FULLY TEST PLAYED AND RECORDED SO YOU CAN HEAR IT BEFORE BIDDING

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SUPERB MINT MINUS AUDIO

SCARCE 1979 1ST PRESS 

 NEAR MINT SLEEVE IN SHRINK WRAP

 

 

 

THE RECORD

 

THE LABELS

THE YELLOW LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLES. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALL CLEAR AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE ARE ZERO SPIDER LINES AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

THE VINYL HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND SHEEN AND IN DAYLIGHT LOOKS FLAWLESS. EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER SPOTLIGHTS THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF FINE WISPY HAIRLINES VISIBLE

THE FIRST THING TO SAY ABOUT THIS VINYL IS THAT THE CLARITY OF THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS PURE FIRST PRESS. EACH NOTE IS HEARD VERY CLEARLY AND THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ALL THROUGHOUT ANY PART OF THE PLAY THROUGH. NOR IS THERE ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE

THIS DISC PLAYS TO NEAR PERFECTION ALL THE WAY THROUGH

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND ONLY A FEW VERY TINY SPECKS OF STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND IN A LINKING GROOVE / SILENT PASSAGE OR TWO 

NO POPS OR TICS ANYWHERE

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS AUDIO MINT MINUS

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR PERSONAL STANDARDS

 

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED MATTE SINGLE SLEEVE 

STILL IN THE ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP WITH THE VIRGIN STORES HYPE STICKER ON THE FRONT

THE FRONT SURFACE IS JUST SUPERB. FLAT AND CLEAN AND THE COLOURED SURFACE HAS LOST NONE OF THE ORIGINAL COLOUR WHICH IS STILL RICH AND VIBRANT.

NO CREASES WHATSOEVER

THE SHRINK IS SPLIT NATURALLY AT THE OPENING EDGE, AND BUT THAT IS ALL
TIGHT BUT NOT TIGHT ENOUGH TO BEND THE SLEEVE

NO RINGWEAR OR RECORD SHAPE AND THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE WITH A TINY DOT OF RUB ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIP

THERE ARE NO PRESSURE LINES ON THE SPINE. NONE ON THE TOP EDGE, AND NONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE. NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP EDGE HAS ALL OF THE COLOUR FULLY RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER 
THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS A LITTLE RUB TO THE RIGHT CORNER

THE SPINE IS 100% FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. PRISTINE COLOUR AND TYPEFACE. UNBLEMISHED END TIPS. 

THE OPENING EDGE IS  SHARP AND SHOWS WHY THIS LP HAS REMAINED IN THE BARELY PLAYED STATE THAT IT IS. JUST A COUPLE OF TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS AT THE VERY TOP

THE REAR SURFACE IS IMMACULATE. EVERY BIT AS PERFECT AS THE FRONT

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT

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