MARTY WILDE: WILDE ABOUT MARTY 1959 PHILIPS LP EX RARE

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"WILDE ABOUT MARTY"

12" LONG PLAYER BY MARTY WILDE

U.K. PHILIPS RECORDS (BBL 7342)

YEAR: 1959

MATRIX No: AA10748/1L/7//420 - AA10748/2L/3//420

VINYL WEIGHT: 158g

VISUAL GRADING SIDE ONE:

INITIAL IMPRESSIONS ARE OF A RECORD THAT HAS BEEN WELL LOOKED AFTER AND HAS ONLY SEEN LIGHT USE. A QUICK PERUSAL OF THE SIDE SHOWS NO MAJOR DEFECTS AND, IN FACT, REVEALS ONLY THE ODD VERY LIGHT MARK. VIEWING IN NORMAL LIGHT THERE ARE A FEW VERY LIGHT HAIRLINES/SLEEVE REMOVAL LINES, MOST OF WHICH ARE PRACTICALLY INVISIBLE. HOWEVER, THESE DO SHOW UP WHEN VIEWED IN STRONG SUNLIGHT. CLOSER INSPECTION SHOWS JUST THE OCCASIONAL VERY LIGHT SURFACE LINE, ONLY REALLY OBVIOUS WHEN TILTING THE RECORD BACK AND FORTH IN THE LIGHT AND A COUPLE OF VERY LIGHT NEEDLE TYPE SCRATCH LINES. HOWEVER, THESE HAVE NO TANGIBLE DEPTH AND APPEAR COMPLETELY INAUDIBLE. THE ONLY NOTABLE MARKS ARE A MINUTE MARK AT THE START OF TRACK THREE AND A VERY SMALL SCRATCH ON TRACK FOUR. VINYL RETAINS AN EXCELLENT SHINE WITH BARELY ANY VISIBLE GROOVEWEAR.

VISUAL GRADING SIDE TWO:

VERY SIMILAR IN APPEARANCE TO SIDE ONE HAVING BEEN WELL CARED FOR. AS BEFORE THERE ARE A FEW ULTRA LIGHT HAIRLINES/SLEEVE REMOVAL LINES WHICH AGAIN ARE ONLY REALLY VISIBLE IN STRONG LIGHT. ANY SURFACE LINES ARE EXTREMELY LIGHT AND CAN REALLY ONLY BE SEEN WHEN TILTING THE RECORD BACK AND FORTH IN THE LIGHT. THERE IS JUST ONE SMALL SURFACE LINE THAT IS SLIGHTLY MORE OBVIOUS BUT IS STILL VERY MINOR. THERE IS JUST ONE VERY LIGHT SCRATCH COVERING THE LATTER HALF OF THE SIDE BUT HAS NOT CUT INTO THE GROOVE AND IS NOT AN ISSUE WHEN PLAYING. ANY OTHER TINY MARKS THAT CAN BE SEEN, AND THESE ARE VERY FEW, ARE PURELY SUPERFICIAL AND HAVE NO EFFECT ON PLAYBACK. THE VINYL STILL RETAINS AN EXCELLENT SHINE WITH JUST THE VERY FINEST TRACE OF GROOVEWEAR OCCASIONALLY.

LABELS:

THIS RECORD IS AN ORIGINAL 1st PRESS ISSUED ON THE ROUGH TEXTURED BLACK PHILIPS LABEL. BOTH LABELS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO WRITING, TEARS OR STICKERS. THERE ARE A FEW VERY LIGHT SPINDLE TRACES ON EITHER SIDE BUT NO OBVIOUS WEAR AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE. THERE IS NO FADING TO THE LABEL AND THE SILVER PRINT IS BRIGHT AND CLEAR. NO BLEMISHES OR OTHER MARKS.

COVER GRADING:

FRONT:  THE FRONT OF THE COVER IS IN GOOD CONDITION FOR IT'S AGE BUT IS SHOWING SOME WEAR, MAINLY AROUND THE EXTREME EDGES WITH SOME LITTLE CREASES ALL THE WAY ROUND. THE OPENING EDGE HAS A LITTLE VERY LIGHT FEATHERING AND HAS A TINY PIECE MISSING AT THE BOTTOM NEAR THE PHILIPS LOGO. THERE IS A LITTLE LIGHT RINGWEAR AND CREASING BUT THE LAMINATE IS STILL INTACT WITH JUST THE ODD LITTLE BUBBLE. THE SLEEVE IS STILL CLEAN WITH NO STICKERS OR WRITING.

