HAWKWIND "In Search Of Space" 1971 UK UA 1st PRESS NM
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HAWKWIND
In Search Of Space
ORIGINAL UK UNITED ARTISTS (UAG 29202) FIRST PRESSING (October 1971) OF HAWKWIND'S SPACE/PROG MASTERPIECE "In Search Of Space" IN OUTSTANDING CONDITION (barely played, two or three light spindle traces on the labels, at most) AND DELIVERING BEAUTIFULLY CLEAN, NEAR MINT AUDIO THROUGHOUT - WHICH IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO FIND AS THE LP HAS MANY VERY QUIET MOMENTS WHICH ARE COMMONLY SPOILT BY EXCESSIVE SURFACE NOISE - BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE FINEST AND CLEANEST SOUNDING COPIES I HAVE HEARD IN A WHILE - FANTASTIC COPY AND THEY REALLY DON'T COME MUCH BETTER (AND AS THE FIRST PRESSING IT HAS THE CONTINUOUS PLAY INTO THE SIDE ONE RUN-OFF GROOVE)
PRESSED ON QUALITY HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL WITH THE FIRST BEIGE UA LABELS
FIRST ISSUE MATRICES: UAG 29202 A-1U / UAG 29202 B-1U
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/GP and 1/GH
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FOLD OUT SLEEVE WITH INTERNAL LYRICS "Printed and made by the E. J. Day Group, London and Bedford"
WITH THE ORIGINAL FIRST ISSUE 24 PAGE LOG BOOK PRINTED ON DELICATE TEXTURED PAPER WITH DARK BLUE INK
AND THE SET COMES COMPETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE WITH UK PATENT NUMBER AND "MADE IN ENGLAND" TEXT PRINTED IN SILVER
THE SLEEVE IS THE NICEST I HAVE SEEN AS NEAR TO MINT AS YOU WILL FIND JUST ONE TINY CREASE ABOCE SEARCH YOU HAVE TO LOOK HARD TO FIND PERFECT SPINE AND SEEMS,LOG BOOK MINT,AND LABELS ARE NM A FEW SPINDLE TRACES ONLY VINYL HAS A COUPLE OF SLEEVE REMOVAL HAIRLINES OTHERWISE NEAR MINT
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