Jimi Hendrix Experience Smash Hits Japan MPX-4009 OBI Mono Play Tested NM-

$

64

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This album is a 1979 Mono reissue.  I can't begin to explain how different (and to me much better) these tracks sound. It's all subjective but if you're used to the stereo mixes this is really hearing these tracks for the first time.  You won't be disappointed.
Vinyl was play tested through Focal Elegia's and it played as NM-. I numerically score the vinyl a 95 relative to very very light occasional surface noise and what sounded like a missed dust fleck on A3 and another on B1. Visually it's about as close to NM- as can be but there is enough going on that I'm scoring it as EX.  I score the tracks individually (there's no way I'd remember one from the other) and on my score sheet I made a note to myself to play the album one more time.  It just sounds so good and different.
The sleeve is scored as EX, numerically a 93 which is 1 point below what I use for NM (94-99).  There is super light corner wear and on angles you can see super faint ring wear at the 6 position. There are a couple of discoloration spots on the rear within the white area that stand out a bit relative to the contrast. The insert shows light wear along with a couple of discoloration spots (these blend in better).  I've checked a few times and there is no 'Japanese Mold' smell (if you know you know and it's not nice much past a hint). Finally, some of the printing is missing along the spine.  It's really strange, what it most looks like happened was a factory defect applying the lettering but what I think happened was something rubbed against part of it.  The sleeve is overall so essentially perfect I can't see the original owner rubbing it or whatever.  I can't tell and I've never seen anything like this before.  
Album will be mailed in a cardboard mailer between cardboard with bubble wrap.  If you have any questions please let me know and thanks for looking!

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