T Rex Marc Bolan ELECTRIC WARRIOR UK LP 1ST W/STICKER, MINT POSTER 2-3 PLAY MINT
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T. REX - ELECTRIC WARRIOR
IN MAGNIFICENT 1-2 PLAYS MINT!!!! PLAYTHROUGH CONDITION
STUNNING NEAR MINT SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH MINT UNOPENED POSTER
AND SLEEVE STICKER!!
INCREDIBLE CONDITION!!!
- CATALOGUE:FLY HIFLY 6
- MATRIX: FLY 6 A-2U / B-2U
- MOTHERS/STAMPERS:1 RG / 2 PD ( A VERY LOW 1ST PRESS)
- PORKY ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 1
- PECKO DUCK ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 2
- COMPLETE WITH NEAR MINT CONDITION POSTER
- SUPERB ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE
THE RECORDS
THE LABELS
THE PICTURE LABEL, AND THE WHITE SIDE LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. NOT ONE JOT OF COLOUR LOSS OR ANY MARKS WHATSOEVER. THE COLOUR ON THE PICTURE SIDE FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE, AND THE WHITE SIDE IS PURE WHITE AND UNMARKED. THE TYPEFACE ON THE TRACK LIST SIDE IS PRISTINE AND UNRUBBED.
THERE ARE JUST TWO VERY SMALL SPIDER LINES AROUND THE HOLE, SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED SINCE 1971
THE VINYL
THIS HEAVYWEIGHT DISC IS IN SUPERB ORIGINAL CONDITION. IT GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND HAS LOST NONE OF IT'S LUSTRE AND SHEEN. IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS. UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES AND THIN FACTORY PRESS NON SOUNDING LINE ON SIDE ONE
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 NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE 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 IMPECCABLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS LP SOUNDS.
EVERYTHING IS PERFECT, RUN INS, LINKING GROOVES ETC
THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION ANYWHERE SHOWING THAT WHAT LITTLE PLAY THIS ALBUM HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A UNWORN AND CORRECTLY WEIGHTED STYLUS
THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST MAGNIFICENT AND COULDN'T BE ANY CLEARER. EVERY NOTE HEARD TO PERFECTION. IT IS ALSO A VERY LOUD CUT AND SOUNDS JUST SUPERB ON MY SYSTEM
THERE IS NO HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE AT ANY POINT, AND CERTAINLY NO LOUD CLICKS ANYWHERE
THERE IS THE VERY ODD AND I DO MEAN ODD SPECK OF VINYL NOISE IN A COUPLE OF THE LINKING GROOVES ONLY
NO MORE THAN THE ODD SEMI SECOND OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC JUST ONCE OR TWICE THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH, AND I HEARD NO MORE THAN 1-2 OF THE TINIEST DUST POPS THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH
THIS IS JUST A MAGNIFICENT PLAYTHROUGH AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SIT BACK AND LISTEN TO THE WHOLE LP
I AM VERY PLEASE TO BE ABLE TO GRADE THIS INCREDIBLE PLAYTHROUGH AS MINT!!! MINT MINUS AT THE VERY WORST
PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF THOUGH AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS
THE SLEEVE
THIS SLEEVE IS JUST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN COLLECTIBLE CONDITION. VIRTUALLY EVER ONE HAS SEVERE RING WEAR AND A MULTITUDE OF CREASE LINES, AND BEING JET BLACK THEY LOOKS SHABBY SO EASILY, WELL HERE IS ONE THAT IS IN ABSOLUTE STUNNING CONDITION. READ ON....
IT'S THE CORRECT 1ST ISSUE E.J DAY POWDERY BLACK SINGLE SLEEVE
THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND VERY CLEAN. THE JET BLACK POWDERY MATT SURFACE IS STILL UNRUBBED AND THERE IS NO COLOUR LOSS TO THIS DELICATE SURFACE WHATSOEVER APART FROM THE LIGHTEST SHADOW OF GREYING AROUND WHAT WOULD BE THE EDGE OF THE RECORD SHAPE IF THERE WAS ANY.
THERE CANNOT BE MANY COPIES IN A MORE NEAR PERFECT STATE THAN THIS ONE
THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR DEEP CREASE LINES,NO FOLDS OR BENDS, JUST A WHITE PINPRICK VISIBLE ON THE TOP AND BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIP ENDS
THERE ARE JUST FOUR VERY SMALL LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE AND EVEN THESE ARE STILL BLACK IN COLOUR NOT WHITE AS THEY WOULD BE IF THEY WERE DEEP LINES.THERE ARE TWO MINUSCULE ONES ALONG THE TOP EDGE, AND FOUR ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE. NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE .
THE ORIGINAL POSTER STICKER IS FIRMLY IN PLACE, LIGHTLY AGED AT THE RED BORDERS.
INCREDIBLY THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE TOTALLY UNWORN, WITH ALL OF THE BLACK COLOUR FULLY INTACT AND RUNNING FROM TIP TO TIP WITH JUST THE TOW RIGHT TIP ENDS HAVING A PIN PRICK OF WHITE SHOWING.
THE SPINE LIKE THE REST OF THE SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. FIRST OF ALL IT'S FLAT WITH JUST ONE LIGHT FINGER TO THUMB IMPRESSION. THE BLACK COLOUR HAS ALL BEEN RETAINED WITH JUST TWO WHITE PIN PRICKS SHOWING ON THE TOP LEADING EDGE. AMAZINGLY EVEN THE TIP ENDS ARE UNBLEMISHED. THE GOLD TYPEFACE HAS A SMALL SCUFF ON THE WORD ELECTRIC
THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND JUST HAS A COUPLE OF TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS TO THE EDGES
THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS CLEAN AND MARK FREE AS THE FRONT. AGAIN NO HEAVY CREASES OR BENDS, JUST TWO SMALL LINES NEAR THE SPINE, ONE ALONG THE TOP AND ONE MORE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE. THERE ARE THREE SMALL WHITE DOTS JUST ABOVE THE BOTTOM EDGE IN THE CENTRE
THE INNER SLEEVE IS VIRTUALLY MINT WITH JUST A COUPLE OF TINY LINES NEAR THE SPINE AND ONE SLIGHTLY LONGER ONE ON THE TOP EDGE NEAR THE LEFT CORNER
THE INNER SLEEVE LIKE THE OUTER IS VERY HARD TO FIND IN COLLECTIBLE CONDITION.THIS ONE FLAT AND NONE OF THE SEAMS ARE SPLIT, AND AMAZINGLY THERE ARE NO CORNER CREASES .JUST A FEW LIGHT WRINKLES.THERE IS A LITTLE LIGHT AGEING TO THE SEAMS AND A LIGHT IMPRESSION OF THE RECORD'S OUTER RIM
THE ALL IMPORTANT POSTER IS STILL IN MINT CONDITION. I AM CERTAIN THIS POSTER HAS ONLY EVER BEE OPENED ONCE OR TWICE. THE FOLD LINES ARE RAZOR SHARP AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURE IT WILL NOT LIE FLAT BECAUSE OF THIS. BOTH SIDE ARE IMMACULATE. PERFECT WHITE REAR SURFACE AND AN UNMARKED PICTURE IN EVERY WAY.
VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT!!
THE INNER NEAR MINT MINUS
THE POSTER A STUNNING MINT!!!
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
On 18-Feb-14 at 23:31:37 GMT, seller added the following information: