JOHN BARRY: FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE 1963 U/A 1st PRESS LP

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"FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK"

12" LONG PLAYER BY JOHN BARRY

U.K. UNITED ARTISTS RECORDS (ULP 1052) MONO ORIGINAL 1st PRESSING

YEAR: 1963

MATRIX No: ULP 1052 A-1S/ULP 1052 B-1S

VINYL WEIGHT: 170g

VISUAL GRADING SIDE ONE:

IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THIS LP IS 46 YEARS OLD AS IT LOOKS VIRTUALLY BRAND NEW. THE VINYL IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION AND ONLY VERY CLOSE UP INSPECTION REVEALS ONE ULTRA LIGHT, NEAR INVISIBLE SURFACE TRACE. EVEN IN STRONG SUNLIGHT THERE ARE VIRTUALLY NO MARKS TO BE SEEN EXCEPT THE ODD ULTRA LIGHT SLEEVE REMOVAL TRACE, AND THAT'S BEING EXCEPTIONALLY FUSSY. I WILL GRADE AS EX+/NM BUT THIS IS ABOUT AS CLOSE TO MINT AS YOU ARE LIKELY TO GET. VERY STRICTLY GRADED AS EX+ BUT TO MOST PEOPLE THIS WOULD BE MINT.  

VISUAL GRADING SIDE TWO:

IDENTICAL IN APPEARANCE TO SIDE ONE IN THE FACT THAT IT IS COMPLETELY UNMARKED BAR ONE TINY HAIRLINE SURFACE TRACE AT THE VERY START AND THE ODD NEAR INVISIBLE SLEEVE REMOVAL HAIRLINE WHEN VIEWED IN STRONG SUNLIGHT. ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE CONDITION. VERY STRICTLY GRADED AS EX+ BUT TO MOST PEOPLE THIS WOULD BE MINT.

LABELS:

THIS RECORD IS AN ORIGINAL 1st PRESSING ISSUED ON THE BLACK UNITED ARTISTS LABEL WITH SILVER LETTERING. THERE WERE SEVERAL LATER ISSUES OF THIS LP ON DIFFERENT LABELS, BUT THIS IS THE VERY FIRST. BOTH LABELS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO WRITING, TEARS OR STICKERS. THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF VERY LIGHT SPINDLE LINES ON EITHER SIDE BUT NO OTHER WEAR OR MARKS AT ALL. THERE IS NO FADING TO THE LABEL AND THE SILVER PRINT IS CLEAR. (SEE PHOTOS). 

COVER GRADING:

FRONT:  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1st PRESS GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE PATENTS PENDING SLEEVE WITH LAMINATED FRONT. THE FRONT OF THE COVER IS IN LOVELY CONDITION AND FAR BETTER THAN YOU WOULD EXPECT FOR A 46 YEAR OLD LP. THERE ARE JUST A HANDFUL OF TINY EDGE CREASES DOWN THE SPINE EDGE AND ALONG THE LOWER EDGE AND A COUPLE OF CREASES ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE WHERE THE SLEEVE HAS BEEN HELD OPEN TO INSERT THE RECORD. THE LAMINATE IS PERFECTLY INTACT, WITH JUST ONE TINY WRINKLE NEAR THE OPENING EDGE. THERE IS NO RINGWEAR WHATSOEVER AND NO OTHER PRESSURE LINES OR MARKS, JUST A LITTLE VERY FAINT RUBBING HERE AND THERE. THE OPENING EDGE IS PERFECTLY STRAIGHT WITH NO FEATHERING. THERE ARE NO DIRT MARKS OR SPOTS AND NO STICKERS, TEARS OR WRITING. OVERALL, IN LOVELY CONDITION FOR IT'S AGE.

BACK:  AGAIN, IN EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN CONDITION FOR A COVER OF IT'S AGE WITH NO CREASES, MARKS, PRESSURE LINES OR RINGWEAR. ALL THREE FLIPBACKS ARE PERFECTLY INTACT. THE SLEEVE HAS RETAINED IT'S ORIGINAL WHITENESS WITH NONE OF THE USUAL BROWNING AND SOILING. THE ONLY MINOR IMPERFECTION IS A LITTLE VERY LIGHT BROWN AGEING ALONG THE LOWER FLIPBACK ALTHOUGH THIS IS SO MINOR THAT IT BARELY SHOWS ON THE PHOTO. HOWEVER, FOR THE MOST PART, THIS SLEEVE IS STILL IN THE KIND OF PRISTINE CONDITION THAT YOU WOULD ONLY NORMALLY DREAM ABOUT FOR A 46 YEAR OLD RECORD. EXCEPTIONALLY TIDY AND VERY WELL CARED FOR.  

EDGES:  BOTH TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE IN MINT CONDITION WITH NO DAMAGE WHATSOEVER. NO NICKS, MARKS, SHELF WEAR OR RUBBING. PRISTINE, AS NEW APPEARANCE. ALL FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP WITH NO WEAR OR FEATHERING.

SPINE:  THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY INTACT AND IN VIRTUALLY MINT CONDITION. THERE ARE NO SPLITS OR CREASES AND NO NICKS OR RUB MARKS. NO COMPRESSION/FLAT SPOTS AND ALL THE TEXT IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE IS NO WEAR OR FURRING AT THE ENDS. SUPERB. 

