JETHRO TULL - THICK AS A BRICK

SUPERB 1ST PRESS  - PLAYS MINT MINUS

 1ST PRESS E.J DAY NEWSPAPER SLEEVE IN EX++ CONDITION

 

 

CATALOGUE:CHRYSALIS CHR 1003 MATRIX: CHR1003 A-3U / B-2U MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 A / 1 O

 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 GREEN LABELS ARE PRISTINE. TOTALLY BLEMISH FREE AND UN-RUBBED. THE TYPEFACE IS ALSO MINT .  I HAVE USED A MAGNIFYING GLASS UNDER A STRONG LED LIGHT AND I CANNOT SEE ANY MORE THAN ONE SMALL SPIDER LINEAROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE AT ALL, PLUS ON SIDE ONE THERE IS STILL RESIDUAL VINYL ATTACHED TO THE HOLE

THE VINYL

THIS HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. IN DAYLIGHT THIS LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS. AND EVEN WHEN PRESENTED TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS STILL NOTHING MORE TO SEE THAT A COUPLE OF THE TINIEST WISPY HAIRLINES

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTABLE 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 IN THE FIRM BELIEF 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 OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

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

THERE ARE SO MANY QUIET PASSAGES ON THIS OR ANY OTHER JETHRO TULL ALBUM WHICH IS WHY IT IS SO HARD TO FIND A COPY WORTH COLLECTING

IT IS CLEAR FROM THE SECOND THE STYLI HITS THE VINYL THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL

AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT THING TO MENTION IS THE TOTAL LACK OF THE USUAL ISLAND/CHRYSALIS EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE. CLEARLY A NEAR PERFECT PRESSING FROM THE FACTORY UNLIKE THE VAST MAJORITY

THERE ARE NO LOUD CLICKS OR BACKGROUND CRACKLE ANYWHERE

I SIT NO FURTHER THAN 12 INCHES FROM MY SPEAKERS AS I LISTEN TO THE ALBUMS I RECORD AND THEREFORE I WILL DETECT MUCH MORE THAN WOULD BE EXPECTED AT NORMAL LISTENING DISTANCE

SO ALL I HEARD DURING THE PLAYTHROUGH WAS

 A COUPLE OF SPLIT SECONDS OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND IN A COUPLE OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES AND A FEW MINUSCULE STATIC TICS / POPS

NO HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE ANYWHERE

NO LOUD CLICKS AND NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND THUS NO GROOVE WEAR

PLEASE TAKE A FULL LISTEN TO THIS INCREDIBLE VOLUME AND MAKE YOUR OWN MIND UP

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE  TO MINT MINUS FOR THE AUDIO

 

 

THE SLEEVE

 

AN E.J DAY NEWSPAPER 1ST PRESS SLEEVE

I WANT TO START WITH THE FOLD LINE AT THE BOTTOM. IN ORDER TO MAKE THE SLEEVE LP SIZED SO THAT IT WOULD SIT IN COLLECTIONS AND SHOP RACKS, THE NEWSPAPER DESIGN HAS A  FOLD LINE WHERE THE BOTTOM 4 INCHES OF THE COVER FOLDS BACK ON ITSELF  AND ENDS UP SITTING BEHIND THE REAR SURFACE. THIS FOLD LINE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE WAS THE PART THAT SAT IN COLLECTION RUBBING AGAINST THE BASE OF THE CABINET EVERY TIME IT WAS PULLED OUT TO PLAY AND AGAIN WHEN PUSHED BACK IN. ULTIMATELY THE HINGE WOULD RUB AND WEAR AND IN SOME CASES SPLIT, BUT CERTAINLY RUB OFF THE TYPEFACE. THIS COPY HOWEVER HAS ESCAPED A HUGE PROPORTION OF THAT WITH JUST SOME WEAR AT EITHER END AND A LITTLE ON THE CREASE LINE NEAR THE RIGHT END. THE TYPEFACE IS ALL LEGIBLE HOWEVER

THE SECOND THING THAT USUALLY BLIGHTS THIS COVER IS THE FACT THAT IS IS VERY POROUS AND THEREFORE PICKS UP EVERY MARK OR STAIN VERY EASILY, AND AGAIN MOST COPIES YOU WILL FIND WILL BE BROWN AND STAINED, BUT THIS COPY I GUARANTEE IS STILL VERY WHITE WITH JUST SOME B G TO THE EDGES OF THE FLIMSY INNER PAGES CAUSED DENTIRELY TO THE NATURAL AGEING OF THE PAPER USED TO MAKE THE SLEEVE. SHORT OF PROTECTING THE SLEEVE IN A VACUUM SEALED OUTER SLEEVE THERE IS NO WAY THIS AGEING CAN BE ELIMINATED

THE SPINE IS ANOTHER AREA ON THE SLEEVE WHICH USUALLY HAS ALL OF THE TYPEFACE RUBBED BADLY, BUT AGAIN THIS COPY IS VERY CLEAR  WITH ALL OF THE INFORMATION FULLY LEGIBLE

THE EXPOSED EDGE ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS STILL VERY SHARP AND HAS NOT SUFFERED MAJOR BURRING LIKE YOU WILL USUALLY SEE ON MOST EXAMPLES

THE TEN INSIDE PAGES OF THE NEWSPAPER ARE FLIMSY AND THIN, BUT HAVE REMAINED PERFECTLY INTACT. THERE IS NO RIPS OR TEARS TO ANY OF THE PAGES, AND NO MARKS OR STAINS EITHER. THERE IS SOME LIGHT CREASING AT THE BOTTOM BY THE SPINE ON MOST OF THEM 

THE CROSSWORD HAS ONE WORD VERY LIGHTLY PENCILLED IN ON 13 ACROSS. THE DOT TO DOT HAS ALSO BEEN LIGHTLY COMPLETED IN PENCIL

LASTLY I WISH TO POINT OUT THAT THE STAPLES HOLDING EVERYTHING TOGETHER ARE STILL FIRMLY AFFIXED MEANING THERE IS NO LOOSENESS TO ANY OF THE PAGES, AND FINALLY THE STAPLES ARE RUST FREE

WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE HARDEST JETHRO TULL SLEEVE TO FIND IN PERFECT CONDITION

I GRADE THIS SLEEVE EX+ 

 

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

GARRY