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

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THE ANIMALS - ANIMALISMS

 MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS AUDIO

FINAL UPGRADE EXAMPLE

RARE 1ST PRESS ON THE UNBOXED MONO DECCA LABEL

EX+ SLEEVE

 

 

CATALOGUE:DECCA LK4797

MATRIX:XARL 7225-1A / 7226-1A

FIRST PRESS

MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 BK / 1 BC

 

 

THE RECORDS

 

THE LABELS

THE RED AND SILVER LABELS ARE IN JUST MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THE DEEP RED COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND HAS NO MARKS OR STAINS ON IT ANYWHERE. IT ALSO STRETCHES FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE SILVER TYPEFACE AND LOGO'S ARE ALSO IN PRISTINE UNRUBBED CONDITION, WITH EACH LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

 

THE VINYL

A GLEAMING DISC THAT HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND SHEEN. THIS IS NATURALLY ALSO A HEAVY WEIGHT FIRST PRESS DISC.

IN DAYLIGHT THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE ON THE SURFACE OF THE VINYL, AND IT LOOKS FLAWLESS.

UNDER SPOTLIGHTS ALL I SEE ARE A COUPLE OF  VERY FEINT AND LIGHT WISPY HAIRLINES ON THE SURFACE

THE TEST PLAY

THE RICH AND POWERFUL MONO SOUND IS JUST MAGNIFICENT AND PURE FIRST PRESS. THE REPRODUCTION IS JUST SECOND TO NONE, AND EVERY NOTE IS CLEAR AND CRISP.

THERE IS NOT ONE SECOND OF DISTORTION TO THIS AMAZING SOUND, MEANING THAT THE FEW PLAYS THAT THE LP HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH MAGNIFICENTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND CERTAINLY NO LOUD CLICKS

THERE IS SILENCE BETWEEN THE TRACKS 

NO DUST POPS OR TICS

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

JUST A COUPLE OF SPLIT SECONDS OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND DURING THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

THE RECORDING IS A VERY LOUD MONO CUT AND IS REPRODUCED SUPERBLY, SO PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE THIS GREAT ALBUM FOR YOURSELF

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS PLAYTHROUGH  MINT MINUS, FOR THE AUDIO PERFORMANCE

PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN SO THAT YOU CAN GRADE IT FOR YOURSELF

 

THE SLEEVE

 

LAMINATED FRONT. NON LAMINATED REAR WITH FLIPBACKS

MACNEILL PRESS SINGLE SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS IN FLAT AND CLEAN CONDITION AND HAS NO HEAVY CREASING OR BENDING TO ANY PART OF IT, NOR ARE THERE ANY DEFECTS TO THE LAMINATE ITSELF. NO LIFT, FLAKE OR PEEL

THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR

THERE ARE SEVEN SMALL LAMINATE PRESSURE LINES AGAINST THE SPINE. FOUR MICROSCOPIC ONES ON THE TOP EDGE, TWO ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND  NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

NO RING WEAR JUST THE LIGHT SHADOW OF RECORD IMPRESSION DUE ONLY TO THE THIN CARD USED , AND THIS IS ONLY VISIBLE WHEN ANGLING THE SLEEVE INTO THE LIGHT

THE TOP EDGE IS STILL PERFECTLY LAMINATED AND SMOOTH TO THE TOUCH ALL THE WAY ALONG WITH JUST A PIN PRICK OF RUB TO THE LEFT TIP END.

THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS A LITTLE RUB TO BOTH TIP ENDS ONLY

THE SPINE ALSO HAS ALL OF THE LAMINATE INTACT . A COUPLE OF LIGHT FINGER TO THUMB IMPRESSIONS AND A DOT OF RUB TO THE TAPERED ENDS

THE OPENING EDGE HAS A LITTLE FEATHERING

THE REAR SURFACE HAS PERFECTLY ADHERED FLIPBACKS. THE ORIGINAL OLD MONEY 20/ SHILLINGS WAS WRITTEN IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER

THE WHITE SURFACE ONLY HAS VERY MILD HANDLING AND AGEING

THE  WHITE POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE  WITH THE BLUE TEXT IS UNSPLIT ONE CORNER FOLD AND SOME LIGHT AGEING

THE SLEEVE GRADES EX+