INNER SLEEVE:  THIS RECORD COMES WITH IT'S ORIGINAL POLY LINED EMI INNER SLEEVE. THIS IS IN LOVELY CLEAN CONDITION HAVING RETAINED VIRTUALLY ALL OF IT'S WHITENESS WITH JUST A LITTLE ULTRA LIGHT CREASING. 

AUDIO GRADING:

SIDE ONE:  I THINK IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT THIS RECORD PLAYS AS GOOD AS IT LOOKS, WITH THE SOUND REPRODUCTION AS CLOSE TO MINT AS YOU ARE LIKELY TO GET. THE RUN IN IS SILENT AND COMPLETELY FREE OF POPS, TICKS AND OTHER BACKGROUND NOISE. SOUND REPRODUCTION IS PERFECT THROUGHOUT THE TONAL RANGE WITH CRYSTAL CLEAR, DISTORTION FREE SOUND AND IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THIS LP HAS ONLY HAD VERY LIGHT USE. APART FROM THE ODD ULTRA LIGHT SOLITARY STATIC TICK BETWEEN TRACKS THERE IS NO AUDIO INTERFERENCE WHATSOEVER AND THE SOUND CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS PERFECT. I HAVE BOUGHT BRAND NEW LPs WITH MORE SURFACE NOISE THAN THIS!!! OVERALL, AS PERFECT A COPY AS YOU ARE EVER LIKELY TO FIND. 

SIDE TWO:  THE AUDIO QUALITY OF THE SECOND SIDE IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS SIDE ONE. THE RUN IN IS SILENT WITH NO OBVIOUS BACKGROUND NOISE AND THE SOUNDTRACK IS CLEAR AND FREE OF ANY DISTORTION. ONCE AGAIN, NO AUDIBLE FLAWS WHATSOEVER THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SIDE AND AS PERFECT AS THE 'A' SIDE.   

SUMMARY:

  A FABULOUS ORIGINAL 1st PRESSING OF THIS 'JAMES BOND' SOUNDTRACK IN STUNNING CONDITION. A LOVELY CLEAN SLEEVE SHOWING ONLY THE LIGHTEST WEAR AND A TRULY PRISTINE RECORD THAT OBVIOUSLY BEEN TREATED WITH THE UTMOST CARE. ONLY A FEW SPINDLE LINES ON THE LABELS GIVE AWAY THE FACT THAT IT HAS HAD A HANDFUL OF PLAYS, BECAUSE IT LOOKS VIRTUALLY BRAND NEW. A LOVELY COLLECTORS ITEM THAT YOU WILL NEVER NEED TO UPGRADE.

I WILL REFRAIN FROM GIVING A 'MINT' GRADE FOR THE AUDIO QUALITY OF THE VINYL AS I HAVE PLAYED IT AND I BELIEVE THAT ONLY UNPLAYED/NEW RECORDS SHOULD BE GIVEN A 'MINT GRADE, THEREFORE I HAVE GRADED AS 'NEAR MINT'. 

GRADING:

SLEEVE:  EX

SIDE ONE (visual):  EX+

SIDE TWO (visual):  EX+

SIDE ONE (audio):  NM

SIDE TWO (audio):  NM

GUIDE TO GRADINGS

    MINT: As new condition/unplayed

    NEAR MINT: No obvious marks or imperfections. May have very light paper lines/hairlines visible under strong light. Sound quality will be virtually perfect.

    EXCELLENT +: Record will display just the odd very light surface line/mark. No needle lines or scratches. Background/surface noise will be virtually non existent with the possibility of the occasional solitary tick. There will be nothing on the record to cause any audible flaws or distortion.

    EXCELLENT: Record will display one or two surface lines and/or light scuff marks. No needle lines or scratches. There may be a little very light background noise only audible on the run in/out. No obvious audible flaws or distortion and will only have had light use. Records graded as Excellent will still be very acceptable copies.

    EXCELLENT -: Record will show slightly more marks than an Excellent but not sufficient to drop it into the Very Good Plus catagory. Any marks will be purely superficial and will not be audible. a record that would otherwise be Excellent but has, perhaps, one light needle line will fall into this catagory. There may be very light audible noise on the run in/out but no scratches. The sound quality will still be perfectly acceptable although it will be obvious that the record has had a few plays.

    VERY GOOD +: Record will display light surface lines/scuffs, light needle lines and hairlines although there will not be any heavy or obvious scratches. Sound quality will still be perfectly acceptable although there will probably be a little light background noise, most obvious on the run in/out and a little minor distortion occasionally. Records graded VG+ will have had moderate use but have not been overplayed.

    VERY GOOD: Record will display several surface lines/marks, light needle lines and light scratches, some of which may be audible. The record has obviously been played many times but will still produce a good sound, albeit with some mild distortion occasionally. There will be no sticks or jumps and the record will play through fine.

I WILL NOT NORMALLY ADVERTISE ANY RECORD THAT FALLS BELOW A VERY GOOD GRADE UNLESS IT IS EXCEPTIONALLY RARE. I ALWAYS DO MY BEST TO GRADE RECORDS AS ACCURATELY AS POSSIBLE. HOWEVER, IF YOU ARE NOT 100% HAPPY WITH YOUR PURCHASE PLEASE CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY SO THAT THE PROBLEM CAN BE SORTED. ALL ITEMS CARRY A FULL MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. 

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