Wishbone Ash PILGRIMAGE 1971 UK LP 1st Dogbone Labels 1 PLAY MINT MINUS LISTEN

	£		55
	$		73

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WISHBONE ASH - PILGRIMAGE

IN MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS!!!! PLAYTHROUGH CONDITION

BROWN AND ORANGE DOGBONE LABELS

SUPERB NEAR MINT SLEEVE!!! 

FULLY PLAY TESTED AND RECORDED SO THAT YOU CAN HEAR IT BEFORE BIDDING

• CATALOGUE:MDKS8004
• MATRIX: 7-LNMG-244 2L / 7-245 1L
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 UH / 1 BU (VERY EARLY 1ST PRESS) 

A QUICK WORD ABOUT FIRST ISSUE MCA RECORDINGS OF THIS ERA

THE WISHBONE ASH DEBUT ALBUM, AND PILGRIMAGE ALBUM MUST HAVE THE DOGBONE LABEL TO BE A FIRST PRESS. THIS LABEL CAME IN NUMEROUS 2 TONE PATTERNS.

RED AND BROWN, RED AND YELLOW, RED AND PINK , AND ORANGE AND MAGENTA

BY THE TIME ARGUS WAS RELEASED THIS HAD CHANGED TO THE BLUE AND BLACK LABELS.

VOLUME FOUR HAD YET ANOTHER CHANGE TO THE LABEL. THIS TIME IT WAS COMPLETELY BLACK WITH SILVER TYPEFACE

AFTER THIS CAME THE RAINBOW LABEL AND SO ON......

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

FIRST PRESS LABELS ON EARLY MCA LP'S CAME IN THREE TWO TONE COLOURS, AND EACH ONE IS A VALID FIRST PRESS AS THEY WERE PRODUCING ALL THREE AT THE SAME TIME. THERE IS PINK AND RED, YELLOW AND RED, AND BROWN AND RED.PLUS ORANGE AND MAGENTA

THIS IS BROWN AND RED 'DOGBONE' FIRST ISSUE LABEL IN SUPERB CONDITION. BOTH COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT AND THE ORANGE BAND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE SILVER TYPEFACE REMAINS UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

I CAN JUST MAKE OUT TWO OF THE TINIEST SPIDER LINES VERY CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE, INDICATING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS LP HAS BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE

THE VINYL

THIS HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND HAS LOST NONE OF IT'S ORIGINAL LUSTRE.IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TOTALLY  FLAWLESS. EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE JUST A FEW VERY FINE WISPY HAIRLINES

THE TEST PLAY

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS LP SOUNDS.

THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND AT ANY POINT MEANING WHAT LITTLE PLAY THE RECORD HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM WITH A CORRECTLY TRACKED, WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

THE SOLO GUITAR WORK IS JUST MAGNIFICENTLY REPRODUCED

THIS VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND NO LOUD CLICKS EITHER

THERE IS VIRTUALLY NO STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND AT, ALL, AND WHAT LITTLE THERE IS CAN ONLY BE HEARD DURING A COUPLE OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES

I HEARD NO MORE THAN 2-3 TINY LITTLE DUST POPS THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH

AN OUTSTANDING FIRST PRESS, THAT I AM VERY HAPPY TO GRADE MINT MINUS!!!

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN 

THE SLEEVE

THIS NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE IS RARELY FOUND IN ANYTHING OTHER THAN 'WORN OUT' CONDITION. THIS ONE HOWEVER IS IN AN AMAZING CONDITION.

THIS IS THE CORRECT FIRST ISSUE 'ROBERT STACE PRINTED IN ENGLAND' SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND HAS RETAINED ALL OF THE ORIGINAL COLOURS WHICH ARE OFTEN FOUND RUBBED AWAY ON MOST COPIES. THERE IS  NO EVIDENCE OF ANY RING WEAR, WHICH IS ANOTHER PROBLEM THIS SLEEVE SUFFERS WITH.

THIS FRONT SURFACE IS NEAR PERFECT SHOWING NO HEAVY CREASES, NO FOLD, BENDS OR ANY OBVIOUS BLEMISH.

ALL OF THE YELLOWS AND BROWNS ARE PRISTINE, RICH AND UNRUBBED. 

THERE ARE THREE BARELY VISIBLE TINY LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE, BUT THAT'S IT.NONE ALONG THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

NO COLOUR LOSS AND NO PAPER SNAGS  OR STICKER MARKS

INCREDIBLY NO RING WEAR, AND NOT EVEN A HINT OF RECORD SHAPE EITHER

THE TOP EDGES ARE PRISTINE AND UNWORN, WITH ALL OF THE COLOUR INTACT AND RUNNING FULLY FROM TIP TO TIP.

THE BOTTOM EDGES ARE ALMOST IDENTICAL WITH JUST A MINUSCULE SPECK OF RUBBING TO THE REAR RIGHT CORNER AND A LITTLE IN THE MIDDLE

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR  SHARP AND SHOWS WHY THIS ALBUM HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED. 

THE SPINE HAS FADED A LITTLE. THE TEST IS ALL PERFECVTLY LEGIBLE AND THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS HAVE A TINY SPECK OF RUB

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME SUPERB CONDITION AS THE FRONT, AGAIN NO COLOUR LOSS AND NO HEAVY CREASES, JUST TWO TINY PRESSURE LINES NEAR THE SPINE. AGAIN NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A TOTALLY PRISTINE  INNER SURFACE .

THIS IS THE FIRST PRESS UK SLEEVE AS NOTED BY THE HIPGNOSIS CREDITATION ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TYPEFACE.ALSO THE ROBERT STACE INFO ON THE REAR SURFACE

THE BLUE AND WHITE POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN TOPS CONDITION NO SPLITS AND NO HEAVY CREASES.A LITTLE GLUE AGEING SPOTS

THE CORRECT 9-71 SITS IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER DENOTING THE DATE SEPTEMBER 1971

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE  NEAR MINT

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