Yes CLOSE TO THE EDGE 1972 UK LP The Rare First Press A1 / B1 OUTSTANDING AUDIO

	£		102
	$		135

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UNLIKE THE MAJORITY OF OUR LISTINGS, THESE WILL INCLUDE (WHERE PRACTICAL) THE COMPLETE RECORDING OF THE RECORD, SO THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO HEAR EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE BIDDING ON
THESE WILL BE LISTED AROUND 6PM DAILY 
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YES - CLOSE TO THE EDGE

IN MAGNIFICENT  CONDITION

GENUINE FIRST PRESS A1 / B1 RARITY

TEXTURED GATEFOLD SLEEVE (INSIDE AND OUTSIDE)

• CATALOGUE:ATLANTIX K50012
• MATRIX: K50012 A1 / B1

CLOSE TO THE EDGE IS AN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB ALBUM AND FINDING A TRUE VERY FIRST PRESS IS REALLY HARD

HERE IS EXACTLY WHAT MAKES UP A FIRST PRESS

1. THE MATRIX NUMBERS ON THE LP MUST END A1/B1 (REALLY FEW COPIES HAVE THIS)

2. THE LABELS MUST NOT HAVE A 'W' LOGO AT 3 O'CLOCK

3. THE SLEEVE MUST BE TEXTURED ON THE OUTSIDE NOT SHINY AND SMOOTH

4. THE SLEEVE MUST ALSO BE TEXTURED ON THE INSIDE!! (AGAIN VERY FEW COPIES LIKE THIS)

5. THE INNER SLEEVE MUST BE GREEN NOT WHITE

7.THE LABELS ARE OFTEN MUCH DARKER THAN THE LATER PRESSES (DEEPER GREEN AND ORANGY BROWN)

SO HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A VERY FIRST PRESS . IT HAS THE TEXTURED OUTER SLEEVE (AND ON THE INSIDE), AND THE GREEN INNER, AND THE LABEL IS FREE OF THE LETTER 'W', AND IT HAS THE A1/B1 MATRIX NUMBERS

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE TWO ORANGE AND GREEN LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. BOTH BASE COLOURS ARE IMMACULATE AND UNWORN. SO IT THE BLACK TYPEFACE. THE SPINDLE HOLE IS ALSO UNWORN, AND THERE ARE JUST 5-6  SPIDER LINES VERY CLOSE TO THE HOLE TO SHOW THAT THIS INCREDIBLE LP HAS ONLY BEEN ON A TURNTABLE JUST A FEW TIMES.

ALSO THE LABEL IS THE FIRST ISSUE ATLANTIC LABEL WITHOUT THE WARNER 'W' AT THREE O'CLOCK

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. IN DAYLIGHT THE VINYL LOOKS FLAWLESS, AND ONLY UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION ARE THERE SOME FINE WISPY HAIRLINES AND A FEW ANGEL HAIR HANDLING LINES TO BE SEEN

PLAYING THE RECORD

THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN RECORDED IN FULL TO ALLOW YOU TO HEAR BEFORE BIDDING

CLOSE TO THE EDGE HAS SO MANY SILENT PASSAGES THAT FINDING A COPY WITHOUT NOISE AND CRACKLE IS REALLY DIFFICULT

HERE HOWEVER WE HAVE AN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB EXAMPLE

THE FIRST THING TO POINT OUT IS THAT THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER, SHOWING THAT THE FEW PLAYS THE LP HAS RECEIVED WERE COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

THE INTRO PLAYS SUPERBLY WITH BARELY  ANY NOISE WHATSOEVER.

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST MAGNIFICENT WITH EVERY NOTE HEARD TO PERFECTION

THERE IS NO HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE AT ALL ON ANY PART OF EITHER SIDE, AND NO LOUD CLICKS EITHER, AND I HEARD JUST 2 TINY  POPS THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH WHICH ARE ON SIDE ONE

SOME VERY VERY LIGHT LOW LEVEL BACKGROUND IN SOME OF THE QUIETEST SPOTS, BUT THESE ARE VERY MINUSCULE INDEED

MY SUGGESTION IS TO TAKE A FULL LISTEN TO THIS OUTSTANDING AND RARE FIRST ISSUE, AND YOU BE THE JUDGE OF IT'S QUALITY

WE BELIEVE THE SOUND IS CLOSE TO NEAR MINT

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED AND TEXTURED GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH THE ROGER DEAN ARTWORK. 

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND TOTALLY CLEAN. NO HEAVY CREASES OR DEEP CREASE LINESD. THERE IS ONE VERY LIGHT LINE ACROSS THE TOP RIGHT CORNER

THE FOUR CORNER TIPS ALSO HAVE A LITTLE RUB

THERE IS NO RING WEAR WHATSOEVER  OR RECORD SHAPE

THERE ARE TWO NEAR INVISIBLE AND TINY PRESSURE LINES BY THE SPINE. ONE ON THE TOP EDGE, NONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP EDGES HAVE A FEW TINY SPECKS OF RUB MAINLY ON THE REAR SURFACE, PLUS A LITTLE RUB TO THE CORNERS

THE BOTTOM EDGES ALSO HAVE SOME RUB TO THE REAR SURFACE AND CORNERS

THE SPINE IS FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. SOME RUB TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM ENDS

THE OPENING EDGE IS  SHARP AND LOOKING AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PRINTED AND PUT TOGETHER. 

THE REAR SURFACE IS CLEAN AND FREE FROM HEAVY CREASES. THERE IS A LIGHT SHADOW OF RING WEAR

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TEXTURES PAIR OF INNER SURFACES

FINALLY THE FRAGILE GREEN INNER SLEEVE HAS A SMALL SPLIT ON THE LEFT  SIDE AND A TINY ONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE

THE SLEEVE GRADES EX

Your Purchase will be send inside a very protective square cornered professional package

The record will be removed from the sleeve and placed inside a new poly inner sleeve and separated from the cover

The sleeve and record will then have a new outer protective sleeve placed around it