Bachman Turner Overdrive SELF TITLED 1973 UK LP 2-3 PLAYS EVER 100% MINT

	£		112
	$		148

BACHMAN TURNER OVERDRIVE -BACHMAN TURNER OVERDRIVE

PLAYS TO A MINT !!!! GRADE

PLAYED ONLY TWICE

MINT MINUS SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE: MERCURY 6499 509 
• MATRIX:6499509 1Y//1 v 420  1 2 3 / 2Y//1 v 420   1 1 3 

RECENTLY I SOLD A BATCH OF 80'S ROCK LP'S THAT WERE IN THE MOST OUTSTANDING CONDITION. I BELIEVE I HAVE BETTERED THAT NOW WITH A COLLECTION OF 70'S ROCK ALBUMS THAT ARE IN A CONDITION THAT DEFIES BELIEF.

THEY BELONGED TO A COLLECTOR WHO WAS ABSOLUTELY METICULOUS WITH THEM. MOST ARE PLAYED JUST ONCE OR SOME NOT AT ALL, WITH A FEW HAVING 2-4 PLAYS AT MOST. THE VINYLS ARE JUST PERFECT AS YOU WILL HEAR WHEN YOU PLAY THE SOUNDBITES.

BACK IN THE 70'S RECORD SHOPS LIKE W.H SMITHS SOLD NUMBERING SYSTEMS SO THAT COLLECTORS COULD CATALOGUE THEIR RECORDS. IT INVOLVED A SHEET OF GUMMY NUMBERS IN SMALL SQUARES, WHICH WERE PLACED ON THE ALBUM SLEEVE. THE CORRESPONDING NUMBER WAS ALSO ON A RECORD CARD WHICH THE OWNER FILLED IN WITH THE ALBUM DETAILS. WHILST THIS DOES CAUSE A SMALL RESIDUAL MARK ON THE SLEEVE, ANYONE WHO COLLECTED RECORDS IN THIS WAY USUALLY CARED FOR THEM AND PROTECTED THEM LIKE THEY WERE THE MOST PRECIOUS THING IN THEIR LIVES.

THIS COLLECTION IS NO DIFFERENT. THE LP'S WERE ALL HOUSED INSIDE STRONG RECORD CASES, MEANING THAT THEY WERE PROTECTED FROM THE LIGHT, SO THERE HAS BEEN NO FADING OF THE COLOURS, AND BECAUSE THERE WERE ONLY 20 IN EACH CASE, THERE HAS BEEN NO RUBBING OR SHELF WEAR, AND IN MOST CASES THE SLEEVES ARE THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN. YES IT MAY NOT BE EVERY COLLECTORS DESIRE TO HAVE THE SMALL NUMBER SQUARE ON THE SLEEVE, AND I COULD REMOVE THEM WITHOUT DAMAGING THE SLEEVE, BUT I AM GOING TO LEAVE THE DECISION TO THE NEW OWNER WHETHER TO REMOVE OR NOT.

ALSO WORTH A MENTION IS THE FACT THAT THE INNER SLEEVES ON MOST OF THE LP'S ARE ABSOLUTELY FLAT AND UNWRINKLED. JUST NEVER BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVES!!!!

LET ME JUST SAY THAT IN MY OPINION YOU WILL NEVER EVER GET A BETTER CHANCE TO GET A ONCE PLAYED, UNPLAYED OR BARELY PLAYED 70'S CLASSIC ROCK ALBUM!!!

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE BLUE MERCURY LABELS ARE IN MINT!!! CONDITION.

THE BASE COLOUR IS PRISTINE AND RUNS FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE, WHERE THERE ARE ONLY 2-3 TINY SPIDER LINES VISIBLE SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED

THE VINYL

THE VINYL HAS RETAINED IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN AND IS SPOTLESS. IN DAYLIGHT THE DISC LOOKS FLAWLESS , AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS JUST NOTHING TO SEE. A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES PERHAPS.

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 KNOW THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY 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 ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES

ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION CAUSED THROUGH GROOVE WEAR. A STUNNING STEREO REPRODUCTION WITH NOTES BEING HEARD CRISPLY AND CLEANLY.

THERE IS NO HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLING AND NO LOUD CLICKS AT ANY POINT

THERE IS NO VINYL NOISE AND ONLY THE BAREST TRACE OF OCCASIONAL STATIC HEARD IN A COUPLE OF THE LINKING GROOVES

I DIDN'T HEAR ANY  DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THE PLAYTHROUGH OF THIS VINYL MINT !!!!

PLEASE DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

UNLAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN, AND THERE IS NOT ONE SPECK OF COLOUR LOSS. NOR IS THERE ANY HEAVY CREASING OR CREASE LINES

THE COLOUR IS ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE. NO RUBBING, NO RING WEAR AND NO RECORD SHAPE.

THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY ZERO!!! LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE. ONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR, APART FROM THE TOP AND BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIPS WHICH HAVE A TINY SPECK OF WHITE SHOWING THROUGH

THE SPINE IS  FLAT AND 100% UNSQUASHED. EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND ALL OF THE COLOUR IS  INTACT  RIGHT THROUGH TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIP ENDS. THERE IS ONE TINY WHITISH SLIVER ON THE VERY BOTTOM TIP'S LEADING EDGE

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP AND SHOWS WHY THIS VINYL HAS REMAINED INSIDE THE SLEEVE ALL THESE YEARS

THE THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME SUPERB CONDITION AS THE FRONT. ONE TINY LINE NEAR THE SPINE, AND TWO ALONG THE TOP EDGE. NO RUBBING OR COLOUR LOSS

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO ABSOLUTELY MINT INNER PANELS

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND IS IN UNSPLIT, AND UNWRINKLED CONDITION. JUST ONE TINY CREASE ON ONE TOP CORNER.

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT MINUS

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

GARRY