The Kinks KINDA KINKS 1965 UK LP 1st Press MONO MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS AUDIO

	£		119
	$		158

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE MAGENTA COLOURED LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. NO STAINS OR HANDLING MARKS. THE DEEP RICH COLOUR STRETCHES FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE AND LOGOS ARE ALL UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. 

THERE ARE 2-3 SPIDER LINES AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE.

THE VINYL

THIS HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL IS IN SUPERB CONDITION, REALLY GLOSSY AND NOT DULL LIKE MOST WORN OUT COPIES. IN DAY LIGHT THE DISC LOOKS FLAWLESS

EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE OTHER THAN A FEW MINUSCULE WISPY HAIRLINES. A FEW TINY HAIRLINE HANDLING LINES AND A FEW NON SOUNDING EMBEDDED DULL LINES

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 MY LISTINGS, AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WILL 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 RECORD PLAYS AS NEW ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES WITHOUT DISTORTION WHATSOEVER, MEANING THAT THE LITTLE PLAY THE LP HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED STYLUS AND ALSO UNWORN .

PLEASE PLAY THE SOUNDBITES AND THEN YOU WILL TRULY APPRECIATE JUST HOW MAGNIFICENT THIS 1965 RECORDING TRULY IS

FIRSTLY THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND THE LINKING GROOVES ARE MOSTLY SILENT

THE ONLY REASON I HAVE NOT GRADED THIS PLAY AS MINT IS BECAUSE THERE ARE THREE POPS IN THE LINKING GROOVE BETWEEN TRACKS 1-2 ON SIDE ONE. NOTHING THAT IMPACTS THE MUSIC JUST THE LINKING GROOVE

OTHERWISE NO HEAVY CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS OR POPS ANYWHERE ELSE

NO STATIC EITHER WITH THE LINKING GROOVES ALSO PERFECT. 

NO DUST POPS AND NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF INSIGNIFICANT STATIC TICS

WITH ALL THINGS CONSIDERED AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE STUNNING CONDITION OF THIS ALBUM I AM GOING TO  GRADE THIS PLAYTHROUGH AS MINT MINUS

HERE YOU HAVE A GENUINE STONES 1ST PRESS IN THE MOST UNIMAGINABLE CONDITION POSSIBLE. DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH, PLAY ALL OF THE SOUNDBITES AND JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR OWN PERSONAL STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

LAMINATED FRONT SURFACE, NON LAMINATED REAR SURFACE WITH FLIPBACKS. GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE SINGLE SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE WHICH IS USUALLY CREASED ALL OVER, ON THIS COPY IS IN WAY ABOVE AVERAGE CONDITION. 

THE FRONT SURFACE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR, NO FOLDS OR BENDS

NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE

THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE. WITH A PIN PRICK OF RUB ON A COUPLE ON THE VERY TIP END

THERE ARE SIX SMALL AND ONE LONGER PRESSURE LINE AGAINST THE SPINE. TWO ALONG THE TOP EDGE, FOUR ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE OF WHICH ONE RUNS ACROSS THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER,  AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP EDGE IS FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR WHATSOEVER,WITH THE LAMINATE PERFECT ALL THE WAY FROM CORNER TO CORNER, WITH THE TINIEST P[IN PRICK OF RUB ON THE RIGHT TIP END.

THE BOTTOM EDGE IS IDENTICAL. BOTH HAVE ULTRA SMOOTH SURFACES TO THE TOUCH 

THE SPINE IS ONCE AGAIN FULLY LAMINATED, NO PEEL OR FLAKE,  THE TOP AND BOTTOM ENDS ARE PERFECT AND UNRUBBED. THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND UNBLEMISHED. THE WHITE SURFACE HAS ONE LINE RUNNING ACROSS IT WHERE ONE OF THE PRESSURE LINES FROM THE FRONT HAS CREPT ROUND

THE REAR SURFACE HAS RETAINED ALL OF THE POROUS WHITE SURFACE IN TOP WHITE CONDITION. IT IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. THERE IS NO RING WEAR. THE FLIPBACKS ARE ABSOLUTELY PERFECT, AND THE BLACK SURFACE IS UNRUBBED AND FREE FROM ANY MARKS

THE ORIGINAL BLUE AND WHITE RICE PAPER LINED INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND IS IN EXCEPTIONAL UNSPLIT CONDITION, N0 CORNER CREASES, AND JUST A LITTLE  NATURAL AGEING TO THE SURFACE MORE AT THE EDGES THAN THE MIDDLE

I AM HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT

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

GARRY