MARILLION - MISPLACED CHILDHOOD

IN MAGNIFICENT TWO PLAY MINT MINUS !!! CONDITION

COMPLETE WITH MINT MINUS !!!!  SLEEVE

FULLY TEST PLAYED PRIOR TO LISTING 

TIME VAULT QUALITY!!!!

 

 

CATALOGUE:EMI EMC MRL2 MATRIX: EJ2403401 A-1U-1-1-X1 /B-1U-1-1-5 

 

 

THE RECORDS

 

THE LABELS

THE BLACK LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. A SOLID BASE COLOUR THAT IS FREE FROM ANY MARKS OR STAINS. THE SILVER TYPEFACE AND LOGO'S ARE ALL UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

THE SPINDLE HOLE IS TOTALLY UNWORN AND THERE  IS JUST ONE TINY SPIDER LINE AROUND THE HOLE SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE.

THE VINYL

THE VINYL ABSOLUTELY GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR. THE SHEEN IS FLAWLESS AND IN DAYLIGHT IT IS TOTALLY MINT, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE APART FROM A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES.

PLAYING THE RECORD

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

THE VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER.

THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND CERTAINLY NO LOUD CLICKS ANYWHERE

THERE ARE SO MANY QUIET PASSAGES ON THIS ALBUM THAT TO FIND ONE THAT DOESN'T PLAY WITH CRACKLE, CLICKS AND POPS IS A REAL RARITY

THERE IS NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE ANYWHERE, AND ONLY A LITTLE BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN A COUPLE OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES

I CAN'T EVEN SAY THAT I HEARD ANY MORE THAN ONE TINY LITTLE  DUST POP THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS PLAYTHROUGH AS MINT MINUS!!!

PLEASE DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

 

 

THE SLEEVE

 

SEMI-LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND FREE FROM ANY HEAVY CREASES OR DEEP CREASE LINES.ALL OF THE ORIGINAL COLOUR IS THERE AND TOTALLY UNRUBBED.

THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY ZERO PRESSURE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE ,ONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, ONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE, FRONT OR BACK.

THE TOP EDGES ARE ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE WITH ALL OF THE DELICATE COLOUR FULLY RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER, WITH EVEN THE TIP ENDS ARE UNBLEMISHED. 

THE BOTTOM EDGES ARE IN THE SAME STUNNING CONDITION WITH A PIN PRICK OF RUB TO THE RIGHT CORNER TIP ENDS ONLY.

THE SPINE IS IN FLAT AND UNSQUASHED CONDITION. ALL OF THE COLOUR IS THERE AND FULLY RUNS FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. THE RED TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.THERE IS APIN PRICK OF RUB TO THE VERY TOP TIP

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP, AND SHOWS WHY THIS ALBUM HAS JUST NOT BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE

THE REAR SURFACE HAS FOUR SMALL PRESSURE LINE SON THE TOP EDGE, BUT NONE ELSEWHERE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE INNER PANELS

THE BLACK POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN  MINT  CONDITION. NO MARKS, STAINS, SPLITS OR HEAVY CREASES.

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS  SLEEVE  MINT MINUS  !!!

 

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

GARRY