Centipede SEPTOBER ENERGY UK LP PROG / PSYCH 100% MINT

	£		71
	$		94

CENTIPEDE - SEPTOBER ENERGY

ABSOLUTELY SPOTLESS AND MINT CONDITION

• RCA / NEON
• CATALOGUE: NE 09
• MATRIX NUMBERS:  AGBS 0604 -2E / 0605-2E/ AGBS 0606 -2E / 0607-4E

THIS DOUBLE ALBUM IS IN THE MOST INCREDIBLE CONDITION I HAVE EVER SEEN. IT IS WITHOUT DOUBT IN MINT CONDITION, AS IT HAS ONLY EVER HAD ONE VERY CAREFUL PLAY FROM NEW AND THEN BEEN PROTECTED AND STORED SINCE 1971.

THIS IS PROGRESSIVE ROCK AT ITS PSYCHADELIC BEST. A SOUND SENSATION THAT DEMANDS ABSOLUTE SILENCE IN THE VINYL AS THERE ARE SO MAN SILENT OR NEAR SILENT SECTIONS THAT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE OR VINYL NOISE WOULD DESTROY THE AUDIBLE EXPERIENCE. IF YOU WANT THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THIS ALBUM THAT MONEY CAN BUY, THEN THIS IS IT WITHOUT QUESTION. IT BEHAVES EXACTLY HOW A BRAND NEW LP WOULD HAVE DONE 37 YEARS AGO WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY PRESSED

THE RECORD LABELS

ONE SIDE OF EACH LABEL IS A PICTURE LABEL FEATRING VENUS DE MILO, AND THE OTHER SIDE IS A BLACK RCA LABEL WITH WHITE TYPEFACE. BOTH SETS ARE IMMACULATE AND HAVE NO MARKS OR BLEMISHES ANYWHERE. THE SPINDLE HOLE IS TOTALLY UNHWORN, AND THERE JUST AREN'T ANY SPIDER LINES WHATSOEVER. NOT EVEN MINUTE ONES. CLEARLY THIS LP HAS ONLY EVER BEEN PLAYED ONCE SINCE 1971, AND THEN STORED CAREFULLY AWAY. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE FIND, AND A SUPERB OPPORTUNITY TO GET A TRULY MINT EXAMPLE OF THIS PROG ALBUM

THE VINYL

ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE , IMMACULATE, AS NEW, GLOSSY BLACK HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL. REMOVING THEM FROM THE INNER SLEEVE THEY STILL HAVE THAT NEW FEEL AND SOUND THAT YOU ONLY GET WHEN YOU TAKE A RECORD OUT OF ITS INNER FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF TIMES. COLLECTORS OUT THERE WILL I AM CERTAIN  UNDERSTAND WHERE I AM COMING FROM WITH THAT STATEMENT.  CAREFULLY EXAMINING THE DISC REVEALS A SPOTLESS SURFACE. THIS VINYL APPEARS EXACTLY HOW A NEW VINYL WOULD HAVE LOOKED BACK IN 1972 WHEN THIS DISC WAS ORIGINALLY PRESSED.  . THE HIGH GLOSS AND MARK FREE DISC IS WITHOUT A DOUBT ONE OF THE CLEANEST I HAVE EVER SEEN. EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO A SPOTLIGHT (WHICH ARGUABLY ISN'T REALLY A TRUE REFLECTION OF HOW GOOD A VINYL IS, AS THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOMETHING TO SEE THIS WAY) THE VINYL DISPLAYS NO MORE THAN A FEW RIDICULOUSLY WISPY HAIRLINES

PLAYING THE RECORD

I HAVE INCLUDED 8 SHORT EXAMPLES OF JUST HOW GREAT THIS RECORD SOUNDS. PLEASE CLICK ON THE MEDIA PLAYER ABOVE TO TO SELECT EACH SNIPPET. I ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT THE INTRODUCTION (RUN IN GROOVE) IS A REALLY GOOD REFLECTION OF THE OVERALL QUALITY OF THE DISC. SO I HAVE STARTED THE RECORDING FROM THE RUN IN GROOVE, HENCE A FEW SECONDS BEFORE THE MUSIC STARTS. HOWEVER YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CLEARLY HEAR WHAT THAT RUN IN SOUNDS LIKE, WHETHER IT HAS ANY NOISE ETC. THE OTHER 7 RECORDINGS CONSIST OF EACH OF THE RUN IN'S AND FIRST 90 SECONDS OF THE OPENING TRACK TO EACH SIDE. THE OTHER 4 CONSIST OF ONE TRACK FROM EACH OF THE 4 SIDES AND INCLUDING THE LINKING GROOVE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE VINYL HAS NO BACKGROUND NOISE

THE RUN IN IS TOTALLY SILENT, AND AS THE RECORD STARTS TO PLAY "THE INTRO TO SIDE ONE" IT IS VERY OBVIOUS THAT YOU ARE LISTENING TO SOMETHING SPECIAL.THE SUPERB PSCHADELICSOUND FILLS THE ROOM AND THE CLARITY IS EXCEPTIONAL.THE FIRST THING THAT IS CLEAR IS THAT THE SOUND IS DISTORTION FREE. ALMOST POINTLESS STATING THIS IN LIGHT OF HOW LITTLE THE ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED, BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT THE PLAY THAT THE RECORD HAS HAD WAS DONE WITH A GOOD QUALITY STYLUS AND NOT ONE THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE GROOVE SUCH AS A WORN, CHIPPED STYLUS, OR INDEED ONE THAT WAS TRACKING TOO HEAVILY.

EACH TRACK PLAYS THROUGH WITH UTMOST CLARITY. THE PERFORMANCE ALL THE WAY THROUGH ALL FOUR SIDES IS JUST OUTSTANDING. THERE IS NO BACKGROUND NOISE ANYWHERE ON EITHER DISC, AND EACH LINKING GROOVE IS AS SILENT AS THE RUN IN THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD BY NOW. EVEN THE RUN OUT WHICH HISTORICALLY HAS NOISE ON MOST ALBUMS IS AS CLEAR AS A BELL. I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS DISC MINT, IT REALLY IS THAT GOOD. AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PRESSED IN FACT. YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO UPGRADE FROM THIS, NOR NEVER NEED TO IN FACT

THE SLEEVE

THE OVERALL GRADING OF THE SLEEVE IS EXCELLENT PLUS

THIS IS A VERY VULNERABLE NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD. VULNERABLE BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF LAMINATE, BUT MOST OF ALL BECAUSE IT IS WHITE, AND EASY TO MARK.

SO THE FRONT SURFACE OF THIS COVER IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. THE ONLY LIGHT BLEMISH TO IT IS A SMALL PAPER TEAR WHERE THE ORIGINAL PRICE STICKER WAS REMOVED. IT'S JUST TO THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THE NEAN IMAGE IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER. THERE ARE NO CREASES ANYWHERE ON THE SURFACE OF THE CARD, NOR ARE THERE ANY STAINES, EVEN THE HANDLING OF THIS WHITE COVER HAS BEEN KEPT TO A BARE MINIMUM AND THIS ENSURED THE SURFACE HAS REMAINED VERY WHITE WITH ONLY THE VERY MILDEST TRACE OF HANDLING. THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 100% UNWORN AND THE SPINE EXACTLY THE SAME WITH PERFECT TYPEFACE. THE OPENING EDGES ARE AS NEW AND RAZOR SHARP, INDICATING THAT THE RECORDS HAVE JUST NOT BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SLEEVE.

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS GOOD AS THE FRONT, AND OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A MINT CONDITION INTERIOR WITH A GREAT PICTURE OF ALL OF THE ARTISTS WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS ALBUM. OF COURSE THE MAIN MAN FROM THIS ORCHESTRA / BAND IS NONE OTHER THAN ROBERT FRIPP OF KING CRIMSON WHO PRODUCED THIS INCREDIBLE LP SET.

THE INNER SLEEEVS ARE POLYLINED LACK INNERS, WHICH HAVE MADE IN GT BRITAIN IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER, AND THE PATENT NUMBERS IN THE BOTTOM LEFT. BOT ARE IN UNSPLIT CONDITION, ALTHOUGH ONE OF THEM DOES HAVFE A SMALL NICK TO THE CENTRE HOLE

I AM VERY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO OFFER SUCH A MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE UP FOR AUCTION TO THE EBAY COMMUNITY, AND WHO EVER WINS THIS WILL HAVE AN ALBUM THAT WILL ONLY INCREASE IN VALUE OVER THE YEARS.

SO ONCE AGAIN THIS IS A VERY VERY HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE ALBUM IN THE MOST SUPERB CONDITION IMAGINABLE, SO BID WITH CONFIDENCE, AND GOOD LUCK IF YOU DECIDE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY