David Bowie STAGE UK LP 1ST A1/B1/C1/D1 ONE PLAY EVER PLAYS 100% MINT

	£		46
	$		61

DAVID BOWIE - STAGE

IN MAGNIFICENT ONE PLAY!!! MINT !!! PLAYTHROUGH CONDITION

• CATALOGUE:RCA PL02913
• MATRIX: PL-02913-A-1 / B-1 / PL-02913-C1 / D-1
•  A IAAT ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 1
•  A 4 AA ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 2
•  A 3 A5 ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 3
• A3N  ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 4
• 'ZIG' ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 1
• 'STAMES' ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 2
• 'LOROES' ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 3
• 'HELOWS' ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 4

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE MATT ORANGE RCA LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE ON EITHER SIDE. THE BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS CLEAR AND UNRUBBED AND THEREFORE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.THERE ARE NO SPIDER LINES AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE WHATSOEVER

THE VINYL

THE RECORDS GLEAM LIKE NEW AND COULDN'T LOOK ANY BETTER. ALL OF THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE HAS BEEN RETAINED. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE MARKS OR ANY SIGNS OF HANDLING ON THE DISCS IN DAYLIGHT AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE

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. I AM CONVINCED THAT ANY POTENTIAL BIDDER WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE CONSIDERING BIDDING ON, BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS ALBUM SOUNDS. IN PARTICULAR THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION TO THE SOUND AT ANY POINT.

I HAVE PLAYED THIS ALBUM CAREFULLY FOR THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW UNPLAYED DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN MINT. MY TEST PLAY WILL BE UNDETECTABLE

THERE ARE NO BACKGROUND CRACKLES AND NO LOUD CLICKS AT ANY POINT THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND AT ALL

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST FIRST PRESS AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD TO PERFECTION

I AM BEING ULTRA PICKY WHEN I SAY THAT THERE IS THE VERY ODD SPLIT SECOND OF STATIC HEARD IN A COUPLE OF LINKING GROOVES

THERE ARE NO DUST POPS OR TIC EITHER, JUST A SUPERB STEREO REPRODUCTION

BUT PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE THIS SUPERB DISC FOR YOURSELF

A HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE THAT PLAYS TO AN INCREDIBLE MINT STANDARD!!! MINT MINUS AT THE ABSOLUTE WORST

AN ABSOLUTE STUNNER

THE SLEEVE

FULLY LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR BENDS AND NO HEAVY CREASE LINES EITHER.  THERE IS THE MAIN BODY OF THE SLEEVE IS PERFECT. THERE ARE THREE TINY LAMINATE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE, ONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE NEAR THE SPINE, AND THREE NEAR THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER, WITH ONE OF THOSE STRETCHING ACROSS THE CORNER. NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE 

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE FULLY LAMINATED AND THIS RUNS FROM TIP TO TIP. WITH JUST A SPECK OF RUB TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIPS

THE SPINE  IS STILL TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND EVEN THE TIP ENDS ARE UNRUBBED, AND ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS PRISTINE

THE OPENING EDGES ARE RAZOR SHARP, AND CLEARLY SHOWS WHY THIS ALBUM HAS JUST NOT BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE. THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF MINUSCULE THUMB NAIL NICKS

THE REAR SURFACE IS VIRTUALLY PERFECT. AGAIN ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS INTACT, AND THERE ARE NO CREASES OR BENDS, JUST THREE TINY LAMINATE LINES. ONE NEAR THE SPINE, ONE NEAR THE OPENING EDGE, AND ONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD YOU ARE GREETED WITH A CREAK AS THE LAMINATE FLEXES. BOTH PANELS ARE PRISTINE AND ALL OF THELAMINATE IS PERFECT IN EVERY WAY

THE RCA DIE CUT INNER SLEEVES ARE IN TOP UNSPLIT CONDITION, AND EXTREMELY WHITE WITH BARELY A WRINKLE. THE CORRECT INNERS HAVE THE 10-78 DATE PRINTED IN THEBOTTOM LEFT CORNER ON ONE OF THE INNERS, MARKING THIS AS A FIRST PRESS SET WITHOUT QUESTION

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS  SLEEVE NEAR MINT!!!!

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

GARRY