Bachman Turner Overdrive FOUR WHEEL DRIVE UK 1ST ONE PLAY EVER & 100% MINT

	£		87
	$		115

BACHMAN TURNER OVERDRIVE - FOUR WHEEL DRIVE

ONCE PLAYED MINT!!!! CONDITION

EXCELLENT PLUS SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE: MERCURY 9100 012
• MATRIX:9100012 1Y//1 v 420 03  1 2 2 / 2Y// v 420   0 3 1 2 1
• ' RALFO ' ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX BOTH SIDES

RECENTLY I SOLD A BATCH OF 80'S ROCK LP'S THAT WERE IN THE MOST OUTSTANDING CONDITION. I BELIEVE I HAVE BETTERED THAT NOW WITH A COLLECTION OF 70'S ROCK ALBUMS THAT ARE IN A CONDITION THAT DEFIES BELIEF.

THEY BELONGED TO A COLLECTOR WHO WAS ABSOLUTELY METICULOUS WITH THEM. MOST ARE PLAYED JUST ONCE OR SOME NOT AT ALL, WITH A FEW HAVING 2-4 PLAYS AT MOST. THE VINYLS ARE JUST PERFECT AS YOU WILL HEAR WHEN YOU PLAY THE SOUNDBITES.

BACK IN THE 70'S RECORD SHOPS LIKE W.H SMITHS SOLD NUMBERING SYSTEMS SO THAT COLLECTORS COULD CATALOGUE THEIR RECORDS. IT INVOLVED A SHEET OF GUMMY NUMBERS IN SMALL SQUARES, WHICH WERE PLACED ON THE ALBUM SLEEVE. THE CORRESPONDING NUMBER WAS ALSO ON A RECORD CARD WHICH THE OWNER FILLED IN WITH THE ALBUM DETAILS. WHILST THIS DOES CAUSE A SMALL RESIDUAL MARK ON THE SLEEVE, ANYONE WHO COLLECTED RECORDS IN THIS WAY USUALLY CARED FOR THEM AND PROTECTED THEM LIKE THEY WERE THE MOST PRECIOUS THING IN THEIR LIVES.

THIS COLLECTION IS NO DIFFERENT. THE LP'S WERE ALL HOUSED INSIDE STRONG RECORD CASES, MEANING THAT THEY WERE PROTECTED FROM THE LIGHT, SO THERE HAS BEEN NO FADING OF THE COLOURS, AND BECAUSE THERE WERE ONLY 20 IN EACH CASE, THERE HAS BEEN NO RUBBING OR SHELF WEAR, AND IN MOST CASES THE SLEEVES ARE THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN. YES IT MAY NOT BE EVERY COLLECTORS DESIRE TO HAVE THE SMALL NUMBER SQUARE ON THE SLEEVE, AND I COULD REMOVE THEM WITHOUT DAMAGING THE SLEEVE, BUT I AM GOING TO LEAVE THE DECISION TO THE NEW OWNER WHETHER TO REMOVE OR NOT.

ALSO WORTH A MENTION IS THE FACT THAT THE INNER SLEEVES ON MOST OF THE LP'S ARE ABSOLUTELY FLAT AND UNWRINKLED. JUST NEVER BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVES!!!!

LET ME JUST SAY THAT IN MY OPINION YOU WILL NEVER EVER GET A BETTER CHANCE TO GET A ONCE PLAYED, UNPLAYED OR BARELY PLAYED 70'S CLASSIC ROCK ALBUM!!!

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE BLUE MERCURY LABELS ARE IN MINT!!! CONDITION.

THE BASE COLOUR IS PRISTINE AND RUNS FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE, THERE IS ONE MICROSCOPIC SPIDER LINES AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

THE VINYL HAS RETAINED IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN AND IS SPOTLESS. IN DAYLIGHT THE DISC LOOKS FLAWLESS , AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS JUST NOTHING TO SEE. A STUNNING MINT VINYL IN EVERY WAY

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 KNOW THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY 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 ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES

ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION CAUSED THROUGH GROOVE WEAR. A STUNNING STEREO REPRODUCTION WITH NOTES BEING HEARD CRISPLY AND CLEANLY.

THERE IS NO HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLING AND NO LOUD CLICKS AT ANY POINT

THERE IS NO VINYL NOISE AND INCREDIBLY NO STATIC EITHER, EVEN IN THE LINKING GROOVES

I DIDN'T HEAR ANY DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THE PLAYTHROUGH OF THIS VINYL MINT !!!

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

THE SLEEVE

UNLAMINATED BY GLOSSY GATEFOLD SLEEVE

THIS SLEEVE IS MADE IN THE USA AND SO IT THE INNER SLEEVE. I HAVE NEVER HAD A COPY OF THIS FOR SALE SO I AM UNABLE TO CONFIRM 1005 THAT THIS IS HOW THEY WERE SOLD, BUT I HAVE NO REASON TO SUPPOSE THAT THESE HAVE BEEN SWAPPED, AS THE WHOLE COLLECTION WAS NUMBERED AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE. IT WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST TIME A US SLEEVE HAS BEEN USED ON OR FOR A UK PRESSING. THE CATALOGUE NUMBERS MATCH UP. IN FACT THE US CATALOGUE NUMBER IS SRM 1-1027, AND THIS NUMBER DOES NOT APPEAR ON THE SLEEVE, ONLY THE UK CATALOGUE NUMBER. ONCE ON THE SPINE AND ONCE ON THE REAR SURFACE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN.AND THE UNLAMINATED GLOSSY SURFACE IS FREE FROM AND BENDS OR FOLDS, AND IS VERY SHINY

THERE ARE 4 LINES BY THE SPINE WHICH HAVE MADE THE FRONT SURFACE LOOK NOT AS GOOD AS IT COULD. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR, WITH ALL OF THE BLACK COLOUR FULLY RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER, AND ONLY A COUPLE OF PIN PRICKS OF WHITE ARE VISIBLE ON THE RIGHT TIPS

THE SPINE IS  FLAT AND 100% UNSQUASHED, EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE THE COLOUR HAS RUBBED AWAY ON SOME OF THE TOP LEADING EDGE, AND TWO OF THE LINES NEAR THE SPINE ON THE FRONT SURFACE HAVE CREPT ROUND ONTO THE SPINE. THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS ARE LIGHTLY RUBBED

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP WITH JUST A LITTLE BURRING TO THE BACK EDGE

THE REAR SURFACE IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE FRONT BUT ONLY HAS THREE LINES NEAR THE SPINE, AND A SMALL PATCH OF GREYING IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO PRISTINE INNER PANELS

THE  CARD PICTURE INNER SLEEVE IS IN TOP CONDITION. THREE SMALL LINES ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, BUT NO SPLITS TO THE SEAMS, AND NO MARKS, STAINS OR CREASES

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE EXCELLENT PLUS

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

GARRY