Bridget St John ASK ME NO QUESTIONS UK DEBUT LP NMINT

	£		77
	$		102

BRIDGET ST. JOHN - ASK ME NO QUESTIONS

THE RARE UK DEBUT ALBUM FROM  1969

• CAT:DANDELION S 63750
• MATRIX: SBPG 63750 A-1 / B-1

THIS IS A VERY VERY HARD TO FIND GENUINE FIRST PRESS

THE RECORD LABELS

THE SUPERB ORIGINAL LATE 60'S DANDELION LABEL WITH THE DANDELION PICTURE ON THE A SIDE AND THE WHITE LABEL WITH FULL TRACK LISTING ON THE B SIDE. THE LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THE PICTURE SIDE LABEL HAS BEAUTIFUL UNWORN COLOUR AND IS FREE FROM ANY MARKS OR STAINS. THE COLOUR FULLY EXTENDS ALL THE WAY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE WHITE SIDE IS ALSO IN TOP CONDITON, NO MARKS OR SOILING TO THE WHITE SURFACE WHICH ONCE AGAIN EXTENDS ALL THE WAY INTO THE HOLE. THERE ARE 3-4 VERY LIGHT SPIDER LINES VERY CLOSE TO THE HOLE SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS 39 YEAR OLD ALBUM HAS ACTUALLY BEEN PLAYED

THE VINYL

THE VINYL IS JUST STUNNING. BEAUTIFUL GLOSSY HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL IN AMAZING CONDITION. CLOSE EXAMINATION REVEALS A MARK FREE DISC, NO HANDLING LINES, OR SCUFFS, JUST A GLEAMING AS NEW DISC. EVEN UNDER INTESE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A COUPLE OF LIGHT WISPY LINES

 HAVE RECORDED 4 EXAMPLES OF JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS ALBUM  IS. I RECORDED THE RUN IN AND FIRST MINUTE AND A HALF OF EACH OPENING TRACK ON EACH  SIDE, AND IN ADDITION ONE OF THE LINKING GROOVES AND A FURTHER SEGMENT FROM ANOTHER TRACK ON EACH SIDE. THEREFORE THE SILENCE THAT YOU HEAR WHEN YOU CLICK THE AUCTION PLAYER IS THE SILENCE THAT THE VINYL PRODUCES IN THE DEAD WAX! PLEASE LISTEN TO THEM ALL AND I AM CERTAIN YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME THAT THIS SET IS JUST MAGNIFICENT

THE RUN IN IS  NEAR SILENT, AND AS THE RECORD STARTS TO PLAY "TO BE WITHOUT A HITCH" IT IS VERY OBVIOUS THAT YOU ARE LISTENING TO SOMETHING REALLY CLEAN. THE FIRST THING THAT IS CLEAR IS THAT THE SOUND IS DISTORTION FREE. ALMOST POINTLESS STATING THIS IN LIGHT OF HOW LITTLE THE ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED, BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT THE PLAY THAT THE RECORD HAS HAD WAS DONE WITH A GOOD QUALITY STYLUS AND NOT ONE THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE GROOVE SUCH AS A WORN, CHIPPED STYLUS, OR INDEED ONE THAT WAS TRACKING TOO HEAVILY.

EACH TRACK PLAYS THROUGH WITH UTMOST CLARITY. THE PERFORMANCE ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES IS JUST OUTSTANDING. THERE IS NO BACKGROUND NOISE ANYWHERE ON EITHER SIDE, PERHAPS THE ODD LITTLE LIGHT POP HERE AND THERE

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS DISC NEAR MINT

THE SLEEVE

THE OVERALL GRADING OF THE SLEEVE IS EXCELLENT

THIS IS VERY VULNERABLE SLEEVE, FIRSTLY IT IS NON LAMINATED AND SECONDLY IT IS A CREAM COLOUR SO IT LIKELY TO SHOW AND MARKS AND STAINS FAR MORE THAN ANY OTHER COLOUR. THE FRONT IS FLAT, AND SURPRISINGLY HAS NO CREASES OR BENDS. THE CREAM COLOUR HAS SUFFERED VERY LIGHT LOSS TO ITS BASE COLOUR AND THERE IS SOME SMALL PATCHES OF GREY PARTICULARLY AROUND THE TOP AND BOTTOM SECTIONS, WHICHRIS ACTUALLY A LITTLE RECORD SHAPE. THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE MINIMAL SHELF WEAR AND THE SPINE IS AMAZINGLY FLAT AND UNMARKED, AND VERY UNUSUALLY UNSPLIT, AS THIS IS A GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH THE DESIGN THAT HAS THE LP SLIDE INTO IT FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE SLEEVE, WHICH USUALLY RESULTS IN A SPLIT AND OR TORN SPINE. HOWEVER THISBVRONE IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION WITH TYPEFACE THAT IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE REAR SURFACE IS JUST AS CLEAN AND TIDY AS THE FRONT. OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PERFECTLY WHITE INNER WITH ALL THE LYRICS TO ALL THE TRACKS ON THE SURFACES. THE AREA THAT THE LP SLIDES INTO HAS ALSO STOOD THE TEST OF TIME AND IS UNSPLIT, BUT DONT FORGET THAT THIS IS 39 YEARS OLD AND HAS ONLY BEEN PLAYED 3-4 TIMES, SO THE ALBUM HAS ONLY EVER BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE A HANDFUL OF TIMES.

SO ONCE AGAIN THIS IS A VERY VERY HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE ALBUM IN THE MOST SUPERB CONDITION IMAGINABLE, SO BID WITH CONFIDENCE, AND GOOD LUCK IF YOU DECIDE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY