Kiss ALIVE UK 2LP 1ST PRESS BLUE LABEL A-1 / B-1 ONE PLAY EVER & 100% MINT
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KISS ALIVE
IN MAGNIFICENT ONCE PLAYED MINT / MINT MINUS!!! CONDITION
OUTSTANDING MINT MINUS!!!! SLEEVE
THE RARE 1ST PRESS BLUE LABEL
ONE DIGIT/LETTER MOTHERS AND STAMPERS
TIME TRAVEL CONDITION
- CATALOGUE:CASABLANCA CBSP 401
- MATRIX: CBSP 4011 A-1 / B-1 / 4012 A-1 / B-1
- MOTHERS / STAMPERS:1 T / 1 H / 1 M / 1 L (ONE OF THE VERY FIRST OFF THE PRESS)
- NICK W ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX
THIS INCREDIBLE ALBUM BELONGED TO A COLLECTOR WHO JUST PLAYED IT ONCE, RECORDING IT TO TAPE FOR HIS CAR, AND HAS THEREFORE REMAINED IN ' AS NEW ' CONDITION. IT IS THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THIS ALBUM I HAVE EVER COME ACROSS WITHOUT HESITATION.
THE RECORDS
THE LABELS
THE FOUR BLUE LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS AND THE BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE SILVER TYPEFACE AND RED LOGOS ARE UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE IS JUST ONE MICROSCOPIC LINE NEXT TO THE SPINDLE HOLE ON EACH SIDE
THE VINYL
ABSOLUTELY IMMACULATE DISC.NOT A FINGERMARK ANYWHERE, AND IN DAYLIGHT IT IS TOTALLY FLAWLESS, UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION DISC ONE IS ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE AND HAS JUST PERHAPS ONE WISPY HAIRLINES, DISC TWO HAS A FEW LIGHT SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL LINES, AND A COUPLE OF LIGHT DULL PATCHES
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 LP FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE 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
THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON ALL SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS LP SOUNDS.
THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS PERFECT WITH EVERY NOTE BEING HEARD CLEARLY AND CLEANLY AS WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED
NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE EITHER, NOR ANY LOUD CLICKS
THE TINIEST BIT OF EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE IN SOME OF THE LINKING GROOVES
ABSOLUTELY NO STATIC, NOT EVEN IN THE LINKING GROOVES, JUST A SPECK AT THE START OF EACH SIDE
I HEARD ONE TINY DUST POP THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH ON DISC ONE AND A COUPLE ON DISC TWO
I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS PLAYTHROUGH MINT / MINT MINUS!!! IT IS THAT GOOD
PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR PERSONAL STANDARDS
THE SLEEVE
A TRULY EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE OF THIS NON LAMINATED FRAGILE 1ST PRESS GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE GATEFOLD SLEEVE
THE FRONT SURFACE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND CLEAN. THERE IS NO RUBBING TO THE DELICATE SURFACE AND THUS NO COLOUR LOSS AT ALL. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES, OR BENDS. THERE IS A SMALL DING TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER, AND THE BAREST SHADOW OF RECORD IMPRESSION WHICH DUE TO THE THIN CARD USED IS BETTER THAN NORMAL AS MOST ARE RINGWORN OR HEAVILY IMPRESSED
THERE ARE JUST THREE REALLY SMALL LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE. TWO ALONG THE TOP EDGE, FOUR ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND ONE SMALL THUMB LINE NEAR THE OPENING EDGE. AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE
THERE IS NO RING WEAR
THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE BOTH IMMACULATE WITH ALL OF THE DELICATE COLOURED SURFACE UNBLEMISHED, AND FULLY RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER, WITH JUST A PIN PRICK OF WHITE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT TIP ENDS
THE SPINE FLAT AND UNSQUASHED . THE COLOURED SURFACE IS PRISTINE AND ALL OF THE WHITE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF RANDOM WHITE PIN PRICKS VISIBLE
THE OPENING EDGES ARE RAZOR SHARP AND TOTALLY AS NEW. NO THUMB NAIL NICKS ALONG EITHER EDGE
THE REAR SURFACE IS ALSO IN TOP CONDITION, WITH JUST THREE TINY LINES NEAR THE SPINE. AND THREE ALONG THE BOTTOM WITH A TINY SHADOW OF RECORD IMPRESSION.
OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO PRISTINE, MINT INNER PANELS
THE TWO EMI INNER SLEEVES ARE UNSPLIT, FLAT AND UNCREASED
HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE MINT MINUS!!!
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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