Slade OLD NEW BORROWED & BLUE UK LP 1974 1ST PRESS ONE PLAY EVER, MINT MINUS

	£		41
	$		54

SLADE - OLD, NEW, BORROWED & BLUE

IN MAGNIFICENT ONE PLAY / UNPLAYED MINT MINUS!!! CONDITION

INCREDIBLE MINT MINUS SLEEVE

MUSEUM GRADE!!

• CATALOGUE:POLYDOR 2383 261
• MATRIX:2383261 A//3 v 420  0 5 - B//3 v 420  0 1 4 5
• 'BILBO' ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 1

I HAVE JUST COME ACROSS A COLLECTION OF 70'S VINYL THAT BELONGED TO A COLLECTOR WHO PURCHASED LP'S AND 90% OF THE TIME DIDN'T PLAY THEM AT ALL!!!. A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF THE COLLECTION WERE STILL IN THE SHOP CARRIER BAGS OR PAPER BAGS (BOOTS / W.H.SMITH ETC). TO SAY THAT THIS COLLECTION IS IN PERFECT CONDITION IS ALMOST AN UNDERSTATEMENT!. THE SLEEVES MATCH THE RECORDS AND ARE ALSO IN THE MOST AMAZING CONDITION. AND MOST HAVE PERFECT CORNERS WITH EVEN THE CORNER TIPS UNRUBBED!!!

I WILL BE RELEASING THESE OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS A FEW A DAY. HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET 40 YEAR OLD VINYL IN THE SAME CONDITION AS IT WAS IN THE SHOP!!!

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE DARK RED FIRST PRESS LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THE RED FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE, AND THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS ON EITHER SIDE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALL IN PERFECTLY LEGIBLE CONDITION.THERE ARE NO SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS FIRST PRESS HAS BEEN PLAYED. IN FACT THERE IS STILL VINYL SHARDS STUCK INSIDE THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE A BRAND NEW DISC. IT HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND SHEEN.IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE OTHER THAN A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES

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 BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THE FIRST THING TO NOTE IS THAT THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THE REPRODUCTION AT ANY POINT DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT JUST HASN'T BEEN PLAYED MORE THAN ONCE AND EVEN THEN IT WAS PLAYED WITH A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND CERTAINLY NO LOUD CLICKS ANYWHERE

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND I CAN'T EVEN SAY THAT I HEARD ANY MORE THAN THE ODD SEMI SECOND OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND

I HEARD NO MORE THAN 1-2 TINY DUST POPS THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH

THIS IS AN EXTRA SPECIAL COPY OF THIS 1974 ALBUM AND I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING IT MINT MINUS!!!

IT REALLY IS THAT GOOD

PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO LISTEN TO IT IN FULL AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED EURO ALBUMS GATEFOLD SLEEVE

THIS ALBUM WAS ISSUED IN TWO DIFFERENT SLEEVES, BOTH CONSIDERED FIRST ISSUE AS THE LP'S WERE HOUSED IN EITHER. THERE IS THE EURO ALBUM SLEEVE  WHICH WAS USED BY POLDOR IN THE  EARLY 70'S. A TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THE WHO'S QUADROPHENIA. THE EURO ALBUM HAS A SMOOTHER FEEL TO IT. THE OTHER SLEEVE IS THE MACNEILL SLEEVE WHICH HAS A ROUGHER FEEL. THE EASIEST WAY TO TELL THEM APART IS THAT THE EURO ALBUM SLEEVE IS LIKE A STANDARD GATEFOLD, WHERAS THE MACNEIL SLEEVE LOADS THE LP FROM THE INSIDE OF THE GATEFOLD BY THE SPINE.

WHICH EVER SLEEVE HOUSES THE LP, THEY BOTH HAVE THE SAME ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO RING WEAR AND COLOUR LOSS AND FINDING A PRISTINE COPY IS VERY HARD TO DO. THIS ONE IS ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT!!!

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND FREE OF ANY MARKS OR STAINS. INCREDIBLY THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE.

THE COLOURS HAVE REMAINED ALMOST UNRUBBED WITH JUST THREE MINUSCULE WHITE SPECKS ON THE BOTTOM EDGE . THE SLEEVE WOULD GRADE MINT WITHOUT THESE. THE FOUR CORNERS ARE PERFECTLY SHARP AND SQUARE

THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY ZERO!! LINES NEXT TO  THE SPINE, NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, AND NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP EDGE IS 100% FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR, WHILST THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS ONLY A TINY PINPRICK OF WHITE IN THE MIDDLE . THE CORNERS ARE ALL MAGNIFICENT.

THE SPINE IS 100% FLAT AND TOTALLY UNSQUASHED . I HAVE NEVER SEEN A BETTER EXAMPLE OF THIS SLEEVE ANYWHERE. THE ONLY MINUCULE SPECK OF WHITE SHOWS AT THE VERY BOTTOM TIP. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALL PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

THE OPENING EDGE IS ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE AND RAZOR SHARP

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME MAGNIFICENT CONDITION AS THE FRONT, JUST PRSITINE NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE. A MINT EXAMPLE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO MINT !! INNER PANELS WITH NO COLOUR LOSS OR CREASING ANYWHERE

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS FLAT CLEAN AND UNSPLIT, AND STILL VERY WHITE

A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS SLEEVE AND I AM VERY HAPPY TO GRADE IT MINT MINUS

I DOUBT WHETHER THIS COULD EVER BE BETTERED

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

GARRY