JOE SOAP - KEEP IT CLEAN

INCREDIBLE MINT  PLAYTHROUGH!!!

UNPLAYED UNTIL TODAY'S TEST PLAY

OUTSTANDING NEAR MINT SLEEVE

FULLY PLAY TESTED PRIOR TO LISTING

 

CATALOGUE: POLYDOR 2383 233

MATRIX: 2383233 A//2  1 1 / B//2  1 1

THE RECORD

 

THE LABELS

THE RED LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE ON EITHER SIDE. 

THE BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. 

THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS CLEAR AND UNRUBBED AND THEREFORE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE ARE NO SPIDER LINES ON THE SURFACE BY THE HOLE

THERE IS ALSO A STRAND OF RESIDUAL VINYL STILL ATTCHED TO THE SPINDLE 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 THE RECORD IS PERFECT

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 DUST POPS OR TICS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

A COUPE OF TINY SPECKLES OF STATIC BUT THAT'S ALL

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

 

LAMINATED FRONT, NON LAMINATED REAR SINGLE SLEEVE BY THE E.J.DAY GROUP

THE FRONT SURFACE HAS PERFECT LAMINATE THAT HAS NO LIFT, PEEL, OR FLAKE

THE COLOURS HAVE ALL BEEN RETAINED PERFECTLY

THERE IS NO RING WEAR JUST A SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE WHEN ANGLED INTO THE LIGHT 

THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE WITH A DOT OF RUB TO THE BOTTOM ONES

THERE ARE THREE TINY PRESSURE LINES NEAR  THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, ONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

THE TOP EDGE IS PERFECTLY COLOURED WITH ONE PIN PRICK OF RUB TO THE CORNER TIPS

THE BOTTOM EDGE IS IDENTICAL

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND 100% UNSQUASHED, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE  TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE  COLOUR IS RETAINED WITH JUST ONE VERY TINY SPECK OF RUB ON THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIP ENDS

THE OPENING EDGE IS  SHARP WITH A COUPLE OF TINY SPECKS OF FEATHERING

THE REAR SURFACE IS NON LAMINATED . IT HAS A LITTLE BIT OF RUB IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BOTTOM EDGE

THERE IS ALSO SOME NUMBERS WRITTEN IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER AND THE LETTER S WRITTEN IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER

THE PLAIN WHITE POLY LINED INNER IS IN FLAT AND 100% UNSPLIT. 

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS  SLEEVE   NEAR MINT