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ELTON JOHN - ELTON JOHN (1970)

IN MAGNIFICENT UNPLAYED!!!! MINT MINUS!!! CONDITION

OUTSTANDING MINT MINUS SLEEVE

FINAL UPGRADE VINYL

 

CATALOGUE:DJM  DJLPS 406 MATRIX: DJLPS 406 A-4/ B -1

I HAVE ACQUIRED A COLLECTION OF STUNNING VINYLS THAT BELONGED TO A COLLECTOR WHO HANDLED BOTH VINYL AND SLEEVE METICULOUSLY. INCREDIBLE ALBUMS THAT I WILL BE LISTING OVER THE COMING WEEKS. THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO COLLECT VINTAGE VINYL IN THE SORT OF CONDITION THAT YOU COULD ONLY DREAM ABOUT..LISTEN TO THE ENTIRE LP BEFORE LAYING A BID, AS I HAVE RECORDED EVERY SINGLE SECOND

MY LONG STANDING SERIOUS COLLECTOR CUSTOMERS WILL APPRECIATE THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A PRISTINE MUSEUM GRADE  ALBUM. NEW CUSTOMERS AS WELL IF YOU ARE SERIOUSLY INTO COLLECTING THEN THIS MUST NOT BE PASSED UP

 

THE RECORDS

 

THE LABELS

THE BLACK LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS ON THEM AT ALL. THE COLOUR FULLY EXTENDS INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE.. THE SILVER TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. EVEN USING A MAGNIFYING GLASS I AM UNABLE TO SEE ANY SPIDER LINES WHATSOEVER

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. THIS IS A FIRST PRESS HEAVYWEIGHT DISC IN OUTSTANDING CONDITION. IN DAYLIGHT THE VINYL IS FLAWLESS, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE

 

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, AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE LP BEFORE LAYING ANY BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS.

I DECIDED TO PLAY THIS PREVIOUSLY UNPLAYED DISC BECAUSE AN UNPLAYED DISC DOESN'T GUARANTEE A MINT REPRODUCTION. I DO GUARANTEE THOUGH THAT MY CAREFUL TEST PLAY WILL GO UNDETECTED

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH MAGNIFICENTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC IT SOUNDS.

PYE AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES WERE ALL PRESSED ON THE SAME HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL DURING THE LATE 60'S AND EARLY 70'S AND MOST PRESSINGS HAD SOME VINYL NOISE EMBEDDED INTO THE ACTUAL PRESS. I AM PLEASED TO SAY THAT THIS COPY HAS ONLY THE MOST OCCASIONAL MINUTE TRACE OF VERY OCCASIONAL BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC AND THIS IS ONLY HEARD  IN A COUPLE OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES 

THE REPRODUCTION IS PURE FIRST PRESS WITH EVERY NOTE BEING CRISP AND CLEAR. CERTAINLY NO DISTORTION WHATSOEVER, AND NO BACKGROUND CRACKLES OR CLICKS

OTHER THAN THE TINY BIT OF PYE NOISE I HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF TINY STATIC TICS

I DIDN'T HEAR ANY DUST POPS WHATSOEVER THROUGH THE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT MINUS

PLEASE LISTEN TO IT AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS

 

 

 

 

THE SLEEVE

 

FIRST ISSUE E. J DAY AND CO FULLY TEXTURED (INSIDE AND OUT) GATEFOLD SLEEVE

 

THIS SLEEVE IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN A COLLECTIBLE CONDITION AS MOST COPIES ARE VERY WORN AND RUBBED. HERE WE HAVE A NEAR PRISTINE AND VIRTUALLY PERFECT SPECIMEN ON OFFER

 

THE FRONT SURFACE IS ABSOLUTELY IMMACULATE, WITH NO LOSS OF THE DELICATE  COLOUR, OTHER THAN A LITTLE RUB TO THE CORNER TIPS, AND A PERFECTLY FLAT AND UNBLEMISHED IMAGE. THE BROWN TEXTURED SURFACE IS JUST PRISTINE AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO EVIDENCE OF ANY RING WEAR OR EVEN A TRACE OF RECORD SHAPE. IT LOOKS AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS MADE.

 

INCREDIBLY THERE IS NOT ONE LINE NEXT TO THE SPINE . ONE  ALONG THE TOP EDGE IN THE RIGHT CORNER. NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE,AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE SOME VERY MILD RUBBING TO THE BROWN SURFACE SHOWING A FEW WHITE SPOTS THROUGH THE COLOUR.

THE SPINE IS FLAT AND TOTALLY UNSQUASHED. ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND THE BROWN TEXTURED SURFACE HAS A LITTLE RUB AT EACH TIP AND A COUPLE OF LIGHT RUBS NEAR THE TITLE

THE OPENING EDGE IS PERFECT. RAZOR SHARP AND AS NEW.

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS MAGNIFICENT THE FRONT, TWO TINY LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE, AND NO RUBBING TO THE COLOURS, PRISTINE IN EVERY WAY

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO PRISTINE INNER PANELS. UNUSUALLY NO CREASE LINES NEAR THE INNER SPINE SURFACE

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB UNSPLIT CONDITION. NO MARKS OR STAINS, NO CREASES JUST A LIGHT CORNER CREASE LINE, A WHITE UNBLEMISHED SURFACE

THIS IS PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE  NEAR MINT

 

 

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

GARRY