The Beatles A COLLECTION OF OLDIES * STEREO TWO BOX EMI * ONE PLAY MINT MINUS
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THE BEATLES - A COLLECTION OF BEATLES OLDIES
TWO BOX EMI LABEL IN 'STEREO'
PLAYED JUST ONCE AND HAS A MINT AUDIO
INCREDIBLE MINT MINUS!! SLEEVE
FINAL UPGRADE SET!!
- CATALOGUE: PARLOPHONE PCS 30745
- MATRIX:YEX 619-1g / 620-1g
- MOTHERS/STAMPERS:2 OR / 4 HO
- GRAMOPHONE CO RIM WORDING -
- NO SOLD IN THE UK STATEMENT -
- ONE BOX EMI LABEL
THIS LP HAS COME FROM AN INCREDIBLE RECORD COLLECTION, WHERE THE ORIGINAL OWNER HAD PROTECTED THE ALBUMS FROM THE VERY DAY OF PURCHASE BY PLACING THEM INTO PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVES. THEREFORE VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE RECORDS THAT I WILL BE LISTING FROM THIS COLLECTION WILL HAVE MINT, MINT MINUS OR AT THE WORST NEAR MINT SLEEVES!
THE INNER SLEEVES HAVE ALL BEEN KEPT FLAT AND UNWRINKLED AND FURTHER ENHANCE THE COLLECTION.
THE VINYLS ARE ALSO IN THE MOST AMAZING CONDITION POSSIBLE, WITH A FEW HAVING NEVER BEEN PLAYED, AND AGAIN THE GRADING’S VARY BETWEEN MINT AND NEAR MINT...NOTHING LOWER.
THE RECORDS WERE PLACED INTO THOSE RECORD BOXES WITH HANDLES ON THEM, ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE BEEN KEPT AWAY FROM EXTREME HEAT OR SUNLIGHT AND COLD.
FINALLY THERE ARE SOME OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER TITLES IN THIS COLLECTION, SO PLEASE CHECK BACK DAILY FOR THE LATEST FROM THIS AMAZING SELECTION OF 197O'S ROCK ALBUMS
THE RECORDS
THE LABELS
THE ORIGINAL BLACK AND SILVER LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION . THE JET BLACK BASE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE.
THE SILVER TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND UNRUBBED, AND THERE IS JUST ONE!! SMALL SPIDER LINE NEXT TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING THAT THIS 1969 VINYL HAS BARELY BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE
THE VINYL
ROCK SOLID HEAVYWEIGHT DISC THAT HAS KEPT ALL OF THE ORIGINAL SHEEN AND LUSTRE.IN DAYLIGHT THE VINYL LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS JUST A COUPLE OF WISPY SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL LINES VISIBLE. AND ONE MINUSCULE NON SOUNDING HANDLING MARK ON SIDE TWO. A STUNNING DISC
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 ALL OF THE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR IN FULL WHAT THEY ARE CONSIDERING BIDDING ON. A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS.
THIS STEREO PRESS PLAYS ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES. I AM JUST BLOWN AWAY BY THE SUPERB SOUND GENERATED BY THIS DISC. IT IS TO ME AS CLEAR AS THE ORIGINAL 1965 FIRST PRESSES
I GUARANTEE THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION TO THE MAGNIFICENT STEREO REPRODUCTION AT ANY POINT, NOT EVEN ON THE VULNERABLE ' TILL THERE WAS YOU' NOTHING IT'S JUST REALLY CLEAN AND CRISP ALL THE WAY THROUGH
THERE IS NO HEAVY CRACKLING, NOR ARE THERE ANY LOUD CLICKS ANYWHERE
THERE IS THE BAREST SPECK OF STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND IN A FEW OF LINKING GROOVES AND MOST SILENT PASSAGES ONLY.
I HEARD NO STATIC TICS THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH
I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SUPERB DISC MINT MINUS!! IT IS THAT GOOD
PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS
THE SLEEVE
STARTING WITH THE FRONT SURFACE. THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR AND THERE IS NOT ONE HEAVY CREASE OR CREASE LINE ON IT ANYWHERE.
THE LAMINATE HAS NO DAMAGE, NO LIFT PEEL OR FLAKE AND THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND PERFECTLY SQUARE
THERE ARE THREE TINY LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE, WHICH IS THE ONLY REASON THIS IS NOT A FULL MINT GRADE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.
THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE THE LAMINATE FULLY PROTECTING THEM ALL THE WAY FROM CORNER TO CORNER, AND EVEN THE FOUR CORNER TIPS HAVE REMAINED UNRUBBED
THE SPINE IS MINT!! THE LAMINATE IS PERFECT ALL THE WAY DOWN THE SURFACE INCLUDING THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS. IT IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED AND THE TYPEFACE IS ALSO PERFECT.
THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS INTACT INCLUDING THE TIP ENDS, WHICH ARE TAPERED
THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP
TURNING THE SLEEVE OVER REVEALS A PERFECT REAR SURFACE.
IT IS STILL PURE WHITE AND HAS ABSOLUTELY NO HANDLING WHATSOEVER DUE TO THE PROTECTIVE OUTER SLEEVE IT HAS LIVED IN
EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECT, AND THERE IS NO RUBBING TO THE REAR SURFACE AT ALL. THE FLIPBACKS ARE ALL STILL PERFECTLY ADHERED, NO TEARS OR SPLITS,
THIS IS THE GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE PATENTS PENDING SLEEVE AS DENOTED ON THE BOTTOM FLIPBACK
THE ORIGINAL EMI ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. STILL TOTALLY FLAT AND UNCREASED AND NO SPLITS TO ANY OF THE SEAMS
I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THIS SLEEVE GRADES MINT !!!
MY BEST WISHES AND GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY