Rolling Stones LOVE YOU LIVE UK 2 LP SET 1ST PRESS 1977 100% UNPLAYED MINT
  £   101
  $   134

 


£ 101 Sold For
Mar 15, 2013 Sold Date
Mar 8, 2013 Start Date
£   19 Start price
3   Number Of Bids
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ROLLING STONES - LOVE YOU LIVE

IN MAGNIFICENT TOTALLY UNPLAYED AND MINT!!!!!! CONDITION

FIRST PRESS WITH THE MOST INCREDIBLE SLEEVE

MUSEUM QUALITY SET

 

 

  • CATALOGUE:ROLLING STONES COC89101
  • MATRIX:COC89101 A-2 /B-2  C-1 / D-2
  • STERLING STAMPED INTO DEAD WAX SIDES 1,2 & 3
  • ROLLING STONES ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX ON ALL FOUR SIDES

I HAVE UNEARTHED A LARGE COLLECTION OF ROCK ALBUMS THAT ARE IN A CONDITION THAT DEFIES BELIEF!!

THEY BELONGED TO A COLLECTOR WHO DID EXACTLY THAT - COLLECT THEM!!!

NEVER PLAYED!!! AND NEVER HANDLED!!!

THEY WERE FOUND INSIDE A LOCKED ROOM WHERE THAT HAVE SAY UNMOLESTED FOR ALL THESE YEARS.

IT IS AS THOUGH THEY WERE BRAND NEW SHOP STOCK, BUT OF COURSE THERE IS ONLY ONE COPY OF EACH RECORD.

SO OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS I AM GOING TO BE LISTING THESE NIGHTLY. YOU HAVE JUST THE ONE CHANCE TO SNAP UP SOMETHING UNIQUE IN THE COLLECTING INDUSTRY NAMELY ' A VINTAGE UNPLAYED VINYL!!!

NOW HAVING SAID THAT I WILL BE RUNNING A TEST PLAY ON EACH OF THEM TO RECORD THE VINYL FOR BIDDERS TO LISTEN TO, BECAUSE UNPLAYED DOESN'T ACTUALLY GUARANTEE MINT!!! WHAT I DO GUARANTEE IS THAT MY VERY CAREFUL TEST PLAY WILL GO UNDETECTED

THE RECORDS

 

THE LABELS

THE YELLOW STONES LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLES. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALL CLEAR AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE ARE NO  SPIDER LINES ON ANY SIDE, AND THAT IS EVEN USING A MAGNIFYING GLASS

THE VINYL

THE VINYL HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND SHEEN AND LOOKS SUPERB. THIS IS A STAGGERING VINYL AND IT IS VERY CLEAR AS SOON AS YOU HOLD IT THAT IT JUST HASN'T BEEN HANDLED OR PLAYED. IT IS 35 YEARS OLD AND AMAZING TO THINK THAT A POPULAR ALBUM SUCH AS THIS JUST HAS SAT AROUND UNPLAYED FOR ALL THESE YEARS.

EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES, WHICH CAN ONLY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY SLEEVE REMOVAL.

 

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 LP BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THE FIRST THING TO SAY ABOUT THIS VINYL IS THAT THE CLARITY OF THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS PURE FIRST PRESS. EACH NOTE IS HEARD VERY CLEARLY AND THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ALL THROUGHOUT ANY PART OF THE PLAY THROUGH. NOR IS THERE ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE

THE DISCS PLAY TO ABSOLUTE PERFECTION ALL THE WAY THROUGH. PERHAPS A SECOND OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN A COUPLE OF SPOTS, AND I DON'T EVEN BELIEVE I HEARD MORE THAN A TWO MINUSCULE DUST POPS EITHER. IT IS WITHOUT A DOUBT A PERFECT SET, AND A FINAL UPGRADE FOR SURE

SO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO SOUNDBITES AND I AM CERTAIN YOU WILL AGREE, BUT YOU BE THE JUDGE

 

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS DISC MINT !!!!

 

IT REALLY IS THAT MAGNIFICENT

 

 

 

THE SLEEVE

 

MAGNIFICENT ORIGINAL ROBOR UNLAMINATED GATEFOLD WHICH HAS BEEN HOUSED UNMOLESTED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER COVER FROM NEW

 

THE FRONT SURFACE IS JUST SUPERB. FLAT AND CLEAN AND THE UNLAMINATED SURFACE HAS LOST NONE OF THE ORIGINAL COLOUR WHICH IS STILL RICH AND VIBRANT.

THERE ARE NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES ANYWHERE ON THE SURFACE , AND INCREDIBLY NOT ONE LINE NEAR THE SPINE. THERE IS ONE ON EACH OF THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES, BUT NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

 

THE FOUR CORNERS ARE PRISTINE, WITH JUST ONE PIN PRICK OF WHITE SHOWING THROUGH THE PINK IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER

THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE

 

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE IMMACULATE AND UNWORN WITH ALL OF THE COLOUR FULLY RUNNING FROM TIP TO TIP, AND EVEN THE TIP ENDS HAVE REMAINED UNRUBBED 

 

THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY FLAT AND AGAIN FREE FROM ANY COLOUR LOSS WHATSOEVER, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS CLEAR AND LEGIBLE. NO SQUASHING WHATSOEVER

 

THE REAR SURFACE IS ALSO IN THE SAME MAGNIFICENT CONDITION AS THE FRONT.JUST ONE LIGHT LINE RUNNING ACROSS THE TOP LEFT CORNER

 

JUST AN IMMACULATE SLEEVE

 

THE OPENING EDGES ARE BOTH RAZOR SHARP AND DON'T EVEN HAVE THUMB NAIL NICKS ALONG THEM, AND THIS IS BECAUSE THE VINYL HAS JUST SAT INSIDE THE SLEEVE

 

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO ABSOLUTELY MINT CONDITION INNER PANELS.

 

THE TWO COLOURED INNER SLEEVES ARE ALSO IN THE SAME INCREDIBLE CONDITION AS THE REST OF THE SET. NO SPLITS TO THE SEAMS DESPITE THE VINYL LIVING IN THEM SINCE 1977. NO CREASES , NO RECORD SHAPE, AND CERTAINLY NO MARKS OR STAINS

 

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS GREAT COVER MINT MINUS!!!!

 

THERE CAN BE NOTHING BETTER OUT THERE

 

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

GARRY

 

 





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