Smokie GREATEST HITS UK LP 1ST PRESS FULLY LAMINATED SLEEVE UNPLAYED MINT MINUS

	£		23
	$		30

SMOKIE - GREATEST HITS

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

OUTSTANDING MINT MINUS!!!!  SLEEVE

VERY 1ST PRESSING WITH THE FULLY LAMINATED SLEEVE

MUSEUM GRADE SET!!!

• CATALOGUE:RAK SRAK526
• MATRIX: SRAK 526 A-3 / B-3
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:3 GAL / 4 GMD

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 SAILING BOAT LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS AND THE  BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE AND LOGOS ARE UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE ARE ZERO!!!!  SPIDER LINES NEAR THE SPINDLE HOLE. STILL HAS SHARDS OR VINYL INSIDE THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

ABSOLUTELY IMMACULATE DISC.NOT A FINGERMARK ANYWHERE, AND IN DAYLIGHT IT IS TOTALLY FLAWLESS, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING OTHER THAN A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES VISIBLE AND ONE ULTRAFINE ANGEL HAIRLINE HANDLING LINE 

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 LP FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE 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 LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS LP SOUNDS.

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS PERFECT WITH EVERY NOTE BEING HEARD CLEARLY AND CLEANLY AS WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED

NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE EITHER.

THERE IS THE BAREST TRACE OF OCCASIONAL VERY LIGHT STATIC EMBEDDED AND ONLY AUDIBLE IN SOME OF THE LINKING GROOVES

I DIDN'T HEAR ANY DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS PLAYTHROUGH  MINT MINUS!!!   

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

A TRULY EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE OF THIS FULLY LAMINATED FRAGILE 1ST PRESS GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE SLEEVE. ONLY THE FIRST PRESSES WERE EVER ISSUED WITH THE FULLY LAMINATED SLEEVE. A REAL RARITY TO FIND ONE IN THIS INCREDIBLE CONDITION 

THE FRONT SURFACE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND CLEAN. THERE IS NO RUBBING TO THE COLOUR AND THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES, OR BENDS .STUNNING MIRROR FINISH LAMINATE WITH ONLY A SMALL PRICE STICKER PATCH OF DISCOLOUR IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER

THERE ARE FOUR MINUSCULE LAMINATE LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, ONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE. AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE

THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE.

THE TOP  AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE BOTH MINT, WITH ALL OF THE LAMINATE FULLY INTACT AND FULLY RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER, WITH EVEN THE CORNER TIPS TOTALLY UNBLEMISHED. IN FACT THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE.

THE SPINE IS 100% FLAT AND UNSQUASHED,  NO LOSS OF COLOUR WHATSOEVER, AND THIS EVEN INCLUDED THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS WHICH ARE IMMACULATE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALL PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. AGAIN THE LAMINATE IS PERFECT

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND TOTALLY AS NEW.

THE REAR SURFACE  IS ALSO IN MINT CONDITION, PERFECT WHITE SURFACE, AND LIKE THE FRONT THERE IS NO RUBBING AT ALL, AND NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE.JUST THE FOUR TINY LAMINATE LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE

THE ORIGINAL EMI WHITE INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND IS IN UNSPLIT CONDITION .  NO STAINS OR CREASES. IN MINT CONDITION

HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE MINT MINUS!!!

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

GARRY