Yes TIME AND A WORD 1970 UK LP 1st Press Red/Plum W/Insert MINT AUDIO LISTEN
  £   146
  $   194

 


£ 146 Sold For
Jul 29, 2023 Sold Date
Jul 22, 2023 Start Date
12   Number Of Bids
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FULLY TEST PLAYED AND RECORDED PRIOR TO LISTING SO YOU CAN HEAR IT BEFORE BIDDING

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YES - TIME AND A WORD

IN MAGNIFICENT MINT PLAYTHROUGH CONDITION

COMPLETE WITH  LYRIC INSERT

NEAR MINT SLEEVE

 

  • CATALOGUE:ATLANTIC 2400 006
  • MATRIX: 2400006 A v 1  1 1 1 0/ B v 2  1 1 9
  • FIRST PRESS
  • LYRIC INSERT

TIME AND A WORD WAS THE SECOND ALBUM FROM YES. RELEASED IN MID 1970 ON THE RED AND PLUM ATLANTIC LABEL.

 

THE RECORD 

 

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. THERE IS JUST ONE SPIDER LINE SHOWING THAT THE ALBUM HAS BEEN BARELY PLAYED

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL SHEEN . IN DAYLIGHT THE VINYL IS  FLAWLESS  UNDER SPOTLIGHTS IT STILL LOOKS MINT

TRULY STUNNING EXAMPLE


THE TEST PLAY


THIS SUPERB FIRST PRESS PLAYS ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION WHATSOEVER

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

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE NOR ANY LOUD CLICKS

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND THE LINKING GROOVES ARE SILENT

NO CRACKLE, CLICKS, TICS OR POPS

THE CLEANEST COPY OF THIS I HAVE HEARD

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT FOR THE PLAYTHROUGH

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

 

 

 

THE SLEEVE

 

NON LAMINATED AND DELICATE MACNEILL SINGLE SLEEVE . 

THIS IS SUCH A HARD SLEEVE TO FIND IN GREAT CONDITION DUE TO THE POROUS WHITE AND GREY SURFACE WHICH ATTRACTS DIRT AND GRIME LIKE A MAGNET

THIS ONE HOWEVER IS MAGNIFICENT

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND FREE FROM ANY HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES. 

THERE ARE THREE MINUSCULE PRESSURE LINES BY THE SPINE, FOUR EQUALLY TINY ONES ON THE TOP EDGE AND TWON ON THE BOTTOM EDGE.

NO THUMB LINES BY THE OPENING EDGE

THE WHITE SURFACE IS FREE FROM AND MARKS OR SIGNES OIF HANDLING. THE BLACKS AND GREAYS ARE ALSO UNRUBBED

NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE

THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE

THE TOP EDGE IS  FREE FROM SHELF WEAR, WHILST THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS A VERY TINY BIT OF RUB TO THE CORNERS

THE SPINE IS FLAT AND UNSQUASHED THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND THE UNDS ARE UNBLEMISHED

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL VIRTUALLY RAZOR SHARP WITH A TINY THUMB NAIL NICK AT THE VERY BOTTOM

THE REAR SURFACE HAS THREE SMALL PRESSURE LINES AGAINST THE SPINE

THIS SLEEVE WAS BEING PREPARED FOR THE REISSUE GREEN AND ORANGE LABEL PRESSINGS AS THE KINNEY STICKER SITS OVER THE ATLANTIC CATALOGUE NUMBER IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER

THE SPINE STILL HAS THE ORIGINAL CATALOGUE NUMBER

I SUSPECT THEREFORE THAT THIS WAS ONE OF THE LAST RED AND PLUM LABELS

THE POLYDOR NNER SLEEVE IS UNSPLIT, AND IN CLEAN CONDITION 

THE LYRIC INSERT IS IN FLAT AND HAS NO MARKS OR CREASES

THE SLEEVE GRADES NEAR MINT

 

 

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


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