Jethro Tull STAND UP UK LP PINK i 2 PLAYS NMINT

	£		62
	$		82

JETHRO TULL - STAND UP

IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

PINK ISLAND LABEL

• CATALOGUE:ISLAND ILPS 9103
• MATRIX: ILPS 9103 + A2 / +B2
• THIS IS THE SECOND PRESS ON THE PINK ISLAND LABEL FROM 1969, THE FIRST PRESS HAD THE RED EYE ON THE LABEL

THIS LP HAS SOMETHING I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. THE MATRIX NUMBER ON SIDE 2 HAS ACCIDENTALY BEEN STAMPED ONTO THE LABEL EDGE AND NOT INTO THE DEAD WAX. CLEARLY AN ERROR ON THE PART OF THE RECORD MAKER, BUT STILL AN ANOMOLY THAT IS VERY UNUSUAL. THEREFORE WE CAN SAY TWO THINGS. 1 THE LABELS WERE PLACED ONTO THE DISC BEFORE THE MATRIX'S WERE STAMPED INTO THE DEAD WAX, AND TWO. SIDE TWO HAS NO MATRIX NUMBER IN THE DEAD WAX

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE ISLAND ROOUGH TEXTURED LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION, THE PASTEL  PINK COLOUR IS UNBLEMISHED AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALSO CLEAR AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND I COUNT ONLY TWO SMALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE HOLE, SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS LP HAS BEEN PLAYED

THE VINYL

IT IS A WELL DOCUMENTED FACT THAT EARLY ISLAND VINYL WAS POOR QUALITY, AND THUS IT IS REALLY HARD TO FIND A COPY OF ANYTHING FROM THIS AGE THAT DOESN'T HAVE INHERRANT VINYL NOISE. THE VINYL HERE LOOKS MAGNIFICENT AS IT HAS ONLY HAD TWO PLAYS FROM NEW.IT GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR, THERE IS A SLIGHT DULLING OF THE SURFACE IN SOME PLACES WHEN THE LP IS ANGLED INTO THE LIGHT, BUT AGAIN THIS IS COMMON ON EARLY ISLAND PRESSES. THERE ARE NO MARKS ON THE SURFACE, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING MUCH TO SEE APART FROM A FEW WISPS

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 FOUR COMPLETE TRACKS  FROM THIS  ALBUM,  I HAVE RECORDED THE FIRST TRACK FROM EACH SIDE WHICH INCLUDES THE DEAD WAX RUN IN, I HAVE ALSO RECORDED THE LINKING GROOVE TO THE START OF ONE OTHER RANDOM TRACK FROM EACH SIDE OF THE ALBUM. THE REPRODUCTION IS JUST SUPERB

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. THERE IS THE BEAREST TRACE OF THIS IN THE QUIETEST OF MOMENTS, BUT AGAIN THIS IS ONLY DUE TO THE VINYL USED AND NOT ANY MAN MADE ISSUE. TAKE A LISTEN TO JUDGE FOR YOURSELF. OTHER THAN THIS I HEARD JUST A COUPLE OF TINY DUST POPS THROGH OUT THE ENTIRE PLAY.

I WOULD GRADE THIS ALBUM NEAR MINT

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED POP UP SLEEVE

TTHE 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 ONE NEAR INVISIBLE ONE.THE COLOURS REMAIN PERFECT AND UNRUBBED.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE VERY LIGHT SHELF WEAR

THE SPINE IS UNWORN AND ALL OF THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

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

THE REAR SURFACE DOES HAVE SOME BLEMISHES. THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER HAS A PEPER TEAR WHERE THERE WAS STICKER PLCED THERE AT SOME POINT AND LATER REMOVED, AND THE WHITE SURFACE SHOWS LIGHT SIGNS OF HANDLING

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE INTERIOR PAIR OF PANELS WITH A MINT POP UP SECTION OF THE BAND. THE POP UP HAS NO BENDS OR CREASES TO ANY OF THE ARMS

THE SLEEVE LIKE THE LP GRADES EXCELLENT PLUS

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

GARRY