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

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GENTLE GIANT - OCTOPUS

MAGNIFICENT  NEAR MINT VINYL

NEAR MINT SLEEVE 

2ND PRESS

 

THE RECORD 

 

THE LABELS

THE RED LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE BASE COLOUR IS IMMACULATE AND UNWORN, AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. .

THE BLACK TYPEFACE AND YELLOW COLUMBIA WORDING IS TOTALLY UNRUBBED AND EVERY LETTER PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THERE ARE NO SPIDER LINES BY THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE HANDLING MARKS,AND IN DAYLIGHT IS IS ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS 

THERE IS A TINY NON SOUNDING ULTRA FINE WISPY HANDLING LINE ON TRACK ONE, SIDE ONE WHEN VIEWED UNDER A MAGNIFYING LED HALO
 

THE TEST PLAY

 

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS LP SOUNDS.

THE SILENT BITS ARE  SILENT, AND THE MUSIC COMES THROUGH CRISPLY AND CLEARLY.

THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THIS SUPERB SOUND WHATSOEVER AT ANY POINT.

THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AT ANY POINT AND CERTAINLY NO LOUD CLICKS

I HEARD JUST A FEW TINY SPECKS OF VERY LOW LEVEL STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND IN A FEW LINKING GROOVES AND A COUPLE OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS AUDIO NEAR MINT  IT IS THAT GOOD

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

 

 

 

 

THE SLEEVE

 

NON LAMINATED MATTE SINGLE SLEEVE 

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND THE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT ACROSS THE SURFACE

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

NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE AND THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE 

THE TOP EDGE HAS A SMALL SCUFF TO THE COLOUR JUST LEFT OF CENTRE AND A LITTLE RUB TO THE RIGHT CORNER
THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS A LITTLE RUBBING ON THE RIGHT CORNER AND JUST LEFT OF THIS FOR A COUPLE OF INCHES

THE SPINE IS FLAT WITH PERFECTLY LEGIBLE TYPEFACE.  THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIP ENDS ARE PERFECT, AND THERE ARE TWO MINUSCULE SPECKS OF RUB ON THE TOP LEADING EDGE

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP 

THE REAR SURFACE IS FULLY COLOURED AND IDENTICAL IN STANDARD TO THE FRONT

A REAL TREAT TO BE ABLE TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT

 

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