchestra TIME 1981 EU LP 1st W/Hype & Insert MINT MINUS HEAR
FULLY TEST PLAYED AND RECORDED PRIOR TO LISTING
E.L.O - TIME
IN MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS PLAYTHROUGH!!! CONDITION
OUTSTANDING NEAR MINT SLEEVE
COMPLETED WITH THE RARE HYPE STICKER AND THE BACK CATALOGUE INSERT
CATALOGUE:UNITED JET JETLP236 MATRIX: JETLP236 A-2 / B-1 ' MASTERED BY ALLEN ZENT L.A CALIF ' STAMPED INTO DEAD WAX ON BOTH SIDES
THE RECORD
THE LABELS
THE JET LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION, . THE BASE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT AND ARE UNBLEMISHED, AND THE TYPEFACE IS ALL UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.
THERE ARE JUST 2-3 SMALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE TO INDICATE THAT THE RECORD HAS HAD VERY LIMITED PLAY
THE VINYL
THE DISC HAS LOST NONE OF IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN AND LOOKS FLAWLESS IN DAYLIGHT. UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE JUST A FEW minuscule WISPY HAIRLINES VISIBLE
THE TEST PLAY
THE FIRST THING TO MENTION IS THAT THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THIS PERFECT STEREO REPRODUCTION. THIS SHOWS THAT THE ONE OR TWO PLAYS THE RECORD HAS RECEIVED SINCE 1981 WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A PERFECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS
CLEAR AND CRISP SOUND THAT PAYS WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND NO LOUD CLICKS
NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE, JUST THE ODD SPECK OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC HEARD IN A COUPLE OF THE LINKING GROOVES
I HEARD NO MORE THAN ONE TINY DUST POP THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH
THE VINYL GRADES MINT MINUS FOR THE AUDIO
TAKE A VERY GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS
THE SLEEVE
UNLAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE WITH THE GOLD HYPE STICKER
THE FRONT SURFACE IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND THERE HAS BEEN NO RUBBING TO THE COLOURS OTHER THAN THE MILDEST TINY SHADOW OF GREYING UNDER THE TOP EDGE
THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES
THERE ARE FOUR SMALL PRESSURE LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE. THREE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, TWO ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEARS THE OPENING EDGE.
THERE IS NO RING WEAR, NOR EVEN ANY TRACE OF RECORD SHAPE.
THE GOLD FOIL HYPE STICKER IS FIRMLY ADHERED IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER
THE TOP EDGE IS FULLY COLOURED WITH ONLY THE RIGHT CORNER TIP SHOWING A DOT OF RUB
THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS A FEW TINY FLECKS OF WHITE AND A SPECK ON THE RIGHT CORNER
THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND LEGIBLE AND THERE IS JUST ONE DOT OF RUB TO THE TIP ENDS
THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME GREAT CONDITION AS THE FRONT. TWO TINY LINES NEAR THE SPINE AND ONE MORE ON THE TOP EDGE
THE OPENING EDGE IS VERY SHARP
THE ORIGINAL GREYSCALE PICTURE / LYRIC INNER IS IN UNSPLIT CONDITION. NO CREASES
THE BACK CATALOGUE INSERT ONLY HAS THE MOST MINUTE TOP TIP FOLD LINE
VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
