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FULLY TEST PLAYED AND RECORDED SO YOU CAN HEAR IT BEFORE BIDDING Powered by eCommercePlayer.com Powered by eCommercePlayer.com DAVID BOWIE - SPACE ODDITY

INCREDIBLE MINT / EX+ AUDIO

NEAR MINT SLEEVE

COMPLETE WITH LYRIC INNER SLEEVE AND POSTER

THE VERY FIRST OF THE ORANGE LABELS WITH THE TITANIC CREDITS

THE RECORD

THE LABELS

THE MATT ORANGE 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 JET BLACK TYPEFACE IS CLEAR AND UNRUBBED AND THEREFORE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. 

THERE ARE NO SPIDER LINES AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT 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 DISCS IN DAYLIGHT 

UNDER A MAGNIFYING LED HALO I CAN SEE 2-3 FINE HANDLING LINES ON SIDE TWO

PLAYING THE RECORD

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON BOTH SIDES. AN ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING PRISTINE NOISE FREE EXAMPLE

THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THE SUPERB STEREO REPRODUCTION AT ANY POINT.

NOR IS THERE ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE OR LOUD CLICKS

THERE IS NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

THE LINKING GROOVES ARE SILENT

I HEARD JUST A FEW MINUSCULE STATIC DUST TICS AT THE START OF TRACK 2, SIDE 2
TRACK THREE, SIDE TWO HAS SOME VERY LIGHT ROTATIONAL TICS FOR APPOX 20 SECS. THEY ARE BEHIND THE MISIC AND VERY LIGHT, CAUSED BY A VERY FINE AND SMALL HANDLING LINE

FOR ME THE AUDIO GRADES MINT FOR SIDE A AND EX+ FOR SIDE B

TAKE A LISTEN FOR YOURSELF AND YOU GRADE IT AGAINST YOUR STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED  MATTE ROBERT STACE SINGLE SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS VERY VERY CLEAN AND IMPORTANTLY FREE FROM ANY LOSS OF THE DELICATE  COLOURS. THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE WHATSOEVER. JUST THE LIGHTEST BIT OF GREYINH AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM

NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES, NO MARKS OR STAINS AND NO FOLDS OR BENDS.

NO FADING OF THE COLOURS

THERE ARE JUST FOUR SMALL PRESSURE LINE NEXT TO  THE SPINE. FIVE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, FOUR ALONG THE BOTTOM AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE FOUR CORNERS HAVE THE SMALLEST SPECK OF RUB ON A COUPLE OF THE TIPS

THE TOP EDGE HAS PERFECT COLOURS WITH JUST A DOT OF RUB ON THE RIGHT CORNER TIP

THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS A LITTLE SPECK OF RUB IN THE MIDDLE AND AGAIN ON THE RIGHT CORNER

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED ALL THE WAY FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. A COUPLE OF THE PRESSURE LINES FROM THE FRONT HAVE CREPT ONTO THE SPINE. THE TOP AND BOTTOM ENDS HAVE A LITTLE RUB WEAR

ALL OF THE COLOUR IS THERE AND THERE IS NO SCUFFING OR WEAR TO THE LEADING EDGES WHICH SO OFTEN SHOWS ON THIS SLEEVE. EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE OPENING EDGE IS VERY SHARP, WITH A COUPLE OF TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS

THE REAR SURFACE HAS A VERY LIGHT DUSTING OF RECORD SHAPE

THE PICTURE / LYRIC INNER SLEEVE HAS NO SEAM SPLITS AND NO CREASES, JUST A LITTLE EDGE AGEING

THE POSTER IS MINT WITH RAZOR SHARP FOLD LINES

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS  SLEEVE  NEAR MINT IT IS THAT GOOD