BACK:  SIMILAR TO THE FRONT WITH SOME WEAR AROUND THE EDGES AND ALONG THE OPENING EDGE. TINY PIECE MISSING ON THE OPENING EDGE, AS WITH THE FRONT. LAMINATE IS ALL INTACT WITH JUST THE ODD SMALL LIFT. TOP FLIPBACK IS INTACT BUT HAS STARTED TO LIFT ON ONE CORNER AND HAS SOME OLD TAPE RESIDUE WHERE IT WAS ONCE STUCK DOWN. THE TAPE IS LONG GONE. LOWER FLIPBACK IS PARTIALLY MISSING AND WHAT'S LEFT COULD DO WITH A MINOR REPAIR. HAS BEEN STUCK BEFORE AS THERE IS TAPE RESIDUE. SOME LIGHT RINGWEAR AND A NUMBER WRITTEN IN PENCIL NEAR THE TOP, HOWEVER, THE COVER BACK IS STILL REASONABLY CLEAN AND COULD BE TIDIED UP QUITE WELL.

EDGES:  TOP EDGE IS INTACT WITH JUST THE TINIEST OF NICKS. NO SPLITS OR RUBBING. HAS JUST STARTED TO SPLIT ON THE OPENING. THE LOWER EDGE HAS A 1.5" SPLIT DUE TO PART OF THE FLIPBACK MISSING. THE REST IS INTACT WITH JUST THE ODD NICK. HAS STARTED TO SPLIT ON THE OPENING EDGE AND HAS A LITTLE VERY LIGHT FURRING ON THE SPINE CORNER.

SPINE:  THE SPINE IS PRETTY MUCH INTACT WITH JUST A FEW LITTLE NICKS ALONG IT'S LENGTH AND A LITTLE FURRING AT THE EXTREME ENDS. TINY SPLIT AT THE EXTREME TOP CORNER. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1st PRESS THIN SPINE COVER WITH THE SPINE TEXT ON THE BACK OF THE SLEEVE (SEE PHOTO).

INNER SLEEVE:  THIS RECORD COMES WITH A PLAIN INNER SLEEVE.

AUDIO GRADING:

SIDE ONE:  THE AUDIO QUALITY IS SUPERB FOR A RECORD THAT IS NEARLY 50 YEARS OLD. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FIRST COUPLE OF RUN IN GROOVES AT THE VERY PERIMETER OF THE DISC, THE RUN IN IS VIRTUALLY SILENT AND IS CERTAINLY FREE OF ANY CRACKLE OR CLICKS. THIS CARRIES ON THROUGHOUT THE SIDE WITH THE GAPS BETWEEN TRACKS BEING EXTREMELY QUIET WITH JUST THE OCCASIONAL SOLITARY TICK. THE RECORD PRODUCES A LOVELY CLEAR SOUND WITH JUST THE MEREST HINT OF ULTRA LIGHT BACKGROUND STATIC HERE AND THERE AND JUST THE VERY LIGHTEST EVIDENCE OF USE OCCASIONALLY. THERE IS A TINY BACKGROUND TICK AT THE VERY START OF TRACK THREE AND A MINOR CLICK FOR A FEW REVOLUTIONS ON TRACK FOUR, BUT NEITHER OF THESE ARE AT ALL DETRIMENTAL TO THE OVERALL SOUND, WHICH IS FANTASTIC. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THIS RECORD HAS ONLY HAD LIGHT USE. OVERALL GRADE FOR THIS SIDE WOULD BE 'EX' BUT I WILL DOWNGRADE TO 'EX-' DUE TO THE TINY MARK.

SIDE TWO:  THE AUDIO QUALITY OF THE SECOND SIDE IS VERY SIMILAR TO SIDE ONE. THE RUN IN IS VIRTUALLY SILENT AS ARE THE GAPS BETWEEN THE TRACKS. THERE MAY JUST BE THE ODD SOLITARY TICK NOW AND AGAIN. THE VERY LIGHT SCRATCH ON THE LATTER HALF OF THE SIDE APPEARS TO HAVE NO AUDIO CONSEQUENCE WHATSOEVER. THERE ARE NO MARKS OR FLAWS ON THIS SIDE WHICH HAVE ANY AUDIO IMPACT AT ALL. NO REPETITIVE TICKS OR CLICKS. THIS SIDE OF THE RECORD PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY. 

