Jethro Tull BENEFIT UK LP 1ST WHITE i IMMACULATE MINT-

	£		80
	$		106

JETHRO TULL - BENEFIT

IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

THE RARE WHITE i FIRST ISSUE

AN IMMACULATE VINYL AND SLEEVE!!!

• CATALOGUE:ISLAND ILPS 9123
• MATRIX: ILPS 9123 A//2 1 1   /  ILPS 9123 B//1  1 2
• FIRST PRESS MATRIX NUMBERS
• ONLY THE FIRST PRESS LABELS HAVE THE WHITE i AT THE VERY TOP OF THE LABEL

WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO READ THROUGH AND HOPEFULLY LISTEN TO, IS JUST ABOUT THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THIS VINYL AND SLEEVE YOU ARE EVER LIKELY TO COME ACROSS.

THE FACT THAT THE RECORD HAS ONLY EVER HAD ONE PLAY, THE FACT THAT SINCE THEN THE LP HAS REMAINED INSIDE THE SLEEVE, AND THE FACT THAT THE SLEEVE IS INABSOLUTE PRISTINE CONDITION, ALL ADDS UP TO ONE VERY SPECIAL 1ST PRESS COPY OF THIS JETHRO TULL OFFERING

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE GREEN LABELS TEXTURED LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION, THE PASTEL  GREEN COLOUR IS UNBLEMISHED AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALSO CLEAR AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE LABEL HAS THE SMALL WHITE i AT THE TOP WHICH SHOWS THIS ALBUM AS A TRUE FIRST PRESS A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS JUST ONE TINY SPIDER LINE CLOSE TO THE HOLE, SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS LP HAS BEEN PLAYED.

THE SPINDLE HOLE WAS VERY TIGHT OVER THE SPINDLE OF MY DECK, AND THERE IS STILL RESIDUAL VINYL SHARDS INSIDE THE HOLE SHOWING WHY THIS VINYL IS IN THE CONDITION THAT IT IS

THE VINYL

THIS ORIGINAL HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL IS SPOTLESS. THERE IS NOT A MARK ON IT AND IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TO BE TOTALLY MINT. UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THE ONLY THING I CAN SEE IS A RIPPLE EFFECT OF WHAT IS COMMONLY CALLED BAG RASH. THIS IS WHERE THE DISC HAS SAT INSIDE THE INNER SLEEVE FOR 41 YEARS AND REMAINED UNPLAYED. THE POLY BAG HAS LEFT THIS PRETTY PATTERN ON THE SURFACE OF THE DISC. AS I SAID THIS CAN ONLY BE SEEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION.

THE OTHER THING IS THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THE REPRODUCTION AS YOU WILL HEAR. IT DOESN'T DETRACT FROM THE MINT PLAYBACK ONE IOTA

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH . I HAVE TAKEN THIS EXTRA TIME AND EFFORT AS I BELIEVE IT'S WHAT EBAYERS WANT FROM SELLERS. IT IS OFTEN SAID AND FAIRLY SO THAT BUYING FROM EBAY CAN BE A TOTAL LOTTERY, AND THAT SELLERS OF LIMITED KNOWLEDGE DESCRIBE LP'S AS MINT AND ARE ACTUALLY ANYTHING BUT. WELL HERE YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THE ACTUAL ALBUM YOU ARE THINKING OF BIDDING ON. I HOPE YOU AGREE THAT THIS IS THE WAY FORWARD. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THE FIRST THING TO POINT OUT IS THAT THE CLARITY OF REPRODUCTION IS SUPERB. THE CRYSTAL CLEAR INSTRUMENTATION AND VOCALS ARE PURE FIRST PRESS. THERE IS CERTAINLY NO GROOVE WEAR TO THIS RARE RECORDING WHICH WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN SOME DISTORTION TO THE SOUND. THERE IS NONE.

ISLAND RECORDINGS HAVE LONG BEEN LAMBASTED FOR THE POOR QUALITY OF VINYL USED IN THEIR EARLY LP'S WHICH HAVE OFTEN RESULTED IN UNWANTED VINYL NOISE EVEN WHERE THERE ARE NO MARKS.

HERE HOWEVER THE VINYL PLAYS MAGNIFICENTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND APART FROM A COUPLE OF SECONDS OF VINYL NOISE RIGHT AT THE START OF EACH SIDE BEFORE THE MUSIC STARTS THE ALBUM IS PERFECTION ITSELF

THE SILENT BITS ARE SILENT, AND I HAVE EVEN RECORDED ALL OF THE RUN OUT WAX ON EACH SIDE TO DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW NOISE FREE THIS VINYL REALLY IS

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST MAGNIFICENT, AND THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE, OR CLICKS, POPS ETC. IN FACT NO STATIC EITHER. A PERFECT VINYL IN EVERY WAY

TO ME THIS VINYL SHOULD GRADE MINT, BUT I WILL ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION AND GRADE IT MINT MINUS, BUT PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF

YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED SLIGHTLY TEXTURED SLEEVE (MACNEILL)

THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE SLEEVE THAT HAS DEFIED IT'S YEARS AND LOOKS AS GOOD TODAY AS IT DID BACK IN 197O WHEN IT WAS FIRST PRESSED UP

THE FRONT SURFACE IS IMMACULATE. NOT ONE CREASE ON IT ANYWHERE, AND NOT ONE OF THOSE TINY LINES THAT GATHER NEAR THE SPINE EITHER. IT IS CLEAR THAT THE LP HAS BEEN HOUSED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE FROM NEW. THERE IS NO COLOUR LOSS WHATSOEVER, AND ONLY IF YOU ANGLE THE SLEEVE INTO THE LIGHT CAN YOU MAKE OUT THE BAREST SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE, BUT THATS REALLY BEING ULTRA PICKY

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE NO SHELF WEAR AS THIS SLEEVE HAS BEEN KEPT INSIDE A PLASTIC COVER FROM NEW

THE SPINE IS UNWORN AND ALL OF THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. HAS THE FIRST PRESS TAPERED ENDS . NOT EVEN ANY WEAR OR FLUFFING OF THE CORNER TIPS EITHER

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND UNBLEMISHED AND SHOWS WHY THIS LP HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED

THE REAR SURFACE IS  AS SUPERB AS THE FRONT. THERE ARE JUST TWO MINISCULE LINES NEAR THE SPINE. AGAIN NO COLOUR LOSS AND NO CREASES

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN IMMACULATE NEAR MINT UNSPLIT AND UNCREASED CONDITION

I AM GOING TO STICK MY NECK OUT AND GRADE THIS SUPERB SLEEVE  MINT!!!

THIS IS A SUPERB COLLECTIBLE COPY OF THIS GREAT ALBUM, AND IN MY OPINION COULD NEVER BE BETTERED AND THEREFORE WILL NEVER NEED UPGRADING

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

GARRY