Iron Butterfly METAMORPHOSIS UK LP 1ST PRESS ATCO 1970 PLAYS 100% MINT MINUS

	£		56
	$		74

IRON BUTTERFLY - METAMORPHOSIS

1ST PRESS ATCO LABEL

POSSIBLE UNPLAYED!   MINT MINUS PLAYTHROUGH!!!

 WITH AN EXCELLENT PLUS SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:ATCO 2401 003 
• MATRIX: 2401003 A//1  1 1 2    2401003 B//1  1 2 1
• 1 ETCHED MATRIX CROSSED OUT SIDE ONE
• 241003 ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 2, PLUS TWO CROSSED OUT NUMBERS 

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE TAN AND BLUE LABELS ARE IN  MINT CONDITION. BOTH BASE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT, AND THE WHITE BAND IS STILL WHITE AND NOT SOILED AT ALL. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.THERE IS STILL ONE SHARD OF VINYL LEFT INSIDE THE SPINDLE HOLE

THERE ARE NO SPIDER LINES AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE ON EITHER SIDE

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL SHEEN AND LUSTRE, AND IN DAYLIGHT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS WITH JUST A FEW MINUSCULE LIGHT HAIRLINES BARELY VISIBLE BARELY, WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION, AND A TRACE OF BAGRASH ON SIDE 2 WHERE THE VINYL HAS SAT INSIDE THE SLEEVE UNTOUCHED FOR ALL THESE YEARS. TOTALLY NON SOUNDING THOUGH, PLUS A COUPLE OF DULL SPOTS ON SIDE ONE

A REALLY GLEAMING STUNNING COPY

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 RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THIS FIRST PRESS DISC PLAYS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH. AS I HAVE ALREADY SAID IT HAS BARELY BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE. THERE IS CERTAINLY NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER, MEANING THAT THE LITTLE PLAY IT HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

THE CLARITY OF THIS STEREO REPRODUCTION IS MAGNIFICENT, AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD EXACTLY AS IT WAS INTENDED

THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE OR LOUD CLICKS THROUGH THE PLAYTHROUGH

NO VINYL NOISE WHATSOEVER EITHER

A TINY SPECK OF STATIC LIKE STUFF AT THE VERY START OF SIDE ONE, AND THE ODD SEMI SECOND ELSEWHERE. I HEARD NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TINY DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

THE SLEEVE

THIS SLEEVE IS SO HARD TO FIND IN COLLECTIBLE CONDITION. ALL OF THE CONDITIONS THAT LEAD TO A POOR SLEEVE WERE MANUFACTURED. UNLAMINATED, TEXTURED, AND WHITE!!!

MADE BY THE E.J.DAY CO LTD.

THE FRONT SURFACE HAS AGED LIGHTLY AROUND THE PERIMETER EDGES AND THERE IS A TRACE OF VERY MILD HANDLING TO THE WHITE SURFACE, BUT THIS IS FAR CLEANER THAN MOST COPIES I HAVE COME ACROSS.

THE TEXTURED SURFACE IS FREE FROM ANY TEARS, RIPS OR INDEED COLOUR LOSS, WHERE THE CENTRAL IMAGE IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND RUB FREE

THERE ARE NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES ANYWHERE, NONE ALONG ANY OF THE PERIMETER EDGES, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

DIFFICULT TO JUDGE TEXTURED TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES, BUT I WOULD SAY THERE IS A VERY LIGHT TRACE OF RUBBING TO PARTS OF THEM

THE SPINE LIKE THE FRONT SURFACE IS SLIGHTLY AGED, BUT FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. THE DELICATE RED TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND ONLY THE VERY TIP ANDS TOP AND BOTTOM ARE LIGHTLY RUBBED

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP,AND IT'S HERE THAT THE FIRST IDEA OF HOW LITTLE THIS LP HAS BEEN PLAYED IS VISIBLE,

THE REAR SURFACE WHILST AGAIN IS UNCREASED, AND THE ARTWORK IMAGE IS JUST SUBLIME. ALL OF THE COLOURS ARE THERE, AND THERE HAS BEEN NO SHELF WEAR TO THIS PRECIOUS PICTURE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A NEAR PRISTINE PAIR OF INNER PANELS. ALL OF THE COLOURS ARE THERE AND THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS JUST A LITTLE HANDLING TO THE VERY TOP EDGES

THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED, WITH THE FLIPBACKS AND POLY LINED INTERIOR. IT IS THE CORRECT ONE FOR THIS LP AND HAS THE 1170 (NOV 1970) IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER.

IT IS UNSPLIT AND ONLY HAS A COUPLE OF LIGHT CREASES AND A LITTLE RECORD SHAPE

THE SLEEVE GRADES EXCELLENT PLUS!!! WITH EASE

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

GARRY