Jimi Hendrix ARE YOU EXPERIENCED UK LP 1ST MONO ONE PLAY EVER MINT- / N MINT

	£		520
	$		689

JIMI HENDRIX - ARE YOU EXPERIENCED

IN MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS / NEAR MINT ONE PLAY!!! CONDITION

A STUNNING COLLECTIBLE SET WITH A TOP CONDITION SLEEVE

1ST UK MONO PRESSING

MUSEUM QUALITY SET!!

CATALOGUE: TRACK 612001

MATRIX NUMBERS :612001 A v 1 1 1   / 612004 B v  1  1  1 

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE SLIGHTLY ROUGH TEXTURED MATT BLACK LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT MINT!! CONDITION. THE BLACK BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLES.

THE SILVER LOGO AND TYPEFACE WHICH IS OFTEN FOUND RUBBED AWAY IS IN PERFECT CONDITION , WITH EACH LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THIS IS THE EARLIEST PRESS , IN MONO

THERE IS JUST ONE!!  RIDICULOUSLY SMALL SPIDER LINE CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE, SHOWING THAT THIS INCREDIBLE ALBUM HAS BARELY SEEN THE LIGHT OF DAY

THE VINYL

THE VINYL IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. IT GLEAMS LIKE IT WAS JUST PRESSED AND THERE IS NO FOGGING OR ANY MARKS  EITHER . IT IS A ROCK SOLID HEAVYWEIGHT DISC WITH VIRTUALLY NO FLEX

WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE JUST A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES AND ONE TINY TINY LITTLE MARK ON SIDE TWO WHICH CAUSES TWO BARELY AUDIBLE LITTLE TICS ON 3RD STONE FROM THE SUN. SIDE ONE IS UNMARKED APART FROM ONE TOTALLY NON SOUNDING TINY ANGEL HAIRLINE

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 WITH ALL MY LISTINGS BECAUSE I FIRMLY BELIEVE 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

I HOPE YOU AGREE THAT THE REPRODUCTION FROM THIS ALBUM IS JUST BRILLIANT. PURE FIRST PRESS AND THE DISC PLAYS MAGNIFICENTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH. TRYING TO FIND A GREAT COPY OF THIS ALBUM IS VERY HARD  AND MOST COPIES ARE TRASHED WITH SLEEVES TO MATCH. HERE WE HAVE WHAT I CAN ONLY DESCRIBE AS A NEAR FAULTLESS PERFORMANCE.

THE FIRST THING TO NOTE IS THAT THE SOUND IS DISTORTION FREE  THIS SHOWS THAT THE LP WAS PLAYED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY TRACKED STYLUS, AND ONE THAT WASN'T DAMAGED EITHER.

THERE IS NO  BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO CLICKS

THERE IS NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND ONLY THE ODD SECOND OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN A COUPLE LINKING GROOVES AND MOST SILENT PASSAGES

THE CLARITY OF THE MONO SOUND IS IMMENSE AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD AS WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED. A REAL LOUD CUT TO THE PRODUCTION ON THIS RECORDING.

AS I MENTIONED IN THE VINYL DESCRIPTION THERE ARE A COUPLE OF BARELY AUDIBLE LITTLE TICS ON SIDE TWO, AND OTHER THAN THIS PERHAPS 1-2 TINY DUST POPS THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THIS SUPERB ALBUM AND JUDGE THE QUALITY FOR YOURSELF.

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS BEAUTIFUL VINYL MINT MINUS FOR SIDE ONE AND NEAR MINT FOR SIDE TWO

I BELIEVE THIS TO BE ONE OF THE BEST COPIES OF THIS ALBUM YOU WILL EVER FIND!!!

THE SLEEVE

I HAVE HAD MANY COPIES OF THIS ALBUM PASS THROUGH MY HANDS, BUT THIS SLEEVE WITHOUT QUESTION IS OF THE  BEST COPY I HAVE EVER SEEN OR TOUCHED.

TO FIND A HALF DECENT SLEEVE IS RARE, BUT TO FIND ONE THAT HAS BEEN PRESERVED IN A PLASTIC OUTER FROM NEW IS JUST INCREDIBLE. THE SLEEVE IS A E.J.DAY FIRST PRESS SLEEVE.

THE SLEEVE USUALLY SUFFERS BADLY FROM CREASING AND RING WEAR, BUT THIS COPY HAS ABSOLUTELY NO HEAVY CREASES AND NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE FOR THAT MATTER.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND JUST GLEAMS LIKE A MIRROR. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES, NO CREASE LINES, NO BENDS, AND ABSOLUTELY NO RING WEAR OR EVEN MILD RECORD SHAPE. .

THERE ARE TWO MICROSCOPIC LAMINATE LINES BY THE SPINE. SIX ALONG THE TOP EDGE OS WHICH 5 ARE MICROSCOPIC AND THE OTHER ONE CLOSE TO THE LEFT CORNER.THREE SMALL ONES ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND JUST ONE SMALL THUMB LINE TWO INCHES BELOW THE 2ND LETTER E FROM EXPERIENCED. NONE RIGHT BY THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE TOTALLY FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR WHATSOEVER, AND THIS IS DUE TO THE SLEEVE RESIDING INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER SINCE 1967.

THE SPINE IS JUST  NEAR PERFECT. UNLAMINATED AND WAFER THIN, IT IS 100% FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. THE TYPEFACE HAS THE TINIEST SPECK OF RUBBING BUT IS STILL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE IS NO RUBBING TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIP ENDS

THE  OPENING EDGE  IS RAZOR SHARP ,NO THUMB NAIL NICKS AND NO BURRING, JUST A SPECK OF ROUGHNESS TO TINY SPOTS ON THE FRONT EDGE

THE REAR SURFACE USUALLY SUFFERS FROM SERIOUS GRUBBINESS TO THE GREY SURFACE , BUT AGAIN DUE TO THE PROTECTION AFFORDED IT, THIS SURFACE IS JUST MAGNIFICENT. THE BLACK / GREY AREA ALSO USUALLY SUFFERS FROM RUBBING AND RING WEAR, BUT AGAIN THIS ONE IS PERFECT.

THE  POLYLINED INNER SLEEVE HAS ONE CORNER CREASED WHERE IT HAS SAT LIKE THAT INSIDE THE SLEEVE FOR ALL THESE YEARS UNTOUCHED. NO SPLITS JUST SOME LIGHT RECORD IMPRESSION. GUARANTEED ORIGINAL INNER AS IT HAS THE DATE 087 (AUG 67) IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER. ALSO THE ORIGINAL OWNER HAND WROTE THE CATALOGUE NUMBER NEATLY IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER

THIS SLEEVE EASILY GRADES  MINT MINUS!!!

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

GARRY