Donovan A GIFT FROM A FLOWER TO A GARDEN UK LP EX

£ 53

$ 71

£ 53 Sold For

Jun 12, 2008 Sold Date

Jun 2, 2008 Start Date

£ 19 Start price

7 Number Of Bids

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Description

DONOVAN - A GIFT FROM A FLOWER TO A GARDEN

CAT:PYE NSPL20000
MATRIX: NSPL200001 A-1 G / B-1 G / 200002 A1-G / B-1G

2LP STEREO BOXSET

THE RECORD LABELS

THE VULNERABLE LIGHT BLUE PYE LABELS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. DUE TO THE VERY PALE COLOUR THEY ARE OFTEN FOUND BADLY MARKED AND OR STAINED, AND ANY SPIDER LINES SHOW UP VERY EASILY ON THESE LABELS. THIS PARTICULAR SET HAS NRAR PRISTINE LABELS. CERTAINLY NO MARKS OR STAINS AND NO WRITING ANYWHERE. THE BASE COLOUR FULLY EXTENDS INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE, AND AS FOR SPIDER LINES THEY ARE LIMITED TO JUST 4-5 VERY SMALL ONES CLOSE TO THE HOLE TO SHOW HOE LITTLE THESE ALBUM HAVE HAD PLAY. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS BOTH CLEAR AND SHARP, AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE VINYL

PRISTINE GLOSSY BLACK HEAVYWEIGHT VINYLS. REMOVING IT FROM THE SLEEVE AND GENTLY AND CAREFULLY EXAMINING THE DISC REVEALS A COUPLE OF LIGHT HANDLING LINES ON SIDE ONE, JUST SURFACE AND REALLY ONLY VISIBLE WHEN THE LP IS TILTED INTO THE LIGHT, THEY ARE CERTAINLY NOT SCRATCHES, THE OTHER THREE SIDES ARE VERY VERY CLEAN AND ALL FOUR HAVE RETAINED ALL OF THE ORIGINAL SHEEN, THEY LOOK FANTASTIC. SIDE 3 DOUS HAVE A LIGHT HANDLING SCUFF, AGAIN THIS IS SURFACE ONLY AND DOES NOT SOUND OUT

PLAYING THE RECORD

I HAVE INCLUDED 48 SHORT EXAMPLES OF JUST HOW THIS RECORD SOUNDS. PLEASE CLICK ON THE MEDIA PLAYER BELOW TO HEAR IT. 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.I HAVE RECORDED BOTH SIDES INITIAL TRACKS INCLUDING THE RUN IN, AND TWO OTHER TRACKS WHICH ALSO INCLUDE THE LINKING GROOVE, SO THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR THE SILENCE (OR NOT HEAR) BETWEEN THE TRACKS

THE CLARITY OF THE VOCALS AND THE GUITAR PLAYING ON THIS ALBUM IS INCREDIBLE, EVERY NOTE IS HEARD TO PERFECTION, THERE ARE ONE OR TWO LIGHT POPS IS A COUPLE OF SPOTS WHICH ARE VERY LIGHT AND CERTAINLY NOT WHAT YOU WOULD DESCRIBE AS CLICKS. THE VINYL DOES HAVE A LIGHT STAIC LIKE BACKGROUND SOUND TO IT WHICH CAN BE HEARD DURING THE LINKING GROOVES AND QUIETER PASSAGES. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THIS NOISE THOUGH IT CERTAINLY ISN'T A NOISE GENERATED BY A WORN DISC OR INDEED FROM SCRATCHES ON THE VINYL. THIS IS VINYL NOISE THAT WAS PRESSED INTO THE RECORDING. IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAVE COME ACCROSS THIS ON LATE 60'S PYE PRESSINGS, AND WHILST IT IS CERTAINLY A MILD IRRITANT FOR ME AS I SIT NO MORE THAN 12 INCHES FROM MY SPEAKERS AS I TYPE THIS, WHEN I GOT UP AND MOVED A FEW FEET AWAY IT WAS BARELY AUDIBLE. I HAVE RECORDED 8 SECTIONS FROM THE LP INCLUDING ALL OF THE RUN INS AND FIRST TRACKS FROM EACH SIDE, AND A LINKING GROOVE AND ONE MORE TRACK FROM EACH SIDE. I HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE SO THE LIGHT NOISE IS THERE TO BE HEARD. IT IS CONSTANT ALL TH WAY THROUGH ALL 4 SIDE AND AS THE VINYL SHOWS NOTHING THAT WOULD CAUSE THIS, EVEN UNDER SPOTLIGHT, IT HAS TO BE IN THE PRESSING.

SO WITHOUT THIS I WOULD HAVE BEEN GRADING THE VINYL NEAR MINT, BUT AN EXCELLENT GRADE IS MORE EXACT FOR THIS SET. I WISH COMPANIES LIKE PYE WOULD HAVE GOT THIS RIGHT. ANYWAY TAKE A LISTEN AND IF YOU TRY DOING WHAT I SUGGEST AND MOVE AWAY FROM YOUR PC A FEW FEET WHICH IS PROPER LISTENIRG DISTANCE, THEN YOU WILL BEST BE ABLE TO JUDGE IF THIS WILL WORK FOR YOU

THE SLEEVE

THE OVERALL GRADING OF THE BOX IS NEAR MINT

LIKE THE VAST MAJORITY OF BOX SETS, THE WEAR PINTS ARE ALWAYS THE CORNERS OF BOTH THE TOP LID AND BOTTOM BOX. THESE NATURALLY OFTEN SPLIT AND ARE FOUND REPAIRED, OR JUST LEFT IN THE SPLIT STATE. WELL HERE WE HAVE A PERFECT SET OF 8 CORNERS THAT ARE 100% INTACT. THE LID HAS A SUPERB PASTE ON PICTURE OF DONSOVAN WHICH IS IN TOP CONDITION. THE COLOURS ARE VIBRANT AND VIRTUALLY UNWORN, PERHAPS THE ODD LITTLE AREA AROUNS THE PERIMETER EDGES, BUT THIS IS BETTER THAN ANY OTHER COPY OF THIS ALBUM I HAVE SEEN. THE BLUE TEXTURES SIDES ARE VIRTUALLY UNWORN, WITH THE ONLY LIGHT WEAR BEING ON THE CORNER TIPS. THE BOTTOM BOX HAS AN IMMACULATE BASE WHICH AGAIN IS USUALLY FOUND VERY SCRATCHED, BUT THIS ONE IS CLEAN ANRD IN PERFECT CONDITION. THE INSIDE OF THE BASE HAS A PRISTINE INNER PICTURE AS DOES THE INNER OF THE LID WHICH HAS MOST OF THE LYRICS.

THE EXTRA ITEM IN THIS SET WAS A SET OF TWELVE COLOURED SHEETS OF PAPER EACH WITH THE LYRICS FROM A SONG FROM THE LP'S N IT WITH AN IMAGE DEPICTING A SCENCE FROM THE SONG. THE TWELVE ARE HOUSED IN AN ORNAGE FOLDER WITH THE WORD DONOVAN ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF THE FRONT. THIS SET IS INCLUDED , COMPLAETE AND IN MINT CONDITION

THE RECORDS HAVE BEEN PRESERVED IN NEW POLY LINED INNER SLEEVES, THE ORIGINAL ARE INCLUDED AND LEFT INSIDE THE SLEEVE. THE LP WILL BE SENT VERY CAREFULLY PACKAGED 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

On 30-May-08 at 21:00:08 BST, seller added the following information: