GEORGE MICHAEL OLDER ORIGINAL 1996 EU VINYL LP FULLY PLAY TESTED PLEASE READ
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£ 88 Sold For
Mar 12, 2026 Sold Date
Mar 5, 2026 Start Date
21   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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Description

George Michael, Older
Original 1996 EU manufactured Virgin Records vinyl LP housed in photo/lyric inner and outer sleeve, V2802.
Matrices: A-1-1-1 / B-1-1-1
Vinyl visually glossy but with a number of scuff marks and light scratches, some more obviously visible including a nasty looking cluster of scuff marks towards the end of the B side. Overall playback grades around G.
Full Playback Analysis:
A1 a little crackly and with some ticks, settles down towards the second half.
A2 a strong VG plus, just a trace of very low level background crackle, unobtrusive. Crackly at fade out however. 
A3 very infrequent low level background crackle, one or two very soft ticks, generally plays EX. Then crackle and occasional tick at fade out, separator and quiet A4 intro.
A4 around VG minus, some crackle and soft ticks. Separator crackly. A5 strong VG minus, some low level background crackle but not too bad considering this is a fairly quiet track. Two or three slightly louder ticks.
B1 quietish intro soft to mid-level crackle, occasional tick and a couple of ticks just after volume kicks in. Some consecutive ticks near end, otherwise just light background crackle. B1 outro, separator and B2 intro crackly. Then plays with some background crackle throughout but behind the music mostly. A bit louder near fade out and separator.
Quiet B3 intro mid-level crackle but settles down to play with just low level background crackle, behind the music. Separator and quiet B4 intro crackly and with a couple of ticks. Plays very well once volume kicks in.
Separator and quiet B5 intro mid-level crackle. Some loud crackle and loud consecutive ticks towards the end which are obtrusive. Some loud consecutive ticks to separator and B6 intro, plays ok once volume kicks in, bar two or three ticks. There is a loud tick towards the end which could possibly be a skip. However, I do not detect a change in the time signature here. Crackly to fade out.
Labels are clean.
Inner sleeve EX and free of splits.
External sleeve on the whole clean and tidy. Not tatty or worn but starting to show wear so a solid VG. Main panels generally clean but a few translucent stains evident when sleeve angled in front of a light source. Some light hairline scrapes here and there. No stickers or surface loss however. Some very light creasing. Edges and spine have some whitening worn but are not scuffy or split.


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