Kula Shaker K 1996 UK LP 1st Press With Inner Sleeve EX+ AUDIO

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KULA SHAKER  - K

EX+ PLAYTHROUGH

FIRST PRESS 1996

SLEEVE IS NEAR MINT 

CATALOGUE:COLUMBIA SHAKER 1 LP MATRIX: 01 484180 20 1A1 / 2B1


THE RECORDS

 

THE LABELS

THE WHITE LABELS ARE IN TOP CONDITION SHOWING NO STAINS OR MARKS AND NO LOSS OF COLOUR. 

THE TYPEFACE IS EQUALLY PRISTINE AND ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. 

I HAD TO REALLY LOOK CLOSE TO SEE ANY SPIDER LINES AT ALL, BUT DID SPOT A SINGLE REALLY SMALL LINE WHEN I USED AN ILLUMINATING MAGNIFYING GLASS

 THIS LP HAS JUST NOT BEEN PLAYED MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES SINCE 1996

 

THE VINYL

THE  VINYL IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION AND HAS NOT LOST ANY OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. 

IN DAYLIGHT IT IS ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS. 

UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE A FEW VERY FINE WISPY HAIRLINES


THE TEST PLAY


THIS VINYL PLAYS ABSOLUTELY SUPERBLY. THE FIRST THING TO MENTION IS THE TOTAL LACK OF ANY DISTORTION TO THE SOUND, MEANING THAT WHAT LITTLE PLAY THE ALBUM HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

THE CLARITY OF THE STEREO PRODUCTION IS JUST SUPERB, AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD EXACTLY AS WAS INTENDED

THIS DISC PLAYS WITHOUT ANY HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND NO LOUD CLICKS

THE SECOND OF STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND IN A COUPLE OF THE LINKING GROOVES, AND ONE OR TWO OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES,

THERE IS SOME LIGHT CRACKLE AT THE START OF SIDE TWO

I HEARD 4-5 TINY DUST POPS DURING THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

A FANTASTIC VIRTUALLY UNPLAYED COPY OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS AUDIO AS  NEAR MINT

 

 

 

 

THE SLEEVE

UNLAMINATED MATTE SLEEVE WHICH IS IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION.

IT WAS PLACED INTO A PVC OUTER SLEEVE ON THE DAY OF PURCHASE AND THIS HAS RESULTED IN AN AS NEW CONDITION SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND HAS NO HEAVY CREASES, NO LIGHT CREASES AND JUST A COUPLE OF THE CORNER TIPS WITH A PIN PRICK OF RUB

THE COLOUR IS PRISTINE. NOT ONE SPECK OF RUB ANYWHERE. DEEP RICH INKS AND NO RINGWEAR OR RECORD SHAPE

A TINY SHADOW OF STICKER RESIDUE IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER

YOU WILL NOT FIND A BETTER EXAMPLE. THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE

THERE ARE THREE TINY PRESSURE LINES BY THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, ONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP EDGE HAS ALL OF THE COLOURS PRESENT, RIGHT ACROSS BOTH SURFACES , WITH A TINY SPECK OF RUB TO THE RIGHT TIP END

THE BOTTOM EDGES ARE AS PERFECT 

THE SPINE IS FLAT AND TOTALLY UNSQUASHED. ALL OF THE COLOUR IS THERE  ALL THE WAY FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. UNBLEMISHED TIP ENDS

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP FROM TOP TO BOTTOM

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS CLEAN AS THE FRONT. MOST COPIES SHOW RING WEAR HERE, BUT NOT THIS ONE IT IS PERFECT

JUST A TINY SHADOW OF HANDLING TO THE WHITE BORDERS

THE INNER SLEEVE IS FLAT AND HAS NO SEAM SPLITS

THE SLEEVE GRADES NEAR MINT