Roxy Music FOR YOUR PLEASURE 1973 UK LP 1st Press A1 / B1 PLAYS MINT MINUS HEAR

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ROXY MUSIC - FOR YOUR PLEASURE

MAGNIFICENT MINT AUDIO

WITH A MINT MINUS SLEEVE

1973 FIRST  PRESS A1 / B1

FINAL UPGRADE

• CATALOGUE:ISLAND ILPS 9232
• MATRIX: ILPS9232 A-1 / B-1
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 GR / 1AP

THE RECORD

THE LABELS

THE PALM TREE LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. ALL COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT AND THE WHITE AREAS ARE STILL PURE WHITE. NO MARKS OR STAINS AT ALL ON ANY PART OF THE LABEL.

THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY CLEAR AND LEGIBLE AND UNRUBBED.

THE SPINDLE HOLE IS UNWORN AND THERE ARE 3-4 VISIBLE SPIDER LINES 

THE VINYL

THE  VINYL IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION. GLEAMING LIKE NEW IT IS ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS IN DAYLIGHT, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER A MAGNIFYING LED HALO THERE IS JUST NOTHING TO SEE AT ALL 

THE TEST PLAY

AN ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING AUDIO REPRODUCTION FROM BEGINNING TO END, AND A STEREO RECORDING THAT HAS TO BE HEARD. THERE ARE MANY QUIET PASSAGES OF MUSIC ON THIS ALBUM AND NONE OF THEM ARE DISTURBED BY ANY UNWANTED NOISES. 

NO DISTORTION AT ANY POINT, MEANING THAT THE COUPLE OF PLAYS THIS ALBUM HAS RECEIVED SINCE 1973 WERE CONDUCTED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAS A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

THE CLARITY OF THE REPRODUCTION IS PERFECT, WITH EVERY NOTE BEING HEARD EXACTLY AS WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED.

THE RUN IN GROOVE IS SILENT AS ARE THE LINKING GROOVES AND THIS DESPITE THE FACT THAT ISLAND PRESSES USUALLY HAVE INHERENT VINYL NOISE. THIS IS AS GOOD AS ANY I HAVE EVER HEARD

THE MUSIC PLAYS WITHOUT ONE IOTA OF BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER. JUST A COUPLE OF SPECKS OF VERY LOW LEVEL STATIC IN A SILENT PASSAGE HERE AND THERE

I CAN'T SAY THAT I HEARD ANY DUST POPS EITHER

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT IN OUR MIND THIS INCREDIBLE AUDIO GRADES MINT MINUS

TAKE A LISTEN FOR YOURSELF AND JUDGE AGAINST YOUR STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

FULLY LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE IN SUPERB CONDITION

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1ST ISSUE GATEFOLD THAT WAS MADE OUT OF ONE PIECE OF CARD AND HAS ONE FLIPBACK INSIDE THE BOTTOM EDGE WHERE IT IS SEALED. BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE SURFACES ARE LAMINATED

THE FRONT SURFACE IS GLOSSY HAVING A LAMINATED SURFACE THAT GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR. 

THE LAMINATE IS FREE OF IMPERFECTIONS APART FROM THE TINIEST SPECK OF LIFT IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER ON THE SPINE

 THERE ARE TWO SMALL LAMINATE LINES NEAR THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE AND  ONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE EITHER

 NOT ONE JOT OF RING WEAR OR EVEN ANY EVIDENCE OF RECORD SHAPE. FOUR SQUARE AND SHARP CORNERS

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE AGAIN 100% LAMINATED AND HAVE NO SHELF WEAR OTHER THAN A PIN PRICK OF RUB ON THE RIGHT CORNER TIP ENDS.

THE SPINE AGAIN IS JUST SUBLIME. NO LAMINATE LOSS AND NO SQUASHING, AND NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES, AND EVEN THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS ARE 100% UNRUBBED. ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS IMMACULATE

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP AND SHOWS CLEARLY THAT THE LP HAS HARDLY EVER BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE.

THE REAR SURFACE IS AS IMMACULATE AS THE FRONT. I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER SEEN A MORE SUBLIME EXAMPLE OF THIS SLEEVE. THE LAMINATE IS AGAIN POLISHED AND LOOKS SUPERB. JUST ONE SMALL LAMINATE LINE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE. 

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A FULLY LAMINATED INTERIOR PAIR OF SURFACES, WHICH ONCE AGAIN GLEAM LIKE NEW.LOOKS LIKE SOME FOXING UNDER THE LAMINATE 

THIS SLEEVE IS GREAT AND GRADES NEAR MINT

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