Traffic MR FANTASY 1967 UK LP 1st Press *MONO* Bullseye Label EX+ AUDIO LISTEN

Sold Date: June 14, 2021
Start Date: June 7, 2021
Final Price: £128.00 (GBP)
Bid Count: 29
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TRAFFIC - MR FANTASY

1ST PRESS BULLSEYE LABEL

SUPERB EX+ AUDIO

LOVELY GATEFOLD SLEEVE

 

 

CATALOGUE:ISLAND ILP 961 MATRIX:ILP 961+A / +B


THE RECORDS

 

THE LABELS

THE PINK LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. 

ROUGH TEXTURE WHICH STRETCHES FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. 

THE SBLACK TYPEFACE IS UNRUBBED AND UNWORN AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE ARE JUST 3-4 TINY VISIBLE SPIDER LINES BY THE SPINDLE HOLE 

 

THE VINYL

ORIGINAL HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL WHICH HAS RETAINED  ITS ORIGINAL SHEEN.

IN DAYLIGHT IT IS TOTALLY IMMACULATE AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE NO MORE THAN A FEW  MINUSCULE WISPY HAIRLINES, A COUPLE OF LIGHT HANDLING LINES AND A SMALL SPOT MARK ON TRACK ONE, SIDE ONE

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 TOIP 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

THE VINYL PLAYS SUPERBLY THROUGH BOTH SIDES AND PLAYS WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER, MEANING THE RECORD THAT HAS NO GROOVE WEAR

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND NO LOUD BACKGROUND CRACKLE ANYWHERE 

IN FACT THE MONO REPRODUCTION IS JUST SUPERB, WITH A REALLY THUMPING BASS LINE

NO SKIPS OR JUMPS

AND MOST INCREDIBLY THERE IS NO STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND TO BE HEARD ANYWHERE AND THE LINKING GROOVES ARE NEAR SILENT

TRACK ONE SIDE ONE, HAS A FEW TINY LOW LEVEL TICS CAUSED BY THE TINY SPOT MARK S AND THERE ARE SOME SINGULAR RANDOM LITTLE TICS/POPS DURING THE PLAY

CERTAINLY NOTHING TO DETRACT SERIOUSLY FROM THE AWSOME HI FI QULAITY AUDIO REPRODUCED THROUGH THE VINYL

SO MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE LP AND JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS.

FOR US IT GRADES EX+ FOR THE PLAYTHROUGH

 

 

 

THE SLEEVE

 

FIRST ISSUE LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE

THIS IS A SLEEVE THAT HISTORICALLY IS FOUND BATTERED, BUT THIS ONE IS FREE FROM MOST OF THE USUAL FLAWS

THE FRONT SURFACE HAS RETAINED ALL OF THE ORIGINAL COLOUR, AND THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS TO THE PICTURE AT ALL. THE INKS ARE MAGNIFICENT

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO RING WEAR OR EVEN ANY EVIDENCE OF RECORD SHAPE

THE LAMINATE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH JUST A TINY BIT OF LIFT AT THE TOP OF THE SPINE

THE TWO RIGHT CORNER TIPS HAVE A LITTLE RUB

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES AND NO BENDS OR FOLDS.

THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE

THERE ARE JUST TWO MINUSCULE PRESSURE LINES BY THE SPINE. NONE AT ALL ON THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE BOTH IS SUPERB CONDITION WITH  LAMINATED BACK EDGES PRISTINE, AND THE CARD EDGES OF THE FRONT JUST VERY MILDLY FEATHERED

THE SPINE HAS ONE SMALL FINGER TO THUMB IMPRESSION AND THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS ARE RUBBED

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP

THE REAR SURFACE HAS LAMINATE LIFT ALONGSIDE THE SPINE AND THERE IS A LIGHT SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVELAS TWO NEAR PRISTINE INNER PANELS JUST A LITTLE AGEING TO THE EDGES

THE DIE CUT INNER SLEEVE IS FLAT AND UNSPLIT WITH SOME GLUE AGEING TO THE EDGES

HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE EX+

 

GG-SUPERSOUNDS HAVE MANY VARIED ALBUMS AND SINGLES FOR SALE


UNLIKE THE MAJORITY OF OUR LISTINGS, THESE WILL INCLUDE (WHERE PRACTICAL) THE COMPLETE RECORDING OF THE RECORD, SO THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO HEAR EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE BIDDING ON

THESE WILL BE LISTED AROUND 6PM DAILY 



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Shipping: 
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Your Purchase will be send inside a very protective square cornered professional package

The record will be removed from the sleeve and placed inside a new poly inner sleeve and separated from the cover

The sleeve and record will then have a new outer protective sleeve placed around it