ELO ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA UK DEBUT LP 1ST W/ RARE INSERT 1-2 PLAYS MINT MINUS

	£		57
	$		76

ELO - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA

IN 1-2 PLAY MINT MINUS CONDITION

GENUINE FIRST PRESS WITH GRAMOPHONE CO. RIM WORDING

INCLUDES THE MEGA RARE LYRIC INSERT SHEET

MINT MINUS SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:HARVEST SHVL 797
• MATRIX: SHVL797 A-1U / B-1U (SHVL797 A//2 / B//2 INVERTED ABOVE THE OTHER MATRIX NUMBERS)
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:1 GD / 1 R
• GRAMOPHONE CO RIM WORDING 

INCREDIBLE FIND THIS ONE. THE LP NOT SO RARE BUT TO FIND A GENUINE 1ST ISSUE WITH THE LYRIC INSERT SHEET IS RARE!!

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE GREEN HARVEST LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE BASE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND IS UNMARKED AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS JUST 1-2 REALLY SMALL SPIDER LINES, SHOWING THAT THIS LP HAS JUST NOT BEEN PLAYED MORE THAN A HANDFUL OF TIMES  SINCE 1970. THE LABELS HAVE THE CORRECT 1ST ISSUE ' GRAMOPHONE CO. ' RIM WORDING THAT ON ALL OTHER ISSUES STATES EMI. ALSO THE SPINDLE HOLE WAS VERY TIGHT WHEN PLACED ONTO MY TURNTABLE, ANOTHER INDICATOR OF LACK OF PLAY

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL HAS RETAINED ALL OF OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND LOOKS SUPERB. IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS LP HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED . IN DAYLIGHT YOU CANNOT FAULT THE DISC AND IT LOOKS FLAWLESS. PLACING THE LP UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES TO MAKE OUT, AND A HANDFUL OF DULLER PATCHES TO THE VINYL BUT JUST TAKE A LISTEN TO THIS SUPERB ALBUM AND I HOPE YOU WILL APPRECIATE THE INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE OF THIS FIRST PRESS DISC

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 LP FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE I 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 FIRST PRESS STEREO REPRODUCTION IS CRYSTAL CLEAR AND CRISP. THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND ENSURING THAT THE VINYL WAS PLAYED WITH A CORRECTLY GRADED STYLUS.

THE DEAD WAX RUN IN AND RUN OUT IS SILENT AS ARE MOST OF THE LINKING GROOVES 

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE DURING THE PLAYTHROUGH

A FEW TINY AND BARELY AUDIBLE SPLIT SECONDS OF VERY LIGHT STATIC CAN BE HEARD IN A FEW OF THE LINKING GROOVES AND PERHAPS A COUPLE OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES

I HEARD NO MORE THAN TWO OF THE TINIEST LITTLE DUST POPS THROUGH THE WHOLE REPRODUCTION

I AM ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED WITH THE PLAYTHROUGH OF THIS CLASSIC ELO ALBUM AND

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT MINUS!!

SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE MY WORD FOR THIS, YOU CAN TAKE A FULL LISTEN TO THE LP AND GRADE IT BY YOUR OWN STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

MAGNIFICENT NEAR MINT UNLAMINATED TEXTURED GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE GATEFOLD SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS JUST SPECTACULAR. THE TEXTURED SURFACE IS JUST PERFECT. NO RUBBING AND NO LOSS OF COLOUR. NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE AND ONLY THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIP SHOWS A DOT OF WHITE, WHILST THE OTHER THREE ARE SHARP AND SQUARE.

THERE ARE NO BENDS  OR CORNER DINGS EITHER.

THERE IS JUST ONE SMALL LINE NEXT TO THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THIS SLEEVE HAS BEEN KEPT INSIDE PLASTIC FOR MOST OF ITS LIFE AND THIS CAN BE CONFIRMED BY THE FACT THAT THE TOP EDGE IS VIRTUALLY UNWORN. ALL OF THE BROWN COLOUR IS THERE AND FULLY RUNS FROM CORNER TO CORNER WITH JUST THE VERY TIP OF THE RIGHT CORNER HAVING A LITTLE RUB, PLUS A COUPLE OF PIN PRICKS OF WHITE ELSEWHERE ALONG TH EDGE. THE BOTTOM EDGE IS VERY EASILY WORN ON THIS SLEEVE AND MOST COPIES I HAVE EVER COME ACROSS HAVE LARGE AREAS OF WHITE ALONG THIS SURFACE. HERE HOWEVER JUST THE REAR RIGHT CORNER HAS SUSTAINED SOME RUBBING, AND A AGAIN LIKE THE TOP EDGE A FEW WHITE SLIVERS.

THE SPINE IS VIRTUALLY PRISTINE. TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED WITH JUST ONE FINGER TO THUMB IMPRESSION TOWARD'S THE BOTTOM. THE DELICATE BROWN SURFACE IS IN SUBLIME CONDITION WITH ALL OF THE COLOUR RETAINED AND ONLY A DOT OF WHITE ON EACH OF THE TWO TIP ENDS.

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND ABSOLUTELY AS NEW, NO THUMB NAIL NICKS WHATSOEVER. IT IS VERY CLEAR THE THE LP HAS NOT BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE VERY OFTEN

THE REAR SURFACE IS JUST AS MAGNIFICENT AS THE FRONT. AGAIN THE TEXTURED SURFACE IS SPECTACULAR AND IT IS HERE ON 99% OF COPIES THAT YOU WILL FIND RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE. THIS SLEEVE HAS NEITHER. JUST PERFECT. TWO TINY LINES NEAR THE SPINE AND NONE ELSEWHERE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PERFECTLY CLEAN AND PRISTINE BLACK TEXTURED FINISH. NO A MARK OR BLEMISH TO BE SEEN

THE ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE IS STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION. NO SPLITS TO ANY OF THE SURFACES, AND NO SERIOUS CREASES. A VERY CLEAN EXAMPLE.WITH JUST A SPECK OF GLUE AGEING TO THE EDGES

THE YELLOW AND VERY RARE LYRIC INSERT SHEET IS IMPERFECT UNCREASED, UNMARKED CONDITION

VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE  MINT MINUS!!!

HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE EXCELLENT PLUS!!

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

GARRY