YES Close To The Edge TEXTURED SLEEVE UK LP MINT- A1/B1
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YES - CLOSE TO THE EDGE
A GENUINE UK 1ST PRESS COMPLETE WITH GREEN INNER/ TEXTURED SLEEVE
- K50012
- MATRIX: K50012 A-1 /B-1
THIS IS JUST THE MOST MAGNIFICENT COPY OF THIS LP I HAVE EVER COME ACROSS. WHEN YOU SEE THE SLEEVE CONDITION YOU JUST WILL NOT BELIEVE YOUR EYES.
THE RECORD
FIRSTLY THE LABELS ARE THE RARE GREEN ORIGINAL WB LABELS ARE IN IMMACULATE CONDITION. NO SPINDLE HOLE WEAR AND ONLY A COUPLE OF REALLY LIGHT SPIDER LINES. THE LP JUST HAS NOT HAD THAT MUCH PLAY.
THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND LOOKS STUNNING, THERE ARE NO MARKS ON IT APART FROM A COUPLE OF RIDICULOUSLY SMALL AND NON SOUNDING HANDLING MARKS.UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION I AM ABLE TO MAKE OUT A COUPLE OF REALLY LIGHT AND WISPY HAIRLINES, NEAR INVISIBLE, AND CERTAINLY INVISIBLE IN DAYLIGHT.
THIS LP HAS JUST NOT BEEN PLAYED MORE THAN 2-3 TIMES EVER.
GENTLY LOWERING THE STYLUS ONTO SIDE ONE
THE RUN IN GROOVE PRODUCES SILENCE!!!
THE SILENT RUN IN SUGGESTS GREAT THINGS AHEAD. AS THE OPENING TRACK STARTS I AM LISTENING INTENTLY FOR ANY SIGNS OF DISTORTION CAUSED BY A HEAVY OR WORN STYLUS BEING USED ON THE ALBUM, WHICH IN TURN WOULD HAVE CAUSED GROVE WEAR, WHICH MEANS THE STYLUS WOULD MOVE ABOUT IN THE GROOVE, AND CAUSE THE AFORESAID DISTORTION. I AM PLEASED TO SAY THAT THERE IS NO DISTORTION WHATSOEVER. I WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY SURPRISED IF THERE HAD BEEN JUDGING BY THE INFORMATION I HAVE ALREADY GIVEN ON THE LABEL, AND VINYL.
WITH ANY YES ALBUM IT IS VITAL TO HAVE ONE THAT HAS NO BACKGROUND, AS THERE ARE MANY QUIET PASSAGES WHICH WOULD SOUND VERY BAD INDEED WITH BACKGROUND CRACKLE. I AM DELIGHTED TO REPORT THAT THERE IS NO NOISE ANYWHERE.
NO POPS, CRACKLES OR ANY BACKGROUND WHATSOEVER, APART FORM A COUPLE OF BARELY AUDIBLE LIGHT POPS, WHICH I SUSPECT IS A BIT OF DIRT IN THE GROOVE.
GRADES NEAR MINT EASILY
THE SLEEVE
THIS IS A GENUINE FIRST PRESS TEXTURED SLEEVE GATEFOLD AND IS IN MINT!!!! CONDITION. NORMALLY THERE ARE FOUND TERRIBLE RINGWORN AND HAVE HUGE AMOUNTS OF COLOUR LOSS BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE SLEEVE THIS WAS ALL TOO EASY..
THIS SLEEVE HAS BEEN PROTECTED SINCE NEW INSIDE A PLASTIC SLEEVE AND THERE IS NOT ONE MILLIMETRE OF COLOUR LOSS ANYWHERE ON THE SLEEVE. EVEN THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE TOTALLY AND I MEAN TOTALLY UNWORN.
THE SPINE DOESN'T HAVE A MARK OR LINE ON IT, AND IT IS 100% SQUARE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.
THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND UNBLEMISHED
THE BACK AND INNER GATEFOLD ARE JUST AS GOOD AS THE FRONT.
YOU WILL I A CERTAIN NEVER EVER SEE ONE AS GOOD AS THIS.
THE GREEN INNER LYRIC SLEEVE IS ALSO NEARLY PERFECT APART FROM ONE TINY SEAM SPLIT WHICH I HAVE SHOWN IN A PICTURE. I WILL HAVE THIS CAREFULLY REPAIRED NOT TAPED BY THE TIME THE WINNER RECEIVES THE RECORD. IT IS OTHERWISE FLAT AND CLEAN AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION
THIS COVER IS MINT WITHOUT A DOUBT
A VAULT COPY THAT JUST WILL NOT NEED UPGRADING
THIS IS A REALLY EXCEPTIONAL COLLECTIBLE ITEM, AND WOULD GRACE ANY COLLECTION
