Bachman Turner Overdrive FREEWAYS 1977 UK LP 1ST PRESS ONE PLAY EVER 100% MINT
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BACHMAN TURNER OVERDRIVE -FREEWAYS
PLAYS TO A MINT !!!! GRADE
PLAYED ONLY ONCE
MINT MINUS SLEEVE
- CATALOGUE: MERCURY 9100 035
- MATRIX:9100035 1Y//1 v 420 04 1 1 / 2Y//1 v 420 04 1 1
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, WHERE THERE IS JUST ONE MINUSCULE SPIDER LINE VISIBLE SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED
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 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 ONLY THE BAREST TRACE OF OCCASIONAL STATIC HEARD IN A COUPLE OF 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 ROBERT STACE SINGLE SLEEVE
THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN, AND THERE IS NOT ONE SPECK OF COLOUR LOSS. NOR IS THERE ANY HEAVY CREASING OR CREASE LINES
THE COLOUR IS ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE. NO RUBBING, NO RING WEAR AND NO RECORD SHAPE.
THERE ARE THREE MICROSCOPIC LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE
THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE IMMACULATE. ALL OF THE EASILY WORN COLOURING IS THERE AND FULLY RUNS FROM CORNER TO CORNER. EVEN THE TIPS ARE UNBLEMISHED.
THE SPINE IS FLAT AND 100% UNSQUASHED. EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND ALL OF THE COLOUR IS INTACT RIGHT THROUGH TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIP ENDS. THERE IS ONE TINY FINGER TO THUMB IMPRESSION ON THE TOP EDGE
THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP AND SHOWS WHY THIS VINYL HAS REMAINED INSIDE THE SLEEVE ALL THESE YEARS
THE THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME SUPERB CONDITION AS THE FRONT. THREE TINY LINES NEAR THE SPINE, AND NO RUBBING OR COLOUR LOSS ANYWHERE
THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND IS IN UNSPLIT, AND UNWRINKLED CONDITION. AND PERFECTLY WHITE
I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT MINUS
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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