Bad Company RUN WITH THE PACK UK LP 1ST PRESS A2U/B2U PLAYS 100% MINT

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BAD COMPANY - RUNNING WITH THE PACK

IN MAGNIFICENT 3-4 PLAY MINT !!! CONDITION

 NEAR MINT !!!!!! SLEEVE

TIME TRAVEL CONDITION!!!

• CATALOGUE:ISLAND ILPS 9346
• MATRIX: ILPS 9346 A-2U / B-2U
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 A / 1 M
• 'STERLING' STAMPED INTO DEAD WAX

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  SILVER LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS AND THE  BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE AND LOGOS ARE UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE ARE JUST 3-4 SPIDER LINES NEAR THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

ABSOLUTELY IMMACULATE DISC. GLEAMING LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR, AND IN DAYLIGHT IT IS TOTALLY FLAWLESS, AND ONLY UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION ARE THERE A COUPLE OF WISPY  HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN.

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

ISLAND VINYL IS NOTORIOUS FOR 'VINYL NOISE' WITH MOST PRESSINGS HAVING THIS .HERE HOWEVER WE HAVE AN ABSOLUTELY IMMACULATE NOISE FREE PRESSING

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON ALL 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, AND NO LOUD CLICKS

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AT ALL, AND THE ONLY SEMI SECOND OR TWO OR STATIC I HEARD WAS IN THE RUN IN DEAD WAX, AND IN A COUPLE OF LINKING GROOVES

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

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

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF!!

THE SLEEVE

A TRULY EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE OF THIS NON LAMINATED FRAGILE 1ST PRESS EMBOSSED SILVER SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND CLEAN. THERE IS NO RUBBING TO THE SILVER SURFACE AND THUS NO COLOUR LOSS AT ALL.THIS IS VERY RARE BECAUSE THIS SILVER TOP SURFACE IS USUALLY FOUND RING WORN AND HEAVILY CREASED.BUT THIS COPY HAS BEEN HOUSED INSIDE A RECORD CASE AND HAS ESCAPED ALL THE USUAL DAMAGE

SO A GLEAMING MIRROR LIKE SILVER SURFACE .

THERE ARE ZERO!!! LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE. TWO ALONG THE TOP EDGE AND TWO ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE, HOWEVER THERE IS ONE SMALL LINE JUST TO THE LEFT OF THE WORD ' RUN ' AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLEEVE.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES WOULD USUALLY BE FOUND WITHOUT HARDLY ANY SILVER SURFACE LEFT, BUT ON THIS SLEEVE THE TOP EDGE IS ABSOLUTELY MINT!! ALL OF THE SILVER INCLUDING THE CORNER TIPS ARE IMMACULATE.

THE BOTTOM EDGE IS VIRTUALLY AS PRISTINE WITH JUST A TINY SPECK OF RUB TO THE RIGHT CORNER TIP

THE SPINE IS JUST AS NEW. TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. ALL OF THE SILVER SURFACE IS THERE, WITH JUST A SPECK OF RUB TO THE TOP TIP.

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND TOTALLY AS NEW. NO THUMB NAIL NICKS ALONG EITHER EDGE

THE REAR SURFACE  IS ALSO IN TOP CONDITION, NO LINES NEAR ANY OF THE EDGES. 

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A 100% PRISTINE PAIR OF PANELS. ALL OF THE COLOUR IS THERE AND THERE ARE NO BLEMISHES WHATSOEVER.

THE ORIGINAL BLACK POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND IS IN UNSPLIT MINT CONDITION .

HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE NEAR MINT!!!!

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

GARRY