Jimi Hendrix AXIS BOLD AS LOVE UK LP 1ST MONO A1/B1 W/ POSTER 100% NEAR MINT

	£		313
	$		414

JIMI HENDRIX - AXIS BOLD AS LOVE

IN NEAR MINT!!!  PLAYTHROUGH CONDITION

RARER MONO PRESS 

STUNNING GLEAMING NEAR MINT!!! SLEEVE 

COMPLETE WITH THE  POSTER

MAGNIFICENT COLLECTIBLE COPY

• CATALOGUE:TRACK 612003
• MATRIX: 612003 A v 1   1 2 5 / B v 1  3 1 2 

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE BLACK AND SILVER TRACK LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. THE LABELS ARE LIGHTLY TEXTURED AND MATT. THE JET BLACK RUNS COLOUR FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE , WHILST THE SILVER TYPEFACE IS ALL UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

THERE ARE 2-3 TINY LITTLE AND BARELY VISIBLE SPIDER LINES NEXT TO THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

A SIMPLY GLEAMING VINYL THAT HAS CLEARLY BEEN WELL CARED FOR AND HANDLED WITH CARE. IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS AND HAS NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE. PLACED UNDER FOUR POWERFUL LED SPOTLIGHTS THERE ARE A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES VISIBLE, A FEW NEAR INVISIBLE PAPER LINES ON SIDE TWO, AND THREE OF FOUR ULTRA FINE AND TOTALLY NON HOUNDING ANGEL HAIRLINE HANDLING LINES. AN EXTREMELY OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THIS OFTEN HEAVILY ABUSED VINYL AND CLEARLY HAS COME FROM A PRIZED COLLECTION.

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, AS I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE LP BEFORE LAYING A BID

THIS RARE MONO RECORDING PLAYS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES.THE CLARITY IS JUST SUPERB AND DEFINITELY THE MONO PRESS IS THE DEFINITIVE WAY TO LISTEN TO THIS ALBUM

THE FIRST THING TO MENTION IS THE TOTAL LACK OF DISTORTION. THERE IS NO GROOVE WEAR MEANING THAT WHAT LITTLE PLAY THE RECORD HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS. MOST COPIES OF AXIS HAVE BEEN PLAYED TO DEATH BY THE ORIGINAL OWNERS AND ARE COVERED IN SCRATCHES AND HAVE SERIOUS GROOVE WEAR, BUT THIS BARELY PLAYED EXAMPLE IS JUST STUNNING!!!

THERE IS NO HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLING NOR ARE THERE ANY LOUD CLICKS AT ANY POINT. I WAS ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY BY THE INCREDIBLE SOUND THIS VINYL PRODUCES

ANYONE BIDDING ON THIS CLASSIC ALBUM WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED WITH IT IF THEY SHOULD WIN, AS THERE IS JUST SOME VERY OCCASIONAL VERY LIGHT VINYL NOISE HEARD ONLY IN A FEW OF THE LINKING GROOVES. YOU HAVE TO HEAR IT TO TRULY APPRECIATE THE OUTSTANDING QUALITY OF THIS RECORD

THERE ARE NO MORE THAN 4-5 TINY LITTLE DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

SO PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THIS SUPERB VOLUME AND JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR OWN PERSONAL STANDARDS

FOR ME THIS PLAYTHROUGH EASILY GRADES NEAR MINT!!!!!

THE SLEEVE

INCREDIBLE EXAMPLE OF THE OFTEN ABUSED SLEEVE

THIS IS THE CORRECT E.J.DAY & CO LAMINATED GATEFOLD

THE FRONT SURFACE IS MAGNIFICENT AND GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR. I DON'T BELIEVE I HAVE EVER SEEN A CLEANER, SHINIER EXAMPLE. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR DEEP CREASE LINES ANYWHERE ON THE SURFACE. NO FOLDS OR BENDS, AND NO LAMINATE FLAKE, PEEL OR LIFT.

THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE EITHER.

THERE ARE THREE MINUSCULE AND BARELY VISIBLE LAMINATE LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE. A FEW TINY ONES ALONG THE TOP EDGE, AND THREE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND IMPORTANTLY NOT ONE THUMB LINE NEXT TO OR ANYWHERE NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 100% UNWORN, WITH ALL OF THE LAMINATE IN PERFECT CONDITION, AND FULLY RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER WITHOUT ANY SCUFFING WHATSOEVER. THE LEFT CORNER TIPS HAVE THE TINIEST SPECK OF WHITE VISIBLE, AND THE RIGHT TIPS HAVE A PIN PRICK OF WHITE ON THE VERY ENDS.

THE SPINE IS ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF THIS I HAVE EVER SEEN. IT IS PERFECTLY FLAT, AND TOTALLY UNSQUASHED. ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS INTACT, APART FROM A TINY CRACK WHICH CAN BE FELT WHEN RUNNING A FINGER ALONG THE LENGTH, AND ONLY THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIP ENDS SHOW A TINY AMOUNT OF RUB!

THE OPENING EDGES SHOW JUST HOW GOOD THIS SLEEVE IS BECAUSE MOST COPIES ARE HEAVILY BURRED, BUT THIS COPY HAS TWO NEAR PERFECT AND RAZOR SHARP EDGES WITH JUST A FEW OF THE TINIEST THUMB NAIL NICKS

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME SUPERB CONDITION AS THE FRONT, AGAIN NO HEAVY CREASES AND JUST A FEW LAMINATE LINES AROUND THE PERIMETER EDGES

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE INNER PANELS. NO RUBBING OR LOSS OF THE BLACK COLOURS WHATSOEVER, AND ALL OF THE FLIPBACKS ARE PERFECTLY ADHERED

THE ORANGE 2 PAGE LYRIC INSERT IS IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. USUALLY FOUND RIPPED AND BADLY CREASED, THIS COPY IS TOTALLY INTACT AND FREE FROM ANY HEAVY CREASES, JUST A COUPLE OF LIGHT WRINKLES TO THE PAPER, ONE OF THE BEST YOU WILL FIND

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN UNSPLIT CONDITION.A SUPERB ORIGINAL EXAMPLE WITH THE DATE 117 (NOV 67_ IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER PRINTED NEXT TO 'MADE IN ENGLAND' LIGHT RECORD SHAPE AND SOME SIGNS OF GLUE AGEING AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM

THIS SLEEVE EASILY GRADES NEAR MINT!!!!

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

GARRY