Crosby Stills & Nash SELF TITLED UK LP 1ST PRESS RED/PLUM 2-3 PLAYS MINT MINUS

£ 94

$ 124

£ 94 Sold For

Aug 3, 2014 Sold Date

Jul 27, 2014 Start Date

£ 19 Start price

55 Number Of Bids

Great Britain Country Of Seller

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Description

CROSBY STILLS & NASH - SELF TITLED DEBUT LP

IN MAGNIFICENT NEAR MINT PLAYTHROUGH CONDITION

ORIGINAL RED AND PLUM ATLANTIC PRESS

CATALOGUE:ATLANTIC 588189
MATRIX: 2401001 A-1 / B-1

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE RED AND PLUM LABELS ARE IN TOP CONDITION. BOTH BASE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT, AND THE WHITEBAND IS STILL WHITE AND NOT SOILED AT ALL. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE IS JUST ONE MINISCULE SPIDER LINE BY EACH HOLE SHOWING WHY THIS VINYL IS IN THE CONDITION THAT IT IS

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. THE DISC GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND THIS HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL IS AS CLEAN AND MARK FREE AS YOU COULD WANT.EVEN WHEN PUT UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE, JUST A COUPLE OF BARELY VISIBLE WISPY HAIRLINES. THIS IS A SUPERB PRISTINE VINYL

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 ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I JUST KNOW THAT POTENTIAL BIDDERS WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR EXACTLY WHAT IT IS THAT THEY ARE CONSIDERING BIDDING ON, AND WHILST THIS TAKES ME FAR LONGER TO COMPLETE, I AM CONVINCED THE EFFORT IS WORTH IT

THIS ALBUM PLAYS TO ABSOLUTE PERFECTION. THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTOTION ANYWHERE, AND THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST FIRST PRESS ALL THE WAY. JUST CRISP AND CLEAR AS A BELL

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE, AND NOT EVEN ANY STATIC OR VINYL NOISE

I HEARD A COUPLE OF TINY DUST POPS THROUGHOUT THE PLAY.

PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN TO THIS CLASSIC ALBUM AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT MINUS

THE SLEEVE

UNLAMINATED AND HEAVILY TEXTURED GATEFOLD SLEEVE FROM E.J DAY AND CO.

THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE TO FIND IN A REAL COLLECTIBLE CONDITION BECAUSE THE TEXTURED SURFACE IS SO EASILY WORN THROUGH, AND MOST COPIES LOOK TERRIBLE. AND THE SPINE IS USUALLY BATTERED BEYOND RECOGNITION.

I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THERE MIGHT BE A TEMPTATION WITH SOME PEOPLE TO PUT A NEWER SLEEVE WITH THE ORIGINAL VINYL, AND WHILST THEY LOOK AND FEEL ALMOST IDENTICAL, THE CATALOGUE NUMBER ON THE SPINE WILL GIVE THE GAME AWAY. IT MUST BE 588189. THE REISSUE SLEEVES HAD THE KINNEY 'K' CATALOGUE NUMBER.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND HAS SUSTAINED ZERO!!! COLOUR LOSS , AND THE TEXTURED SURFACE IS JUST MAGNIFICENT. THERE IS NO RING WEAR WHATSOEVER, AND ALSO NO RECORD SHAPE.

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR BENDS, AND INCREDIBLY NONE OF THE SMALL LINES THAT GATHER NEAR THE SPINE EITHER

NONE ALONG THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

THE SPINE IS VERY FLAT WITH PERFECTLY LEGIBLE TYPEFACE, BUT JUST A COUPLE OF TINY PATCHES WHERE WHITE IS SHOWONG THROUGH THE BROEN SURFACE

THE OPENING EDGE BY CONTRAST IS ABSOLUTELY RAZOR SHARP, AND THIS IN ITSELF TELLS A STORY. IT IS PRETTY CLEAR THAT WHILST THE SLEEVE WAS PLACED IN AMONGST A COLLECTION WITHOUT THE ADDED PROTECTION OF AN OUTER SLEEVE, THE VINYL WAS LEFT UNPLAYED INSIDE THE SLEEVE.

THE REAR SURFACE HAS AGAIN MOST OF THE LIGHT BROWN SURFACE INTACT, WITH JUST A SHADE OF RECORD SHAPE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE INNER SURFACE

THE POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION. IT IS UNCREASED AND UNSPLIT, ANOTHER SIGN THAT THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN OUT SIDE OF THE SLEEVE. JUST A TRACE OF AGING TO THE EDGES

HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE EXCELLENT PLUS

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

GARRY

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