Various Blues & Beat Artists HARD UP HEROES LP UK DECCA SAMPLER MONO PLAYS MINT-

	£		19
	$		25

VARIOUS ARTISTS - HARD UP HEROES

IN MAGNIFICENT ONE PLAY MINT MINUS CONDITION!!!!

SUPERB NEAR MINT MINUS SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE: DECCA DPA 3010
• MATRIX:ARL12873.P-1W / 72874.P-1WARL12875.P-1W / 72876.P-1W 
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 A / 1G / 1 G / 1 G
• INCREDIBLY EARLY FIRST PRESS

A FANTASTIC DOUBLE ALBUM, FEATURING ARTISTS AND TRACKS BEFORE THEY WERE FAMOUS. TRACKS TAKEN FROM 1963-68 FROM SOME OF THE UK'S BEST STARS

• ERIC CLAPTON
• STEVE MARRIOTT
• DAVID BOWIE
• ROD STEWART
• JOHN MAYALL
• RONNIE WOOD
• VAN MORRISON
• ALEXIS CORNER
• JOE COCKER
• THE ZOMBIES
• THEM

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE PURPLE DECCA LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. THE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT, AND FULLY EXTENDS INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE SILVER TYPEFACE AND LOGO'S ARE ALL PRISTINE AND UNRUBBED. THERE IS JUST ONE MINUSCULE SPIDER LINE BY EACH HOLE SHOWING THAT THIS SUPERB SET HAS JUST HAD THE ONE PLAY FROM NEW.

THE VINYL HAS RETAINED IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN AND IS QUITE MAGNIFICENT. GLEAMING LIKE A MIRROR, IT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS IN DAYLIGHT, AND EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION, THERE IS NOTHING BUT A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN ON EITHER 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 THE ENTIRE SET FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS BECAUSE I JUST KNOW THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO THE RECORDS BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS.

ALL I CAN SAY ABOUT THIS 1974 FIRST PRESS IS THAT IT SIMPLY SUPERB!!!

THE LP'S PLAY BEAUTIFULLY ALL THE WAY LOUD. CRISP AND CLEAR MONO REPRODUCTION

THE LINKING GROOVES ARE SILENT, AND THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER

THIS ALBUM HAS ONLY EVER HAD ONE PLAY FROM NEW PLUS MY VERY CAREFUL AND UNDETECTABLE TEST PLAY

THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND NOT ONE JOT OF VINYL NOISE

A COUPLE OF RANDOM SPLIT SECONDS OF STATIC HERE AND THERE, AND THE VERY OCCASIONAL BARELY AUDIBLE DUST POP

THIS PLAYTHROUGH GRADES MINT MINUS WITH EASE

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THIS SUPERB LP AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

FULLY LAMINATED ROBERT STACE GATEFOLD SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN.AND THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR.

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR BENDS, ALTHOUGH THERE IS A SMALL AREA OF FINGER TO THUMB SQUASH IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER WHICH HAS RESULTED IN A LITTLE LAMINATE LIFT THERE. OTHER THAN THAT THERE ARE JUST TWO TINY LAMINATE LINES DOWN THE SPINE, NONE ALONG THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

THE PRICE STICKER IS FIRMLY ATTACHED TO THE TOP RIGHT CORNER

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR, AND ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS PERFECTLY ADHERED FROM CORNER TIP TO CORNER TIP

THE SPINE IS ALSO IN IMMACULATE CONDITION. AGAIN THIS IS PERFECTLY LAMINATED AND ONLY THE ABSOLUTE TIP ENDS SHOW A SPECK OF RUB TO THEM

IT IS 100% FLAT AND TOTALLY UNSQUASHED

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS SUPERB AS THE FRONT, WITH THAT LITTLE SQUASH IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER MATCHING THE ONE ON THE FRONT SURFACE. TWO SMALL LAMINATE LINES ALONG THE SPINE, TWO ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NOE ALONG THE BOTTOM AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE SPINE. THERE IS ALSO JUST A SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE WHEN THE SLEEVE IS ANGLED INTO THE LIGHT

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A A PAIR OF INNER PANELS THAT HAVE SOME VERY LIGHT BROWN AGE MOTTLING, MAINLY TO THE PERIMETER EDGES

THE SET IS COMPLIMENTED BY THE CORRECT AND ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVES. THE PURPLE AND WHITE POLY LINED INNERS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. TOTALLY FLAT AND UNCREASED, AND THEY CLEARLY DEPICT WHY THE VINYL ARE IN THE MAGNIFICENT CONDITION THAT THEY ARE

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE  NEAR MINT MINUS!!!

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

GARRY