Electric Light Orchestra ELO OUT OF THE BLUE 1977 UK LP 1st UA NEAR MINT HEAR

	£		156
	$		207

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For the protection of all concerned we only send signed for and tracked and signed

FULLY TEST PLAYED AND RECORDED PRIOR TO LISTING

E.L.O - OUT OF THE BLUE

IN MAGNIFICENT NEAR MINT PLAYTHROUGH!!! CONDITION

COMPLETE WITH POSTER AND UNMADE SPACESHIP

THE UNITED ARTISTS FIRST UK 1SSUE - NEAR MINT

• CATALOGUE:UNITED ARTISTS UAR 100
• MATRIX: UAS 1100 A-3U / B-3U / UAS2100 A-2U / B-2U
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:1 M / 1 RHD / 3 RGH / 4 AGD
• ' ALLEN ' ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX ALL FOUR SIDES

IN THE U.S OUT OF THE BLUE WAS ORIGINALLY DISTRIBUTED BY UNITED ARTISTS UPON IT'S 1977 RELEASE. HOWEVER THE RECORD COMPANY JET AND THE BAND SUED UNITED ARTISTS FOR PRODUCING 'DEFECTIVE' COPIES, AND USING AN ESCAPE CLAUSE MOVED TO CBS, WHERE THE LP WAS REPRESSED WITHOUT THE DEFECTS

IN RETALIATION UNITED ARTISTS VIRTUALLY FLOODED THE MARKET WITH EVERY SINGLE COPY THEY HAD AT BUDGET PRICES, AND THESE ENDED UP IN BARGAIN BINS AT THE SAME TIME AS THE FULL PRICED CBS ISSUE WAS BEING SOLD

JET RECORDS TOOK OUT A FULL PAGE ADVERTISEMENT IN ALL OF THE MUSIC PAPERS TELLING PEOPLE THAT IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE A CBS RECORD THEN THEIR COPY WAS DEFECTIVE. I HAVE INCLUDED A COPY OF THAT ADVERT IN THE IMAGES

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL UNITED ARTISTS UK PRESSING

THE RECORD

THE LABELS

THE JET / UA LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION, . THE BASE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT AND ARE UNBLEMISHED, AND THE TYPEFACE IS ALL UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

THERE IS JUST ONE SMALL SPIDER LINE CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE TO INDICATE THAT THE RECORDS HAVE HAD VERY LIMITED PLAY IN THE 46 YEARS SINCE IT WAS RELEASED

THE VINYL

BOTH DISCs ARE THE ORIGINAL HEAVYWEIGHT FIRST PRESS ISSUES. THEY BOTH GLEAM LIKE NEW AND IN DAYLIGHT ARE TOTALLY FLAWLESS.

WHEN PLACED UNDER SPOTLIGHTS THEY STILL LOOK SPECTACULAR. NO M ORE THAN A COUPLE OF WISPY SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL HAIRLINES.

SIDE THREE HAS A COUPLE OF TINY DULL LINES ON THE OUTER EDGE, SIDE FOUR ONE ANGEL HAIRLINE ON TRACK ONE (NON SOUNDING)

A SUPERB PAIR OF ORIGINALS

THE TEST PLAY

THER TWO RECORDS PLAY SUPERBLY THROUGH ALL FOUR SIDES

FIRSTLY NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION MEANING THERE IS NO GROOVE WEAR

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AT ANY POINT AND NO LOUD CLICKS

ALSO I CANNOT SAY THAT I HEARD ANY DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

JUST A COUPLE OF MINUSCULE STATIC TICS 

I HEARD AN OCCASIONAL SPECK OF STATIC IN A LINKING GROOVE OR TWO AND THIS IS BEING QUITE PICKY

AND A SMALL BIT OF BACKGROUND AT THE START OF THE FINAL TRACK SIDE TWO

A TREMENDOUS EXAMPLE OF THIS DOUBLE LP

I AM HAPPY TO MAKE THE OVERALL GRADING NEAR MINT

TAKE A VERY GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED GLOSSY GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE GATEFOLD IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND VERY CLEAN AND HAS NO HEAVY CREASES.THE FRONT SURFACE USUALLY HAS SMALL LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE, BUT THIS COPY HAS BEEN PROTECTED INSIDE A STRONG PLASTIC SLEEVE FROM NEW AND HAS NO LINES NEAR THE SPINE WHATSOEVER. 

TWO SMALL ONES ON THE TOP EDGE AND TWO ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND ONE THUMB LINE NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

THERE IS NO RING WEAR, NOR EVEN ANY TRACE OF RECORD SHAPE.

THE FOUR CORNER TIPS HAVE THE SMALLEST SPECK OF RUB

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE VIRTUALLY FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR AT ALL, APART FROM A  LIGHT RUB TO A COUPLE OF THE RIGHT CORNER TIP ENDS

THE SPINE IS NEAR  PERFECT WHICH IS AGAIN UNUSUAL ON THIS SLEEVE WHICH USUALLY SUFFERS FROM RUBBING . THE VERY TIP ENDS TOP AND BOTTOM ARE LIGHTLY RUBBED, BUT THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND 100% UNSQUASHED WITH EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE LEGIBLE

THE REAR SURFACE IS ONCE AGAIN IMMACULATE WITH AN ULTRA GLOSSY SHEEN. 

BOTH OPENING EDGES ARE RAZOR SHARP , SHOWING THAT THE VINYL HAS BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE ONLY ON A COUPLE OCCASIONS

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE INTERIOR, WITH BOTH PANELS BEING PRESERVED IN A MINT CONDITION

THE TWO ORIGINAL ISSUE CARD INNERS WITH THE  'ROUNDED ' CORNERS ARE IN NEAR PRISTINE  CONDITION. NO CREASES AND NO DAMAGE TO THE LARGE THUMB NOTCHES AT THE TOP OF EACH. THE BOTTOM OF EACH HAS A TINY SCUFF TO THE COLOUR WITH ONE OF THEM HAVING A VERY SMALL HOLE

THE SPACE SHIP IS STILL IN THE ORIGINAL UNPUNCHED STATE. TOTALLY ORIGINAL 

THE POSTER LIKEWISE IS ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE

VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT

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