Queen 1973 UK DEBUT LP 'Blairs Press' SUPERB NEAR MINT AUDIO - LISTEN

Sold Date: October 9, 2021
Start Date: October 2, 2021
Final Price: £127.00 (GBP)
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OUTSTANDING UPGRADE  COPY OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM

QUEEN - QUEEN

SUPERB NEAR MINT AUDIO

NEAR MINT MINUS SLEEVE

'BLAIRS' PRESS

 

CATALOGUE:EMI EMC 3006 MATRIX: YAX 4623-/ 4624-5 BLAIR RULES ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX SIDE ONE BLAIR ETCHED INTO THE RUN OUT DEAD WAX SIDE TWO MOTHERS/STAMPERS:4 HM / 1 TA



 

THE RECORDS

 

THE LABELS

THE TAN AND RED EMI LABELS ARE JUST MAGNIFICENT. THERE IS NO MARKS, STAINS OR ANYTHING ELSE TO MAR THE SUPERB CONDITION THAT THEY ARE IN. THE COLOURS FULLY STRETCH INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALSO PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND UNRUBBED. THERE ARE 3-4 SPIDER LINES BY THE SPINDLE HOLE


THE VINYL

INCREDIBLE GLOSSY  CONDITION VINYL.

LOOKS FLAWLESS IN DAYLIGHT, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE JUST A FEW WISPY SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL HAIRLINES VISIBLE AND A COPUPLE OF TINY HANDLING LINES

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

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

 IT'S ALL HERE, RUN IN'S, RUN OUTS, LINKING GROOVES, AND OF COURSE THE MAGNIFICENCE OF THIS FIRST PRESS REPRODUCTIVELY.

THE CLARITY OF THIS FIRST PRESS IS JUST BRILLIANT. THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND NOTHING AT ALL TO MAR THE SUBLIME STEREO REPRODUCTION.

THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION ANYWHERE

THERE IS NO MORE THAN THE ODD SPECK OF BARELY AUDIBLE BACKGROUND STATIC OR EVEN VINYL NOISE. 

MAYBE THE ODD DUST POP OR TWO, BUT NO MORE. 

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS AUDIO  NEAR MINT

PLEASE TAKE A GOD LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF

 

 

 

 

THE SLEEVE

 

FLIMSY NON LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE FROM GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE.

THIS SLEEVE IS USUALLY FOUND SERIOUSLY RUBBED OR CREASED BECAUSE IT IS SO THIN AND THE UNLAMINATED SURFACE IS A VERY POWDERY FINISH AND EASILY WORN. THIS ONE HOWEVER IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION

THE FRONT SURFACE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND PERFECTLY CLEAN..

THE DELICATE PURPLE COLOURS HAVE ALL BEEN RETAINED AND THERE ARE NO  HEAVY CREASES OR BENDS ANYWHERE. JUST A SMALL DING TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIP

THERE ARE EIGHT MINISCULE PRESSURE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE . ONE ON THE TOP EDGE, TWO ON THE BOTTOM EDGE AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

NO RING WEAR, AND ONLY THE BAREST TRACE OF RECORD SHAPE 

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES WHICH AGAIN USUALLY SUFFER TERRIBLY FROM SHELFWEAR, ARE IN NEAR MINT CONDITION. NOT ONE JOT OF WEAR AT ALL TO THE TOP EDGE WITH JUST A SPECK OF RUB TO THE CORNER TIPS.

THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS A LITTLE RUBBING TO BOTH CORNERS

ONE OTHER POINT ABOUT A FIRST PRESS. THE SPINE WORDING WILL ALSO APPEAR ALONG THE TOP EDGE AS WELL

THE SPINE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF JUST HOW MAGNIFICENT THIS SLEEVE IS. MOST WILL BE WORN THROUGH WITH THE TYPEFACE WORN AWAY. THIS ONE HAS ALL OF THE COLOURS INTACT, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECT. THERE IS A SPECK OF RUB TO THE BOTTOM TIP

THE OPENING EDGE IS  SHARP  WITH JUST A COUPLE OF TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS

THE REAR SURFACE IS ALSO IN SUPER CONDITION. EASILY AS NICE AS THE FRONT

THE ORIGINAL 'CARE OF YOUR RECORD' EMI INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND IN THE SAME SUPERB CONDITION AS THE REST OF THIS SET

VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE  NEAR MINT MINUS


 


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