Free FIRE AND WATER UK LP 1ST PINK i 1-2 PLAY MINT-

	£		78
	$		103

FREE - FIRE AND WATER

IN MAGNIFICENT 1-2 PLAY CONDITION

FIRST PRESS ON THE PINK ISLAND LABEL

WITH THE BEST SLEEVE I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!

• CATALOGUE:ISLAND ILPS 9120 
• MATRIX:ILPS 9120 A//1  /  B//1

FANTASTIC EXAMPLE OF THIS CLASSIC FREE ALBUM, IN A BARELY PLAYED CONDITION

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE SUPERB PASTEL PINK ISLADN LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. NO COLOUR LOSS AND NO MARKS OR STAINS AND A COLOUR THAT FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HILE.

THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND UNRUBBED, AND THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF TINY SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE HOLE SHOWING JUST WHY THIS LP IS IN THE BARELY PLAYED CONDITION THAT IT IS

THE VINYL

THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW IT HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL LUSTRE. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE MARKS ON THE SURFACE OF EITHER SIDE, AND EVEN OFFERRING IT UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS STILL NOTHING TO SEE APART FROM 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 OPTED TO RECORD THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH.THE RCORDINGS INCLUDE THE RUN IN'S, THE RUN OUTS AND THE LINKING GROOVES, AS I WANT TO SHOW THE LP OFF COMPLETELY.

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH INCREDIBLY. THE REPRODUCTION IS PURE FIRST PRESS. SUPERB STEREO REPRODUCTION AND A CRACKING DISTORTION AND CRACKLE FREE PERFORMANCE.THOSE THAT KNOW EARLY ISLAND PRESSES WILL APPRECIATE THAT THERE IS USUALLY A SMIDGEN OF VINYL NOISE IN THE PRESS, BUT HERE THIS EXAMPLE HAS ONLY THE BAREST TRACE.

IF I AM BEING ULTRA PICKY THEN I HEARD A COUPLE OF TINY DUST POPS AND A SECOND OR TWO OF LIGHT STATIC IN ONE OR TWO PLACES, BUT THAT IS REALLY BEING PICKY

PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO LISTEN TO THIS SUPERB PRESSING

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL  MINT MINUS

THE SLEEVE

SUPERB MINT MINUS CONDITION UN LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE

THIS SLEEVE IS REALLY HARD TO FIND IN ANY SORT OF COLLECTIBLE CONDITION DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE DUSTY COLOURS ON THE SURFACE USUALLY ARE RINGWORN AND RUBBED, BUT HERE WE HAVE THE ABSOLUTE BEST EXAMPLE IMAGINABLE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN. AND IS IN IN SUPERB CONDITION THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES  OR CREASE LINES, NOR ARE THERE ANY BENDS OR DENTS EITHER. EVEN THE SMALL LINES THAT GATHER NEAR THE SPINE ARE RESTIRCTED TO JUST ONE BARELY VISIBLE ONE. ONE MORE TINY ONE ON THE TOP EDGE AND NONE ON THE BOTTOM, NOR ARE THERE ANY THUMB NAIL LINES EITHER. FINALLY THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF COLOUR LOSS, AND THUS NO RINGWEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE.

THE TOP EDGE IS TOTALLY UNWORN, WHILST THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS THE TINIEST TRACE OF SHELF WEAR, BUT THE SLEEVE HAS BEEN KEPT IN A PLASTIC OUTER FROM NEW AND REFLECTS THIS IN ITS SUPERB CONDITION

 THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY FLAT, UNWORN  AND HAS ALL OF THE TYPEFACE CLEARLY LEGIBLE.IT IS ALSO THE FIRST ISSUE WITH THE TAPERED ENDS.

THE OPENING EDGE IS ABSOLUTELY RAZOR SHARP AND AS NEW. IT IS VERY OBVIOUS LOOKING AT THIS THAT THE LP HAS JUST NOT BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE

THE REAR SURFACE IS JUST AS SPECIAL AS THE FRONT, AGAIN NO HEAVY CREASING AT ALL, AND JUST THE ONE SMALL LINE NEAR THE SPINE. ALL COLOURS PRESENT AND CORRECT

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER IS FLAT AND UNCREASED AND UNSPLIT

THE SLEEVE EASILY GRADES MINT MINUS

I AM CERTAIN THAT THIS INCREDIBLE VINYL AND SLEEVE WILL NEVER NEED UPGRADING

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

GARRY