Jethro Tull BENEFIT UK LP RARE PINK RIMMED LABELS PLAYS EXCELLENT + / NEAR MINT

	£		47
	$		62

JETHRO TULL - BENEFIT

IN SUPERB EXCELLENT PLUS / NEAR MINT PLAY CONDITION

THE RARE PINK ISLAND LABELS ISSUE

• CATALOGUE:ISLAND ILPS 9123
• MATRIX: ILPS 9123 A-3U   /  ILPS 9123 B-2U
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 M / 1 H

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE PINK RIMMED ISLAND LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION, THE PASTEL  WHITE COLOUR IS UNBLEMISHED AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALSO CLEAR AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS 10 OR SO TINY SPIDERS LINE CLOSE TO THE HOLE, SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS LP HAS BEEN PLAYED.

THE VINYL

THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS SHEEN AND LUSTRE. IN DAYLIGHT THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO MARKS ON THE SURFACE WHATSOEVER, AND ONLY UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION CAN YOU SEEN THE TELL TALE WISPY HAIRLINES AND FINE HANDLING LINES ASSOCIATED WITH THE LIMITED PLAY THE LP HAS RECEIVED

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 AS I NOW DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. 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 WITHOUT AND EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

WHAT YOU WILL HEAR IS SOME OCCASIONAL LIGHT STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND IN SOME OF THE MORE SILENT PASSAGES, AND THE OCCASIONAL LITTLE DUST POP OR TIC HERE AND THERE. MOSTLY THIS IS ON SIDE ONE.

SIDE TWO PERFORMS EVEN BETTER AND HAS ONLY VERY OCCASIONAL LIGHT BACKGROUND

HOWEVER IT'S THE POWERHOUSE MUSIC THAT IS THE WINNER HERE

I WOULD GRADE THIS PLAYTHROUGH AS EXCELLENT PLUS FOR SIDE ONE AND NEAR MINT FOR SIDE TWO

BUT PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

MACNEIL SINGLE SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS CLEAN AND HAS NO MARKS OR STAINS ON IT WHATSOEVER.

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES NOR ARE THERE ANY DEEP CREASE LINES EITHER.

THERE ARE EIGHT SMALL LINES NESTLED NEXT TO THE SPINE. TWO ALONG THE TOP EDGE AND ONE MORE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE. NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE HOWEVER.

THERE IS A VERY SLIGHT SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE WHEN THE SLEEVE IS ANGLED INTO THE LIGHT.

ONE TINY DING TO THE TOP LEFT CORNER TIP, AND ANOTHER AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT TIP.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE BOTH LIGHTLY RUBBED

THE SPINE IS STILL VERY FLAT WITH A COUPLE OF FINGER TO THUMB SQUASHES. SOME LIGHT RUBBING TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS, AND ALL OF THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND HAS JUST ONE TINY THUMB NAIL NICK NEAR THE VERY TOP.

THE REAR SURFACE IS   SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN THE FRONT WITH ONLY THREE SMALL LINES NEAR THE SPINE, TWO ON THE TOP EDGE, AND ONE ON THE BOTTOM. THAT LIGHT SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE IS ALSO VISIBLE

THE ORIGINAL BLUE POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN UNSPLIT CONDITION. LIGHTLY AGED AT THE SEAMS, BUT UNCREASED

THE SLEEVE LIKE THE LP GRADES EXCELLENT PLUS

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

GARRY