Archie Shepp KWANZA 1974 U.S Avant-Garde Jazz IMPULSE LP PLAYS NMINT/MINT HEAR

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$ 42

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Jul 31, 2023 Sold Date

Jul 24, 2023 Start Date

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Description

FULLY TEST PLAYED AND RECORDED SO YOU CAN HEAR IT BEFORE BIDDING

ARCHIE SHEPP - KWANZA

OUTSTANDING NEAR MINT / MINT AUDIO

VG+ GATEFOLD SLEEVE

1974 U.S 1ST PRESS

THE RECORD

THE LABELS

THE BLACK IMPULSE LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. BOTH BASE COLOURS ARE IMMACULATE AND UNWORN, AND FULLY STRETCH INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. .

THE SILVER TYPEFACE IS TOTALLY UNRUBBED AND EVERY LETTER PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THERE ARE ZERO SPIDER LINES BY THE SPINDLE HOLE

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 49 YEARS ON AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PRESSED.
EVEN UNDER SPOTLIGHTS THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE OTHER THAN A COUPLE OF ULTRA FINE WISPY HAIRLINES

THE TEST PLAY

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 A TINY BIT OF EMBEDDED OCCASIONAL VINYL NOISE IN PARTS OF TRACK ONE. THE REST OF THE ALBUM PLAYS TO PERFECTION

THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AT ANY POINT AND CERTAINLY NO LOUD CLICKS,
IMMACULATE AUDIO THROUGH ALL OF SIDE TWO AND MOST OF SIDE ONE
SILENT LINKING GROOVES

I CAN'T EVEN SAY THAT I HEARD ANY DUST POPS THROUGH THE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS AUDIO NEAR MINT / MINT IT IS THAT GOOD

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED MATTE GATEFOLD SLEEVE .

THERE IS AN EXPORT HOLE PUNCH IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER, AS THIS WAS EXPORTED FROM THE USA BACK IN THE DAY

US COVERS ARE NOTORIOUS AT BEING POOR FOR RING WEAR AND SEAM SPLITS

THIS FRONT SURFACE ONLY SHOWS VERY LIGHT RECORD SHAPE

THERE IS A SCRATCH IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER WHICH HEADS TOWARDS THE SPINE, WHERE THERE IS SOME RUBBING ALONG THE SPINE ANDTWO LARGE PRESSURE LINES AT THE BOTTOM
THERE IS A LIGHT CREASE LINE OVER THE TOP RIGHT CORNER
THE FOUR CORNERS HAVE A LITTLE RUB

THE TOP EDGES HAVE SPORADIC RUB, AND THE BOTTOM EDGES MORESO IN THE CORNERS

THE SPINE IS FLAT BUT HAS SUFFRED A CHIP AT THE BOTTOM WHERE THE CATALOGUE NUMBER SITS
THE REST OF THE SPINE HAS MOST OF THE COLOUR AND TEXT INTACT, JUST A LITTLE SCUFFING NEAR THE BOTTOM

THE OPENING EDGE IS JUST AS NEW!! RAZOR SHARP AND LOOKING AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PRINTED AND PUT TOGETHER.
THE FRONT SEALED EDGE SHOWS SOME RUBBING TO THE SURFACE IN PATCHES

THE REAR SURFACE HAS SOME LIGHT RING WEAR

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO VERY CLEAN INNER PANELS .

THE INNER SLEEVE HAS NO SEAM SPLITS

THIS SLEEVE GRADES VG+

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