THE WATERBOYS - DREAM HARDER

INCREDIBLE MINT PLAYTHROUGH!!!

UNPLAYED UNTIL TODAYS TEST PLAY

NEAR MINT  SLEEVE WITH LYRIC INNER

A FINAL UPGRADE EXAMPLE 

FULLY PLAY TESTED PRIOR TO LISTING

 

CATALOGUE: GEFFEN  GEF 24476

MATRIX:08 032053 20 1A1 GEF 24476 / 1B1

THE RECORD

 

THE LABELS

THE BLACK LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. 

THE BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. 

THE SILVERTYPEFACE IS CLEAR AND UNRUBBED AND THEREFORE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE ARE ZERO  SPIDER LINES BY THE HOLE

THE VINYL

THE RECORD GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND COULDN'T LOOK ANY BETTER. 

ALL OF THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE HAS BEEN RETAINED. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE MARKS OR ANY SIGNS OF HANDLING ON THE DISC, AND IN DAYLIGHT THE VINYL LOOKS FLAWLESS.

 EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION IT IS IMMACULATE

A MINT DISC

PLAYING THE RECORD

THE RECORD PLAYS TO ABSOLUTE PERFECTION ALL THE WAY THROUGH

THERE ARE NO BACKGROUND CRACKLES AND NO LOUD CLICKS EITHER

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE WHATSOEVER

TOTALLY SILENT LINKING GROOVES, AND I  DIDN'T HEAR ANY  DUSTS POP OR TICS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

SUPERB NOISE FREE AUDIO THROUGHOUT

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST SUPERB AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD TO PERFECTION

A HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE THAT PLAYS TO AN INCREDIBLE MINT  STANDARD.

 

THE SLEEVE

ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT GOTHIC PRINT FINISHERS GATEFOLD SLEEVEDUTCH PRINTED MATTE SINGLE SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND HAS ALL OF THE COLOURS RUB FREE

THE FOUR CORNER TIPS ARE STILL SHARP AND SQUARE WITH A PIN PRICK OF RUB TO THREE OF THE TIPS

THERE ARE NO CREASES OR BENDS AND NO HEAVY CREASE LINES EITHER. 

NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE

THERE ARE ZERO PRESSURE LINES NEAR  THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND ZERO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

THE TOP EDGE HAS ALL OF THE COLOURS RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER WITH A MINUSCULE SPECK OF RUB IN THE MIDDLE AND ONE MORE ON THER RIGHT TIP END

THE BOTTOM EDGE IS PERFECT

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT . THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. COMPLETELY COLOURED WITHOUT ANY RUB TO THE ENDS

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP ALL THE WAY ALONG AND SHOWS WHY THE LP HAS NOT BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE

THE REAR SURFACE IS AS IMMACULATE AS THE FRONT

THE GLOSSY PAPER LYRIC INNER SLEEVE IS IN FLAT AND 100% UNSPLIT. 

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS  SLEEVE  MINT MINUS