Electric Light Orchestra 1971 UK DEBUT LP 1st Press W/Insert Sheet PLAYS NR MINT

	£		61
	$		81

FULLY TEST PLAYED AND RECORDED PRIOR TO LISTING SO YOU CAN HEAR IT BEFORE BIDDING

E.L.O - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA

IN 1-2 PLAY NEAR MINT CONDITION

GENUINE FIRST PRESS WITH GRAMOPHONE CO. RIM WORDING

INCLUDES THE MEGA RARE LYRIC INSERT SHEET

NEAR MINT SLEEVE

VERY 1ST PRESS 1G/1G MOTHERS/STAMPERS

• CATALOGUE:HARVEST SHVL 797
• MATRIX: SHVL797 A-1U / B-1U (SHVL797 A//2 / B//2 INVERTED ABOVE THE OTHER MATRIX NUMBERS)
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:1 G / 1 G
• GRAMOPHONE CO RIM WORDING 

INCREDIBLE FIND THIS ONE. THE LP NOT SO RARE BUT TO FIND A GENUINE 1ST ISSUE WITH THE LYRIC INSERT SHEET IS RARE!!

THE RECORD

THE LABELS

THE GREEN HARVEST LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE BASE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND IS UNMARKED AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS JUST 1-2 REALLY SMALL SPIDER LINES, SHOWING THAT THIS LP HAS JUST NOT BEEN PLAYED MORE THAN A HANDFUL OF TIMES  SINCE 1970. THE LABELS HAVE THE CORRECT 1ST ISSUE ' GRAMOPHONE CO. ' RIM WORDING THAT ON ALL OTHER ISSUES STATES EMI. 

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL HAS RETAINED ALL OF OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND LOOKS SUPERB. IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS LP HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED . IN DAYLIGHT YOU CANNOT FAULT THE DISC AND IT LOOKS FLAWLESS. PLACING THE LP UNDER ISPOTLIGHTS THERE ARE A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES TO MAKE OUT, 

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 LP SOUNDS.

THE FIRST PRESS STEREO REPRODUCTION IS CRYSTAL CLEAR AND CRISP. THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND ENSURING THAT THE VINYL WAS PLAYED WITH A CORRECTLY GRADED STYLUS.

THE DEAD WAX RUN IN AND RUN OUT IS SILENT AS ARE MOST OF THE LINKING GROOVES 

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE DURING THE PLAYTHROUGH

A FEW TINY AND BARELY AUDIBLE SPLIT SECONDS OF VERY LIGHT STATIC CAN BE HEARD IN A FEW OF THE LINKING GROOVES AND PERHAPS A COUPLE OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES

NO POPS OR TICS

I AM ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED WITH THE PLAYTHROUGH OF THIS CLASSIC ELO ALBUM AND

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL NEAR MINT

YOU CAN TAKE A FULL LISTEN TO THE LP AND GRADE IT BY YOUR OWN STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

MAGNIFICENT NEAR MINT UNLAMINATED TEXTURED GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE GATEFOLD SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS JUST SPECTACULAR. THE TEXTURED SURFACE IS JUST PERFECT. NO RUBBING AND NO LOSS OF COLOUR. 

NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE AND ONLY THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIP SHOWS A DOT OF WHITE, WHILST THE OTHER THREE ARE SHARP AND SQUARE.

THERE ARE NO BENDS  OR CORNER DINGS EITHER.

THERE IS JUST ONE MICROCOPIC PRESSURE LINE NEXT TO THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP EDGES ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. FULLY COLOURED WITH JUST A FEW PIN PRICKS OF UNDERCARD VISIBLE

THE BOTTOM EDGES SHOW ALITTLE LIGHT SHELF RUB TO THE REAR SURFACE  AND SOME WEAR TO THE REAR RIGHT CORNER

THE SPINE IS VIRTUALLY PRISTINE. TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED  THE COLOUR IS NEAR PERFECT WITH THE ONLY SPECK OF RUB SHOWING ON THE TOP LEADING EDGE ABOVE THE WORD 'THE'. THERE IS A LITTLE DASH OF RUB ALSO ON THE BOTTOM END

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP WITH AJUST A FEW TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS 

THE REAR SURFACE IS JUST AS MAGNIFICENT AS THE FRONT. AGAIN THE TEXTURED SURFACE IS SPECTACULAR AND IT IS HERE ON 99% OF COPIES THAT YOU WILL FIND RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE. THIS SLEEVE HAS NEITHER. JUST PERFECT. NO EDGE PRESSURE LINES

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PERFECTLY CLEAN AND PRISTINE BLACK TEXTURED FINISH. NOT A MARK OR BLEMISH TO BE SEEN

THE ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE IS STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION. NO SPLITS TO ANY OF THE SURFACES, AND NO SERIOUS CREASES. A VERY CLEAN EXAMPLE.WITH JUST A SPECK OF GLUE AGEING TO THE EDGES

THE YELLOW AND VERY RARE LYRIC INSERT SHEET IS IN PERFECT UNCREASED, UNMARKED CONDITION

VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT

HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE EXCELLENT PLUS!!

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

GARRY