1967 1ST MONO PRESSING

PLAYS 100% EX+

EX SLEEVE

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE PASTEL BLUE AND SILVER PAGE ONE LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. THE JET BLUE BASE COLOUR IS JUST IMMACULATE. THERE IS NO RUBBING OR WEAR OF ANY DESCRIPTION. THE SPINDLE HOLE IS ALSO TOTALLY UNWORN. THE SILVER TYPEFACE IS IN ADDITION PRISTINE AND EVERY LETTER PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE SILVER LOGO IS TOTALLY IMMACULATE AND THERE ARE JUST A FEW SMALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL HAS RETAINED ITS ORIGINAL SHEEN AND IN DAYLIGHT STILL LOOKS FLAWLESS. INCREDIBLE CONDITION FOR THIS 1967 VINYL, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN. ONE OR TWO SURFACE HANDLING LINES AND A SMALL SCUFF ON THE FINAL TRACK SIDE ONE

 I DON'T BELIEVE THERE CAN BE  ABETTER COPY AROUND

PLAYING THE RECORD

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 REPRODUCTION IS PURE MONO! FIRST PRESS WITH EVERY NOTE BEING CRISP AND CLEAR. THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION TO ANY PART OF THIS SOUND WHICH IS QUITE INCREDIBLE WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE TYPE OF RECORD PLAYER THAT WAS BEING USED IN THE 60'S.

THERE IS NO HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS

NO HEAVY VINYL NOISE WHICH IS AGAIN A LITTLE SURPRISING ON THIS ULTRA HEAVY VINYL

THERE IS THE OCCASIONAL VERY LIGHT  AUDIBLE  STATIC IN SOME OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES AND A FEW RANDOM LITTLE DUST POPS AND TICS

THE DISTORTION FREE CRYSTAL CLEAR SOUND STANDS OUT ABOVE ANYTHING

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL EX+

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

FRONT LAMINATED , REAR UNLAMINATED FLIPBACK SINGLE SLEEVE.

THE FRONT SURFACE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR, AND THE LAMINATE SHOWS NO DAMAGE TO IT OTHER THAN PRESSURE LINES ON THE SPINE

NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES, AND NO FOLDS OR BENDS.  THERE ARE NINE LAMINATE LINES BY THE SPINE, NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE. TWO ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND JUST ONE MINUSCULE THUMB LINE BY THE OPENING EDGE

NO RING WEAR, OR RECORD SHAPE. NO LAMINATE LIFT, PEEL OR FLAKE. THE CORNER TIPS ARE RIBBED A LITTLE WITH THE TOP LEFT ONE BEING THE MOST RUBBED

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 100% STILL FULLY LAMINATED AND THE COLOUR FULLY RUNS FROM TIP TO TIP. THERE IS JUST THE TINIEST PIN PRICK OF WHITE SHOWING ON THE TWO RIGHT CORNER TIPS

THE SPINE IS STILL TOTALLY FLAT AND 100% UNSQUASHED. THE LAMINATE FULLY RUNS FROM TOP TO BOTTOM AND THERE IS JUST A TINY SPECK OF RUBBING TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM BOTTOM TIP ENDS. ALL OF THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE ARE SOME LAMINATE CRACKS ON THE SURFACE WHERE THE ONES ON THE FRONT HAVE CREPT ONTO THE SPINE

THE OPENING EDGE IS SHARP WITH A COUPLE OF TINY SPECKS OF BURRING

THE REAR SURFACE IS USUALLY VERY VERY GRUBBY HAVING A POROUS WHITE SURFACE. THIS COPY HAS ONCE AGAIN STOOD UP VERY WELL. THE WHITE SURFACE IS STILL PRETTY WELL WHITE WITH THE ONLY REAL SIGNS OF LIGHT AGEING AND HANDLING OCCURRING AROUND THE PERIMETER EDGES. THE TYPEFACE AND PICTURES ARE ALL UNRUBBED AND VERY CLEAR AND LEGIBLE.

THE POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS UNSPLIT AND BARELY WRINKLED, BUT HAS LIGHTLY BROWNED WITH AGE

HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE EX