DIRE STRAITS - DEBUT ALBUM

MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS / MINT AUDIO

SUPERB NEAR MINT SLEEVE

 

CATALOGUE:VERTIGO 9102021

MATRIX: 9102031 1Y// 4 v 420 04 1 7 / 2Y//6 v  420 04 12

 

 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 SPACESHIP LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. 

THE COLOURS ARE ALL RICH AND VIBRANT AND FULLY STRETCH INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. 

THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND UNRUBBED. 

A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE USING A MAGNIFYING GLASS REVEALS 3-4 TINY SPIDER LINES AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

THE RECORD GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND IN DAYLIGHT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS. 

UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE JUST A FEW NEAR INVISIBLE ULTRA FINE WISPY SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL LINES TO BE SEEN.

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

THE VINYL PLAYS TO NEAR PERFECTION. NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND AT ANY POINT

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND CERTAINLY NO LOUD CLICKS

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE ANYWHERE, AND ONLY A TINY SPECK OF LIGHT STATIC IN ONE TRACK ON SIDE ONE

I HEARD NO DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS PLAYTHROUGH AS MINT MINUS FOR SIDE A AND MINT FOR SIDE B

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

I DO NOT BELIEVE YOU WILL BE DISAPPOINTED WITH THE REPRODUCTION

 

 

THE SLEEVE

 

NON LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE

THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN A COLLECTIBLE CONDITION. THE REASON BEING THAT THE  DELICATE CREAM WHITE SURFACE IS USUALLY FOUND VERY GRUBBY AND RING WORN. 

THIS ONE DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT HAS BEEN HOUSED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER, HAS REMAINED IN SUPERB CONDITION

IT HAS ONE SMALL FAULT ON THE OPENING EDGE ON THE REAR WHERE AN ERRANT THUMB HAS CAUSED A SMALL CREASE LINE ON THE EDGE

THE CREAMY WHITE SURFACE IS AS NEAR TO PERFECT AS CAN BE EXPECTED. 

NO GRIMY MARKS OR STAINS AND NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES. 

THERE IS THE MOST INSIGNIFICANT AND LIGHTEST TRACE OF HANDLING AT THE EDGES. 

NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE, AND ALL FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE

THERE ARE THREE MINUSCULE AND BARELY VISIBLE PRESSURE LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE .  ONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, ONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE BOTH PERFECT WITH ALL OF THE CREAM COLOUR PRISTINE AND TOTALLY UNMARKED AND UNRUBBED. EVEN THE CORNER TIPS ARE PERFECT

THE SPINE IS FLAT AND FREE FROM ANY SQUASHING . AGAIN THE CREAM SURFACE IS  PERFECT . NO COLOUR LOSS, AND PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE TYPEFACE. 

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP, WITH THAT SMALL FLAW AS MENTIONED ABOVE

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS CLEAN AND MARK FREE AS THE FRONT JUST A TWO TINY LINES BY THE SPINE AND THAT THUMB NAIL IMPRESSION LINE RIGHT AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE SPINE

THE PICTURE / LYRIC  INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO IN SUPERB ORIGINAL CONDITION. TOTALLY FLAT AND UNCREASED, AND NO SPLITS TO ANY OF THE SEAMS. 

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS MAGNIFICENT SLEEVE NEAR MINT!!!!

 

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

GARRY