Abba GREATEST HITS UK LP 1ST PRESS YELLOW EPIC LABEL ONE PLAY MINT MINUS

	£		20
	$		27

ABBA - GREATEST HITS

IN MAGNIFICENT ONE PLAY MINT MINUS !!!  CONDITION

OUTSTANDING MINT !!!!  SLEEVE

MUSEUM GRADE

• CATALOGUE:EPIC EPC  69218
• MATRIX: EPC69218 A2 / B4 

I HAVE JUST COME ACROSS A COLLECTION OF 70'S VINYL THAT BELONGED TO A COLLECTOR WHO PURCHASED LP'S AND 90% OF THE TIME DIDN'T PLAY THEM AT ALL!!!. A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF THE COLLECTION WERE STILL IN THE SHOP CARRIER BAGS OR PAPER BAGS (BOOTS / W.H.SMITH ETC). TO SAY THAT THIS COLLECTION IS IN PERFECT CONDITION IS ALMOST AN UNDERSTATEMENT!. THE SLEEVES MATCH THE RECORDS AND ARE ALSO IN THE MOST AMAZING CONDITION. AND MOST HAVE PERFECT CORNERS WITH EVEN THE CORNER TIPS UNRUBBED!!!

I WILL BE RELEASING THESE OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS A FEW A DAY. HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET 40 YEAR OLD VINYL IN THE SAME CONDITION AS IT WAS IN THE SHOP!!!

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE YELLOW EPIC LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS AND THE YELLOW BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE AND LOGOS ARE UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE ARE ZERO!!!!  SPIDER LINES NEAR THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

ABSOLUTELY IMMACULATE DISC.NOT A FINGERMARK ANYWHERE, AND IN DAYLIGHT IT IS TOTALLY FLAWLESS, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE ONLY A FEW NEAR INVISIBLE SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL 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 LP FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE I FIRMLY BELIEVE 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 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 STEREO REPRODUCTION IS PERFECT WITH EVERY NOTE BEING HEARD CLEARLY AND CLEANLY AS WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED

NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE EITHER, NOR ANY LOUD CLICKS

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND ONLY A SPECK OF VERY OCCASIONAL AND BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC A FEW OF THE LINKING GROOVES

I DIDN'T HEAR ANY DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH APART FROM THREE TINY ONES TOWARDS THE END OF THE FINAL TRACK ON SIDE TWO AND FOR THAT REASON THE GRADE IS ONE NOTCH LOWER THAN MINT

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

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

THE SLEEVE

A TRULY EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE OF THIS NON LAMINATED FRAGILE 1ST PRESS SHOREWOOD GATEFOLD SLEEVE 

THE FRONT SURFACE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND CLEAN. THERE IS NO RUBBING TO THE COLOUR AND THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES, OR BENDS . THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE WHATSOEVER!

THE BLACK AREAS ARE JUST ASTONISHING. PURE JET BLACK AND TOTALLY UNBLEMISHED

THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE

THERE IS JUST ONE MICROSCOPIC LINE NEXT TO THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE. AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE

THE TOP  AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE BOTH IMMACULATE WITH ALL OF THE EASILY RUBBED BLACK SURFACE THERE, AND PRISTINE. ALL OF THE COLOUR RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER, AND ONLY THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIP SHOWS A PIN PRICK OF WHITE

THE SPINE IS 100% FLAT AND UNSQUASHED, NO LOSS OF COLOUR WHATSOEVER, AND THIS EVEN INCLUDED THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS WHICH ARE IMMACULATE. THE WHITE TYPEFACE IS ALL PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND TOTALLY AS NEW.

THE REAR SURFACE  IS ALSO IN TOP CONDITION, LIKE THE FRONT THERE IS NO RUBBING AT ALL, AND NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE.

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO ABSOLUTELY PERFECT INNER PANELS

THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE DIE CUT INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND IS IN UNSPLIT CONDITION .  NO STAINS JUST ONE LIGHT CORNER CREASE.

HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE MINT !!!

I DON'T THINK YOU COULD EVER UPGRADE FROM THIS INCREDIBLE COPY

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

GARRY