FRANK ZAPPA: HOT RATS 1969 UK TRI STEAMBOAT REPRISE LP SUPERB NM VINYL A1/B1 1st
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FRANK ZAPPA
HOT RATS LP
REPRISE (RSLP 6356) 1st PRESS STEAMBOAT LABEL
1969
RECORD WEIGHT: 160G
MATRIX Nos: A1/B1
SLEEVE CONDITION: VG+
EDGES TOP & BOTTOM: NO SPLITS OR TEARS. JUST A LITTLE LIGHT SHELFWEAR ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE AND THE ODD TINY MARK ALONG THE TOP EDGE.
SPINE: LITTLE BIT OF WEAR/RUBBING AT EXTREME TOP & BOTTOM CORNERS. SMALL RUB MARK OVER THE ALBUM TITLE AND THE ODD TINY MARK HERE AND THERE. NO SPLITS.
FRONT: ORIGINAL 1st PRESS GATEFOLD SLEEVE. THREE OR FOUR LITTLE CREASES ALONG THE SPINE EDGE BUT NO CREASES ANYWHERE ELSE AND NO RINGWEAR. NO SPLITS, RIPS, WRITING OR TEARS. VERY SLIGHT DISCOLOURATION ON THE WHITE AREAS. STILL IN VERY NICE CONDITION FOR IT'S AGE.
REAR: A FEW LITTLE CREASES ALONG THE SPINE EDGE AND A COUPLE OF LARGER ONES TOWARDS THE OPENING EDGE BUT NOTHING OBVIOUS. LIGHT HINT OF RINGWEAR BUT, AGAIN, NOT PARTICULARLY OBVIOUS. NO SPLITS, RIPS, WRITING OR TEARS. OPENING EDGE IS STRAIGHT WITH BARELY ANY FEATHERING. NICE CONDITION FOR IT'S AGE.
INSIDE GATEFOLD: AGAIN, VERY LITTLE TO FAULT. JUST ONE LIGHT CREASE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE AND A LITTLE FAINT DISCOLOURATION ALONG THE TOP RIGHT HAND EDGE. OTHER THAN THAT THERE IS VERY LITTLE ELSE TO REPORT. NO RINGWEAR AND NO SPLITS, RIPS, WRITING OT TEARS. OVERALL IN NICE CONDITION.
RECORD CONDITION:
VISUALLY THE RECORD IS NEAR MINT DISPLAYING NO VISIBLE MARKS AT ALL. NO SCRATCHES, RUB MARKS OR SURFACE MARKS TO BE SEEN. EVEN IN BRIGHT SUNLIGHT THERE ARE BARELY ANY SLEEVE REMOVAL TYPE HAIRLINES. IT'S FAIRLY OBVIOUS THAT THIS RECORD HASN'T BEEN PLAYED A GREAT DEAL. AN ORIGINAL 1969 FIRST PRESSING ON THE TRI COLOURED REPRISE LABEL WITH BLACK LETTERING. HAS A VERY LIGHT 'LAZY' EDGE WARP WHICH HAS NO EFFECT ON PLAYBACK WHATSOEVER AND IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. NOTE THAT THE PYE RECORDS TEXT HAS BEEN BLACKED OUT ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. I BELIEVE THE KINNEY GROUP HAD JUST TAKEN OVER REPRISE RECORDS IN THE U.S. AND THE DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH PYE IN THE U.K. HAD COME TO AN END. ALL FUTURE PRESSINGS OF THIS LP HAD THE MORE FAMILIAR TAN REPRISE LABEL.
BOTH LABELS ARE EXCELLENT WITH JUST A HANDFUL OF BARELY VISIBLE SPINDLE TRACES ON EACH SIDE. NO STICKERS, WRITING OR OTHER UNWANTED MARKS.
PLAYBACK IS A SUPERB EXCELLENT (OR BETTER) WITH NOTHING TO SPOIL THE SOUNDTRACK. BACKGROUND NOISE IS VIRTUALLY NON EXISTANT AND THERE IS NO SURFACE NOISE BETWEEN TRACKS, MAYBE JUST THE VERY OCCASIONAL TINY STATIC TYPE TICK. ABSOLUTELY NO SCRATCHES OR OTHER AUDIBLE MARKS AT ALL. PLAYS THROUGH BEAUTIFULLY WITH CLEAR DISTORTION FREE SOUND.
SO NICE TO SEE OLD 1970s LPs IN THIS KIND OF CONDITION AS THEY ARE BECOMING HARDER TO FIND.
A GREAT UPGRADE COPY
POSTAGE WILL BE SIGNED FOR WITH TRACKING
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