'ITS THE VINYL COUNTDOWN'

Welcome to 'Its the vinyl countdown' music auctions. Here you will find some of the most incredible rare records and music memorabilia for your collection. We pride ourselves on auctioning only the highest grade records and items, you will not see anything listed here below EX+ condition, unles the item is extremely rare. You will not see worn covers, warped records or scratched records. We simply do not bother with them.

We list in many cases, 'Archived' & 'mint' condition items, we are able to source from private collections all over the UK. So we hope you can be put at ease that what you are bidding on is of the highest quality.

We play through most of the records, unless the item is clearly mint, or sealed..in which case we don't play them, thus maintaining their 'unplayed' status!  Obviously with some of these rare items there will be the odd 'anomoly' along the way , the odd little static pop or lead in 'sizzle' for a split second.. nothing is perfect we find! all systems differ, but we aim to describe these as accurately as possible for you.... PLEASE ENJOY THIS ITEM YOU ARE NOW LOOKING AT..

QUEEN

'JAZZ'

IMMACULATE ARCHIVED 1st COMPLETE 'STERLING' PRESSING -

WITH THE FIRST EMBOSSED SLEEVE, POSTER & LAMINATED INNER

IMMACULATE SUPERB AS NEW PLAY CONDITION THROUGHOUT

Released 1978

Label    EMI EMA 788

Matrix        YAX 5551 -1U   STERLING RTB 1     Stamper: 2 RD

                   YAX 5550 -1U   STERLING             Stamper: 1  GA

 

THE VINYL   EX+

As you can see, this vinyl is the 1ST STERLING pressing  - Stored from new this LP has seen possibly A HANDFUL OF CAREFUL plays only, and remains in pristine condition everywhere. THE VINYL REALLY IS QUITE SUPERB.

IT PLAYS SUPERB

This pressing is a superb vinyl which has retained its amazing glossy sheen and finish. There is virtually no dulling anywhere and overall it is in incredible condition for an LP of this age. The edges are silky smooth, typical of these vintage pressings. We are seing fewer and fewer copies of this LP, so rarely do we see a copy at all, let alone like this.

There is just a couple of tiny spider lines around the centre hole, and no wear to the spindle hole whatsoever.

There are some whisp lines, and there are a few light hairlines on each side.  Clearly this LP has been archived for many many years, a few little dust specs are on the vinyl when we slid it for checking..It could do with a hoover cleaner to really bring it back even higher.

On playing through we heard some lead in static in the dead grooves, and  athe odd static crackle along the way but nothing spoiled the play at all....The quiet passages sound really superb..barely a hint of any static at all -SUPER CLEAN!!!..

A very rare record to see at all these days..

OVERALL THIS IS SIMPLY A MUST FOR ANY FINAL UPGRADE COLLECTION. YOU WILL NOT SEE BETTER.

 

THE LABELS   MINT- 

 

THE SLEEVE     EX+

Correct FLAT MATT GATEFOLD UK issued sleeve  - with SUPER WIDE SPINE & EMBOSSED 'JAZZ LOGO'

PRINTER CREDITS -  GARROD & LOFTHOUSE

Later sleeves had no embossing.

 This is in simply incredible condition, quite amazing how it has survived so clean. MOST SLEEVES OF THIS LP AS WE ALL KNOW, SUFFER TERIBLY WITHOUT VERY CAREFUL HANDLING..

THIS ONE IS A SUPER CLEAN EXAMPLE WITH NO RUBBING

The edges are all super clean with JUST SOME FINE traces of rub spots on the edges

 All colours and inks remain in outstanding condition

No  ringwear - no press,  & no white rubbing anywhere - 

THE WHITE BACK SLEEVE HAS SOME LIGHT DISCOLOUR ON THE EDGING BUT NOTHING TOO BAD AT ALL

Just some very light tip rub on the corners

The open edge remains in immaculate sharp condition -just a hint of feathering

The spine is super , has the two white 'tram lines' as all G&L sleeves did..and there is just some light edge rub.

3 SPIDER LINES ON THE SPINE EDGE

THE GATEFOLD OPEN OUT IS LIKE NEW!

WE CANNOT SAY MORE THAN THIS REALLY IS A BEAUTY..FOR SUCH A HARD SLEEVE TO FIND..THIS IS AS GOOD AS WE HAVE SEEN FOR A LONG TIME.

 

THE INNER SLEEVE   MINT-

Original LAMINATED CARD  INNER SLEEVE, WITH THE ROUNDED CORNERS (Later ones were not rounded and much thinner)  IT IS JUST LIKE NEW!  THE BEST INNER WE HAVE SEEN!!  NO SCISSORING AT ALL..

  LP kept in further poly sleeve inside.

POSTER  MINT

This poster is in as new condition but- Unattached, as many were ( in the UK some stores, most notably WH Smith,  refused to have the posters attached to the sleeve & displayed on the shelves, so they perforated them to keep behind the counter seperately-crazy Britain!!) it has no signs of handling at all!

 

 

POSTAGE DISCOUNTS:

Don't forget we offer big postage discounts on multi wins..the more LPs you win, the cheaper the postage works out for you worldwide- Up to 2 kilos or 5 LPs, after which we will send your wins in more than one parcel..ALL very well protected in mailers, stiffeners, plenty of tape & protection, then 'signed delivered' to your door-  and to date we have nad NO damaged items!  ;0)

 

We hope you enjoy looking at this item, and good luck if you decide to bid for it...We can safely say you will not be dissapointed- If you need to know anyting else, please feel free to contact us with any questions.

All our items are sent 'signed delivery' tracked to your door, (we have never had an item go missing anywhere in the world!) for peace of mind for both you and us! All items are sent in strong protective mailer boxes and stiffeners. With over 28 years in mail order and the music industry 'worldwide' we pride ourselves on the fact you can bid safely on all our items, and knowing you are being dealt with by professionals.

 

ENJOY! ;0)          

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