Ringo Starr -RINGO 1973 UK LP 1st Press SUPERB MINT MINUS SLEEVE AND NM VINYL

	£		34
	$		45

RINGO STARR - RINGO

IN MAGNIFICENT 1-2 PLAY NEAR MINT PLAYTHROUGH

THE SLEEVE IS THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN AND GRADES MINT MINUS

• CATALOGUE:APPLE PCTC 252 
• MATRIX: YEX 925-1U / YEX 926-3U
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 GT / 5 OO
• TML STAMPED INTO DEAD WAX BOTH SIDES 
• THESE ARE ALL FIRST PRESS INDICATORS

TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

BOTH LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE PICTURES AND COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT AND FREE FROM ANY MARKS OR STAINS. THE WHITE STAR IS PURE WHITE ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE ON BOTH SIDES BEING UN-RUBBED. THERE ARE JUST 1-2  TINY SPIDER LINES  NEAR THE HOLE SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THE LP HAS BEEN PLAYED.

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS SPOTLESS, AND ONLY UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION AM I ABLE TO SEE SOME WISPY SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL LINES, A COUPLE OF ULTRA FINE WISPY HANDLING LINES AND ONE MINUSCULE NON SOUNDING MARK ON THE FINAL TRACK SIDE ONE

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 THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID.

THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

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 THIS LP SOUNDS.

THE CLARITY OF THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST PURE FIRST PRESS. IT IS WITHOUT A DOUBT A STUNNING AUDIO PERFORMANCE FROM THE VINYL.

NO DISTORTION AT ANY POINT SHOWING THAT WHAT LITTLE PLAY THIS LP HAS EVER RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE  AND JUST SOME BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN A COUPLE OF THE LINKING GROOVES

I DIDN'T EVEN HEAR ANY MORE THAN 2-3 TINY AND NON INTRUSIVE DUST POPS THROUGH THE PLAYTHROUGH AND A FEW TINY STATIC TICS

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL PLAYTHROUGH AS NEAR MINT!!!

TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR PERSONAL STANDARDS

 THE SLEEVE

A VERY DELICATE AND HARD TO FIND PRISTINE SLEEVE, AND THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT IT WAS MADE IN EXACTLY THE SAME MANNER AS THE WHO'S QUADROPHENIA. THAT IS A VERY SOFT DELUXE CARD OUTER SURFACE AND A VERY HEAVY LARGE BOOK STAPLED INTO THE SOFT SPINE.IN FACT IT WAS MADE BY THE SAME DUTCH COMPANY THAT MADE THE SLEEVE FOR THE WHO, (EUROALBUMS OF HOLLAND BV) SO REALLY ITS NO SURPRISE

THIS USUALLY RESULTS IN DAMAGE TO THE SOFT OUTER SKIN OF THE FRONT OR BACK SURFACE, AND A BOOK WHICH DUE TO IT'S OWN WEIGHT AND POORLY FIXED STYLE HAS COMPLETELY COME WAY FROM THE SPINE. THIS SLEEVE HOWEVER IS ABSOLUTELY IMMACULATE!! READ ON....

THE FRONT SURFACE OF THE SLEEVE IS JUST MAGNIFICENT.  NO HEAVY CREASES, NO LIGHT CREASES, NO CREASE LINES, NO BENDS AND DEFINITELY NO LOSS TO THE COLOURS WHATSOEVER. NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE, AND JUST ONE TINY PRESSURE LINE  NEAR THE SPINE. THERE ARE NONE EITHER ALONG THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGE, EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

A SUPERB LOOKING 1ST ISSUE SLEEVE

THE TOP EDGE IS JUST MINT. ALL OF THE DELICATE AND EASILY RUBBED COLOUR IS STILL THERE RUNNING FULLY FROM CORNER TO CORNER, AND EVEN THE CORNER TIPS HAVE REMAINED UNBLEMISHED.

THE BOTTOM EDGE WHICH IS USUALLY RUBBED THROUGH TO THE CARD, IS IN SUPERB CONDITION STILL. THERE ARE TWO WHITE PIN PRICKS SHOWING IN THE MIDDLE  THE RIGHT CORNER TIP ALSO HAS A MINUSCULE SPECK OF RUB

THE SPINE IS PRISTINE, AS NEW WITH ALL OF THE TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND THIS IS VERY RARE AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THIS CARD IS SO SOFT AND DELICATE, AND MOST I HAVE SEEN HAVE BEEN VERY BADLY  WORN. NOT THIS ONE  JUST A MINUSCULE BIT OF RUBBING AT THE VERY TOP 

THE STAPLE IS PERFECTLY AFFIXED AND HASN'T RUSTED EITHER

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND LOOKS AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PUT TOGETHER. IT CLEAR THAT THIS LP HAS JUST NOT BEEN OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE.

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME SUPERB CONDITION AS THE FRONT. WITH THE BAREST SHADOW OF RECORD IMPRESSION WHEN ANGLED INTO THE LIGHT. TWO LITTLE PRESSURE LINES ON THE SPINE, AND ONE ABOVE THE STAR OVER THE LETTER I

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS THE PRISTINE INNER PANELS, AND THE LARGE 24 PAGE BOOK (NEARLY THE SAME SIZE AS THE SLEEVE) WHICH IS IN MINT CONDITION

THE ORIGINAL  PLAIN WHITE  SLEEVE IS IN  ORIGINAL UNSPLIT CONDITION, FLAT AND CREASE FREE, JUST A LITTLE RECORD SHAPE

HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE MINT MINUS!!!

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

GARRY