Yes FRAGILE UK LP 1ST RED/PLUM A1/B1 ONE PLAY EVER INCREDIBLE 100% MINT AUDIO

	£		630
	$		835

YES - FRAGILE

IN MAGNIFICENT ONCE PLAYED MINT PLAYTHROUGH!! CONDITION

OUTSTANDING  NEAR MINT  SLEEVE

MUSEUM GRADE COPY

• CATALOGUE:ATLANTIC 2401 019
• MATRIX: 2401019 A//1  11 3/ B//1  1 2 1
• FIRST PRESS 

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE RED AND PLUM LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. BOTH BASE COLOURS ARE IMMACULATE AND UNWORN. AND THE WHITE BAND ACROSS THE MIDDLE IS STILL PURE WHITE AND STRETCHES FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. A DETAILED EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS JUST ONE MICROSCOPIC SPIDER LINE, SHOWING WHY THIS VINYL IS IN THE SUPERB CONDITION THAT IT IS. AND PLACING THE DISC GENTLY ON MY TURNTABLE I COULD SEE,HEAR AND FEEL VINYL SHARDS STILL INSIDE THE HOLE, BACKING UP THE FACT THAT THIS RARE DISC HAS JUST NOT BEEN PLAYED

THE VINYL

AN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE , GLEAMING AS NEW DISC THAT HAS LOST NONE OF IT'S LUSTRE. IT IS TOTALLY FLAWLESS IN DAYLIGHT. YOU ARE LIKELY NEVER TO SEE ONE AS IMMACULATE AS THIS EVER!! AND EVEN WHEN EXAMINED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION ( FOUR LED SPOTLIGHTS), THERE IS JUST NOTHING TO SEE , APART FROM TWO OF THE FINEST AND BARELY VISIBLE HAIRLINES

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 ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I AM NOW DOING WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS.

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH WITHOUT ANY BLEMISHES ON BOTH SIDES, AND THE FIRST THING TO ELIMINATE IS AN ISSUE WITH DISTORTION. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NONE, MEANING THAT THE ONE PLAY THAT THIS ALBUM HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED  WITH A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS.

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION OF THIS FIRST PRESS IS BOTH CRYSTAL CLEAR AND LOUDLY MIXED

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION REALLY CANNOT BE FAULTED AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD EXACTLY HOW IT WAS INTENDED

THERE IS NOT A JOT OF BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AN NO CLICKS

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE WHATSOEVER, A REALLY CLEAN SOUND ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES

ALL YOU MAY HEAR IS THE VERY ODD SEMI SECOND OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN JUST A COUPLE OF RANDOM SILENT PASSAGES

I HEARD ABSOLUTELY NO DUST POPS WHATSOEVER

I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS A CLEANER COPY OF THIS OUT THERE

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT!!!!

BUT PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR OWN PERSONAL STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED AND DELICATE GATEFOLD SLEEVE . THIS IS SUCH A HARD SLEEVE TO FIND IN THIS SORT OF CONDITION. THE FACT THAT IT IS UNLAMINATED USUALLY ASSURES THE SEVERE COLOUR LOSS TO THE DELICATE BLUE SURFACE.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND TOTALLY CLEAN. THERE IS NOT ONE MARK ON IT ANYWHERE. THE BLUE SURFACE IS VIRTUALLY MINT! IN FACT THERE IS JUST THE BAREST SHADOW OF GREYING TO THE SURFACE AT THE PERIMETER EDGES ONLY. THE FOUR CORNER TIPS HAS A PIN PRICK OF WEAR TO EACH

THERE IS NO RING WEAR WHATSOEVER ON ANY PART OF THE SLEEVE, NOT EVEN ANY RECORD SHAPE

INCREDIBLE THE SLEEVE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE ANY LINES THAT GATHER CLOSE TO THE SPINE, THREE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES CLOSE TO THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF WHITE FLECKS SHOWING THROUGH THE DELICATE BLUE SURFACE , AND A SPECK OF RUBBING TO THE CORNER TIPS

THE SPINE ITSELF IS JUST  NEAR PRISTINE. TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED, AND APART FROM ONE PIN PRICK OF WHITE SHOWING THROUGH HAS RETAINED ALL OF THE COLOUR, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. A TINY BIT OF RUBBING TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS

THE OPENING EDGE IS JUST RAZOR SHARP AND LOOKING AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PRINTED AND PUT TOGETHER. PROOF THAT THE LP HAS JUST NOT BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE

THE REAR SURFACE IS ALSO IN A SUPERB CONDITION, AGAIN NO CREASING OR CREASE LINES, AND JUST THE BAREST SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE GREYING AT THE EDGES. TWO TINY LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE AND NONE ELSEWHERE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE MINT CONDITION INTERIOR PAIR OF SURFACES.WITH A MINT CONDITION BOOKLET PROPERLY ATTACHED TO THE SLEEVE

THE INNER SLEEVE IS IN IMMACULATE WHITE CONDITION, WITH A SHADOW OF AGEING TO THE EDGES. NO SPLITS AND IS TOTALLY UNCREASED. THIS IS ALSO A GENUINE ACCOMPANYING INNER AS IT HAS 1071 PRINTED IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER INDICATING THE DATE OF OCTOBER 1971 ONE MONTH BEFORE ITS RELEASE

A REAL TREAT TO BE ABLE TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT AND ONE OF THE BEST COPIES YOU ARE LIKELY TO SEE

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

GARRY