Jethro Tull MINSTREL IN THE GALLERY UK LP GREEN CHR 2-3 PLAY 1U / -1U NEAR MINT

	£		60
	$		80

JETHRO TULL - MINSTREL IN THE GALLERY

IN MAGNIFICENT 2-3 PLAY NEAR MINT!!! CONDITION

A1-U/B1-U GREEN CHRYSALIS PRESS

INCREDIBLE MINT SLEEVE AND INNER

• CATALOGUE:CHRYSALIS CHR 1082
• MATRIX: CHR1082 A-1U / B-1U
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 R / 1 P
• FIRST PRESS MATRIX NUMBERS

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. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS JUST 2-3 TINY SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE HOLE, SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS LP HAS BEEN PLAYED.

THERE IS STILL RESIDUAL VINYL INSIDE THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

IT IS A WELL DOCUMENTED FACT THAT EARLY ISLAND / CHRYSALIS VINYL WAS POOR QUALITY, AND THUS IT IS REALLY HARD TO FIND A COPY OF ANYTHING FROM THIS AGE THAT DOESN'T HAVE INHERENT VINYL NOISE. THE VINYL HERE LOOKS MAGNIFICENT ON BOTH SIDES AND ONLY UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION CAN I SPOT A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES. AND A COUPLE OF THIN DULLISH SLIVERS ON SIDE 2

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 PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. 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.

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

THERE IS NO HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND CERTAINLY NO LOUD CLICKS

AMAZINGLY NO VINYL NOISE, JUST A FEW ODD SECONDS OF LIGHT STATIC IN A COUPLE OF THE MORE SILENT PASSAGES.

A FEW LITTLE DUST POPS THROUGH THE WHOLE RECORDING AND ONE LITTLE TINY ROTATIONAL SCUFFY SOUND IN THE LAST TRACK OF SIDE ONE (ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO MARK ON THE VINYL WHATSOEVER)

SIDE 2 HAS A TINY LITTLE MARK AT THE VERY START OF SIDE ONE WHICH CAUSES A FEW VERY LIGHT ROTATIONAL NEAR SILENT TICS BEFORE THE MUSIC FULLY STARTS

I WOULD GRADE THIS ALBUM NEAR MINT WITH EASE

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE FROM ROBOR

THE FRONT SURFACE IS CLEAN AND HAS NO MARKS OR STAINS ON IT WHATSOEVER. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES NOR ARE THERE ANY CREASE LINES EITHER, AND EVEN THE TINY LINES THAT USUALLY FORM NEAR THE SPINE ARE RESTRICTED TO JUST TWO NEAR INVISIBLE ONES. THERE ARE NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, AND NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE EITHER, NOR ANY THUMB LINES ALONG OR ANYWHERE NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

THE COLOURS REMAIN PERFECT AND UNRUBBED.AND ALL FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE

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

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. IT IS IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB ORIGINAL CONDITION, WITH ALL OF THE BROWN BASE COLOUR INTACT AND RUNNING UNINTERRUPTED FROM TIP TO TIP, AND THE WHITE TYPEFACE PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

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. THE BROWN SURROUND IS IMMACULATE AND NOT ONE JOT OF COLOUR HAS BEEN RUBBED AWAY. THERE ARE JUST A FEW MINUSCULE LINES ALONG THE EDGES

THE ORIGINAL CARD LYRIC INNER SLEEVE IS IN MINT CONDITION, AND THIS IS BECAUSE THE LP WAS PLACED INTO A POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE FROM NEW AND HOUSED SEPARATELY FROM THE INNER

THE SLEEVE EASILY GRADES MINT!!!!!

I DONT BELIEVE THIS WILL EVER NEED UPGRADING

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

GARRY