AC / DC IF YOU WANT BLOOD UK LP 1ST press PORKY PRIME CUT PLAYS 100% MINT MINUS
  £   20
  $   27

 


£ 20 Sold For
Jun 29, 2014 Sold Date
Jun 22, 2014 Start Date
£   19 Start price
2   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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AC / DC - LET THERE BE ROCK

IN MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS 2-3 PLAY!! CONDITION

  EXCELLENT PLUS SLEEVE

' a porky prime cut'

 

  • CATALOGUE:ATLANTIC K50532
  • MATRIX: K50532 A-2 / B-2
  • ' A PORKY PRIME CUT ' ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE ONE
  • ' PECKO' ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 2

 

A FIRST PRESS OF THIS ALBUM MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES

  • THE UK PRESS HAS THE GREEN AND ORANGE MATT ATLANTIC LABELS
  • THE 'W' LOGO MUST BE AT 3 O'CLOCK ON THE LABEL
  • MATRIX NUMBERS MUST BE K50532 A-2 / B-2
  • THE MATRIX NUMBERS MUST ALSO BE ETCHED NOT STAMPED
  • 'A PORKY PRIME CUT' MUST BE ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX SIDE ONE
  • 'PECKO' MUST BE ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX SIDE TWO
  • THE SLEEVE MUST BE MADE BY 'GOTHIC' PRINTERS
  • THE INNER SLEEVE IS PLAIN WHITE WITH ANGLED CORNERS AND JUST THE UK PATENT NUMBER IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER, AND ' MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN' IN THE RIGHT

 

THE RECORDS

 

THE LABELS

THE TWO ORANGE AND GREEN LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. BOTH BASE COLOURS ARE IMMACULATE AND UNWORN, AND FULLY STRETCH INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE WHITE BAND ACROSS THE MIDDLE IS PURE WHITE AND UNBLEMISHED.

THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS TOTALLY UNRUBBED AND EVERY LETTER PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THERE ARE JUST 2-3 SMALL  SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE HOLE SHOWING JUST WHY THE LP IS IN THE INCREDIBLE CONDITION THAT IT IS!!

 

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE HANDLING MARKS,AND IN DAYLIGHT IS IS ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS IT LOOKS TODAY SOME 36 YEARS ON AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PRESSED. EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE, APART FROM A COUPLE OF ANGEL HAIRLINE HANDLING LINES ON SIDE ONE AND A TINY LITTLE LINE ON SIDE TWO

 

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 DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE 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 BRILLIANTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS LP SOUNDS.

THE SILENT BITS ARE  SILENT, AND THE MUSIC COMES THROUGH CRISPLY AND CLEARLY.

THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THIS SUPERB SOUND WHATSOEVER AT ANY POINT.

THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AT ANY POINT AND CERTAINLY NO LOUD CLICKS

THERE IS NO STATIC OR ANY VINYL NOISE WHATSOEVER, APART FROM A SPECK ON THE RUN OUT GROOVE

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT MINUS !!! IT IS THAT GOOD

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

 

 

 

 

THE SLEEVE

 

SEMI LAMINATED AND DELICATE  GOTHIC PRINTERS SLEEVE .

 

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND TOTALLY CLEAN. THERE IS NOT HEAVY CREASE LINE ON IT ANYWHERE. THE COLOURS ARE PRETTY WELL RETAINED WITH JUST A VERY THIN BAND OF WHITE SPECKLES JUST ABOVE THE BOTTOM EDGE

THERE IS THE MILDEST SHAPE OF RECORD ON THE TOP HALF OF THE SLEEVE

THERE ARE FIVE MINUSCULE LINES NEAR THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE AND ONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE. NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE BOTH LIGHTLY RUBBED WITH A FEW TINY WHITE FLECKS ALONG THE SURFACE AND A LITTLE RUBBING TO THE CORNER TIPS

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. AGAIN THERE ARE SOME WHITE PINPRICKS SHOWING RANDOMLY ALONG THE EDGE, AND A LITTLE RUB TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS

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

THE REAR SURFACE IS ALSO IN SUPERB CONDITION . JUST THAT SPECKLES LINE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, NO RING WEAR , NO RECORD SHAPE, NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASING. ONE LINE NEAR THE SPINE NONE ON THE TOP EDGE, AND JUST ONE THIN ONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE

THE PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE PURE WHITE, TOTALLY UNSPLIT, AND UNCREASED

THE SLEEVE GRADES EXCELLENT PLUS

 

 

 

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

GARRY

 

 





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