Frankie Miller Band THE ROCK UK LP 1ST PRESS ONE PLAY EVER 100% MINT MINUS

	£		19
	$		25

THE FRANKIE MILLER BAND - THE ROCK

IN MAGNIFICENT ONE PLAY PLAY MINT MINUS CONDITION

A2-U/B2-U FIRST PRESS - A PORKY PRIME CUT

INCREDIBLE MINT SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:CHRYSALIS CHR 1088
• MATRIX: CHR1088 A-2U / B-2U
• FIRST PRESS MATRIX NUMBERS
• A PORKY PRIME CUT - MASTERED BY GEORGE PECKHAM

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE GREEN LABELS  LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION, THE PASTEL  GREEN COLOUR IS UNBLEMISHED AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALSO CLEAR AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS JUST ONE MICROSCOPIC SPIDER LINE CLOSE TO THE HOLE, SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS LP HAS BEEN PLAYED.

THE VINYL

IT IS A WELL DOCUMENTED FACT THAT EARLY ISLAND / CHRYSALIS VINYL WAS POOR QUALITY, AND THUS IT IS REALLY HARD TO FIND A COPY OF ANYTHING FROM THIS AGE THAT DOESN'T HAVE INHERENT VINYL NOISE. THE VINYL HERE LOOKS MAGNIFICENT ON BOTH SIDES, AND SEEMS FLAWLESS AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES

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 ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, IN THE FIRM BELIEF THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID.

THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS. 

THE FIRST THING TO POINT OUT IS THAT THE CLARITY OF REPRODUCTION IS SUPERB. THE CRYSTAL CLEAR INSTRUMENTATION AND VOCALS ARE PURE FIRST PRESS. THERE IS CERTAINLY NO GROOVE WEAR TO THIS RARE RECORDING WHICH WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN SOME DISTORTION TO THE SOUND. THERE IS NONE.

ISLAND RECORDINGS HAVE LONG BEEN LAMBASTED FOR THE POOR QUALITY OF VINYL USED IN THEIR EARLY LP'S WHICH HAVE OFTEN RESULTED IN UNWANTED VINYL NOISE EVEN WHERE THERE ARE NO MARKS. HERE HOWEVER THE VINYL PLAYS MAGNIFICENTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH

THERE IS NO HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND CERTAINLY NO LOUD CLICKS

AMAZINGLY NO VINYL NOISE, JUST A FEW ODD SECONDS OF LIGHT STATIC IN A COUPLE OF THE MORE SILENT PASSAGES.

I HEARD NO MORE THAN 2-3 OF THE TINIEST LITTLE DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I WOULD GRADE THIS ALBUM NEAR MINT MINUS WITH EASE

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE FROM SHOREWOOD

THE FRONT SURFACE IS CLEAN AND HAS NO MARKS OR STAINS ON IT WHATSOEVER. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES NOR ARE THERE ANY CREASE LINES EITHER, AND ALL OF THE COLOURS HAVE BEEN RETAINED. THERE IS NO RUBBING OR SHELF WEAR.

NO RINGWEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE

THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY ZERO!! LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE. THERE ARE NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, AND NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE EITHER, NOR ANY THUMB LINES ALONG OR ANYWHERE NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

ALL FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE NO SHELF WEAR AS THIS SLEEVE HAS BEEN KEPT INSIDE A PLASTIC COVER FROM NEW

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. IT IS IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB ORIGINAL CONDITION, WITH ALL OF THE BROWN BASE COLOUR INTACT AND RUNNING UNINTERRUPTED FROM TIP TO TIP, AND THE WHITE TYPEFACE PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND UNBLEMISHED AND SHOWS WHY THIS LP HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED

THE REAR SURFACE IS  AS SUPERB AS THE FRONT. THE BROWN SURROUND VERY CLEAN WITH JUST THE BAREST SHADOW OF RECORD IMPRESSION HAVING EASED THE BROWN AWAY AT THE VERY TOP AND BOTTOM LEAVING A LIGHT GREY DUSTING

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, NO SPLITS AND NO HEAVY CREASES, AND ONLY HAVING LIGHT GLUE AGEING TO THE SEAMS.

THE SLEEVE EASILY GRADES MINT MINUS!!!!!

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

GARRY