David Allan Coe PENITENTIARY BLUES 1969 US 1st Press SSS9 NEAR MINT AUDIO

	£		36
	$		48

DAVID ALLAN COE - PENITENTIARY BLUES

SUPERB NEAR MINT AUDIO

EX+ SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:INTERNATIONAL SSS9
• MATRIX: XSBJ-130460-1F  SSS9-A / XSBJ-130461-1E  SSS9-B
• THESE ARE THE FIRST PRESS MATRIX NUMBERS

  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

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE PICTURE LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. BOTH BASE COLOURS ARE IMMACULATE AND UNWORN. SO IS THE BLACK TYPEFACE. THE SPINDLE HOLE IS ALSO UNWORN, AND EVEN USING A MAGNIFYING GLASS I AM UNABLE TO DETERMINE ANY MORE THAN 1-2 MINUSCULE SPIDER LINES AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL HAS RETAINED ITS ORIGINAL APPEARANCE. LIKE A LOT OF US ALBUMS THE VINYL IS SLIGHTLY DULLER THAN UK RECORDINGS. UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DULL EMBEDDED STREAKS AND A COUPLE OF TINY DULL MARKS AND ALSO A COUPLE OF WISPY SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL HAIRLINES

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 DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS BECAUSE IN FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID.

THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS LP SOUNDS. THE SILENT BITS ARE  NEAR SILENT, AND THE MUSIC COMES THROUGH CRISPLY AND CLEARLY.

THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THE REPRODUCTION WHATSOEVER

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND ONLY THE OCCASIONAL SECOND OR TWO OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC

NO DUST POPS JUST A FEW RANDOM AND AGAIN BARELY AUDIBLE LITTLE STATIC  TICS THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL NEAR MINT

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF THOUGH AGAINST YOUR PERSONAL; STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED DIE CUT GATEFOLD SLEEVE  .

THE FRONT SURFACE MOST IMPORTANTLY HAS NO DAMAGE TO THE PRISON BARS

THERE IS A SMALL PUNCH HOLE IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER TYPICAL OF THE EXPORT HOLE USED TO DETERMINE SUCH RECORDS

THE FRONT SURFACE IS HAS SOME NATURAL HANDLING AND AGEING TO THE WHITE SURFACE, BUT NO PEN MARKS AND NO CREASES, FOLDS OR BENDS

THERE ARE ZERO PRESSURE LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

NO RING WEAR AND NO RECORD SHAPE EITHER. THE BOTTOM TWO CORNER TIPS HAVE SMALL DINGS

THE TOP EDGE HAS ALL OF THE DELICATE COLOUR RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER WITH JUST THE TIPS AT EITHER SIDE LIGHTLY RUBBED. THE BOTTOM EDGE IS SIMILAR

THE SPINE IS 100% FLAT AND TOTALLY UNSQUASHED. THE COLOUR IS ALL PRESENT WITH NATURAL AGEING AND HANDLING EVIDENT. ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE OPENING EDGE IS JUST AS NEW!! RAZOR SHARP AND LOOKING AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PRINTED AND PUT TOGETHER. FURTHER PROOF THAT THE RECORD HAS REMAINED INSIDE THE SLEEVE.

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME CONDITION AS THE FRONT

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS AN UNBLEMISHED PAIR OF INNER PANELS

FINALLY THE DIE CUT INNER SLEEVE HAS NO SEAM SPLITS, A LITTLE WRINKLING, AND AGEING

 THE SLEEVE GRADES EX+

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

GARRY