Wings VENUS AND MARS 1975 UK LP -1U 1st Press UNPLAYED Complete MINT MINUS

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WINGS - VENUS AND MARS

IN MAGNIFICENT  UNPLAYED MINT MINUS  CONDITION

(1ST EVER TEST PLAY TODAY)

'A PORKY PRIME CUT'

COMPLETE WITH POSTERS AND STICKERS

SUPERB MINT  GRADE SET!!!

FULLY TEST PLAYED PRIOR TO LISTING 

• CATALOGUE:PCTC 254
• MATRIX: YEX 945-1U / 946-1U
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:3 RPU / 2 RPA
• A PORKY PRIME CUT IN SIDE 1 DEAD WAX
• M ROOM ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 2
• WITH THE FIRST ISSUE POSTERS
• WITH THE FIRST ISSUE LYRIC INNER SLEEVE
• WITH THE FIRST ISSUE CIRCULAR STICKER AND PLANET SIXES STRIP

A PORKY PRIME CUT WAS THE MASTER RECORDING DESCRIPTION THAT WAS USED BY GEORGE PECKHAM TO INDICATE A FIRST CUT

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE CAPITOL LABELS ARE IN  NEAR PRISTINE CONDITION. THE JET BLACK SURFACE IS RICH AND VIBRANT, AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE

THE SILVER TYPEFACE AND LOGOS ARE UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY CLEAR AND FULLY LEGIBLE. 

THERE ARE ZERO SPIDER LINES ON THE SPINDLE HOLE AND NO EVIDENCE OF ANY PLAY WHATSOEVER

THE VINYL

A BEAUTIFUL  VINYL, THAT HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE

IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS FLAWLESS NOT A MARK ON IT, A GLEAMING HEAVYWEIGHT FIRST PRESS THAT IS MARK FREE, 

AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER SPOTLIGHTS THERE IS STILL NOTHING TO SEE.

THE TEST PLAY

THIS IS THE ULTIMATE COLLECTORS COPY OF THIS ALBUM

THE CLARITY OF THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, QUITE BRILLIANT!

EVERY NOTE BEING HEARD AS IT WAS INTENDED

THE LP PLAYS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES. 

THERE IS NO DISTORTION WHATSOEVER AT ANY POINT. NOR IS THERE ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND INCREDIBLY NO AUDIBLE STATIC 

THE LINKING GROOVES ARE SILENT WITH ONLY A COUPLE HAVING A TINY SPECK OF STATIC

I DIDN'T HEAR ANY DUST POPS AT ALL THROUGHOUT THE PLAY

THIS IS WITHOUT DOUBT A HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE AND I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT MINUS !!!

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE

THIS SLEEVE IS A GENUINE FIRST ISSUE SLEEVE WHICH CAN BE IDENTIFIED IN A FEW WAYS. 

FIRSTLY THE SLEEVE IS MADE OF ONE PIECE OF CARD NOT TWO LIKE LATER ISSUES. THIS CARD IS FOLDED AND STUCK TOGETHER WITH ONE FLIPBACK INSIDE THE TOP EDGE

SECONDLY THE CARD IS WHITE ON THE INSIDE

THIRDLY THE INNER SLEEVE ON THE FIRST PRESS HAS A THUMB NOTCH ALONG THE TOP OF THE OPENING EDGE FOR EASIER REMOVAL OF THE ALBUM

THE FRONT SURFACE IS JUST IMMACULATE. ONE OF THE PLUSSES OF THIS SLEEVE IS THE THICKNESS OF THE CARD USED TO CREATE IT, WHICH RESULTED IN FEW COPIES HAVING RING WEAR. HOWEVER IT'S WEAKNESS IS IN THE POWDERY UNLAMINATED SURFACE WHICH IS PRONE TO RUBBING.

THIS SLEEVE HAS BEEN KEPT INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER FROM NEW AND HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL COLOUR.THERE IS NOT ONE SPECK OF COLOUR LOSS OR RUB WHATSOEVER.

THERE ARE TWO NEAR INVISIBLE PRESSURE LINES BY THE SPINE, NONE ALONG THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE EITHER

THE TOP EDGES ARE PERFECT. FULL COLOUR RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER AND UNBLEMISHED CORNER TIPS

THE BOTTOM EDGES ARE JUST THE SAME.

THE SPINE IS IN MINT CONDITION. TOTALLY FLAT AND 100% UNSQUASHED. THE COLOURED SURFACE IS PERFECT . NO RUBBING TO EITHER TIP END

THE REAR SURFACE IS ABSOLUTELY MINT!!

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO BEAUTIFUL AND IMMACULATE INNER PANELS.

RICH UNMARKED SURFACE WITH COLOURS THAT ARE BOTH UNWORN AND VIBRANT. INFACT THEY WONT LAY FLAT SO EVIDENCE OF VERY LITTLE HANDLING

THE TWO OPENING EDGES ARE ABSOLUTELY RAZOR SHARP, AND IT'S OBVIOUS FROM EXAMINING THEM THAT THE LP HAS JUST NOT BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE

THE INNER SLEEVE IS  IN  PERFECT CONDITION .

IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AN INNER SLEEVE WITHOUT THE BOTTOM SEAM SPLIT. 

THIS COPY  HAS NO SEAM SPLITS WHATSOEVER   AND NO WEAR TO THE OPENING EDGE, NONE ON THE  BOTTOM EDGE. THE THUMB NOTCH IS ALSO IMMACULATE AND UNDAMAGED

THE TWO POSTERS ARE IN MINT CONDITION, HAVING NEVER LEFT THE SLEEVE. THE FIRST ISSUE POSTERS ARE MADE FROM A HEAVIER PAPER THAN LATER ISSUES AND THE PAPER IS NOT SO GLOSSY ON FIRST ISSUES. IHAVEN'T EVEN BOTHERED TO OPEN THEM AS I CAN CLEARLY SEE THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN HANDLED

THE OFTEN MISSING CIRCULAR STICKER IS ALSO PRISTINE, AND FINALLY THE COMPARATIVE PLANET SIZE STRIP IS  THERE AND ALSO PERFECTLY MINT!!.

AN INCREDIBLE  EXAMPLE OF THIS SLEEVE AND I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING IT MINT 

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

GARRY