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THE GROUNDHOGS - SPLIT

IN ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT ONE PLAY!!!! MINT MINUS!!!!! CONDITION

1ST PRESS BLACK AND YELLOW LABELS

MINT MINUS SLEEVE

 

OUTSTANDING QUALITY!!!!!!!!!!

CATALOGUE:LBS83401 MATRIX:LBS83401 A-1U /   /  B-1U MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 2 AL / 2 RO 

THE RECORD

 

THE LABELS

THE BLACK AND YELLOW LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. THE BASE COLOUR FULLY EXTENDS INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE AND THE SILVER TYPEFACE IS BOTH UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. I CANNOT SEE ANY SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE  , EVEN USING A MAGNIFYING GLASS

THE VINYL

SUPERB GLEAMING ORIGINAL HEAVYWEIGHT DISC IN SPOTLESS  CONDITION. . THE DISC GLEAMS IS FREE FROM ANY HANDLING MARKS ON EITHER SIDE, AND LOOKS TO BE FLAWLESS. AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE , POSSIBLY A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES.

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 DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I JUST KNOW THAT BIDDERS WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID, THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

WHAT YOU WILL HEAR IS A DISTORTION FREE REPRODUCTION THAT IS CRYSTAL CLEAR, AND CRISP.MEANING THAT WHAT LITTLE PLAY THE VINYL HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

THERE IS NO HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS

NO VINYL EMBEDDED NOISE ANYWHERE, AND BARELY A SPECK OF STATIC ANYWHERE,  A COUPLE OF THE LINKING GROOVES, AND MOST SILENT PASSAGES, A FRACTION MORE IN THE FINAL TWO TRACKS ON SIDE TWO

I CAN'T EVEN SAY THAT I HEARD ANY MORE THAN ONE DUST POP THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH

SO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT MINUS!!!!

 

 

 

 

THE SLEEVE

 

 LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE 

 

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND DOES NOT HAVE ANY HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES. NO BENDS OR FOLDS EITHER. THERE ARE THREE MINUSCULE LAMINATE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE, AND ONE FINGERNAIL SIZED LAMINATE LIFT OVER ONE OF THEM. ABSOLUTELY NONE ALONG EITHER THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE SPINE EITHER.

 

THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR

 

ALL FOUR OF THE FOUR TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE IMMACULATE. ALL FOUR ARE PERFECTLY LAMINATED AND IT FULLY RUNS FROM CORNER TO CORNER, WITH EVEN THE CORNER TIPS UNRUBBED

 

THE SPINE IS ALSO IN  PRISTINE CONDITION. FLAT AND UNSQUASHED THE LAMINATE IS ALL THERE AND UNDAMAGED. BOTH TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS ARE UNRUBBED, AND THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALL PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

 

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND DOESN'T EVEN HAVE ANY OF THOSE THUMB NAIL NICKS, SHOWING WHY THIS ALBUM IS IN THE MINT STATE THAT IT IS, BECAUSE IT JUST HASN'T BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE.

 

THE REAR SURFACE IS ALSO IN TOP UNMOLESTED CONDITION. NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE, JUST TWO MINUSCULE LAMINATE LINES BY THE SPINE

 

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS AN UNMARKED PAIR OF INNER PANELS, WHICH CREAK WHEN ATTEMPTED. IT IS CLEAR THESE HAVE NEVER BEEN FULLY OPENED

THE WHITE INNER SLEEVE IS FLAT AND WHITE AND UNSPLIT. A TRACE OF AGEING TO THE EDGES

 

THE SLEEVE EASILY GRADES MINT MINUS!!!

 

 

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

GARRY

 

 

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