ELTON JOHN EMPTY SKY 1st TRANS.PLUM VINYL UK PRESS UNPLAYED MINT COPY

	£		19
	$		25

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Welcome to 'Its the vinyl countdown' music auctions. Here you will find some of the most incredible rare records and music memorabilia for your collection. We pride ourselves on auctioning only the highest grade records and items, you will not see anything listed here below EX+ condition, unles the item is extremely rare. You will not see worn covers, warped records or scratched records. We simply do not bother with them.

We list in many cases, 'Archived' & 'mint' condition items, we are able to source from private collections all over the UK. So we hope you can be put at ease that what you are bidding on is of the highest quality.

We play through most of the records, unless the item is clearly mint, or sealed..in which case we don't play them, thus maintaining their 'unplayed' status!  Obviously with some of these rare items there will be the odd 'anomoly' along the way , the odd little static pop or lead in 'sizzle' for a split second.. nothing is perfect we find! all systems differ, but we aim to describe these as accurately as possible for you.... PLEASE ENJOY THIS ITEM YOU ARE NOW LOOKING AT..

ELTON JOHN

'EMPTY SKY'

UNPLAYED FROM NEW- MUSEUM COPY!

1st EDITION TEXTURED SLEEVE AND TRANSLUCENT PLUM VINYL

Later copies were solid black, and standard gatefold sleeve

Released 1969

Label    DJM  DJLPS 403

Matrix        DJLPS 403 A2-^

                   DJLPS 403 B3-^

THE VINYL   MINT UNPLAYED

As you can see, this is the TRANSLUCENT PLUM VINYL pressing -

Stored from new this LP remains unplayed! 

These PYE pressed vinyls show red or 'plum' when held to the light, many early presed PYE LPs had this finish, some are charcoal, some are a purple plum colour..theres many tales about how this happened, but all we know is that they are generally regarded as the first pressings. Later copies with higher matrix numbers are generally black solid vinyl.

CUT TO THE CHASE:

THIS LP REMAINS UNPLAYED FROM NEW!

IT IS STUNNING, WITH ONE TINY FEINT MARK ON ONE SIDE, BUT THIS DOES NOT SOUND IT CLEARLY IS UNPLAYED

NO SPINDLY LINES ROUND THE CENTRE HOLE AT ALL

OVERALL THIS IS SIMPLY A MUST FOR ANY FINAL UPGRADE COLLECTION. YOU WILL NOT SEE BETTER.

THE LABELS   MINT  FLAT MATT LABELS

THE SLEEVE     MINT -    AMAZING!!!

Correct FLAT MATT  TEXTURED very early UK issued earliest sleeve  - WITH THE 'CATALOGUE NUMBER' OVER STICKER ON THE BACK TOP

Printed by:  E.J.DAY

A very hard to find record in any decent condition -the sleeves are so hard to find without bad creasing and spine damage, and we rarely manage to see a copy in any decent condition. This sleeve is STUNNING

The edges have NO traces of rub , and all colours and inks remain in outstanding condition

NO RUB ANYWHERE ON THE  DELICATE PANELS OR GATEFOLD

No powdery white ringwear -

The spine is super -no squash and all titles perfectly readable.

ONETINY LITTLE THUMB CREASE ON THE BACK SLEEVE

THE GATEFOLD- When laid out it is stunning, where most copies we see have the bad crease down the right side (a design fault as the sleeves were shut over each other they could easily sustain creasing without very careful handling..) This sleeve is AWESOME!

OVERALL A CRACKING COPY FOR ANY COLLECTION.

THE INNER SLEEVE   MINT-

Paper pat printed original..NO DAMAGE

POSTAGE DISCOUNTS:

Don't forget we offer big postage discounts on multi wins..the more LPs you win, the cheaper the postage works out for you worldwide- Up to 2 kilos or 5 LPs, after which we will send your wins in more than one parcel..ALL very well protected in mailers, stiffeners, plenty of tape & protection, then 'signed delivered' to your door-  and to date we have nad NO damaged items!  ;0)

We hope you enjoy looking at this item, and good luck if you decide to bid for it...We can safely say you will not be dissapointed- If you need to know anyting else, please feel free to contact us with any questions.

All our items are sent 'signed delivery' tracked to your door, (we have never had an item go missing anywhere in the world!) for peace of mind for both you and us! All items are sent in strong protective mailer boxes and stiffeners. With over 28 years in mail order and the music industry 'worldwide' we pride ourselves on the fact you can bid safely on all our items, and knowing you are being dealt with by professionals.

ENJOY! ;0)