The Moody Blues DAYS OF FUTURE PASSED UK LP 1ST MONO
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Description
MOODY BLUES - DAYS OF FUTURE PASSED
RARE MONO ISSUE
- LABEL:DERAM DSS
- CAT: DML707
- MATRIX:ARL 8078-2W / 8079-2W
THE SLEEVE
LAMINATED FRONT COVER AND NON LAMINATED REAR SURFACE. THE FRONT IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND HAS THE FIRST PRESS WHITE BAND AT THE TOP OF THE COVER. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES, JUST A COUPLE OF REALLY LIGHT SMALL LAMINATE LINES. THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE UNWORN, AND THE OPENING EDGE IS REALLY SHARP WITH JUST A LITTLE SIGN THAT THE LP HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE SLEEVE. THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, HAS RETAINED ALL OF THE LAMINATE, AND HAS THE PINCHED ENDS.
THE REAR SURFACE IS VERY WHITE, WITH JUST A TRACE OF HANDLING SOILING FROM THE 39 YEARS IT HAS BEEN AROUND. NO MARKS OR WRITING ANYWHERE.
THE INNER SLEEVE IS THE GENUINE RED RIMMED POLY LINED MONO DERAM SLEEVE AND IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION
HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE EXCELLENT.
THE LABELS
THIS LP ORIGINALLY CAME OUT ON HE DERAM DSS LABEL AND WOAS LATER REPRESSED ON THE STANDARD DERAM LABEL. SO THIS REALLY IS THE ONE TO COLLECT.
BOTH LABELS ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, A LITTLE DIRTY RIGHT AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE WHERE THE WHITE IS JUST A TRACE DISCOLOURED, BUT THERE IS NO SPINDLE HOLE WEAR AT ALL. THERE ARE SOME LIGHT SPIDER LINES TO INDICATE THAT THE LP HAS RECEIVED SOME PLAY.
THE VINYL
HAS RETAINED VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE ORIGINAL SHEEN. LOOKING CAREFULLY I AM ABLE TO MAKE OUT A COUPLE OF REALLY LIGHT HANDLING MARKS ON THE SURFACE, BUT NOTHING DEEP. UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE WISPY HAIRLINES WHICH ARE INVISIBLE IN DAYLIGHT
GENTLY LOWERING THE STYLUS ONTO SIDE ONE, THE RUN IN GROOVE IS VIRTUALLY SILENT, THERE IS A LITTLE BACKGROUND, BUT NOT WHAT YOU WOULD DESCRIBE AS FRYING BACON OR ANYTHING, MORE LIKE A LITTLE STATIC.THE LP PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITHOUT DISTORTION, AND DESPITE A SMALL AMOUNT OF OCCASIONAL AND VERY LIGHT BACKGROUND, THE PERFORMANCE IS SUPERB.
CLARITY OF THE PRODUCTION IS EXCEPTIONAL, AND THE WHOLE LP SOUNDS BRILLIANT.
A CLASSIC ALBUM, AND RARE IN MONO
EASILY GRADES VG+
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