Grateful Dead / Europe '72 (Live 3LP Set) Near Mint Vinyl Ultrasonically Cleaned
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Dead Heads: here is a terrific-sounding original 1972 copy of the Grateful Dead's "Europe '72" live three-record set, with photo booklet insert, Warner Bros. Records, Inc. 3WX 2668. The jacket is pretty beat up, with tears, seam splits, ring wear, edge wear and other damage. Fortunately, we don't listen to the jacket. The three vinyl LPs are in MUCH better condition: clean, shiny vinyl with few signs of use (light scuffs and hairline handling marks) that earn a collective Near Mint Minus (NM-) / Excellent Plus (E+). And that's not all. These three LPs SOUND even better than they look.
These LPs began with nice, shiny vinyl. This was enhanced by cleaning on a VPI 16.5 record cleaning machine, and then deep-cleaning on an ultrasonic record cleaning system to reduce the amount of groove noise to extremely low levels.
Cleaning a record on a vacuum record cleaning machine such as the VPI 16.5 will remove airborne debris, dirt, fingerprint residue and other environmental contaminants the LP surfaces have accumulated over the years since it was manufactured. You can hear an immediate improvement.
The ultrasonic cleaning goes even further, removing oils, microscopic bits of dirt and even pressing lubricants from the disc mastering process that may be trapped deep within the grooves. This is the sort of debris and junk that other record cleaning systems often fail to remove. Following the ultrasonic cleaning, the LP surfaces will be quieter, perhaps quieter than most other records in your collection.
Ultrasonic cleaning of a vinyl record, especially a near mint copy such as this, removes a lot of grunge and debris from deep in the record grooves, often resulting in cleaner sound, less distortion, blacker backgrounds between notes, quieter vinyl surfaces and a lower noise floor. With really excellent playback gear, you will often hear details you never noticed before.
The Dead are certainly worth all this care. The set will be packed with care and shipped in a new record mailer, with protective outer sleeve and audiophile-style inner sleeves.
Thank you for viewing my listing, and good luck bidding!
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