BB King LUCILLE 1969 UK LP 1st Press Stateside PLAYS NEAR MINT / MINT HEAR IT
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FULLY TEST PLAYED AND RECORDED PRIOR TO LISTING SO YOU CAN HEAR IT BEFORE BIDDING
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INCREDIBLE NEAR MINT / MINT AUDIO
NEAR MINT SLEEVE
THE RECORDS
THE LABELS
THE BLACK AND GREEN 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 IS JUST ONE SPIDER LINE CLOSE TO THE HOLE SHOWING JUST WHY THIS LP IS IN THE SUPERB 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. EVEN UNDER INTENSE SPOTLIGHTS THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE OTHER THAN A COUPLE OF TINY WISPY HAIRLINES
THE TEST PLAY
A NEAR IMMACULATE PLAYTHROUGH FROM START TO FINISH
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.
SUPERB STEREO REPRODUCTION
THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THIS SUPERB SOUND WHATSOEVER AT ANY POINT.
THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND CERTAINLY NO LOUD CLICKS
ALL I HEARD WERE A FEW TINY SPECKS OF STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND IN TRACK ONE.
A COUPLE OF TINY DUST POPS DURING THE ENTIRE PLAY
I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS AUDIO NEAR MINT / MINT
PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF AS IT'S YOUR OPINION THAT COUNTS
THE SLEEVE
LAMINATED FRONT, NON LAMINATED REAR SINGLE SLEEVE WITH FLIPBACKS GROM GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE
THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND THE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT
THE LAMINATE IS VERY GLOSSY. FREE FROM ANY LIFT, PEEL OR FLAKE
THERE IS NO RING WEAR WHATSOEVER ON ANY PART OF THE SLEEVE,AND JUST THE BAREST SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE WHEN ANGLED INTO THE LIGHT
THE CORNER TIPS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE
THERE ARE SIX TINY PRESSURE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE
ONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE AND THREE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE. ONE THUMB LINE NEAR THE OPENING EDGE
THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE PERFECT SMOOTH LAMINATE FROM CORNER TO CORNER, JUST A PIN PRICK OF RUB ON THE TOP RIGHT CORNER TIP
THE SPINE IS PRISTINE. PERFECT LAMINATE AND TEXT AND THE TAPERED ENDS ARE UNBLEMISHED
THE OPENING EDGE IS SHARP WITH JUST A TINY BIT OF FEATHERING
THE REAR SURFACE IS UNRUBBED, WITH SOME NATURAL AGEING / HANDLING TO THE EDGES
THE FLIPBACKS ARE PERFECT
I AM HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT
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