Robert Calvert / Hawkwind CAPTAIN LOCKHEED & THE STARFIGHTERS UK LP NEAR MINT

	£		32
	$		42

ROBERT CALVERT - CAPTAIN LOCKHEED AND THE STARFIGHTERS

SERIOUSLY RARE ONE PLAY NEAR MINT ALBUM

STUNNING MINT MINUS SLEEVE

THIS IN REALITY IS A HAWKWIND ALBUM AS IT FEATURES

• SIMON KING
• DAVE BROCK
• LEMMY
• PAUL RUDOLPH
• DEL DETMAR
• NIK TURNER
• PLUS ARTHUR BROWN

• CAT:UNITED ARTISTS UAG 29507
• MATRIX: UAG29507 A-1U / B-1U
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 GP / 1 GM
• THIS IS THE FIRST PRESS EMBOSSED SLEEVE

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 RECORD LABELS

I AM AMAZED THAT THIS ALBUM HAS GONE VIRTUALLY UN-PLAYED FOR 36 YEARS, RELEASED IN 1974 THE LABELS TELL THE TALE. NO MARKS AND STILL RESIDUE VINYL INSIDE THE SPINDLE HOLE, ALSO NO SIGNS OF ANY MORE THAN A COUPLE OF MICROSCOPIC SPIDER LINES

THE LABELS ARE PICTURE LABELS DESIGNED TO COMPLIMENT THE THEME OF THE ALBUM WHICH IS ALL ABOUT THE AMERICANS SELLING THE LOCKHEED STARFIGHTER TO THE GERMANS, AND MAKING IT TOTALLY UNSTABLE BY ADDING ALL THE ARMORY THAT TRANSFORMED IT FROM A RECONNAISANCE PLANE INTO A FIGHTER BOMBER. IT KILLED HUNDREDS OF PILOTS

THE LABELS ARE PRISTINE AND ARE UNWORN

THE VINYLTHE V

HEAVY 1ST PRESS IS IN SUPERB CONDITION AND HAS RETAINED ALL OF THE ORIGINAL SHEEN. IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS, AND UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION, THERE ARE ONLY SOME WISPY SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL HAIRLINES

PLAYING THE RECORD

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I 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 BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THE VINYL PLAYS SUPERBLY AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO PRESS THE AUDIO BUTTONS AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE TO HEAR IT IN ITS FULL GLORY

FIRSTLY THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS CRISP AND CLEAR, AND CLEAN

THERE IS NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE WHATSOEVER

NO HEAVY CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS OR POPS

THERE IS SOME BARELY AUDIBLE OCCASIONAL STATIC IN A FEW OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES, AND A COUPLE OF TINY STATIC TICS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH, AND ONE SMALL POP IN THE SPOKEN WORD TRACK FIVE SIDE TWO

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS DISC NEAR MINT FOR THE AUDIO

DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORK FOR IT, PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE IT BY YOUR OWN STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

THIS IS A NON LAMINATED GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE GATEFOLD WITH THE EMBOSSED SILVER AIRPLANES ON BOTH FRONT AND BACK COVER DENOTING A FIRST ISSUE

THE COLOUR HAS BEEN 100% RETAINED, AND THIS DELICATE SLEEVE IS IN IMMACULATE CONDITION. 

NO CREASES, NO CREASE LINES AND NOT EVEN ANY TINY LINES NEAR THE SPINE. THREE NEAR INVISIBLE ONES ON THE TOP EDGE, TWO ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE, AND THE  FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE UNWORN, WITH ALL OF THE COLOUR RUNNING FULLY FROM CORNER TO CORNER. NO RUBBING TO THE CORNER TIPS EITHER.

THE SPINE IS MINT WITH THE TWO STAPLES FIRMLY IN PLACE. PRISTINE UN-RUBBED COLOURS ALL THE WAY ALONG AND PRISTINE TIP ENDS. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALSO IN PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE CONDITION.

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS GOOD WITH JUST THE BAREST TRACE OF RECORD SHAPE ALONG THE TOP SECTION

OPENING THE SLEEVE REVEALS TWO PRISTINE INNER PANELS. THE BOOKLET IS STILL STAPLED PERFECTLY AT THE TOP, WHILST THE BOTTOM ONE IS SLIGHTLY LOOSE

THE ORIGINAL SILVER AND BLUE INNER SLEEVE IS IN REALLY CLEAN CONDITION WITH JUST A REALLY TINY SPLIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BOTTOM EDGE. THE THUMB NOTCH IS UNBLEMISHED

SO ONCE AGAIN THIS IS A VERY VERY HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE ALBUM IN THE MOST SUPERB CONDITION IMAGINABLE, SO BID WITH CONFIDENCE, AND GOOD LUCK IF YOU DECIDE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY