Rory Gallagher 1971 DEBUT LP UK 1ST PRESS A3/B1 PLAYS NEAR MINT MINUS

	£		42
	$		56

RORY GALLAGHER - DEBUT LP

IN MAGNIFICENT BARELY PLAYED NEAR MINT MINUS!!!CONDITION

• CATALOGUE:POLYDOR 2383-044
• MATRIX:2383044  A//3 v 420 1 3 1 / /B//1  1 1 4

• THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE ORANGY RED POLYDOR LABELS ARE IN ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE CONDITION. THERE IS NOT A MARK OR STAIN ON THEM. THE BASE COLOUR FULLY EXTENDS INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

THERE IS STILL A VINYL SHARD SITTING INSIDE OF THE SPINDLE HOLE

I CAN SEE NO MORE THAN 2-3 TINY SPIDER LINES AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

THE DISC GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR AND HAS CLEARLY LOST NONE OF IT'S ORIGINAL LUSTRE.THERE ARE NO MARKS WHATSOEVER ON THIS VINYL, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE APART FROM A COUPLE OF WISPS, AND 2-3 BARELY VISIBLE SMALL HANDLING LINES

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. SOMETHING I AM NOW DOING WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD WELCOME 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 LP PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY WITH CLEAR AND CRISP STEREO REPRODUCTION.A SUPERB CLARITY AND CRISPNESS, THAT IS BOTH LOUD AND POWERFUL. GENTLY LOWERING THE STYLUS ONTO THE RECORD THERE IS A NEAR SILENT RUN IN, WITH JUST SOME VERY LIGHT STATIC NOISE. AS SOON AS 'LAUNDROMAT' STARTS IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST MAGNIFICENT. A LOUD, CRISP UNDISTORTED CLARITY THAT IS PURE FIRST PRESS.

THERE IS NO HEAVY OR SERIOUS BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND CERTAINLY NO LOUD CLICKS ANYWHERE

YOU WILL HEAR A TINY SPECK OF STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND IN A COUPLE OF THE LINKING GROOVES,PLUS AT THE START OF EACH SIDE FOR A FEW SECONDS, AND SOME TINY LITTLE TICS HERE AND THERE.

A TRULY OUTSTANDING VINYL FROM START TO FINISH WITH JUST THE VERY ODD LITTLE IRRITANT IN A COUPLE OF PLACES

I AM VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL NEAR MINT MINUS!!!

TAKE A GOOD LISTEN THOUGH AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS  FLAT AND CLEAN, AND SURPRISINGLY NONE OF THE POWDERY BLACK COLOURED SURFACE HAS BEEN LOST THROUGH RUBBING, AS THIS USUALLY LOOKS POOR ON MOST COPIES

THERE ARE SIX SMALL LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE AND THE TOP LEFT CORNER TIP HAS A TINY DING.

THERE ARE NO LINES ALONG EITHER OF THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGE , AND ALSO NO THUMB LINES CLOSE TO THE OPENING EDGE EITHER.

INCREDIBLY NO RING WEAR TO THIS THIN SLEEVE. THERE IS ONE LIGHT IMPRESSION LINE JUST TO THE LEFT OF 'RORY' JUST UNDER THE TOP EDGE

THE TOP EDGE IS 100% PRISTINE, WHILST THE BOTTOM EDGE IS VERY LIGHTLY RUBBED AT THE TIP ENDS ONLY

THE SPINE HAS REMAINED BLACK ALL BAR THE TWO TIPS AT EACH END WHICH HAVE MILD RUBBING. PLUS A COUPLE OF PIN PRICKS OF WHITE SHOWING ELSEWHERE. THE WHITE TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL VERY SHARP WITH JUST  A FEW TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS WHERE THE LP HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE FRAGILE SLEEVE

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS CLEAN AND TIDY AS THE FRONT, WITH JUST THOSE FEW TINY LINES NEAR THE SPINE

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND IS THE CORRECT ON FOR THIS ALBUM AS IT HAS THE 0571 (MAY 1971) DATE PRINTED IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER. NO SPLITS AND BARELY A WRINKLE, BUT HAS LIGHT HANDLING AND A COUPLE OF TINY BROWN MOTTLES

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT MINUS!!!

AN OUTSTANDING AND RARE COLLECTIBLE COPY OF THIS ALBUM

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

GARRY