ELO Electric Light Orchestra TIME UK LP 1ST PRESS A-3/B-2 PLAYS 100% MINT MINUS
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E.L.O - TIME
IN MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS PLAYTHROUGH!!! CONDITION
OUTSTANDING NEAR MINT SLEEVE
FIRST PRESS A-3/ B-2
- CATALOGUE:UNITED JET JETLP236
- MATRIX: JETLP236 A-3/ B-2
- ' MASTERED BY ALLEN ZENT L.A CALIF ' STAMPED INTO DEAD WAX ON BOTH SIDES
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 2-3 SMALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE TO INDICATE THAT THE RECORD HAS HAD VERY LIMITED PLAY IN THE 33 YEARS SINCE IT WAS RELEASED
THE VINYL
THE DISC HAS LOST NONE OF IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN AND LOOKS FLAWLESS IN DAYLIGHT. UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE JUST A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES VISIBLE, AND A FEW DULL SPECKLES ON THE OUTER RIM OF SIDE ONE
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 1981 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, JUST THE ODD SPECK OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC HEARD IN A COUPLE OF THE LINKING GROOVES
I HEARD NO MORE THAN ONE TINY DUST POP 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 SINGLE SLEEVE BY SHOREWOOD
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 TWO SMALL LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE. THREE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, ONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEARS THE OPENING EDGE.
THERE IS A VERY LIGHT SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE IF ANGLED INTO THE LIGHT
THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE, WITH ALL OF THE COLOUR FULLY RUNNING FROM CORNER TIP TO CORNER TIP, WITH JUST ONE PIN PRICK OF WHITE VISIBLE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE NEAR THE LEFT CORNER
THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. ONE LIGHT FINGER TO THUMB DENT NEAR THE BOTTOM WHERE THERE IS ALSO A PIN PRCIK OF WHITE VISIBLE, ALSO A TINY WHITE SCUFF ON THE 'E' OF STEREO.
THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND LEGIBLE
THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME GREAT CONDITION AS THE FRONT. THREE TINY LINES NEAR THE SPINE AND THAT LIGHT RING SHAPE WHEN ANGLED DOESN'T HAVE ANY THUMB NAIL NICKS EITHER
THE ORIGINAL ISSUE CARD INNER WITH THE THUMB NOTCH ARE IN UNSPLIT CONDITION. NO CREASES AND NO SPLITS
VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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