Ten Years After WATT UK LP 1ST DERAM NMINT W/POSTER

	£		109
	$		144

TEN YEARS AFTER - WATT

IN MAGNIFICENT  CONDITION

INCREDIBLE MINT- SLEEVE AND MINT POSTER

• CATALOGUE:DERAM SML 1078 
• MATRIX: ZAL -10255P-2W / ZAL-10256P-2W
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 UC / 1 UC

SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS CLASSIC PROG ROCK ALBUM FROM 1970, WITH AN UNBELIEVEABLE SLEEVE AND POSTER

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE RED AND WHITE DERAM LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE RED IS RICH AND VIBRANT, WHILST THE WHITE IS GLEAMING AND PURE WHITE AND STRETCHES FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THERE ARE JUST 8-10 SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS LP HAS BEEN PLAYED IN 41 YEARS

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THERE ARE NO OBVIOUS MARKS ON THE SURFACE IN DAY LIGHT AND ONLY WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION CAN I SPOT A FEW MINOR BLEMISHES. THE VINYL HAS A VERY LIGHT FOGGING TO THE SURFACE IN PATCHES. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THAT INTEREFERES WITH THE SOUND HOWEVER, AND SOME LIGHT WISPY HAIRLINES (LOOKS EX BUT PLAYS FAR HIGHER)

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 AM DOING WITH ALL OF THE VINYL I LIST. I KNOW THAT BIDDERS WOULD PREFER TO BE ABLE TO HEAR WHAT THEY ARE CONSIDERING PAYING GOOD MONEY ON, AND THIS WAY THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THIS SERVICE TO MY CUSTOMERS

THIS ALBUM PLAYS TO NEAR PERFECTION. THE CLARITY OF THE RECORDING IS JUST SUPERB. WITH EVERY NOTE BEING HEARD HOW IT WAS INTENDED. THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION TO THE SOUND ANYWHERE, SHOWING THAT THE FEW PLAYS THAT THE LP HAS HAD WAS COMPLETED WITH A CORRECTLY TRACKED AND WEIGHTED STYLUS. THERE IS NO FRYING BACON EITHER OR LOUD CLICKS FOR THAT MATTER

THE ONLY NOISE THAT STOPS THIS FROM BEING MINT MINUS IS SOME MINISCULE BACKGROUND IN SOME OF THE LINKING GROOVES AND QUITESTEST PASSAGES, BUT PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND YOU WILL HEAR EXACTLY HOW BRILLIANT THIS ALBUM SOUNDS

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL NEAR MINT

THE SLEEVE

UNLAMINATED HOWARDS GATEFOLD SLEEVE IN ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT ORIGINAL CONDITION

I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THIS SLEEVE WHICH ALWAYS TURNS UP IN POOR CONDITION IHAS BEEN KEPT IN THIS INCREDIBLE CONDITION. IT LOOKS BRAND NEW

THE FRONT SURFACE WHICH ALWAYS SUFFERS FROM COLOUR LOSS IS ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE. THERE IS NOT ONE BLEMISH TO IT ANYWHERE. THIS IS SIMPLY BECAUSE THE LP HAS BEEN HOUSED AND MAINTAINED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE FROM NEW. NO CREASES. NO CREASE LINES, BENDS OR FOLDS, AND MOST AMAZING OF ALL, NONE OF THE SMALL LINES THAT USUALLY APPEAR BY THE SPINE. THE ONLY NICK IS TO THE VERY TOP RIGHT CORNER WHERE THERE IS A SLIVER OF WHITE SHOWING THROUGH. ALL OF THE COLURS ARE IN PRISTINE UNRUBBED CONDITION.

THE TOP EDGE IS FREE FROM ANY SEHLF WEAR WHILST THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS JUST TWO TINY TINY PATCHES OF WHITE SHOWING THROUGH

THE SPINE IS ABSOLUTELY FLAT AND TOTALLY UNSQUASHED. NO FINGER TO THUMB DAMAGE AT ALL. INCREDIBLY NO COLOUR LOSS OR FADING, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AGAIN A TESTAMENT TO THE PROTECTION THIS ALBUM WAS AFFOREDED FROM NEW

THE REAR SURFACE IS ALSO IN TOP CONDITION, IMPRESSIVELY NO RING WEAR LIKE MOST YOU WILL SEE, AND AGAIN NO RUBBING TO THE DELICATE COLOURS. TWO TINY PIN PRICKS OF WHITE AND THE TWO TOP CORNER TIPS ALSO SHOW MINISCULE WEAR, BUT THIS IS REALLY BEING ULTRA PICKY

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND SHOWS CLEARLY WHY THIS LP HAS BEEN SO CAREFULLY HANDLED

THE BLUE AND WHITE STEREO INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO IN THE SAME TOP CONDITION. UNSPLIT SEAMS AND BARELY A CREASE LINE ON IT, JUST SOME LIGHT AGING TO THE GLUED EDGES

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS AN ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE PAIR OF INNER PANELS.

FINALLY THE POSTER WHICH HAS BEEN KEPT INSIDE THE SLEEVE FOR ALL OF ITS LIFE IS IN MINT CONDITION. INDEED I MAY HAVE OPENED IT UP FOR THE FIRST TIME WHILST TAKING THE PICTURES, BECAUSE THE CREASE LINES ARE SO SHARP THAT IT REFUSED TO LIE FLAT, SO I HAVE NOT EVEN ATTEMPTED TO DO THAT AND TOOK THE PICTURE HOW I T WANTED TO LIE

I THINK THIS COULD BE THE BEST SLEEVE AND POSTER OUT THERE AND IT IS EASY FOR ME TO GRADE THIS MINT MINUS / MINT

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

GARRY