GENE CHANDLER: THE GIRL DON'T CARE LP 1967 CORAL 1st PRESS RARE NORTHERN SOUL
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Jul 31, 2025 Sold Date
Jul 21, 2025 Start Date
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GENE CHANDLER
THE GIRL DON'T CARE LP
CORAL (LVA 9236) BLACK LABEL
1967 1st PRESS
SLEEVE CONDITION: EX-

EDGES TOP & BOTTOM: NO SPLITS. LAMINATE INTACT. NO SHELFWEAR OR RUBBING AT ALL. OVERALL, EXCELLENT.
SPINE: COMPLETELY INTACT. LAMINATE INTACT. SMOOTH TO THE TOUCH WITH JUST THE ODD LITTLE LAMINATE NICK. LIGHT RUBBING TO THE TOP CORNER. PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.
FRONT: HAS THE ODD SMALLISH EDGE CREASE AND THREE LARGER CREASES, ONE TOP LEFT, ONE BOTTOM LEFT AND ONE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE PROBABLY WHERE THE SLEEVE HAS BEEN HELD OPEN TO INSERT THE RECORD. JUST A VERY FAINT HINT OF RINGWEAR ONLY REALLY VISIBLE WHEN TILTING THE SLEEVE BACK AND FORTH IN THE LIGHT. NO SPLITS, RIPS, TEARS OR WRITING. THE OPENING EDGE IS STRAIGHT WITH BARELY ANY FEATHERING. LAMINATE IS 100% INTACT WITH JUST A LITTLE LIFTING AROUND THE CREASES. OVERALL A DECENT EXAMPLE FOR A NEAR 60 YEAR OLD SLEEVE.
REAR: NO RIPS, SPLITS, WRITING OR TEARS. VERY LIGHT HINT OF RINGWEAR. AS WITH THE FRONT THERE ARE A FEW LITTLE EDGE CREASES ALONG THE SPINE EDGE. OPENING EDGE IS NICE AND STRAIGHT WITH BARELY ANY FEATHERING. NON LAMINATED FINISH WHICH HAS A LITTLE AGEING/DISCOLOURATION, PARTICULARLY NEAR THE TOP & BOTTOM EDGES. VERY SMALL BLUE STAIN ON RIGHT HAND SIDE. OVERALL, STILL A TIDY EXAMPLE.
INNER SLEEVE: COMES WITH IT'S ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE WHICH IS IN VG+ CONDITION WITH JUST A LITTLE LIGHT CREASING. NO SPLITS OR TEARS.

RECORD CONDITION:
AN INITIAL CURSORY GLANCE AT THE RECORD AND IT LOOKS EXCELLENT. CLOSE UP INSPECTION REVEALS A FEW ULTRA LIGHT HAIRLINE TYPE SURFACE SCRATCHES WHICH ARE SO FINE THEY AREN'T EVEN TANGIBLE. THE ONLY THING F NOTE IS A TINY FAINT MARK AT THE START OF TRACK FOUR ON SIDE TWO WHICH GIVES A BARELY AUDIBLE TICK FOR A FEW REVOLUTIONS. OVERALL I WOULD GRADE AS A STRONG VG+ TO MAYBE AN EXCELLENT MINUS. NO OTHER OBVIOUS SCRATCHES, SCUFFS OR OTHER UNSIGHTLY MARKS. VIEWING THE RECORD IN BRIGHT LIGHT THERE IS A LIGHT COVERING OF ULTRA FAINT SLEEVE REMOVAL TYPE HAIRLINES WHICH OBVIOUSLY HAVE NO EFFECT ON PLAYBACK. 
BOTH LABELS ARE IN LOVELY CLEAN CONDITION WITH NO STICKER OR WRITING. THERE IS AN AVERAGE AMOUNT OF VERY LIGHT SPINDLE TRACES ON EITHER SIDE AND THE LABEL HAS THE DECCA 'GROOVE' AS DECCA WERE PRESSING CORAL RECORDS IN THE U.K. AT THE TIME. ORIGINAL 1st PRESS BLACK LABELS WITH SILVER LETTERING. ONE OF THE LAST ORIGINAL CORAL ALBUMS TO BE ISSUED IN THE U.K.
PLAYBACK IS EXCELLENT THROUGHOUT. BARELY ANY BACKGROUND NOISE ON RUN IN'S AND NO NOISE BETWEEN TRACKS, MAYBE JUST THE VERY OCCASIONAL TINY STATIC TYPE TICK AND THE ABOVE MENTIONED MARK ON TRACK FOUR, SIDE TWO. STRONG DISTORTION FREE SOUND.
THIS RECORD HAS BEEN PRO CLEANED ON MY HUMMINGURU ULTRASONIC CLEANER FOR THE BEST SOUND QUALITY.
OLD 1960s LPs ARE BECOMING HARDER TO FIND IN DECENT CONDITION. THIS COPY IS A STRONG VG+ WITH EXCELLENT PLAYBACK AND SOUNDS GREAT
 POSTAGE WILL BE ROYAL MAIL 24 HOUR WITH TRACKING






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