HAWKWIND: SELF TITLED 1st ALBUM 1970 UK BLACK LIBERTY LP SUPERB EX+ EARLY A2/B2
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HAWKWIND
HAWKWIND LP
LIBERTY (LBS 83348) BLACK LABEL
1970
RECORD WEIGHT: 130G
MATRIX Nos: A-2U/B-2U
SLEEVE CONDITION: EX-
EDGES TOP & BOTTOM: NO SPLITS OR TEARS. JUST A SOME LIGHT SHELFWEAR ALONG THE TOP & BOTTOM EDGES, THE WORST OF WHICH IS NEAR THE OPENING EDGE ON THE BOTTOM.
SPINE: LITTLE BIT OF WEAR/RUBBING AT EXTREME TOP & BOTTOM CORNERS WHERE THE CARD IS SHOWING THROUGH. OTHER THAN THAT JUST THE ODD LITTLE RUB MARK/CREASE HERE AND THERE. NO SPLITS. STILL LEGIBLE.
FRONT: ORIGINAL 1st PRESS GATEFOLD SLEEVE. JUST THE ODD TINY CREASE ALONG THE SPINE EDGE AND A COUPLE OF SMALL CREASES TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER. NO CREASES ANYWHERE ELSE AND NO RINGWEAR. NO SPLITS, RIPS, WRITING OR TEARS. STILL IN VERY NICE CONDITION FOR IT'S AGE.
REAR: JUST A COUPLE OF LITTLE CREASES ON THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER AND THE ODD LITTLE EDGE CREASE. JUST A BARELY VISIBLE HINT OF RINGWEAR AT THE VERY BOTTOM. NO SPLITS, RIPS, WRITING OR TEARS. OPENING EDGE IS STRAIGHT WITH BARELY ANY FEATHERING. NICE CONDITION FOR IT'S AGE.
INSIDE GATEFOLD: AGAIN, VERY LITTLE TO FAULT. JUST ONE SMALL LIGHT CREASE IN EACH LOWER CORNER (AS REPORTED ABOVE) AND NOT REALLY MUCH ELSE. OTHER THAN THAT THERE IS VERY LITTLE ELSE TO REPORT. NO RINGWEAR AND NO SPLITS, RIPS, WRITING OT TEARS. COLOURS ARE STILL VIVID AND BRIGHT. OVERALL IN NICE CONDITION.
RECORD CONDITION:
VISUALLY THE RECORD IS EX+ DISPLAYING JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTE SURFACE DOTS AT THE START OF THE FIRST TRACK AND A COUPLE OF VERY SMALL NEAR INVISIBLE SURFACE TRACES. THE OTHER SIDE IS NEAR MINT. NO SCRATCHES, RUB MARKS OR OBVIOUS SURFACE LINES TO BE SEEN ON EITHER SIDE. EVEN IN BRIGHT SUNLIGHT THERE ARE BARELY ANY SLEEVE REMOVAL TYPE HAIRLINES. I WOULD SAY THAT THIS RECORD PROBABLY HASN'T BEEN PLAYED A GREAT DEAL. AN ORIGINAL 1970 EARLY PRESSING ON THE BLACK LIBERTY LABEL WITH SILVER LETTERING. I BELIEVE THE EMI GROUP HAD JUST TAKEN OVER PRESSING OF LIBERTY RECORDS IN THE U.K. AND THIS PRESSING (A-2U/B-2U) WAS THE FIRST PRESSING OF THIS ALBUM UNDER THE EMI BANNER.
BOTH LABELS ARE EXCELLENT WITH JUST A VERY FEW FAINT SPINDLE TRACES ON EACH SIDE. NO STICKERS, WRITING OR OTHER UNWANTED MARKS. ALSO NOTE THAT THE TEXT LAYOUT ON THIS PRESSING IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TO LATER COPIES.
PLAYBACK IS A SUPERB EXCELLENT (OR BETTER) WITH BASICALLY NOTHING TO SPOIL THE SOUNDTRACK. BACKGROUND NOISE IS VIRTUALLY NON EXISTANT AND THERE IS NO SURFACE NOISE BETWEEN TRACKS, MAYBE JUST THE VERY OCCASIONAL LITTLE STATIC TYPE TICK. ABSOLUTELY NO SCRATCHES OR OTHER AUDIBLE MARKS AT ALL. PLAYS THROUGH BEAUTIFULLY WITH CLEAR DISTORTION FREE SOUND.
SO NICE TO SEE OLD 1970s LPs IN THIS KIND OF CONDITION AS THEY ARE BECOMING HARDER TO FIND.
A GREAT UPGRADE COPY
POSTAGE WILL BE SIGNED FOR WITH TRACKING
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