FOCUS - MOVING WAVES

 MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS AUDIO

GENUINE 1ST PRESS BLUE HORIZON SLEEVE AND LABELS

 

CATALOGUE:BLUE HORIZON 2931 002 MATRIX: SIDE 1: ETCHED 2931002 A (CROSSED OUT 2431011) FOLLOWED BY A//1 V 420 1 1 2 - SIDE 2: ETCHED 2931002 B (STAMPED NOT CROSSED OUT 243101) FOLLOWED BY B//1 V 420 11  3 PLAYED 2-3 TIMES

FOCUS BY MOVING WAVES WAS AN ABSOLUTE MONSTER BACK IN 1971, AND REALLY LAUNCHED THE BAND INTO THE UK WITH THEIR HIT 'HOCUS POCUS'

HOWEVER THERE WERE MANY PRESSINGS DUE TO THE DEMAND FROM THE PUBLIC, AND FIRST ISSUES ARE NOW BECOMING VERY SOUGHT AFTER AND HARDER TO FIND

SO HOW TO TELL A FIRST PRESS?

FIRSTLY THE RECORD LABEL MUST BE BLUE HORIZON! PRODUCED BY POLYDOR THE PARENT COMPANY. EVERY OTHER REISSUE WAS ON THE STANDARD ORANGE POLYDOR LABEL. THE BLUE HORIZON LABEL IS PLAIN WHITE WITH BLUE LOGO AND TYPEFACE.

SECONDLY THE MATRIX NUMBER ON A FIRST PRESS HAS AN ETCHED NUMBER THAT MATCHES THE CATALOGUE NUMBER IN THE DEAD WAX

THERE IS A MACHINE STAMPED AND CROSSED OUT NUMBER NEXT TO THE ETCHED ONE WHICH IS POSSIBLE THE NUMBER IT WOULD HAVE BEEN RELEASED ON IF IT ORIGINALLY CAME OUT ON THE POLYDOR ORANGE LABEL (JUST A GUESS)

THE MATRIX NUMBERS MUST END A/1 11 AND B//1 11

FINALLY THE SLEEVE MUST HAVE THE BLUE HORIZON LOGO IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF THE REAR SURFACE

THE SLEEVE MUST BE MADE BY THE E.J.DAY GROUP

  TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY

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THE RECORDS

 

THE LABELS

THE LABELS SHOW SOME FOXING. MORESO ON SIDE ONE THAN SIDE TWO WHICH IS ALMOST CLEAR. THE BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE  BLUE TYPEFACE AND LOGOS ARE ALL UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY CLEAR AND LEGIBLE. THERE ARE A 2-3SMALL AND BARELY VISIBLE SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING HOW LITTLE THIS LP HAS BEEN PLAYED IN THE 40 YEARS SINCE IT WAS PRESSED

 

THE VINYL

THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND IS CLEAR BY LOOKING AT IT THAT IT HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED.IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS.THERE ARE NO VISIBLE MARKS OF ANY DESCRIPTION, AND ONLY WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION AM I ABLE TO MAKE OUT A COUPLE OF TINY 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 NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID.

THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH SUPERBLY WITH A CRISP CLEAN FIRST PRESS SOUND THAT CAN ONLY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE HEAVIER VINYL OFFERINGS. THE REPRODUCTION IS EXCEPTIONAL AND THIS PLAYS WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION WHATSOEVER

THERE ARE SO MANY SILENT PASSAGES ON THIS ALBUM THAT IT IS VITAL TO HAVE THE BEST COPY YOU CAN GET TO FULLY APPRECIATE THE INCREDIBLE MUSIC.

THERE IS THE ODD SECOND OF VINYL NOISE AND A FEW TINY SPECKS OF STATIC HERE AND THERE, BUT THAT'S ALL

CERTAINLY NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE OR LOUD CLICKS

NO DUST POPS OR TICS EITHER

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS PLAYTHROUGH MINT MINUS

DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH, TAKE A LISTEN AND YOU BE THE JUDGE

 

 

THE SLEEVE

 

UNLAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE FROM THE E.J.DAY GROUP WHICH IS IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION.

SO MANY OF THESE ORIGINAL HAVE RUBBING TO THE DELICATE COLOURS THAT TO FIND ONE IN THIS CONDITION IS QUITE HARD

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND HAS NO CREASES OF ANY DESCRIPTION. THE CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE AND THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE

EVEN THE TINY LINES NEAR THE SPINE ARE RESTRICTED TO JUST ONE MINUSCULE ONE THAT CAN BE BARELY SEEN, THREE ON THE TOP EDGE, NONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP EDGE IS UNRUBBED OR SHELFWORN, BUT DOES HAVE SOME LIGHT FOXING. THE RIGHT CORNER TIP END HAS A SINGLE PIN PRICK OF RUB, WHILST THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS A PIN PRICK ON THE CORNER TIP ENDS

THE SPINE IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. NO SQUASHING AND NO RUBBING. ALL THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND JUST BY LOOKING AT THE FACT THAT THERE ARE NO THUMB NAIL NICKS IT IS CLEAR THE LP HAS BARELY BEEN OUT OF THE COVER.

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION, WITH ALL OF THE COLOURS BEAUTIFULLY MAINTAINED. AGAIN NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES. AND JUST TWO MINUSCULE LINES NEAR THE SPINE

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO IN  THE BEST CONDITION. TOTALLY UNSPLIT STILL VERY WHITE WITH SOME EDGE FOXING AND BARELY A WRINKLE TO THE SURFACE

THIS SLEEVE WITHOUT A DOUBT GRADES MINT MINUS

 

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

GARRY