Christie FOR ALL MANKIND UK LP 1ST PRESS MINT-
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Description
CHRISTIE - FOR ALL MANKIND
CAT; CBS 64397
MATRIX: S64397-A1 / S64397-B1
THIS ALBUM IS A FAR STRETCH FROM THE CHRISTIE OF 1970, JUST ONE YEAR AFTER THE HIT SINGLE YELLOW RIVER, THE BAND HAD BECOME FAR LESS CHART ORIENTATED AND MORE LIKE A PROGRESSIVE ROCK BAND. THE DIFFERENCE IS QUITE OUTSTANDING. YOU WOULD NEVER THINK THIS IS THE SAME BAND. YES THERE IS A FLAVOUR OF THE POP SIDE, BUT MOSTLY THIS IS DAMN GOOD ROCK ALBUM
THE RECORD
THE LABELS
MINT CONDITION ORANGE CBS LABELS. THE COLOUR IS RICH AND UNWORN AND STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE TYPEFACE IS PEREFCTLY LEGIBLE AND THERE ARE JUST TWO SMALL SPIDER LINES ON EACH SIDE OF THE LABEL, INDICATING THAT THE RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN ON A TURNTABLE
THE VINYL
AS NEW MINT MINUS CONDITION VINYL. IT GLEAMS AND LOOKS LIKE A BRAND NEW ALBUM.IT IS UNMARKED AND ONLY WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION CAN YOU SPOT A COUPLE OF WISPY LINES
PLAYING THE RECORD
ALL THE WORDS IN THE WORLD IN MY OPINION ARE NOT AS GOOD AS BEING ABLE TO LISTEN TO THE ACTUAL RECORD YOU ARE THINKING OF BIDDING FOR, AND THATS WHY I HAVE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS ME TO DO JUST THAT FOR YOU.
I HAVE RECORDED HALF A DOZEN SEGMENTS FROM THE ALBUM INCLUDING LOUD PASSAGES, QUIETER PASSAGES, AND SILENT PASSAGES SUCH AS THE DEAD WAX RUN IN AND THE LINKING GROOVES BETWEEN THE TRACKS. I HOPE THIS WILL GIVE A SOLID IDEA OF HOW SUPERB THE RECORD SOUNDS OVERALL.
SO PLEASE CLICK ON THE AUDIO BUTTON AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE AND FLICK THROUGH THE SOUNDBITES AVAILABLE TO YOU. I BELIEVE YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME THAT THIS IS INDEED A STUNNING AND INCREDIBLE ALBUM.
THERE IS THE VERY VERY ODD LIGHT DUST POP, BARELY AUDIBLE, BUT THATS IT. THE PERFORMANCE AS I AM SURE YOU WILL AGREE WHEN YOU HEAR IT IS AMAZING.
THE SLEEVE
NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE
THIS VULNERABLE SLEEVE IS IN MINT MINUS CONDITION. THE COLOURS HAVE NOT FAEDE OR WORN AT ALL, THERE ARE NO CREASES ANYWHERE, AND BEAR IN MIND THAT THIS IS A GATEFOLD SLEEVE WHERE THE LP SLIDES INTO THE SLEEVE FROM THE SPINE (LIKE BEATLES FOR SALE). USUALLY THIS MEANS DISASTER FOR THE SPINE, BUT HERE WE HAVE AN IMMACVULATE ONE, AND THE NREASON IS SIMPLY BECAUSE THE RECORD HAS NOT BEEN OUT OF THE COVER.
EVERYTHING ABOUT THE SLEEVE IS PRISTINE, THE FLAT SURFACES, THE CORNERS, THE SPINE, THE OPENEING EDGE, AND THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES. YOU COULD NOT FIND A BETTER EXAMPLE.
THE INNER SLEEVE IS OF SOME CONSIDERABLE INTEREST. FIRSTLY IT IS IN MINT CONDITON, AGAIN AS THE LP HAS NOT BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE, THIS IS THE REASON. THE INNER SLEEVE ADVERTISES CBS CASSETTE TAPES. ONE SIDE HAS ALL ABOUT HOW FANTASTIC CASSETTES AND 8 TRACKS ARE AND THE OTHER SIDE HAS A SELECTION OF ALBUMS ON THE TAPE FORMAT. THIS IS THE FIRST ONE OF THESE THAT I CAN REMEMBER SEEING. IT IS QUITE FASCINATING
THE SLEEVE GRADES MINT MINUS
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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