Yes - FRAGILE UK LP 1st Press RED / PLUM A1/B1 2-3 PLAY TOP UPGRADE MINT AUDIO

	£		255
	$		338

YES - FRAGILE

IN MAGNIFICENT 2-3 PLAY MINT PLAYTHROUGH!! CONDITION

OUTSTANDING  NEAR MINT  SLEEVE

Final Upgrade Copy

• CATALOGUE:ATLANTIC 2401 019
• MATRIX: 2401019 A//1  1 3 3/ B//1  1 3 8
• FIRST PRESS 

 TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY

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 2-3 MICROSCOPIC SPIDER LINES, SHOWING WHY THIS VINYL IS IN THE SUPERB CONDITION THAT IT IS. AND EVEN THEN I HAD TO USE A MAGNIFYING GLASS TO PROPERLY SEE THEM

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 . A TRULY STAGGERING PRISTINE 1971 VINYL

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTABLE 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 ANY 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, AND 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 VISUALLY AND AS CLOSE AS YOU COULD POSSIBLY GET TO MINT AUDIBLY

BUT BECAUSE I AHEV RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT. 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 UN-LAMINATED USUALLY ASSURES THE SEVERE COLOUR LOSS TO THE DELICATE BLUE SURFACE. BUT HERE WE HAVE AN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB EXAMPLE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND TOTALLY CLEAN. THERE IS NOT ONE MARK ON IT ANYWHERE, OTHER THAN A NEAR INVISIBLE FINE SCRATCH LINE TO THE RIGHT OF THE WORD FRAGILE. THE BLUE SURFACE IS PERFECT OTHERWISE. IN FACT EVEN THE USUAL SHADOW OF GREYING TO THE SURFACE IS NOT PRESENT. THE FOUR CORNER TIPS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE WITH A PIN PRICK OF RUB TO THE TWO RIGHT TIP ENDS ONLY

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 PRESSURE LINES BY THE SPINE, NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES CLOSE TO THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP EDGES HAVE A LITTLE RUBBING TO THE FRONT SURFACE IN THE MIDDLE AND TOWARDS THE RIGHT CORNER. THE REAR EDGE JUST A FEW TINY SPECKS OF WHITE.

THE BOTTOM EDGES HAVE JUST A FEW WHITE FLECKS SHOWING THROUGH THE DELICATE BLUE SURFACE , AND A SPECK OF RUBBING TO THE RIGHT CORNERS

THE SPINE ITSELF IS JUST  NEAR PRISTINE. TOTALLY FLAT AND UN-QUASHED, AND APART FROM A COUPLE OF TINY DOTS OF WHITE SHOWING THROUGH JUST UNDER THE BAND NAME, 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  NOG REYING AT THE EDGES. NO PRESSURE LINES BY THE SPINE OR THE OTHER EDGES

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE MINT CONDITION INTERIOR PAIR OF SURFACES.WITH A MINT CONDITION BOOKLET PROPERLY ATTACHED TO THE SLEEVE. THE RIGHT PANEL HAS THE KINNEY STICKER COVERING THE ORIFINAL CATALOGUE NUMBER. THIS SHOWS THAT THE CATALOGUE NUMBER WILL BE K50009. THIS MUST MEAN THAT THIS WAS GETTING READY FOR THE ORANGE AND GREEN REISSUES, BUT STILL HAD SOME RED AND PLUM COPIES LEFT OVER. I WOULD SUGGEST THEREFORE THAT THIS MIGHT BE ONE OF THE FINAL RED AND PLUM COPIES ISSUED. THE CATALOGUE NUMBER ON THE SPINE IS THE CORRECT 2401 019

THE INNER SLEEVE IS IN IMMACULATE WHITE CONDITION, WITH A SHADOW OF AGEING TO THE EDGES. NO SPLITS AND IS TOTALLY UN-CREASED. THIS IS ALSO A GENUINE ACCOMPANYING INNER AS IT HAS 0172 PRINTED IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER INDICATING THE DATE OF JANUARY 1972 TWO MONTHS AFTER ITS ORIGINAL RELEASE. THUS FURTHER BACKS UP MY SUGGESTION ABOUT THIS BEING ONE OF THE LAST RED AND PLUM COPIES. FRAGILE WAS RELEASED IN NOVEMBER 1971 AND WAS THE LAST YES ALBUM PRESSED WITH THE RED AND PLUM LABEL

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