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THE KINKS - ARE THE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY

IN MAGNIFICENT  LITTLE PLAYED MINT MINUS!!!! CONDITION

FIRST PRESS STEREO ON THE BLUE PYE LABEL

STUNNING NEAR MINT SLEEVE

TOP QUALITY COLLECTIBLE COPY

 

CATALOGUE:PYE NSPL 18233  MATRIX: NSPL18233 A-3 * T / B-4 * T

 

 

THE RECORDS

 

THE LABELS

THE PASTEL BLUE  LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. THE  BASE COLOUR IS PERFECT. NO MARKS OR STAINS AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND REMAINS UNRUBBED AND UNWORN

THERE ARE JUST 6-7 SMALL SPIDER LINES NEXT TO THE SPINDLE HOLE

 

THE VINYL

THE SUPERB HEAVYWEIGHT ORIGINAL PYE VINYL IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE DISC GLEAMS AND LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS IN DAYLIGHT. UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE JUST A FEW WISPY SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL LINES (ALL NON SOUNDING)

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 LP FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR WHAT THEY ARE CONSIDERING BIDDING ON. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

YOU WILL BE ABLE TO JUDGE FOR YOURSELF HOW THIS SOUNDS, BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT FIRSTLY THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS CRYSTAL CLEAR. THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION ANYWHERE, MEANING THAT THE PLAY IT HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE, AND CERTAINLY NO LOUD CLICKS

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND ONLY A COUPLE OF SPLIT SECONDS OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN A COUPLE OF THE LINKING GROOVES.

I DIDN'T HEAR ANY DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH, JUST A COUPLE OF TINY STATIC TICS

I AM HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO GRADE THIS AS MINT MINUS!!!

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS

 

 

THE SLEEVE

 

THIS SLEEVE IS ONE OF THE HARDEST OF ALL SLEEVES TO COLLECT AS IT IS SO FRAIL THAT MOST COPIES ARE SEVERELY CREASED AND BENT. THIS COPY IS BETTER THAN MOST AND I CONSIDER IT TO BE  A VERY ACCEPTABLE SLEEVE TO HAVE IN A SERIOUS COLLECTION.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR. IT IS HERE NORMALLY THAT YOU WILL SEE SERIOUS BENDS AND CREASES TO THE VERY FLIMSY FRONT FLAP, BUT THIS COPY HAS NO DEEP CREASE LINES WHATSOEVER AND NO FOLDS OR BENDS TO THE SURFACE THE ONLY REAL FLAW IS THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PATCHES OF LAMINATE LIFT AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE SPINE. AGAIN DUE TO THE MANUFACTURING OF THIS SLEEVE, THIS IS A VERY COMMON FAULT. THE BOTTOM PATCH HAS A SMALL SPLIT  TO THE LOOSE LAMINATE AS WELL

THERE ARE JUST TWO MINUSCULE LAMINATE LINES BY THE SPINE. TWO ON THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE BOTH PERFECTLY LAMINATED WITH ALL OF THE COLOUR FULLY RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER, WITH THE ONLY TINY SPECK OF WHITE APPEARING ON THE RIGHT TIP ENDS.

THE SPINE IS FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. THE LAMINATE HAS ONE TINY SCUFF AT THE TOP TIP BUT IS OTHERWISE PERFECT. THE TYPEFACE IS ALL PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS CREASE FREE AS THE FRONT WITH THAT LAMINATE LIFT ONCE AGAIN SITTING NEXT TO THE SPINE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO PRISTINE INNER PANELS. BOTH IN PERFECT CONDITION

THE RICE PAPER LINED DIE CUT INNER SLEEVE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND STILL VERY WHITE. UNSPLIT WITH JUST A FEW LIGHT WRINKLE LINES ON TWO CORNERS

THE SLEEVE GRADES  NEAR MINT !!!!  BASED SOLELY ON HOW HARD IT IS TO FIND THIS SLEEVE IN ANY SORT OF COLLECTIBLE CONDITION

 

 

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

GARRY

 

 

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