ELO Electric Light Orchestra DISCOVERY UK LP 1979 1ST PRESS MINT MINUS - LISTEN

	£		19
	$		25

E.L.O - DISCOVERY

IN MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS  PLAYTHROUGH!!! CONDITION

OUTSTANDING MINT MINUS SLEEVE

FIRST PRESS A-4 B-3

• CATALOGUE:UNITED JET JET LX 500
• MATRIX: JETLX500 A4 / B3
• ' PBL 35769 UK ' ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX BOTH SIDES

I HAVE COME ACROSS A SMALL COLLECTION OF VINYL ALBUM THAT BELONGED TO A COLLECTOR WHO TOOK CARE OF HIS ALBUMS IN A MOST MAGNIFICENT WAY. VIRTUALLY EVERY ALBUM IN THIS COLLECTION WAS REMOVED FROM THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE AND PLACED INTO A  ANTI-STATIC INNER. THIS HAS MEANT THAT THE ALBUMS HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPLIT THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE FOR ONE, AND SECONDLY HAVE REMAINED IN THE MOST PRISTINE CONDITION. THE COLLECTOR ALSO TOLD ME THAT HE NEVER PLACED A FINGER ON THE VINYL AND ALWAYS HELD THEM BY THE EDGES. THEY WERE ALL PLAYED ONLY ON A TOP END HIFI TURNTABLE

HERE THEN IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GRAB A 30 YEARS OLD PLUS ALBUM IN 'AS NEW' CONDITION. EVERY RECORD THAT I LIST FROM THIS LOT WILL BE RECORDED ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES AND AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO HEAR FROM THE LINK AT THE TOP OF THE AUCTION PAGE.

PLEASE NOT I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO HEAR THE SOUNDS ON A SMARTPHONE OR TABLET, SO PLEASE US A PC TO HEAR THE AUDIO!

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE JET LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION, . THE BASE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT AND ARE UNBLEMISHED, AND THE TYPEFACE IS ALL UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

THERE ARE JUST 1-2 SMALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE TO INDICATE THAT THE RECORD HAS HAD VERY LIMITED PLAY IN THE 35 YEARS SINCE IT WAS RELEASED

THE ORIGINAL OWNER PLACED A SMALL WHITE STICKER ON THE A SIDE. THIS CAN EASILY BE REMOVED IF REQUIRED

THE VINYL

THE DISC HAS LOST NONE OF IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN AND LOOKS FLAWLESS IN DAYLIGHT. THE WAY IT HAS BEEN KEPT ALLOWS IT TO LOOK TOTALLY MINT!

UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE JUST A FEW HAIRLINES VISIBLE

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 LP FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY 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 FIRST THING TO MENTION IS THAT THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THIS PERFECT STEREO REPRODUCTION. THIS SHOWS THAT THE ONE OR TWO PLAYS THE RECORD HAS RECEIVED SINCE 1979 WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A PERFECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

CLEAR AND CRISP SOUND THAT PAYS WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND NO LOUD CLICKS

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE, AND NO MORE THAN THE ODD MINUSCULE SPECK OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC BACKGROUND EITHER

I HEARD NO MORE THAN ONE TINY STATIC TIC THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH

THE VINYL GRADES MINT MINUS  FOR THE AUDIO

TAKE A VERY GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

UNLAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE 

THE FRONT SURFACE IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND THERE HAS BEEN NO RUBBING TO THE COLOURS WHATSOEVER

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES

THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY ZERO LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEARS THE OPENING EDGE.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE, WITH ALL OF THE COLOUR FULLY RUNNING FROM CORNER TIP TO CORNER TIP, WITH JUST ONE SPECK OF WHITE VISIBLE ON THE RIGHT CORNER TIP ENDS

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND LEGIBLE AND THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIP ENDS ARE BOTH UNRUBBED

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME GREAT CONDITION AS THE FRONT. TWO TINY LINES NEAR THE SPINE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO MINT INNER PANELS 

THE  ORIGINAL ISSUE CARD INNER WITH THE  THUMB NOTCH ARE IN  UNSPLIT CONDITION. NO CREASES AND NO SPLITS. JUST A LITTLE COLOUR RUB ABOVE THE BOTTOM EDGE ON ONE SIDE ONLY.

THE POSTER IS IN MINT CONDITION

THE LP WAS ORIGINALLY PLACED INTO A WH SMITHS POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE WHICH I HAVE INCLUDED WITH THE SET

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

GARRY