JIMI HENDRIX - BAND OF GYPSYS VINYL L.P. PUPPET SLEEVE FIRST PRESS TRACK RECORDS

	£		27
	$		35

JIMI HENDRIX...BAND OF GYPSYS ORIGINAL BLACK VINYL STEREO L.P. ON TRACK RECORDS CAT. NO. 2406 002 FROM 1970. 

CLASSIC ALBUM RECORDED LIVE AT FILLMORE EAST NEW YORK IN 1970. THIS IS THE RARE PUPPET SLEEVE FIRST PRESS (I BELIEVE) ON TRACK RECORDS. 

TO START OFF I HAVE TO STATE THAT THIS IS IN FAIR CONDITION ALL ROUND IN MY OPINION. IF YOU GO PURELY BY RECORD COLLECTORS OWN PRICE GUIDE GRADING SYSTEM THEN IT SHOULD BE CLASSED AS FAIR TO GOOD (SEE THEIR DESCRIPTIONS OF THESE), BUT I'M BEING A BIT CONSERVATIVE HERE. HENCE THE LOW START BID AND NO RESERVE.

I BOUGHT THIS A GOOD FEW YEARS AGO AS PART OF A COLLECTION AND IT IS PRETTY MUCH AS I BOUGHT IT. I HAVE GIVEN THE VINYL A GENTLE CLEAN A COUPLE OF TIMES.

THE VINYL IS IN FAIR CONDITION. ON BOTH SIDES THERE ARE A FEW CLEAR VISIBLE HAIRLINE MARKS AND SMALL SCRATCHES. APART FROM THIS THE VINYL LOOKS A BIT DULL AND NOT NICE AND SHINY, BUT GENERALLY GOOD APART FROM THE MARKS. SIDE B TRACK 2 HAS A PARTICULARLY NOTICEABLE MARK WHICH I WOULD DESCRIBE AS A 'HEAVY SCUFF' (SEE LAST PHOTO FOR A CLOSE UP AS BEST AS I COULD GET). THERE IS SOME NOTICEABLE CRACKLE ON BOTH SIDES, WHICH IS PRETTY INCONSISTENT THROUGHOUT. BY THIS I MEAN IT IS MORE NOTICEABLE IN THE QUIETER PARTS, AND AT THE START OF EACH TRACK. HOWEVER, DESPITE IT BEING EVER PRESENT, IT DOES COME AND GO, AND NOTICEABLY DURING THE LOUDER PARTS OF THE TRACKS, WHEN IT BECOMES VIRTUALLY INAUDIBLE AT TIMES. THERE ARE ALSO OCCASIONAL LIGHT MINOR BUT AUDIBLE CLICKS IN SMALL AREAS THROUGHOUT, NORMALLY AROUND 2 OR 3 AT A TIME. THESE CLICKS ARE ONLY OCCASIONAL THOUGH. THE 'HEAVY SCUFF' ON SIDE B DOES NOT PRODUCE ANY ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS BEYOND THE AFOREMENTIONED, DESPITE IT'S APPEARANCE. SIDE A TRACK 1 DOES HAVE A SMALL AMOUNT OF SOUND DISTORTION ABOUT 1 MINUTE OR SO IN FOR A FEW SECONDS, BUT WITHOUT REAL CLOSE EXAMINATION I CAN'T SEE ANY NOTICEABLE REASON FOR THIS. DESPITE ALL THIS, I HAVE PLAYED IT COMPLETELY BEFORE LISTING AND I WOULD DESCRIBE PLAYING GENERALLY AND LISTENING AS VERY GOOD THROUGHOUT WITH NO JUMPS AND NO STICKS. ALTHOUGH THE CRACKLE MAY BE THE RESULT OF THE MARKS, IT MAY ALSO BE THAT THERE IS DUST TRAPPED IN THE GROOVES WHICH MAY BE IMPROVED BY THE USE OF MORE PROFESSIONAL CLEANING EQUIPMENT. THE LABELS ARE CLEAN AND FREE OF MARKS/WRITING, BUT DO HAVE A NUMBER OF SPINDLE MARKS BOTH AROUND THE HOLES AND ELSEWHERE ON THE LABEL (SEE PHOTOS). 

MATRIX NUMBERS: SIDE A: 2406 002  A (TRIANGLE)  1  1 2  1    SIDE B: 2406 002  B = 1 11  1

THE SLEEVE IS ALSO IN FAIR CONDITION. THIS IS MAINLY DUE TO THREE THINGS. WHAT APPEARS TO BE SLIGHT WATER DAMAGE, BUT IT IS SLIGHT. DUE TO THIS THE SLEEVE IS VERY SLIGHTLY RIPPLED AS YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM WATER DAMAGE, BUT IT IS SLIGHT. THERE IS A SMALL STAIN ON THE BACK IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER (SEE PHOTO). THERE IS SOME GENERAL ALL OVER LIGHT CREASING CONSUMERATE WITH AGE, BUT A SLIGHTLY LARGER CREASE ON THE BACK IN THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER AND ONE ONE AT THE OPENING ON THE FRONT. THE EDGES AND OPENING ARE ALL WORN AND SLIGHTLY SCUFFED AND THE SPINE IS NO LONGER LEGIBLE (SEE PHOTO), HOWEVER, THEY ARE ALL INTACT TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE ARE NO SEAM SPLITS IN THE MIDDLE OF ANY EDGES AND NO GLUE COME AWAY. THERE IS A SMALL SPLIT AT THE OPENING AT THE TOP APPROX. 5mm LONG, AND ONE AT THE BOTTOM APPROX. 15mm LONG. SLIGHT SURFACE RUBBING THROUGHOUT GIVING THE APPEARANCE OF GENERAL AGE. TO BE HONEST, APART FROM THE EDGES, IT LOOKS AS THOUGH IT IS JUST GENERAL WEAR WITH AGE AND NOT THAT BAD.

COMES IN A PLAIN PAPER POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE WHICH IS IN GOOD BUT OLD CONDITION.

TRACKS AS FOLLOWS:

SIDE A:

1. WHO KNOWS - 9:34

2. MACHINE GUN - 12:38

SIDE B.

1. CHANGES - 5:11

2. POWER OF SOUL - 6:55

3. MESSAGE TO LOVE - 5:24

4. WE GOTTA LIVE TOGETHER - 5:51

SORRY BUT U.K. BIDDERS ONLY PLEASE

AS A COLLECTOR MYSELF, MY RECORDS, TAPES AND CD'S HAVE BEEN STORED PROPERLY OVER THE YEARS. RECORDS WILL BE SENT OUT IN CARDBOARD MAILERS WITH INTERNAL STIFFENERS. PLEASE SEE MY FEEDBACK AND BID WITH CONFIDENCE. 

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