Jethro Tull STAND UP 1970 UK LP White i Press ABSOLUTELY IMMACULATE NEAR MINT
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JETHRO TULL - STAND UP
IN MAGNIFICENT 1-2 PLAY NEAR MINT CONDITION
PINK ISLAND (i) LABEL
SUPERB NEAR MINT SLEEVE
FULLY PLAY TESTED PRIOR TO LISTING
- CATALOGUE:ISLAND ILPS 9103
- MATRIX: ILPS 9103 + A2 /B2 (Side B Stamped on edge of label due to very small runout area)
- 1970 THIRD PRESS
THE RECORDS
THE LABELS
THE ISLAND ROUGH TEXTURED LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION,
THE PASTEL PINK COLOUR IS UNBLEMISHED AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE.
THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALSO CLEAR AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND INCREDIBLY THERE ARE NO SPIDER LINES AROUND EITHER SIDE OF THE SPINDLE HOLE.
THE WHITE i IS PERFECTLY WHITE
THE VINYL
IT IS A WELL DOCUMENTED FACT THAT EARLY ISLAND VINYL WAS POOR QUALITY, AND THUS IT IS REALLY HARD TO FIND A COPY OF ANYTHING FROM THIS AGE THAT DOESN'T HAVE INHERENT VINYL NOISE.
THE VINYL HERE LOOKS MAGNIFICENT .IT GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR, AND IN DAYLIGHT LOOKS TO BE FLAWLESS.
WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE A COUPLE OF VERY FINE DULL STREAKS, AND A FEW REALLY TINY WISPY SURFACE HANDLING LINES.
THIS IS A ROCK SOLID BARELY FLEXIBLE VERY FIRST PRESS
THE TEST PLAY
THE FIRST THING TO POINT OUT IS THAT THE CLARITY OF REPRODUCTION IS SUPERB.
THE CRYSTAL CLEAR INSTRUMENTATION AND VOCALS ARE PURE FIRST PRESS.
THERE IS CERTAINLY NO GROOVE WEAR TO THIS RARE RECORDING WHICH WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN SOME DISTORTION TO THE SOUND. THERE IS NONE.
ISLAND RECORDINGS HAVE LONG BEEN LAMBASTED FOR THE POOR QUALITY OF VINYL USED IN THEIR EARLY LP'S WHICH HAVE OFTEN RESULTED IN UNWANTED VINYL NOISE EVEN WHERE THERE ARE NO MARKS.
THIS COPY HAS ESCAPED ALL OF IT, AND PLAYS WITHOUT ANY EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE WHATSOEVER
IN FACT IT PLAYS TOP NEAR PERFECTION. CLEAR AND CLEAN AUDIO THROUGHOUT
NO CRACKLES OR CLICKS, NO UNWANTED NOISES AND BARELY ANY STATIC AT ALL
YOU WILL BE DELIGHTED WITH THIS EXAMPLE IT IS JUST AS GOOD AS IT GETS
I AM VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THE PLAYTHROUGH NEAR MINT
THE SLEEVE
NON LAMINATED POP UP SLEEVE
THE FRONT SURFACE IS CLEAN AND HAS NO MARKS OR STAINS ON IT WHATSOEVER.
THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES NOR ARE THERE ANY CREASE LINES EITHER, AND EVEN THE TINY LINES THAT USUALLY FORM NEAR THE SPINE ARE JUST NOT THERE. THIS IS VERY UNUSUAL INDEED.
NONE ON THE TOP EDGE, NONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE
ALL OF THE DELICATE COLOURS HAVE BEEN RETAINED AND THERE IS NO RUBBING OR SHELF WEAR, AND NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE.
THE TOP EDGES ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. JUST A PIN PRICK OF RUB TO THE FRONT BLACK CORNER TIP
THE BOTTOM EDGES ARE SIMILAR
THE SPINE IS UNWORN AND ALL OF THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. IT IS ALSO PERFECTLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. SLIGHTLY GRUBBY WHITE SURFACE
THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND UNBLEMISHED AND SHOWS WHY THIS LP HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED, WITH JUST A COUPLE OF MINUSCULE THUMB NAIL NICKS
THE REAR SURFACE DOES HAVE SOME VERY LIGHT SIGNS OF HANDLING TO THE WHITE SURFACE. BUT FAR LESS THAT YOU WOULD USUALLY SEE ON THIS SLEEVE
OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE INTERIOR PAIR OF PANELS WITH A MINT POP UP SECTION OF THE BAND. THE POP UP HAS NO BENDS OR CREASES TO ANY OF THE ARMS
THE SLEEVE LIKE THE LP GRADES NEAR MINT
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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