Iron Maiden POWERSLAVE UK LP 1st A-1U/B-1U Textured Sleeve MINT MINUS AUDIO

	£		63
	$		83

IRON MAIDEN - POWERLSAVE

INCREDIBLE MINT MINUS AUDIO

MAGNIFICENT MINT 'TEXTURED' FIRST ISSUE SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:EMI  EJ2402001
• MATRIX:EJ2402001 A-1U-1-2 / B-1U-1-1
• THERES ONLY ONE !!! UN ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE ONE
• THATS XXXX UM ETCHED INTO SIDE 2 DEAD WAX

  TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE PICTURE LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. UN-RUBBED COLOURS AND TYPEFACE. I CAN BARELY MAKE OUT TWO MINUSCULE SPIDER LINES BY THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

THIS FIRST PRESS VINYL, HAS A DEEP RICH SHEEN, AND CLEARLY HAS NOT BEEN PLAYED MORE THAN ONCE OR TWICE. IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS, WHILST UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION I CAN MAKE OUT A FEW WISPY SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL HAIRLINES, AND A FEW SHINY 'WITH THE GROOVE' LINES AND WHILST THEY MAKE THE VINYL LOOK IMPERFECT UNDER SPOTLIGHT, THEY HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IMPACT ON THE SOUND WHATSOEVER. THEY ARE MOSTLY ON SIDE TWO

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 WITH ALL MY LISTINGS IN THE FIRM BELIEF 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 OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS LP SOUNDS.

PLAYING THE VINYL YOU ARE IN FOR A TREAT, THE CRYSTAL CLEAR STEREOPHONIC REPRODUCTION THAT IS PURE FIRST PRESS.

THE FIRST THING TO MENTION IS THAT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND, MEANING THAT WHAT LITTLE PLAY THIS VINYL HAS RECEIVED HAS BEEN PLAYED ON A HI-FI SYSTEM THAT HAD CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND BALANCED, AND UNWORN STYLUS.

ALSO PLAYING THIS VINYL YOU WILL NOT HEAR ANY EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE, NOR ARE THERE ANY LOUD POPS OR CLICKS, AND FOR THAT MATTER NO HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE EITHER.

WHEN A LOUD ALBUM IS BEING PLAYED IT CAN OF COURSE MASK STATIC AND OTHER NOISE,SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO LISTEN CAREFULLY TO THE LINKING GROOVES WHICH WILL INDICATE JUST HOW GOOD THE VINYL PERFORMS. I AM DELIGHTED TO SAY THAT THE LINKING GROOVES ARE SILENT, WITH JUST A SPECK OF STATIC IN THE RUN IN GROOVE RIGHT ON THE OUTER LIP AS YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM AMY ALBUM, MEANING THAT THIS RECORD PERFORMS AS GOOD AS A NEW ALBUM

NO TICS OR POPS HEARD AT ALL DURING THE PLAYTHROUGH OTHER THAN TWO STATIC LIKE TICS IN TRACK TWO, SIDE TWO, AND THREE OR FOUR IN THE FINAL TRACK

AND ON THAT BASIS I AM DELIGHTED TO GRADE THE AUDIO REPRODUCTION OF THIS VINYL MINT MINUS 

 PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

ANIMMACULATE  FIRST ISSUE UN-LAMINATED 'TEXTURED'  SINGLE SLEEVE.

THE FRONT SURFACE OF THE OF THIS ICONIC ALBUM IS FLAT CLEAN, AND HAS DEEP RICH UNRUBBED COLOURS ACROSS THE SURFACE.

THE CORNERS ARE ALSO SHARP AND VERY SQUARE APART FROM THE TOP RIGHT TIP WHICH HAS A MICROSCOPIC SPECK OF RUB

THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY ZERO PRESSURE LINES AGAINST THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, ONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR OR ANYWHERE NEAR THE OPENING EDGE. 

THE TOP EDGE WHICH USUALLY RUBS BADLY ON THIS PARTICULAR COPY IS IMMACULATE PERFECT COLOURING ALL THE WAY FROM THE LEFT-HAND SIDE TO THE RIGHT CORNERS WITH JUST ONE MINUSCULE PINPRICK OF WHITE ON THE  RIGHT CORNER TIP END. 

THE BOTTOM EDGE IS PERFECT ALL THE WAY ACROSS AND HAS NO BLEMISHED TO THE CORNER TIPS

THE SPINE IS FLAT AND TOTALLY UN-SQUASHED. ONCE AGAIN ALL OF THE COLOURS ARE PRESENT. THE WHITE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS ARE UNBLEMISHED

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP AND EVERY BIT AS GOOD AS THE DAY THAT THIS SLEEVE WAS PUT TOGETHER.

THE REAR SURFACE IS JUST AS PERFECT AS THE FRONT

THE CARD PICTURE / LYRIC INNER SLEEVE IS IN PERFECT CONDITION. NO SPLITS, NO RUBBING, AND NO CREASES

I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT

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

GARRY