Miracles - I Like It Like That, rare 1964 LP,

	£		34
	$		45

The Item For Sale Is:

Artist:            The Miracles

Title:              I Like It Like That

Release info: Tamla Motown (STML 11003) 1964 Original UK Mono Issue

Condition (Sleeve 1st) : M-/M-

Track List: I like It Like That

   Dance What You Wanna

   The Wah Watusi

   Such Is Love Such is Life

   The Groovy Thing

   I Gotta Dance To Keep From Crying

   That’s What Love Is Made Of

   The Monkey Time

   You’re So Fine And Sweet

   Would I Love You

   Dancin’ Holiday

   Twist And Shout

Top copy of the Miracles third UK album, one which has always been hard to track down in nice condition and you won’t find a better one than this easily.

This copy cam from the collection of a music reveiwer who obtained the record direct from the company in the sixties played it a couple of times (at most) and then boxed it away in custom made boxes. Now many years later most of his collection has made it’s way to me and some of the more interesting titles which I already have copies of in my own collection are being listed here.

Condition:

Sleeve: Fantastic! This has been in an unopened record box for over forty years and it just looks immaculate. It’s a typical EMI/Garrod And Lofthouse sixties sleeve made of thinish card laminated on the front only with flipbacked flaps on the rear, also on the rear is the “Patents Pending” notation which some people put such store in. The front just looks great, it’s incredibly clean with no writing or tears anywhere, there is one small lamination bubble right in the bottom left corner and one small insgnificant lamination crease near the open edge towards the top corner but neither of these things is anything to worry about and at arms length in a PVC sleeve (which I’ll supply) you won’t notice them. If I had to find one fault with the front sleeve it would be that there is a slight (very very very slight!) hint of an indentation where the record sits inside the sleeve, this isn’t any ringwear I hasten to add, it’s just the suggestion at the top and bottom of the sleeve that something circular goes inside it, I store records and sleeves separately so you can guarantee that this won’t get any worse whilst I own it. There is also the usual line down the open edge where the lamination has shrunk over the years but unlike on similar sleeves this isn’t a dirty line instead the card is still bright and colourful. Incredibly the rear is in similar pristine shape, look at the photo, this is unlaminated white card 40 years old and it’s still white! Not yellowed with age at all with no faults at all I can mention, there is the usual line down the edges of the flaps where the lamination has shrunk but even that is clean and white. Both top and bottom seams are totally unworn. All 4 corners are still sharp and well defined. The spine is also in pristine shape, still thick and wide with all of the writing clearly readable.

Both labels are perfect, very clean with no writing, tears or stickers and devoid of spindle wear. The stamper codes in the run off grooves are A-1N and B-1N.

Record: The disc is just as pristine as you could possibly hope for. This has been played once by me and that was the first time it’s been out of it’s sleeve for 40 years, prior to that it was played maybe twice by the previous owner, certainly it’s been played less than half a dozen times in it’s lifetime so unless you have the fortune to stumble across a genuinely unplayed copy then this is as good as it gets. Held under a harsh lamp there are no visible marks at all and when played well it’s simply perfect, there is no surface noise at all, it’s totally silent between tracks and the sound just leaps out of the speakers with no distortion at all. I played this at high volume on my best deck and all I can really say is WOW! It’s a long time since I heard this album and to hear it again from such a beautiful copy is a joy and a privilege. I simply cannot believe that you will find a significantly better copy than this easily.

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If you do decide to bid for this item I wish you luck and if not, well, thanks for looking and remember to look at my other items for sale you may find something more to your taste there.