Paul McCartney & Wings BAND ON THE RUN 1973 UK 1st Press -1/-1 NEAR MINT HEAR

	£		64
	$		85

WINGS - BAND ON THE RUN

The very first press with -1/-1 matrix numbers

SERIOUSLY RARE PRESSING

NEAR MINT AUDIO

EX+ SLEEVE AND POSTER

THIS RECORD IS SERIOUSLY RARE. YOU COULD SPEND MONTHS LOOKING  BEFORE YOU CAME ACROSS ONE OF THESE, AND IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MATRIX NUMBER.  VERY FEW WERE PRESSED WITH THIS NUMBER.

IN ADDITION THE WEIGHT OF THE VINYL IS SO MUCH HEAVIER THAN EVERY OTHER PRESS I HAVE COME ACROSS. IT BARELY FLEXES COMING AT AT 145G

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE APPLE PICTURE LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. THERE IS NOT A MARK ON THEM AND EVERYTHING IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE SPINDLE HOLE IS TOTALLY UNWORN, THE JET BLACK BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE HOLE AND THE SILVER APPLE LOGO AND TYPEFACE IS PERFECT. 

THERE ARE JUST 3-4 SMALL SPIDER LINES AROUND THE HOLE, SHOWING THE LIMITED PLAY THE DISC HAS RECEIVED SINCE 1973

THE VINYL

A BEAUTIFUL HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL,THAT HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND SHEEN.

IN DAYLIGHT THERE IS NOT A MARK TO BE SEEN ON THE DISC

UNDER A MAGNIFYING LED HALO I SEE NO MORE THAN 2-3 TINY WISPY HAIRLINES

THE TEST PLAY

THE SOUND GENERATED BY THIS FIRST PRESS SURPASSES EVERY OTHER PRESS I HAVE EVER HEARD WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE NIMBUS PRESS PERHAPS. IT IS AN INCREDIBLE STEREO REPRODUCTION. LOUD, AND CLEAR IT PLAYS WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION WHATSOEVER.

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE ANYWHERE

NO LOUD CRACKLE OR CLICKS

SILENT LINKING GROOVES

NO TICS OR POPS

ALL I HEARD DURING THE ENTIRE PLAY WERE A FEW RANDOM SPECKS OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND, WHICH IS VERY MINOR

THIS AUDIO EASILY GRADES NEAR MINT

PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN TO IT AND YOU BE THE JUDGE 

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE.

THIS IS A SLEEVE THAT DESPITE BEST INTENTIONS SUFFERS BADLY FROM COLOUR LOSS, RING WEAR AND SEVERE CREASING DUE TO THE THIN CARD THAT WAS USED TO MAKE IT, THUS FINDING A GREAT SLEEVE IS REALLY HARD TO DO.

 THIS ONE HOWEVER IS IN A VERY COLELCTABLE CONDITION

THE FIRST PRESS SLEEVE IS MADE FROM A FAR  STIFFER CARD THAN ANY OTHER I HAVE HELD AND STANDS UP TO THE RINGWEAR FAR BETTER THAN THE THINNER COVERS THAT FOLLOWED 

THE FIRST THING TO POINT OUT IS THAT NONE OF THE BROWN SURFACE HAS BEEN RUBBED AWAY APART FROM A SLIVER ON THE OPENING EDGE AND SECONDLY THERE IS NO RING WEAR WHATSOEVER, JUST THE BAREST SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM ONLY

THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SQUARE WITH JUST A PIN PRICK OF RUB ON THE TIP ENDS

THERE ARE ALSO NO HEAVY CREASES OR BENDS. THERE ARE JUST THREE PRESSURE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE, ONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, ONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP EDGE HAS A FEW FLECKS OF UNDERCARD VISIBLE AND A DOT OF RUB TO THE CORNER TIPS

THE BOTTOM EDGE IS THE ONLY AREA THAT HAS A LITTLE MORE SHELF RUB

 THE SPINE IS ALSO SLIGHTLY RUBBED ALONG THE TOP LEADING EDGE AND A LITTLE ON THE ENDS

THE OPENING EDGE IS SHARP, WITH A TINY BIT OF FEATHERING ON THE REAR SURFACE

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS GOOD AS THE FRONT.

THE INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO EASILY IDENTIFIABLE AS A FIRST PRESS BY THE CORNER SNIPPED OFF FROM ONE OF THE BOTTOM CORNERS, AND IN ADDITION A LARGE FULL LENTH THUMB GROOVE ALONG THE TOP EDGE.

THIS HAS BOTH OF THOSE INDICATORS, AND IS IN MINT CONDITION.  UNUSUALLY NO SEAM SPLITS JUST A PIN HOLE IN THE BOTTOM SEAM IN THE MIDDLE

THE LARGE POSTER IS ALSO IN TOP CONDITION, HAVING SHARP CREASE SEAMS AND NO MARKS BACK OR FRONT

HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE EX+

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

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