CLIFFORD T WARD - SINGER SONGWRITER

SUPERB NEAR MINT PLAYTHROUGH!!!

 NEAR MINT SLEEVE 

SCARCE 1972 ALBUM ON THE DANDELION LABEL

FULLY PLAY TESTED PRIOR TO LISTING

 

CATALOGUE: DANDELION 2310-216

MATRIX: 2310216 A//1 1 1 9 / B//1  1 1 1 8

THE RECORD

 

THE LABELS

THE  CREAMY WHITE LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. 

THE BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. 

THE MAUVE TYPEFACE IS CLEAR AND UNRUBBED AND THEREFORE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO SPIDER LINES BY 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 UNPLAYED.

 EVEN UNDER SPOTLIGHTS IT LOOKS  PERFECT

NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF REALLY TINY WISPY HAIRLINES ANYWHERE

PLAYING THE RECORD

THE RECORD PLAYS SUPERBLY THROUGH THE ENTIRE ALBUM

THERE ARE NO BACKGROUND CRACKLES AND NO LOUD CLICKS EITHER

NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND, MEANING NO GROOVE WEAR

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

NO MORE THAN THE ODD SPECK OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND

AND I HEARD  A COUPLE OF TINY DUST POPS DURING THE ENTIRE PLAY

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

A HIGH GRADE COLLECTABLE THAT PLAYS TO A NEAR MINTSTANDARD.

 

THE SLEEVE

 

 NON LAMINATED  E.J.DAY SINGLE SLEEVE 

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

THERE IS NO RING WEAR, JUST A SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM

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

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

THERE ARE FOUR TINY  PRESSURE LINES NEAR  THE SPINE. ONE  ALONG THE TOP EDGE, ONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND ZERO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

THE TOP EDGE HAS PERFECT UNBLEMISHED COLOUR ALL THE WAY ACROSS WITH A SPECK OF RUB TO THE RIGHT TIP END

THE BOTTOM EDGE IS SIMILAR WITH AN ADDED BIT OF RUB IN THE MIDDLE

THE SPINE HAS A GENTLE FINGET TO THUMB IMPRESSION AT THE TOP . PRISTINE WHITE SURFACE. THE TOP AND BOTTOM ENDS ARE UNBLEMISHED

THE OPENING EDGE IS  SHARP ALL THE WAY ALONG WITH JUST A COUPLE OF TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS

THE REAR SURFACE IS AS  SUPERB AS THE FRONT. 

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS  SLEEVE  NEAR MINT