Frederick Knight I'VE BEEN LONELY FOR SO LONG 1973 U.S 1st Press PROMO UNPLAYED

	£		34
	$		45

FREDERICK KNIGHT - I'VE BEEN LONELY FOR SO LONG

DJ PROMO COPY (UNPLAYED)

U.S 1st press

IN MAGNIFICENT MINT  CONDITION

MINT MINUS SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE: STAX STS 3011
• MATRIXSS0495 2  / SS0496 2 AND STXS 00607-4 / 0608-4
• LMIXCHED INTO DEAD WAX

  I HAVE IN MY POSESSION A COLLECTION OF ALBUMS THAT CAME DIRECT FROM THE USA TO THE UK IN THE EARLY 70'S. THEY WERE AQUIRED BY A GENTLEMAN WHO WAS A DJ ON A RADIO STATION. HE WROTE TO STAX IN MEMPHIS IN THE MID 60'S AND ASKED HOW HE COULD GET HIS HANDS ON SOME SOUL MUSIC AS HE WANTED TO PLAY IT ON HIS RADIO STATION. TO HIS SURPRISE STAX ADDED HIM TO THEIR MAILING LIST AND CONTINUED TO SEND PARCELS OF LP'S AND SINGLES TO HIM WELL INTO THE 70'S. A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF THEM WERE THEREFORE DJ PROMO COPIES. THEY MAILED BOTH ALBUMS AND SINGLE, AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE ALBUMS HAVE REMAINED UNPLAYED. 

THIS IS INDEED A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO CLAIM A PIECE OF HISTORY IN PRISTINE CONDITION. I CANNOT IMAGINE JUST HOW FEW UNPLAYED COPIES OF GENUINE STAX AND ASSOCIATED LABELS HAVE REMAINED IN THIS CONDITION.

I DECIDED TO GIVE THIS PREVIOUSLY UNPLAYED ALBUM A QUICK TEST PLAY TO CONFIRM THE AUDIO GRADE. I GUARANTEE THAT THIS WILL GO UNDETECTED

TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE YELLOW LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. THE BASE COLOUR HAS REMAINED UNRUBBED, AND THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE. THIS COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS SHARP AND CLEAR. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLES REVEALS ABSOLUTELY ZERO SPIDER LINES

THE VINYL

THE RECORD GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND COULDN'T LOOK ANY BETTER. ALL OF THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE HAS BEEN RETAINED.AND IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS!!! THERE ARE NO VISIBLE MARKS OR ANY SIGNS OF HANDLING ON THE DISCS, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE

THE PLAYTHROUGH

THE VINYL PERFORMS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH. FROM THE SECOND THE STYLUS IS PLACED ON THE RECORD THERE IS SILENCE IN THE RUN IN GROOVE. THIS CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE VOLUME.

THE CLARITY OF THE FIRST PRESS IS VERY AUDIBLE AND THE RECORDING IS JUST SUPERB

THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS

NO MORE THAN THE ODD TINY SPECK OF EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE, HEARD ONLY IN A COUPLE OF THE LINKING GROOVES

NO DUST POPS OR STATIC TICS /POPS

A STUNNING AUDIO PERFORMANCE THAT CAN ONLY GRADE  MINT 

BUT BECAUSE YOU ARE ABLE TO LISTEN TO THE WHOLE ALBUM YOU WILL BE ABLE TO JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR PERSONAL STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE WITH PASTE ON REAR SURFACE

THE FRONT SURFACE STILL HAS ALL OF THE RICH COLOURS PERFECTLY FREE FROM ANY RUBBING. THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE. THE FOUR CORNERS HAVE TINY DINGS WITH THE TOP RIGHT ONE BEING THE LARGEST

THERE ARE TWO TINY PRESSURE LINES AGAINST THE SPINE. NONE ON THE TOP EDGE. NONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES BY THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE NEAR PRISTINE AND FREE FROM ANY RUBBING APART FROM A LITTLE SPECK ON THE CORNER TIP ENDS AND ONE TINY SPECK OF RUB TO THE BOTTOM SURFACE

THE SPINE IS ALSO FULLY COLOURED WITH CLEAR AND SHARP TYPEFACE. NO RUBBING OTHER THAN A LITTLE ON THE BOTTOM TIP END

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP

THE REAR SURFACE PASTE ON IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. STILL RICHLY COLOURED AND FREE FROM RUBBING

THE ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE IS FLAT , HAS ONE TINY SPLIT HOLE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE . NO CREASES,FURTHER PROOF THAT THE LP HAS REMAINED INSIDE THE SLEEVE UNTOUCHED FOR MANY YEARS

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS  SLEEVE MINT MINUS

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

GARRY