Jimi Hendrix ELECTRIC LADYLAND UK 1ST TRACK BLUE TEXT PLAYS NEAR MINT / NMINT-

	£		797
	$		1,056

JIMI HENDRIX - ELECTRIC LADYLAND

IN MAGNIFICENT 3-4 PLAY CONDITION

OUTSTANDING COPY WITH THE RARE BLUE TEXT

THIS IS THE VERY VERY FIRST PRESS OF THIS COLLECTIBLE SET

PLAYS NEAR MINT  / NEAR MINT MINUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NEAR MINT SLEEVE!!!!!!!!!!

CATALOGUE: TRACK 613008 / 9

MATRIX NUMBERS:

SIDE A:61300XX8 A//1 1 2

 SIDE B: 61300X9 AX//1 1

SIDE C: 613009 B  XXXXXX X//1 1

SIDE D:61300X8 B//1 1 2

AN X = A SCRATCHED OR CROSSED OUT OUT DIGIT FROM THE ORIGINAL NUMBER

THE MATRIX NUMBERS ON ALL SIDES ARE PARTIALLY SCRATCHED OUT BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL STAMPING WAS INCORRECT AS THEY HAD THE WRONG NUMBERS ON EACH A SIDE. 613008 HAD 09 AND VISA VERSA. THE CORRECT DIGITS WERE ETCHED INTO THE VINYL MAKING THIS A GENUINE FIRST PRESS, AS LATER COPIES WERE CORRECTED AT THE PRESSING PLANT

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

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

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

THERE ARE 3-4 SMALL SPIDER LINES SURROUNDING THE SPINDLE HOLE, SHOWING THAT THE SET HAS HAD JUST A FEW PLAYS SINCE 1968

THE VINYL

BOTH VINYLS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION, HAVING RETAINED ALL OF THEIR ORIGINAL SHEEN AND LUSTRE. IN DAYLIGHT BOTH DISCS LOOK  FLAWLESS, AND ONLY UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION ARE THERE A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEE. A TRULY SUPERB PAIR OF ORIGINAL DISCS

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 DOUBLE ALBUM FOR YOU TO LISTEN TO BEFORE DECIDING IF THIS IS THE SET FOR YOU.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

THIS SET  PERFORMS ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH DISCS. IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THE VINYL HAS BEEN PLAYED ON A TOP HI-FI SYSTEM WITH A VERY CORRECTLY WEIGHTED STYLUS, AND ONE THAT WAS UNWORN AS WELL

THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT DURING THE PLAYTHROUGH OF EITHER DISC, AND THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST MAGNIFICENT WITH THE GUITAR WORK CHOPPING BETWEEN SPEAKERS CAUSING A SOUND SENSATION.

CLEAR AND CRISP VOCALS, THESE VINYLS PLAY WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER.

THERE ARE NO LOUD CLICKS EITHER.

THERE IS  A TINY BIT OF STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND RIGHT AT THE INTRO TO SIDE ONE, AND A SPECK RIGHT AT THE END DURING THE SPEAKING AS THE TRACK FADES OUT

THE ODD RANDOM BIT OF LIGHT STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND HERE AND THERE,AND A LITTLE BIT OF VINYL NOISE EVERY NOW AND THEN, MORE SO ON SIDE 3, AND I CAN'T SAY THAT I HEARD ANY MORE THAN A FEW LITTLE DUST POPS / TICS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS MAGNIFICENT AND RARE COLLECTIBLE NEAR MINT FOR DISC ONE, AND NEAR MINT MINUS FOR DISC 2 !!!!!

STILL DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

E.J.DAY ORIGINAL PRESS SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND JUST GLEAMS LIKE A MIRROR. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES, NO CREASE LINES, NO BENDS OR FOLDS. AND EVEN THE CORNERS ARE IN NEAR PRISTINE CONDITION, JUST HAVE LIGHTLY RUBBED EXTREME TIPS

INCREDIBLY THERE ARE JUST TWO NEAR INVISIBLE AND MINUSCULE LAMINATE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE. ONE SLIGHTLY LARGER ONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE AND 2-3 TINY TINY ONES ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE

THERE IS NO RING WEAR  AND EVEN ANGLING THE SLEEVE INTO THE LIGHT REVEALS NO RECORD SHAPE EITHER

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE A COUPLE OF TINY SPECKS OF SHELF WEAR, BUT 98% OF THE LAMINATE IS PROPERLY INTACT

THE SPINE IS IMMACULATE AND IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF MINUSCULE LITTLE FLAKES TO THE LAMINATE, BUT HARDLY NOTICEABLE. NO SHELF WEAR APART FROM THE ABSOLUTE TIP ENDS TOP AND BOTTOM WHICH HAVE THE LIGHTEST SPECK OF RUBBING

THE TWO OPENING EDGES ARE STILL RAZOR SHARP WITH JUST A COUPLE OF TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS ALONG EACH ONE

THE REAR SURFACE IS ALSO IN A GLEAMING POLISHED CONDITION, AND AGAIN NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES, AND NO RING WEAR, OR RECORD SHAPE. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF MINUSCULE WHITE CHIPS NEAR THE BOTTOM TOWARD THE SPINE, AND A COUPLE OF MINUSCULE LAMINATE LINES NEAR THE SPINE AND BOTTOM EDGE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A FULLY LAMINATED AND NEAR IMMACULATE PAIR OF PANELS. THE BLUE TEXT UNLIKE SOME COPIES IS VERY SHARP AND UNBLURRED. THE ONLY LIGHT WEAR IS EITHER SIDE OF THE SPINE WHERE THERE IS LITTLE WHITENESS

THE TWO POLYLINED INNER SLEEVES ARE THE ORIGINAL ONES THAT CAME WITH THE SET. THEY HAVE LIGHTLY AGED BUT REMAIN UNSPLIT. AT THE SEAMS. ONE OF THEM HAS A TEAR TO THE DIE CUT HOLE.

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT!!!!!!

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

GARRY