Crosby Stills Nash & Young DEJA VU UK LP 1ST MINT-

	£		83
	$		110

CROSBY STILLS NASH & YOUNG - DEJA VU

IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

ORIGINAL RED AND PLUM ATLANTIC PRESS

• CATALOGUE:ATLANTIC  2401001
• 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 BROWN SURFACE IS SO EASILY WORN THROUGH, AND MOST COPIES LOOK TERRIBLE

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, THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT MAKES AN ORIGINAL DIFFERENT FROM A LATTER ISSUE

FIRST AND MOST OBVIOUS IS THE COLOUR ON AN ORIGINAL IS A LIGHTER SHADE OF BROWN. AND EVEN IF YOU ARE STILL NOT SURE, THEN OPEN THE GATEFOLD AND IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER THERE IS A LOT OF TEXT ABOVE WHICH IS THE CATALOGUE NUMBER 2401001 CANNOT BE MISTAKEN AND A LATER ISSUE SLEEVE WILL HAVE K50001 THERE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND HAS ONLY SUSTATINED A MINSCULE AMOUNT OF COLOUR LOSS THROUGH LIGHT RUBBING. A VERY LIGHT SHADOW OF WHITE PEEKING THROUGH SOME OF THE BROWN AREAS.

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

THERE IS SOME VERY LIGHT SHELF WEAR TO THE TOP EDGE AND A LITTLE MORE TO THE BOTTOM 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

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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

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

GARRY