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THE ROLLING STONES - METAMORPHOSIS

IN MAGNIFICENT ONE PLAY MINT MINUS!!!! CONDITION

GENUINE VERY 1ST PRESS WITH THE SENOL SLEEVE

 

 

CATALOGUE:DECCA SKL 5212 MATRIX: XZAL-13898-1W / XZAL-13898.P-2W

 

THE RECORDS

 

THE LABELS

THE DARK BLUE LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. NO STAINS OR HANDLING MARKS. THE COLOUR STRETCHES FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE SILVER TYPEFACE AND LOGOS ARE ALL UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE IS JUST ONE MINUSCULE SPIDER LINE CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE

 

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE HANDLING MARKS OR LINES,AND IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS FLAWLESS. EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION I CAN ONLY MAKE OUT A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES ON EACH SIDE AND ONE DULL MARK BETWEEN THE LAST TACK AND THE RUN OUT GROOVE ON SIDE ONE

PLAYING THE RECORD,

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I NOW DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AND I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING ANY BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THIS VINYL PLAYS EVERY BIT AS SUPERBLY AS IT LOOKS. FROM THE SECOND THE STYLUS IS LOWERED ONTO THE RUN IN GROOVE THE CLARITY OF REPRODUCTION COMES THROUGH CRISPLY AND CLEARLY. THIS IS A FIRST PRESS SOUND IN EVERY WAY.

NO DISTORTION TO THE RECORDING WHATSOEVER

THE VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE, OR LOUD CLICKS

CERTAINLY NO VINYL NOISE AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD AS WAS INTENDED

THERE ARE A FEW SEMI SECONDS OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC, AND I HEARD NO MORE THAN 2-3 TINY DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS PLAYTHROUGH AS MINT MINUS!!!!!!

 

TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THIS ALBUM AND BE THE JUDGE YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS

 

 

 

THE SLEEVE

 

1ST ISSUE SENOL MADE SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND VERY CLEAN. MANY COPIES OF THIS SLEEVE ARE GRUBBY AND HEAVILY CREASED. THIS ONE JUST HAS A VERY LIGHT TRACE OF HANDLING AND A SMALL STICKER RESIDUE MARK IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR BENDS, THERE ARE SEVEN MINUSCULE  LINES NEAR THE SPINE, THREE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, ONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES ANYWHERE AT ALL

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE BOTH FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR, AND THE CREAM COLOUR FULLY RUNS FROM CORNER TIP TO TIP. THE FOUR CORNER TIPS ARE UNBLEMISHED

THE SPINE IS FLAT WITH ONE FINGER TO THUMB SQUASH RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND ALL OF THE DELICATE CREAM COLOUR IS INTACT AND PRISTINE, AND EVEN THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS OF THE  ENDS ARE UNRUBBED

THE OPENING EDGE IS ABSOLUTELY RAZOR SHARP AND CLEARLY SHOWS WHY THIS ALBUM IS IN THE INCREDIBLE STATE THAT IT IS, BECAUSE IT JUST HASN'T BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SLEEVE MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVEN BETTER THAN THE FRONT, AND AGAIN THERE ARE NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES, AND A COUPLE OF BARELY VISIBLE LINES NEAR THE SPINE

THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE.

THE ORIGINAL BLUE AND WHITE POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN EXCEPTIONAL UNSPLIT CONDITION WITH NOT ONE CREASE LINE ON IT. THIS AGAIN SHOWS JUST HOW LITTLE THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN HANDLED. IT ALSO HAS THE CORRECT 5-75  DATE STAMP IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER

HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE NEAR MINT MINUS!!!!

 

IF YOU WIN AN LP AUCTION OF MINE THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL GET IN TERMS OF PACKING AND DELIVERY.

I TREAT EVERY ALBUM WITH THE RESPECT IT DESERVES. THE FIRST THING IS THAT I REMOVE THE LP FROM THE SLEEVE AND PLACE IT INTO A BRAND NEW POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE TO PROTECT NOT ONLY THE LP BUT THE SLEEVE AS WELL. THE LP IS PLACED BEHIND THE SLEEVE AND THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE LOCATED BACK INSIDE THE SLEEVE.

THE ALBUM IS PLACED INSIDE A BRAND NEW THICK PVC OUTER SLEEVE. NOT SOME FLIMSY POLY THING, A PROPER COLLECTORS PVC SLEEVE.

I USE THE TOUGHEST CRUCIFORM BOXES TO PLACE THE LP INTO AND INCLUDE ONE VERY HEAVY DUTY STIFFENER INSIDE THE BOX AS WELL. THE OUTSIDE OF THE BOX WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL STIFFENERS PLACED ON BOTH FRONT AND BACK SURFACES OR AS MANY AS NEEDED TO ENSURE THE CORNERS CANNOT GET DAMAGED OR THE BOX BENT.

FINALLY THE LP IS SENT EITHER SIGNED FOR, TRACKED AND SIGNED FOR DEPENDING ON WHICH SERVICE IS AVAILABLE FOR EACH COUNTRY.

THE TRACKING NUMBER IS UPDATED ON EBAY UPON MY RETURN FROM THE POST OFFICE

 

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

GARRY

 

 

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