SUMMARY:

  A VERY NICE COPY OF A RECORD THAT IS NEARLY 50 YEARS OLD. THE SLEEVE IS SHOWING SOME GENERAL WEAR AND TEAR BUT, OVERALL, IS STILL REASONABLY TIDY. THE RECORD IS AN ABSOLUTE GEM AND PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY, THE ONLY MINOR FLAW BEING THE TINY MARKS ON SIDE ONE. HOWEVER, THESE ARE NOT AT ALL DETRIMENTAL TO THE OVERALL SOUND WHICH IS BRILLIANT FOR A RECORD THAT IS SO OLD. LISTENING TO THIS RECORD, AND IN PARTICULAR,THE LACK OF SURFACE NOISE, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT IT IS NEARLY 50 YEARS OLD. IT HAS OBVIOUSLY ONLY HAD LIGHT USE. A SUPERB DEBUT ALBUM FOR MARTY WITH A GREAT MIX OF ROCK 'N' ROLL AND BALLADS.

ORIGINAL ALBUMS, SUCH AS THIS ONE, ARE BECOMING HARDER TO FIND AS TIME GOES ON AND WHEN THEY DO COME UP FOR SALE THEY CAN BE IN VERY POOR CONDITION. 50 YEARS AGO THEY WERE TAKEN TO PARTIES/RECORD HOPS, BORROWED BY FRIENDS AND PLAYED ON GENERALLY INFERIOR EQUIPMENT, ALTHOUGH IT WAS PROBABLY GREAT IN IT'S DAY.

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT NONE OF THE RECORDS I OFFER FOR SALE WILL HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO SUCH TREATMENT AND, AS SUCH, WILL LOOK AND PLAY AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO THE WAY THEY DID WHEN PURCHASED.

GRADING:

SLEEVE:  G/VG

SIDE ONE (visual):  EX-

SIDE TWO (visual):  EX-

SIDE ONE (audio):  EX-

SIDE TWO (audio):  EX

GUIDE TO GRADINGS

    MINT: As new condition/unplayed

    NEAR MINT: No obvious marks or imperfections. May have very light paper lines/hairlines visible under strong light. Sound quality will be virtually perfect.

    EXCELLENT +: Record will display just the odd very light surface line/mark. No needle lines or scratches. Background/surface noise will be virtually non existent with the possibility of the occasional solitary tick. There will be nothing on the record to cause any audible flaws or distortion.

    EXCELLENT: Record will display one or two surface lines and/or light scuff marks. No needle lines or scratches. There may be a little very light background noise only audible on the run in/out. No obvious audible flaws or distortion and will only have had light use. Records graded as Excellent will still be very acceptable copies.

    EXCELLENT -: Record will show slightly more marks than an Excellent but not sufficient to drop it into the Very Good Plus catagory. Any marks will be purely superficial and will not be audible. a record that would otherwise be Excellent but has, perhaps, one light needle line will fall into this catagory. There may be very light audible noise on the run in/out but no scratches. The sound quality will still be perfectly acceptable although it will be obvious that the record has had a few plays.

    VERY GOOD +: Record will display light surface lines/scuffs, light needle lines and hairlines although there will not be any heavy or obvious scratches. Sound quality will still be perfectly acceptable although there will probably be a little light background noise, most obvious on the run in/out and a little minor distortion occasionally. Records graded VG+ will have had moderate use but have not been overplayed.

    VERY GOOD: Record will display several surface lines/marks, light needle lines and light scratches, some of which may be audible. The record has obviously been played many times but will still produce a good sound, albeit with some mild distortion occasionally. There will be no sticks or jumps and the record will play through fine.

I WILL NOT NORMALLY ADVERTISE ANY RECORD THAT FALLS BELOW A VERY GOOD GRADE UNLESS IT IS EXCEPTIONALLY RARE. I ALWAYS DO MY BEST TO GRADE RECORDS AS ACCURATELY AS POSSIBLE. HOWEVER, IF YOU ARE NOT 100% HAPPY WITH YOUR PURCHASE PLEASE CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY SO THAT THE PROBLEM CAN BE SORTED. ALL ITEMS CARRY A FULL MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. 

THANKS FOR LOOKING AND HAPPY BIDDING.