JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON THE SUBJECT OF A FIRST PRESS. WWA PRESSED THIS ALBUM A COUPLE OF TIMES DUE TO THE DEMAND. A TRUE FIRST PRESS I.E ONE OF THE FIRST BATCH CAN BE IDENTIFIED IN A NUMBER OF WAYS

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE JET BLACK AND SILVER LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. NOT ONE MARK ON THEM, AND THE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND STRETCHES FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE.

ALL OF THE TYPEFACE AND LOGOS ARE UNRUBBED AND ARE ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

INCREDIBLY THERE ARE NO SPIDER LINES AT ALL ON EITHER SIDE OF THE SPINDLE HOLE, A CLEAR INDICTAOR OF HANDLING AND CARE AND PLAY!!

THE VINYL

THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND HAS RETAINED AL OF IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN AND LUSTRE. IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE WHATSOEVER, NOT EVEN ANY WISPY HAIRLINES, THE VINYL JUST HASN'T BEEN PLAYED

PLAYING THE RECORD

WE DO BELIEVE THAT A RARE LP SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE HEARD BY BIDDERS AND SO THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE  INVESTED IN. THE BUTTONS AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE WILL ALLOW YOU TO HEAR THE ACTUAL RECORD YOUR ARE THINKING OF BIDDING ON

THIS IS A SERVICE WE ARE DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER OUR CUSTOMERS

I WAS IN TWO MINDS AS TO WHETER TO PLAY THIS LP FOR THE AUCTION, BUT AS YOU KNOW UNPLAYED DOES NOT MEAN MINT!!! AND SO I HOPE BIDDERS WILL NOT MIND MY ONE EXTREMELY CAREFUL TEST PLAY

TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THIS SUPERB VINYL, AND IN PARTICULAR THE THIRD TRACK, SIDE ONE WHICH HAS  THE DELICATE 'FLUFF' WHICH ON MOST COPIES, SOUNDS TERRIBLE. IT IS ALWAYS HERE THAT THIS VINYL LETS ITSELF DOWN, BUT ON THIS COPY IT PLAYS FLAWLESSLY

THE VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION WHATSOEVER, AND THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS SUPERB

AN ABSOLUTELY CLEAN AND CLEAR AUDIO PERFORMANCE THAT HAS ABSOLUTELY NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND NO LOUD CLICKS EITHER

NO VINYL NOISE AT ALL ANYWHERE, AND I CANNOT EVEN SAY THAT I HEARD ANY STATIC EITHER.

AN INCREDIBLE VINYL THAT PERFORMS TO THE  HIGHEST GRADE POSSIBLE

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS DISC MINT !!!!!

DON'T JUST TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT THOUGH, TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE

VERY HARD TO FIND IN TOP CONDITION DUE TO THE DUSTY BLACK SURFACE WHICH IS USUALLY BADLY WORN AND THE REAR SURFACE WHICH IS ALWAYS GRUBBY ACROSS THE WHITE AREAS

THIS ONE WHILST NOT TOTALLY MINT IS CERTAINLY IN A VERY COLLECTABLE CONDITION

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND MOST OF THE DELICATE AND EASILY WORN BLACK SURFACE IS INTACT. 

THERE IS NO RUBBING TO THIS BLACK AREA WHATSOEVER,  OTHER THAN A LITTLE GREYING UNDER THE TOP EDGE AND A SMALLER BIT ON THE BOTTOM EDGE

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

THE PINK AND TAN IMAGE IN THE CENTRE IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES AMAZINGLY ARE TOTALLY UNWORNTHIS SLEEVE HAS SAT INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER FOR  ALOT OF ITS LIFE TO BE IN THIS CONDITION, BECAUSE THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE USUALLY BADLY WORN THROUGH

THE SPINE IS FLAT AND FREE FROM SQUASHING. THERE IS SOME LIGHT AGEING TO THE WHITENESS, BUT ALL OF THE TEXT IS PERFECT

THE OPENING EDGE IS  RAZOR SHARP AND IT IS SO CLEAR THAT THE LP JUST HASN'T BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE

THE REAR SURFACE IS STILL VERY VERY WHITE WITH JUST SOME LIGHT SIGNES OF HANDLING TO THE SURFACE ALONG THE EDGES

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS AN ABSOLUTELY MINT CONDITION INNER SURFACE.AND SHOWS THE SLEEVE TO BE A FIRST PRESS BY NOT HAVING A BLACK BORDER TO THE PICTURE WHICH RUNS ALL THE WAY TO THE OUTER EDGES.

THE ORIGINAL THIN TEXTURED INNER SLEEVE IS IN MAGNIFICENT ORIGINAL CONDITION. NO SPLITS, VERY WHITE AND UNCREASED, AND AGAIN BECAUSE IT IS TEXTURED AND NOT SMOOTH, THIS SHOWS A TRUE FIRST ISSUE INNER

THE SLEEVE GRADES NEAR MINT