I have come across a collection of records that defy time.

They belonged to a collector who was buying in the mid to late 60's through the 70's and 80's

However his family have said that he didn't own a record player until the mid 80's.

Very strange I know, but what it means is that the early records have in most cases never been played or at the most one play.

Naturally people's tastes in music change and that's why the 80's albums have had more play than the 60's

There are some incredible records in this collection

I aim to release one per day and will list them at 8pm UK time so that they don't get confused with my other listings

I will also be test playing each record prior to listing . My very very careful test play will go undetected however

THE SMITHS - MEAT IS MURDER

IN MAGNIFICENT NEAR MINT !!CONDITION

NEAR MINT SLEEVE

FULLY PLAY TESTED PRIOR TO LISTING

 

CATALOGUE: ROUGH TRADE 81 MATRIX NUMBERS: ROUGH 81 A2 / B2  DOING THE WYTHENSHAWE WALTZ / ILLNESS AS ART

 

THE RECORDS

 

THE LABELS

THE GREY LABELS ARE IN SUPERB ORIGINAL CONDITION. THE COLOURS ARE UNFADED OR UNRUBBED, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE COLOURS STRETCH INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE.

I CAN'T EVEN SEE ANY MORE THAN ONE TINY SPIDER LINE CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING JUST WHY THIS ALBUM IS IN THE SUPERB CONDITION THAT IT IS

THE VINYL

THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW WITH AN ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS SHEEN, AND LOOKS TOTALLY MINT

AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING VISIBLE OTHER THAN A COUPLE OF TINY DULL MARKS AND A REALLY SMALL HANDLING LINE ON THE END TRACK OF SIDE ONE

PLAYING THE RECORD

A TRUE FIRST PRESS PERFORMANCE WITH A STEREO REPRODUCTION THAT IS JUST MAGNIFICENT. SILENT RUN IN'S AND LINKING GROOVES LEADING TO PERFECT SOUND PLAYED WITHOUT DISTORTION THUS NO GROOVE WEAR. 

THE RECORD PLAYS TO NEAR PERFECTION

THE FIRST THING TO MENTION IS THE TOTAL LACK OF EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND, MEANING NO GROOVE WEAR

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE, NO CLICKS OR STICK OR JUMPS

NO AUDIBLE STATIC HEARD EVEN IN THE LINKING GROOVES

THERE ARE A FEW TINY TICS AS SIDE ONE COMES TO A CLOSE

OTHER THAN THAT ABOUT 3-4 MORE AT RANDOM OVER THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS PLAYTHROUGH AND VINYL CONDITION AS NEAR MINT

 

 

 

THE SLEEVE

 

 NON LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE 

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND THE COLOURS ARE RETAINED AND CLEAN

THE FOUR CORNERS ARE STILL SHARP AND SQUARE AND THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE

THERE IS JUST ONE SMALL PRESSURE LINE NEXT TO THE SPINE, ONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, ONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP EDGE IS PRISTINE WITH ALL OF THE COLOURED SURFACE RUNNING FULLY FROM CORNER TO CORNER. THE CORNER TIPS ARE UNBLEMISHED

. THE BOTTOM EDGE IS AS PERFECT. 

THE SPINE IS FLAT , WITH PERFECT TYPEFACE AND UNBLEMISHED ENDS

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME SUPERB CONDITION AS THE FRONT. THERE IS A LITTLE NATURAL AGEING TO THE EDGES

THE GLOSSY PICTURE INNER SLEEVE IS AS PRISTINE AS THE REST OF THE SLEEVE

THIS SLEEVE GRADES NEAR MINT

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

GARRY