John Lennon WALLS AND BRIDGES 1974 UK LP 1st Press Z5 Matrix MINT MINUS EXAMPLE
  £   37
  $   49

 


£ 37 Sold For
Jul 30, 2022 Sold Date
Jul 23, 2022 Start Date
5   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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Description

JOHN LENNON - WALLS AND BRIDGES

UNPLAYED MINT MINUS  CONDITION VINYL

 MINT MINUS  !!! SLEEVE

COMPLETE WITH THE LYRIC BOOKLET AND CARD INNER SLEEVE

INCREDIBLE CONDITION

 

  • CATALOGUE:APPLE PCTC 253 
  • MATRIX:YEX 937-Z5 / 938-Z 6
  • MOTHERS/STAMPERS:3 TH / 3 GDO

 

THE RECORDS

 

THE LABELS

THE APPLE LABELS ARE JUST MAGNIFICENT, NO HANDLING MARKS OR STAINS. 

BOTH SIDES ARE IMMACULATE WITH THE WHITE SIDE IN PARTICULAR SHOWING NO FINGERMARKS. 

THE SPINDLE HOLES ARE TOTALLY UNWORN. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

EVEN USING A MAGNIFYING GLASS I CANNOT SEE ANY MORE THAN 1-2 SPIDER LINES AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

THIS  VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF IT'S  ORIGINAL LUSTRE.

IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS, AND EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS JUST NOTHING TO SEE OTHER THAN A COUPLE OF TINY DULL MARKS


THE TEST PLAY


THE CLARITY OF THE STEREO RECORDING IS PURE FIRST PRESS, AND EVERY NOTE CAN BE HEARD CRISPLY AND CLEANLY WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION.

THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS AT ANY POINT

THE VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE, AND I HEARD NO MORE THAN ONE OR TWO SPLIT SECONDS OF STATIC THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I HEARD JUST A COUPLE OF TINY STATIC TIC / DUST POPS DURING THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT MINUS

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

 

 

 

THE SLEEVE

 

SUPERB MINT MINUS SINGLE GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE SLEEVE

USUALLY FOUND IN POOR CONDITION, THIS SLEEVE IS HARD TO COLLECT IN TOP CONDITION DUE TO THE FRONT FLAPS OFTEN TEARING OR LOOKING VERY SHABBY AND WEAKLY ATTACHED TO THE SPINE

HERE HOWEVER WE HAVE AN ABSOLUTELY IMMACULATE EXAMPLE THAT ANY COLLECTOR WOULD BE PROUD TO OWN

THE FIRST THING TO STATE IS THAT THE TWO EXPOSED THIN FRONT FLAPS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. BOTH ARE PROPERLY AFFIXED TO THE SPINE AND AT NO TIME HAVE THE BEEN BENT ROUND TO SIT ON THE REAR SURFACE TO MAKE UP THE PICTURE OF JOHN.

OPENING THE FLAPS EXPOSES THE WHOLE OF THE FRONT SURFACE WHICH IS IN IMMACULATE CONDITION. NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES ANYWHERE, AND NO LOSS OF COLOUR OR RUBBING AT ANY POINT. THERE  IS JUST A TINY CREASE LINE OVER THE TOP LEFT CORNER, AND THIS IS THE ONLY REASON THE SLEEVE IS NOT A FULL MINT GRADE

THE OPENING EDGE ITSELF IS ALSO IMMACULATE AND RAZOR SHARP, AND THERE ARE NO THUMB NAIL NICKS ALONG THIS EDGE, FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT THE VINYL HAS NOT BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE.

THE SPINES ARE WAFER THIN ON BOTH SIDES AND AS SUCH CANT BE SQUASHED. ALL OF THE TYPEFACE ON THE FLAP SIDE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND THERE IS NO COLOUR LOSS OR RUBBING EVEN TO THE TIPS

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME SUPERB  STATE AS THE FRONT. AGAIN NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES, AND AGAIN  NO SMALL LINES NEAR THE PERIMETER EDGES

NO RINGWEAR OR EVEN A HINT OF RECORD SHAPE

THE CARD PICTURE INNER SLEEVE IS IN MINT CONDITION. HAVING THE ANGLED TOP  CORNERS AND THE LARGE THUMB NOTCH ALONG THE TOP EDGE. THERE ARE NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES ANYWHERE ALONG THE SURFACE WHATSOEVER, AND NOT ONE JOT OF COLOUR LOSS

THE 8 PAGE FULL SIZED BOOKLET IS ALSO IN PRISTINE CONDITION. NOT ONE CREASE LINE ANYWHERE ON ANY SURFACE

THIS SLEEVE EASILY GRADES MINT MINUS

 

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

GARRY


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