Jimi Hendrix ELECTRIC LADYLAND UK 2LP 1ST POLYDOR NMINT
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JIMI HENDRIX - ELECTRIC LADYLAND
IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION
FIRST POLYDOR PRESS
UNBELIEVABLE CONDITION
- CATALOGUE:POLYDOR 2310268/9
- SET NO: 2657 012
- MATRIX: / 2310269 A-4/ 613008 / B-10 / 613009 A-2 / B-2
ORIGINALLY RELEASED ON THE TRACK LABEL IN 1968. THIS 1ST REISSUE WAS PRESSED ON THE POLYDOR LABEL IN 1973. THERE WEAS A SECOND REISSUE AGAIN ON POLYDOR BUT IT HAS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CATALOGUE NUMBER SPDLP 3
THE RECORDS
THE LABELS
THE ORANGY RED POLYDOR LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. THERE IS NOT ONE BLEMISH ON THEM AND THE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE SPINDLE HOLES HAVE JUST ONE SMALL SPIDER LINE ON EACH SIDE, SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS SET HAS BEEN PLAYED , AND AS I GENTLY PLACED IT INTO MY TURNTABLE I COULD HEAR AND FEEL THE REMNANT SHARDS OF VINYL STILL EMBEDDED INSIDE THE SPINDLE HOLE.
THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND TOTALLY UNRUBBED AND UNWORN
THE VINYL
THE VINYLS GLEAM LIKE BRAND NEW DISCS. THEY HAS NO MARKS OF ANY KIND AT ALL ON ANY PART OF THE SURFACE AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING. TO SEE APART FROM A COUPLE OF RANDOM WISPY LINES
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 FOUR EIGHT MINUTE EXCERPTS FROM THIS SET I HAVE RECORDED THE FIRST TRACK FROM EACH SIDE WHICH INCLUDES THE DEAD WAX RUN IN, IN ADDITION I HAVE RECORDED ONE RANDOM TRACK FROM EACH SIDE, INCLUDING THE LINKING GROOVE AS I WISH TO DEMONSTRATE NOT ONLY THE ABSOLUTE CLARITY OF THE RECORDING, BUT THE SILENCE IN THE BITS THAT SHOULD BE SILENT. PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THIS INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE
I CANNOT BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I WAS BY FIND ING AND THEN HEARING THIS BARELY PLAYED LP SET. . THE WHOLE THING PLAYS TO A MAGNIFICENT STANDARD. WITH CRYSTAL CLEAR REPRODUCTION, AND A SUPERB STEREO PERFORMANCE. THERE ARE NO CLICKS OR CRACKLES, JUST THE VERY ODD BIT OF STATIC INA COUPLE OF THE QUIETER SPOTS. BOTH ALBUMS PLAY BEAUTIFULLLY
I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL NEAR MINT.. IT IS THAT GOOD
THE SLEEVE
FANTASTIC SLEEVE WITH A MAGNIFICENT SPINE WHICH IS ALMOST UNHEARD OF. THE SLEEVE IS A LAMINATED GATEFOLD FROM HOWARDS OF SLOUGH.
THE FRONT SURFACE IS MAGNIFICENT AND GLEAMS LIKE A NEW SLEEVE WITH A LAMINATED SURFACE THAT IS UNCREASED IN ANY WAY. AMAZINGLY THERE IS JUST ONE MINISCULE LAMINATE LINE BY THE SPINE AND ONE MORE ON THE TOP EDGE.
THERE IS NO RING WEAR EITHER. THIS IS A FABULOUS EXAMPLE OF THIS FRAGILE SLEEVE. THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 100% UNWORN, WITH ALL OF THE LAMINATE IN PERFECT CONDITION.
THE SPINE IS THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THIS I HAVE EVER SEEN. IT IS PERFECTLY FLAT, AND TOTALLY UNMARKED WITH ALL OF THE LAMINATE INTACT.IT IS ALSO THE RARER WIDE SPINE
THE OPENING EDGES ARE ALMOST PERFECT. THE ONE FLAW ON THE SLEEVE IS THE REAR OPENING EDGE WHERE AT SOME POINT AN ERRANT THUMB HAS PULLED OR PUSHED TOO HARD AND HAS CREATED A VERY SMALL SPLIT ACCROSS THE OPENING EDGE INTO THE REAR SURFACE. I HAVE TAKEN A PICTURE TO SHOW EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN. I AM CERTAIN I HAVE MADE IT SOUND FAR WORSE THAN IT IS. IN REALITY IT'S A SMALL BLEMISH ON AN OPTHERWISE MINT MINUS SLEEVE.THE OPENING EDGES OTHERWISE ARE RAZOR SHARP. SO THE REAR SURFACE APART FROM THIS ONE SMALL NICK IS EVERY BIT AS CLEAN AND PRESENTABLE AS THE FRONT. THIS IS A CRACKING COPY OF THIS ICONIC SLEEVE AND EASILY GRADES NEAR MINT MINUS
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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