Sold Date:
June 14, 2021
Start Date:
June 7, 2021
Final Price:
£128.00
(GBP)
Bid Count:
29
Seller Feedback:
3829
Buyer Feedback:
349
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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
THESE WILL BE LISTED AROUND 6PM DAILY
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