Bob Dylan BLONDE ON BLONDE UK 2LP 1ST *MONO* A1.B1/C1/D1 33 LABEL NEAR MINT

	£		171
	$		227

BOB DYLAN - BLONDE ON BLONDE

IN MAGNIFICENT NEAR MINT PLAY CONDITION

OUTSTANDING MINT  SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:CBS 66012
• MATRIX NUMBERS ALL END WITH 1 A1/B1/C1/D1 
• 33 ON THE LABEL( 1ST PRESS INDICATOR)
• MATT TEXTURED LABEL
• MONO 1ST  PRESS
• NINE PICTURES INSIDE THE GATEFOLD
• FLIPBACK INNER (GATEFOLD)
• SQUARE ADVERTISiNG INNER SLEEVE

I HAVE ACQUIRED A COLLECTION OF STUNNING VINYLS THAT BELONGED TO A COLLECTOR WHO HANDLED BOTH VINYL AND SLEEVE METICULOUSLY. INCREDIBLE ALBUMS THAT I WILL BE LISTING OVER THE COMING WEEKS. THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO COLLECT VINTAGE VINYL IN THE SORT OF CONDITION THAT YOU COULD ONLY DREAM ABOUT..LISTEN TO THE ENTIRE LP BEFORE LAYING A BID, AS I HAVE RECORDED EVERY SINGLE SECOND

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE 4 LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THESE ARE THE ORIGINAL 1ST ISSUE LABELS THAT HAVE 33 PRINTED ON TO THEM NOT THE LATER 33 1/3RD. THE TEXTURED ORANGE BASE COLOUR HAS REMAINED UNRUBBED, THERE IS NO COLOUR RUB ANYWHERE. THIS COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALSO IN TOP CONDITION .

A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLES REVEALS JUST 1-2 TINY  SPIDER LINES CLOSE BY INDICATING THAT THIS SET HAS HAD JUST A COUPLE OF VERY CAREFUL PLAYS

THE VINYL

I HAVE TO SAY RIGHT UP FRONT THAT LOOKING AT THE VINYLS UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THAT THEY PROBABLY SHOULDN'T PLAY AS NEAR PERFECTLY AS THEY DO. I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE NUMEROUS WISPY HAIRLINES ON THE SURFACE. POSSIBLY PAPER WITHDRAWAL LINES. HOWEVER THE FACT IS THAT THESE OTHERWISE INVISIBLE LINES ARE REALLY JUST LIGHT SURFACE LINES AND INCREDIBLY HAVE NO DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON THE PLAYTHROUGH OF THE RECORDING. IN DAYLIGHT THE VINYLS OF COURSE LOOK FLAWLESS. SO PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN TO THE SOUND BITES AND HEAR FOR YOURSELF JUST HOW SUPERB THIS ALBUM SET SOUNDS

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 SET FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD WELCOME 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'S PLAY THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON ALL FOUR SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THESE DISCS SOUNDS.

THE SILENT BITS ARE SILENT, AND THE MUSIC COMES THROUGH CRISPLY AND CLEARLY. THE MONO REPRODUCTION IS JUST MAGNIFICENT. I CANNOT BE CRITICAL OF THIS LP SET IN ANY WAY AT ALL.

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION TO ANY PART OF THE SET, AND ABSOLUTELY NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER.

NO LOUD CLICKS AND NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

YOU WILL HEAR SOME VERY OCCASIONAL MINUSCULE STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND WHICH CAN ONLY BE DETECTED IN A FEW OF THE LINKING GROOVES AND IN A COUPLE OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES

OTHER THAN THAT THERE ARE A FEW RANDOM AND IN MOST CASES BARELY AUDIBLE TINY LITTLE STATIC TICS. I WOULD ESTIMATE NO MORE THAN 10 OVER THE FOUR SIDES

TAKE A LISTEN TO THE RUN IN GROOVES AND YOU WILL HEAR HOW GOOD THIS SET IS GOING TO SOUND

I AM PERFECTLY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS PLAYTHROUGH AS NEAR MINT. SOME MIGHT EVEN GRADE IT HIGHER AS IT REALLY IS A MAGNIFICENT REPRODUCTION 

THE SLEEVE

FULLY LAMINATED GATEFOLD IS IN  PRISTINE CONDITION.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT, CLEAN AND FREE FROM ANY MARKS OR STAINS. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES, CREASE LINES, OR BENDS, OR DENTS, AND THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR

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

NO RECORD SHAPE OR ANY RING WEAR.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE  IMMACULATE WITH ALL OF THE LAMINATE PRISTINE APART FROM ONE PIN PRICK CHIP ON THE TOP EDGE. THE FOUR CORNER TIPS ARE TOTALLY UNBLEMISHED

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY UNSQUASHED AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. AGAIN ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS PERFECTLY ADHERED AND THERE IS NO PEEL OR FLAKE. THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS ARE UNRUBBED

THE TWO OPENING EDGES ARE RAZOR SHARP

THE REAR SURFACE IS EXACTLY LIKE THE FRONT WITH JUST ONE LIGHT LAMINATE STRETCH LINE IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO INNER PANELS THAT HAVE 'NINE PICTURES' ACROSS THEM AND FLIPBACKS TOP AND BOTTOM. THE INNER PANELS ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION

THE TWO CBS SQUARE CORNERED INNER SLEEVES ARE BOTH 100% MINT

THE SLEEVE EASILY GRADES MINT

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

GARRY