Booker T & The MG's HIP HUG HER U.S 1 Press 1967 Mono UNCORRECTED SLEEVE/LABEL
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BOOKER T & THE MG'S - HIP HUG HER
STAX ALBUM -1967 MONO PRESS
U.S 1st press - WITH THE UNCORRECTED SLEEVE AND LABEL
EX++ AUDIO
EX+ SLEEVE
I HAVE RECORDED THIS IN MONO SO YOU ARE ABLE TO HEAR IT AS IT WAS INTENDED TO BE HEARD
THIS ALBUM WAS RECALLED AND THE SLEEVE REPLACED VERY EARLY, BECAUSE OF THE TRACK 'SLIM JENKIN'S JOINT SOUNDING LIKE THEY WERE SINGING ABOUT DRUGS. THE TRACK WAS RENAMED SLIM JENKINS PLACE. THE VERY FIRST ISSUES OF THIS HAD BOTH 'JOINT ON THE SLEEVE AND THE LABELS'
- CATALOGUE: STAX 717
- MATRIX:STX 12549-A / 12550-A
I HAVE IN MY POSESSION A COLLECTION OF ALBUMS THAT CAME DIRECT FROM THE USA TO THE UK IN THE EARLY 70'S. THEY WERE AQUIRED BY A GENTLEMAN WHO WAS A DJ ON A RADIO STATION. HE WROTE TO STAX IN MEMPHIS IN THE MID 60'S AND ASKED HOW HE COULD GET HIS HANDS ON SOME SOUL MUSIC AS HE WANTED TO PLAY IT ON HIS RADIO STATION. TO HIS SURPRISE STAX ADDED HIM TO THEIR MAILING LIST AND CONTINUED TO SEND PARCELS OF LP'S AND SINGLES TO HIM WELL INTO THE 70'S. A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF THEM WERE THEREFORE DJ PROMO COPIES. THEY MAILED BOTH ALBUMS AND SINGLE, AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE ALBUMS HAVE REMAINED UNPLAYED.
THIS IS INDEED A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO CLAIM A PIECE OF HISTORY IN PRISTINE CONDITION. I CANNOT IMAGINE JUST HOW FEW UNPLAYED COPIES OF GENUINE STAX AND ASSOCIATED LABELS HAVE REMAINED IN THIS CONDITION.
TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY
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THE RECORDS
THE LABELS
THE PASTEL BLUE LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. THE BASE COLOUR HAS REMAINED UNRUBBED, AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THERE ARE ZERO VISIBLE SPIDER LINES AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE
THE VINYL
THE RECORD GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND COULDN'T LOOK ANY BETTER. ALL OF THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE HAS BEEN RETAINED.AND IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS!!! THERE ARE NO VISIBLE MARKS OR ANY SIGNS OF HANDLING ON THE DISCS, UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION I CAN SEE A FEW TINY WISPY HAIRLINES, AND DULL EMBEDDED SPECKLES AND PATCHES
THE PLAYTHROUGH
THE CLARITY OF THE FIRST PRESS IS VERY AUDIBLE AND THE RECORDING IS JUST SUPERB
THERE IS NO HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS
THERE IS SOME LIGHT EMBEDDED STATIC LIKE VINYL NOISE HEARD IN THE LINKING GROOVES AND SOME OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES
THERE ARE ALSO SOME VERY LIGHT TINY STATIC TICS HEARD ON OCCASION
A STUNNING AUDIO PERFORMANCE THAT CAN ONLY GRADE EXCELLENT PLUS
BUT BECAUSE YOU ARE ABLE TO LISTEN TO THE WHOLE ALBUM YOU WILL BE ABLE TO JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR PERSONAL STANDARDS
THE SLEEVE
NON LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE WITH PASTE ON REAR SURFACE
THE FRONT SURFACE STILL HAS MOST OF THE RICH COLOURS . THERE ARE SOME WHITE FLECKS RUNNING DOWN THE OPENING EDGE ON THE BLUE BORDER. THE TOP LEFT CORNER HAS A TINY DING
THERE ARE ZERO PRESSURE LINES AGAINST THE SPINE. NONE ON THE TOP EDGE. NONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES BY THE OPENING EDGE
THE TOP EDGE HAS SOME LIGHT SHELF RUB ALONG THE SURFACE AND A LITTLE TO THE CORNER TIPS
THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS A SMALL SPLIT IN THE RIGHT CORNER AND A SPECK OF RUB TO THE LEFT CORNER TIP
THE SPINE IS ALSO LIGHTLY RUBBED AT THE BOTTOM TIP END. THE TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE
THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL SHARP
THE REAR SURFACE IS IN NEAR PERFECT CONDITION. A LITTLE HANDLING EVIDENCE TO THE WHITE SURFACE
THE DIE CUT INNER SLEEVE IS FLAT FREE FROM CREASES AND SEAM SPLITS
I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS SLEEVE EXCELLENT PLUS
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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