Noir WE HAD TO LET YOU HAVE IT RARE UK PROG LP NMINT-

	£		74
	$		98

NOIR - WE HAD TO LET YOU HAVE IT

IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

• CATALOGUE:DAWN DNLS 3029 
• MATRIX: DNLS3029 A-4 / B-5
• FIRST AND ONLY PRESS

WOW!! THIS IS A VERY RARE PROGRESSIVE ROCK ALBUM FROM 1971. WORD HAS IT THAT THIS BAND SPLIT UP WHILST RECORDING THE ALBUM, AND THEIR RECORD LABEL WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH THE OUTPUT FROM THE RECORDING SESSIONS THAT THEY DECIDED TO RELEASE IT, HENCE THE VERY PLAIN WHITE COVER AND THE TITLE 'WE HAD TO LET YOU HAVE IT'

IN FACT THERE IS AN INSERT WITH THE SLEEVE THAT HAS THE FOLLOWING SCRIPT ON IT

'A little while ago a group called Noir signed a recording contract with Dawn records. Although they spent many hours in the studio they never completed their album. At the time of writing we have not heard from them and we do not know their whereabouts.

We feel it would be foolish to just leave the recorded tracks on the studio shelves because the music on this album is very very good indeed. Maybe with the release of the Noir will be heard of again, anyway we felt WE HAD TO LET YOU HAVE IT.

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE MAUVE DAWN LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. THE  BLACK BASE COLOUR HAS REMAINED UNRUBBED, AND THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE. THIS COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALSO IN TOP CONDITION AND EVERY LETTER IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. . A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLES REVEALS 2 SMALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE BY INDICATING THE COUPLE OF PLAYS THAT THIS BRILLIANT EXAMPLE HAS RECEIVED IN THE LAST 39 YEARS. ALSO AS I PLACED THE LP OVER THE SPINDLE ON MY DECK I COULD FEEL AND HEAR THE SOUND OF RESIDUE VINYL INSIDE THE HOLE FROM THE PRESS, SHOWING AGAIN WHY THIS ALBUM HAS REMAINED BARELY PLAYED

THE VINYL

THE RECORD GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND IS VERY CLEAN. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF VERY VERY FINE AND NON  SOUNDING HANDLING LINES.WHICH CAN ONLY BE SEEN WHEN THE LP IS ANGLED INTO THE LIGHT, AND A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES VISIBLE UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION

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 FOUR COMPLETE TRACKS  FROM THIS  ALBUM,  I HAVE RECORDED THE FIRST TRACK FROM EACH SIDE WHICH INCLUDES THE DEAD WAX RUN IN, I HAVE ALSO RECORDED THE LINKING GROOVES TO THE START OF THE OTHER TRACKS THAT ON OFFER. THE REPORDUCTION IS PURE FIRST PRESS

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THESE DISCS SOUNDS. THERE IS SOME LIGHT VINYL NOISE AT THE START OF EACH SIDE, AND SOME VERY LIGHT CLICKS FOR THE FIRST FEW SECONDS ON SIDE ONE. AFTER WHICH THERE IS JUST THE ODD RANDOM LITTLE DUST POP TOTALLING NO MORE THAN 3-4. AND PERHAPS THE ODD SECOND OR TWO OF STATIC IN A COUPLE OF SPOTS.

A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS BARELY HEARD VINYL

THE SLEEVE

THIS IS REALLY NO MORE THAN A PIECE OF WHITE CARD FOLDED TO MAKEW A NON LAMINATED SLEEVE. IT HAS A BLUE STICKER ON THE TOP RIGHT CORNER, AND A BLACK 'DAWN' STAMP WITH THE TITLE AND THE NAME OF THE BAND ON IT

THE SURFACE SO F THE SLEEVE HAVE RETAINED MOST OF THE ORIGINAL WHITENESS BUT THERE IS SOME SOILING IN THE FORM OF HANDLING. AND SOME LIGHT AGEING MOTTLING. THERE IS ALSO A LIGHT TRACE OF RECORD SHAPE.

THERE ARE HOWEVER NO SERIOUS HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES, NOR ARE THERE ANY BENDS OR FOLDS.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE MARGINAL SHELF WEAR AS DOES THE SPINE, WHILST THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND ACTUALLY SHOWS WHY THE LP GLEAMS AS IT DOES BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES IN THE PAST 39 YEARS/

THE LP IS HOUSED IN BLACK POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE WHICH APPEARS TO BE THE ORIGINAL ISSUE, AND COMES WITH A ONE PAGE INDERT WHICH LOOKS LIKE IT HAS JUST BEEN PHOTOCOPIED RATHER THAN PROPERLY PRINTED.. I AM CERTAIN THAT THIS WAS THE RECORD COMPANY JUST TAKING THE CHEAPEST OPTION, AS THE TYPEFACE IS VERY BASIC INDEED. IN FACT WITH THIS PARTICULAR COPY SOMEHOW TWO INSERTS HAVE MADE THEIR WAY INTO THE SLEEVE

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS SLEEVE VERY GOOD PLUS

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

GARRY