THE KINKS Arthur UK Pye Stereo LP 1968 Excellent

£ 48

$ 64

£ 48 Sold For

Nov 19, 2007 Sold Date

Nov 12, 2007 Start Date

£ 5 Start price

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Description

THE KINKS ARTHUR STEREO PYE UK LP 1968

RECORD, LABEL AND COVER DETAILS

Blue-Black Pye stereo labels

Label/Catalogue number NSPL 18317

Matrix Numbers NSPL 18317 A1 (side one), and NSPL 18317 B1 (side two)

Garrad and Lofthouse laminated gatefold cover with the Queen Victoria lyric insert.

The cover is the first issue Mono cover with a stereo NSPL sticker displayed. First issue covers for this record did not have unique stereo covers printed as Mono sales still dominated in the UK

Track Listing

SIDE ONE : Victoria, Yes Sir No Sir, Some Mothers Son, Drivin`, Brainwashed, Australia

SIDE TWO : Shangri-la, Mr Churchill Says, She Bought A Hat, Like Princess, Marina, Young And Innocent Days, Nothing To Say, Arthur

GRADING - All of my records are carefully visually graded under bright light and fully play graded before auction.

The Record is visually graded Excellent

The Record Labels are graded Excellent

The Gatefold Cover is graded Very Good Plus

The Queen Victoria pull out lyric insert is graded Excellent Minus

The overall sound quality is Excellent

Record

The record has a glossy appearance, lays 100% flat on the turntable and has no warping. Both sides show some light hairlines and one or two small light marks under very bright light. There are no stylus scratches or scuffs. I am happy to grade to record Excellent

Labels

The blue and black Pye labels

Cover

The fragile gatefold cover does have evidence of its age which I shall detail and is strictly graded Very Good Plus. The front cover shows a few light laminate creases and some handling marks and has some laminate loss down the spine edge. There is no ring-wear evident. The laminated rear cover is clean with a glossy white appearance with just one two light handling lines, there is however some loss of laminate down the spine edge and also down the left hand edge. Down this left hand edge the gap between the end of the laminate and the record edge is between one to two centimeters.

The gatefold inner has little to comment on except for what appears to be two patches of glue residue marks at the bottom edge which is a pity as the rest of the interior is excellent.

All of the covers corners are nice and square with just the smallest amount of tip rub evident.

Queen Victoria lyric insert

The fragile lyric insert topped with the head of Queen Victoria acting as a pull out is in excellent condition with no rips, tears or unwanted marking. The only defect to note is the presence of a few pin holes which show on the bottom half of the insert when opened out, but none at all are present on the upper Queen Victoria half so is a relatively minor fault. There is nothing else to mention apart from one two very light age spots.

Inner Sleeve

The album comes in a plain white inner sleeve which is in excellent condition

Sound Quality

The sound quality overall is excellent though there is some audible light background crackle. This is present on the run in and between track grooves and during the quieter passages of the tracks. It is light however and does not dominate the music but must be mentioned. The album plays with no sound distortion or of course any skips or jumps.

Please see scans of cover and labels below

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The grading system I use is from Record Collector: - Mint, Excellent, Very Good with +/- to distinguish borderline grades.

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