Country Joe & The Fish ELECTRIC MUSIC UK LP 1st Stereo FINAL UPGRADE MINT

	£		99
	$		131

COUNTRY JOE & THE FISH - ELECTRIC MUSIC FOR THE MIND AND BODY

INCREDIBLE FINAL UPGRADE MINT VINYL - FONTANA 1ST PRESS

PLAYED JUST ONCE (AMAZING CONDITION)

SUPERB LAMINATED SLEEVE WITH NON LAMINATED FLIPBACK REAR

FINAL UPGRADE VINYL / NEAR PERFECT SLEEVE

ONE FOR THE SERIOUS COLLECTORS. AN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB COPY OF ELECTRIC MIND. THIS IS THE FIRST STEREO PRESS ON THE FONTANAL LABEL. THE 1Y1/2Y1 1ST PRESS MATRIX NUMBERS ARE STAMPED INTO THE DEAD WAX. 

I HAVE RECORDED THE WHOLE ALBUM SO PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO LISTEN TO JUST HOW MAGNIFICENT THIS VINYL IS

I DON'T BELIEVE THERE CAN BE A CLEANER COPY

• CATALOGUE:FONTANA STFL 6081
• MATRIX: STFL 6081 1Y//1 v 420 1 1 / 2Y//1 v 420 14 

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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

BOTH LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE JET BLACK BASE COLOUR IS DEEP AND RICH AND FULLY RUNS INTO THE SPINDLE HOLE WHERE THERE IS JUST ONE TINY SPIDER LINE VISIBLE ON EACH SIDE. THE SILVER TYPEFACE AND TOP SECTIONS ARE ALSO IN PRISTINE CONDITION

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. FOR A 52 YEAR OLD ALBUM, THIS LOOKS TO BE IN THE SAME STUNNING CONDITION AS WHEN IT WAS NEW BACK IN 1967.

THERE ARE NO VISIBLE HANDLING MARKS OR LINES, NO FINGERPRINTS AND NO SCUFFS OR BLEMISHES, AND IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TO BE FLAWLESS. EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE . THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY PERFECT DISC

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. PERFECT SILENCE IN THE LINKING GROOVES AND QUIET PASSAGES

THIS ALBUM WITHOUT QUESTION PERFORMS TO ABSOLUTE PERFECTION ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES. LOUD POWERFUL PRODUCTION, NO POPS OR TICS AND NO STATIC TO MAR THE SOUNDTRACK

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 MINT - A FINAL UPGRADE

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

THE SLEEVE

FIRST ISSUE LAMINATED FRONT SURFACE AND FLIP BACL NPON LAMINATED REAR SURFACE

HAS THE CORRECT 'WARNING - COPYRIGHT EXISTS IN ALL VFONTANA RECORDINGS' MESSAGE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF THE REAR

THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR AND THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE

THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE, NOR ANY RECORD IMPRESSION. FRONT OR BACK

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, AND THE LAMINATE HAS NOT SUFFERED ANY LIFT, PEEL OR FLAKE

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES, AND NOR ARE THERE ANY BENDS OR FOLDS. NO DENTS OR PRESSURE MARKS FROM PENS ETC

THERE ARE THREE REALLY MINUSCULE LAMINATE PRESSURE LINES AGAINST THE SPINE. ONE ON THE TOP EDGE, ONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE. ONE MINUSCULE THUMB LINE NEAR OR ON THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP EDGE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. FULLY LAMINATED ALONG THE SURFACES,NO BLEMISHES TO EITHER SURFACE, WITH JUST A PIN PRICK OF RUB TO THE RIGHT TIP END.

THE BOTTOM EDGES ARE AS PERFECT. AGAIN GLEAMING UNBLEMISHED LAMINATE ALL THE WAY FROM CORNER TO CORNER

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. THE COLOURS ARE ALL PERFECT AND THE TYPEFACE PRISTINE AND LEGIBLE. THE LAMINATE IS SMOOTH TO THE TOUCH ALL THE WAY ALONG

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 HAS THREE PERFECTLY ADHERED FLIPBACKS AND THE WHITE  SURFACE ONLY SHOWS THE TINIEST BIT OF HANDLING TO THE POROUS SURFACE. THE COLOUR AND TEXT IS UNBLEMISHED

THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. LIGHT GLUE AGEING AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM, AND VERY LIGHT BROWNING. NO SEAM SPLITS, THE POLY INNER IS STILL PERFECTLY ATTACHED

THIS IS A NEAR PRISTINE EXAMPLE OF THIS 52 YEAR OLD SLEEVE, AND ONE THAT YOU  WOULD BE HARD PUSHED TO BETTER. FOR ME THIS GRADES VERY VERY CLOSE TO MINT MINUS

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

GARRY