Odessa - Bee Gees - Rare Uk Mono - Felt Sleeve EX
£
27
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Description
Helo! I have been a vinyl collector for over 20 years. Although I mostly collect, I do have to spring-clean now and again. In the following months I will be auctioning many items that need a good home (i.e. not my bin!) so keep an eye on my other items! They will all start off at £1! Postage will be £1 for 45’s; £3 for LPs – with multiple auction winners obviously getting adjusted rates. They are all graded using “Record Collector Price Guide 2010” and referenced where possible using “Labelography” by Jan Pettersson.
TITLE
Odessa
ARTIST
Bee Gees
YEAR
1969
FORMAT
LP
LABEL / CAT.NO:
Polydor 582049 A//1, B//1 and 58250 A//1, B//1
COMMENTS
This is a MONO copy of the collectable Bee Gees '69 release notable for it's velour/felt sleeve and prog leanings. Veery Moody Blues-ish!
CONDITION
Vinyl
The two record set overall are in EXCELLENT condition. The vinyl still retain their deep dark sheen. All four sides show hairline scuffs including some from sliding in and out of the sleeve and this detracts them from being NM. There is no warp on either. The sound is crisp and clear with no distortion or groovewear. There is some scattering of background noise but it is only hear and there and very minimal. This LP does have many quiet parts and none were spoilt by the background noise. The most noise you hear this is on the 4 run-in grooves but it settles down very quickly.
Label
All labels are clean with no writing with some evidence of spindle-wear. EX
Sleeve
These sleeves were made with a velour (fake felt) covering that could easily be mashed with finger-oils, foodstuffs etc. The tiny plastic hairs were also susceptible to rubbing as well. The sleeve is in NM- condition when you consider the material with no mashing, bald patches or lesions - the only downside being ringwear from 40 years storage! The gold lettering is still crisp and solid. Any fluff evident can easily be brushed off by the winning bidder. There are no creases or folds and the openings are sharp and unfeathered.
GRADED?
play and visual
Important Contact me for any further info (before or after the auction), and I'll do my best. EU postage calculated at end of auction.
Terms I use and their definitions (…just in case!)
SCUFF
A “scuff” is a physical mark that is shallow and is not as deep as the groove itself. They can range from hairline scuffs from sliding the record in ‘n out of the sleeve, or more nasty scuffs from records sliding against other objects etc. as was the norm in the olde days – it usually causes the record to crackle – the severity depending on the scuff!
SCRATCH
A “scratch” is a physical mark that is as deep (or deeper) than the music groove itself – it usually causes the record to skip or stick even as it steers the stylus onto another part of the groove. Remember, styli track 45s quicker than 33 LPs, so scuffs that would doom an LP does not necessarily affect 45s in the same way.
SPINDLE FLUFF
This is the shavings of vinyl found around the spindle hole of a new record from the drill at the pressing plant. They come off after a few plays. Spindle fluff on a record is a sure sign of very few plays if any.
SLEEVE WATERMARK
These are marks you sometimes get on a record that look like ripples in sand. It is caused by the vinyl reacting with the poly-lined inner to change the reflective properties of the vinyl surface. I have never yet seen this affect the sound quality of any vinyl – the watermark is only a few molecules deep after all. (E.g. my original copy of Trespass by Genesis is in M condition apart from such a mark on side 1. This allowed me to get it at a low price, yet it plays faultlessly.)
RATINGS
I will use + and – to differentiate on vinyl condition. Even though I strictly adhere to the Record Collector’s Grading System, I do feel that vinyl quality is a continuum from bad all the way to mint and not quantised into just their 7 categories.
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