ASD 2251 Symphony In C Major BARBIROLLI SCHUBERT HALLE NEAR MINT AUDIO - LISTEN

	£		19
	$		25

SCHUBERT - SYMPHONY No 9

JOHN BARBIROLLI AND THE HALLE ORCHESTRA

PLAYED JUST TWO TIMES

FACTORY SAMPLE - 1G/1G VERY FIRST PRESS

• CATALOGUE:HMV ASD 2251
• MATRIX: 2YEA 974-2 / 975-1
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:1 1 G / 1 G
• VERY FIRST PRESS

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  TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE RED LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. DEEP RICH COLOURS THAT ARE FREE FROM ANY RUBBING. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALSO IN PRISTINE, SHARP CONDITION. THERE ARE SOME LIGHT FOXING MOTTLES VISIBLE WHEN THE RECORD IS ANGLED INTO THE LIGHT. THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF TINY SPIDER LINES BY THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE HANDLING MARKS OR LINES, AND IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TO BE FLAWLESS, AND EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE. A PRISTINE VINYL IS EVERY WAY. NO HAIRLINES OR FINGERMARKS, NO BLEMISHES WHATSOEVER

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS,AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS.

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

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION ON THIS FIRST PRESS IS JUST SUPERB CLEAR . CLEAN AND CRISP, WITH EVERY NOTE HEARD TO PERFECTION

THERE IS NO DISTORTION WHATSOEVER, MEANING THAT THE DISC HAS NOT BEEN PLAYED WITH A HEAVY OR WORN STYLUS

NO  BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS. NEAR PERFECT SILENCE IN THE LINKING GROOVES AND QUIET OR NEAR SILENT PASSAGES

THE PERFORMANCE OF THE ALBUM IS JUST PERFECTION. NO BACKGOUND ANYWHERE, DUST POPS, ONLY A COUPLE OF INSIGNIFICANT LITTLE STATIC TICS.==, AND THE OCCASIONAL VERY VERY LIGHT SPECK OF STATIC HEARD ONLY WHEN YOU SIT AS CLOSE AS I DO TO MY SPEAKERS WHILST TYPING THIS OUT (2 FEET). MOVING TO NORMAL LISTENING DISTANCE ELIMINATES VIRTUALLY ALL 

IT WOULD BE WELL WORTH TAKING A FULL LISTEN TO THE WHOLE ALBUM BEFORE DECIDING JUST HOW GREAT THIS IS

FOR ME THIS EASILY GRADES NEAR MINT FOR THE AUDIO AND MINT FOR THE APPEARANCE OF THE DISC

PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THROUGH, TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

LAMINATED FRONT AND NON LAMINATED FLIPBACK GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE SINGLE SLEEVE

STARTING WITH THE FRONT SURFACE , THE FIRST THING TO SAY IS THAT THE COLOURS HAVE ALL BEEN PERFECTLY RETAINED. THERE IS NO RUBBING OR LOSS OF COLOUR ANYWHERE,OTHER THAN THE VERY TOP LEFT CORNER WHERE THERE IS A LITTLE SCUFFING TO THE TOP EDGE

NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES, AND NOR ARE THERE ANY BENDS OR FOLDS. 

THERE ARE FIVE SMALL LAMINATE PRESSURE LINES BY THE SPINE.NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, SIX ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND ONE MINUSCULE THUMB LINE NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE OPENING EDGE

THERE ARE TWO SMALL PRESSURE LINES ON EACH OF THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES, BUT NO THUMB LINES NEXT TO THE OPENING EDGE

NO DENTS OR BENDS  

THE TOP EDGE HAS THAT SCUFF TO THE LEFT CORNER REVEALING THE BROWN UNDERCARD. THERE ARE TWO TINY ONES FURTHER ALONG THE EDGE, AND A PIN PRICK OF RUB TO THE RIGHT CORNER TIP END

THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS FULL LAMINATE RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER AND LIKE THE TOP, ONLY THE RIGHT CORNER TIP SHOWS A MINUSCULE SPECK OF RUB

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. THE LAMINATE IS NEAR PERFECT WITH JUST A COUPLE OF TINY LINES RUNNING ACROSS THE SURFACE. THE TOP TIP IS ALSO LIGHTLY RUBBED. 

THE WHITE TYPEFACE IS ALL PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND IT IS OBVIOUS BY LOOKING AT THIS THAT THE LP HAS BARELY BEEN OUT OF THE COVER

THE REAR SURFACE OF THIS GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE SLEEVE HAS PERFECTLY ADHERED FLIPBACKS AND A LOVELY WHITE POROUS SURFACE AND SHARP CRISP TEXT. THERE IS A LIGHT PATCH OF BROWNING JUST ABOVE THE BOTTOM EDGE

THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND HAS NO SPLITS TO THE SEAMS. THE POLY INNER IS ALSO UNBLEMISHED. THE WHITE SURFACE HAS BROWNED AND SHOWS SOME FOXING

HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE EX+

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY