Jimi Hendrix ELECTRIC LADYLAND UK LP1ST TRACK NEAR MINT

	£		337
	$		446

JIMI HENDRIX - ELECTRIC LADYLAND

IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

This copy is the first press of the first batch ever released WITHOUT THE 'TWO RECORD SET' WORDING (see below)

A STUNNING COLLECTIBLE SET WITH A TOP CONDITION SLEEVE

CATALOGUE: TRACK 613008 / 9

MATRIX NUMBERS DISC 1: 613008 A//1 1  1   613008 B V 2 420  1  2

MATRIX NUMBERS DISC 2: 613009 A//1  1  1  613009 B//2 420  1  1  2

THE VERY FIRST PRESSES OF THIS ALBUM HAD THE MATRIX NUMBERS ALL WRONG ON THE RUNOUT DEAD WAX. THE 613008 WAS PLACED ONTO THE 613009 LABEL AND VISA VERSA. THESE INCORRECT NUMBERS WERE MACHINE STAMPED INTO THE DEAD WAX, AND THEN COVERED WITH XXXXXX TO HIDE THE INCORRECT NUMBER WHILST THE CORRECT NUMBER WAS ETCHED INTO THE WAX. THIS SET HAS THE COMPLETE SET OF WRONG NUMBERS CORRECTLY CROSSED OUT.

THE OTHER WAY TO TELL IF YOU HAVE A VERY VERY FIRST PRESS IS TO IDENTIFY THE LABEL. ONLY THE INITIAL BATCH OF THESE ALBUMS WERE PRESSED WITHOWITHOUT THE FOLLOWING AT 3 O'CLOCK ON THE LABEL

TWO RECORD SET

(SET NO. 2657-001)

I AM FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO OFFER A SECOND SUPERB COPY OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM WITHIN THE PAST TWO WEEKS. THE ONE I SOLD LAST WEEK WAS THE RARE WIDESPINE ISSUE WHICH WAS INCREDIBLE. THIS COPY IS THE STANDARD SLEEVE BUT HAS THE EARLIEST PRESS OF THE VINYL AVAILABLE

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE SLIGHTLY ROUGH TEXTURED MATT BLACK LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THE BLACK BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLES.

THE SILVER LOGO'S AND TYPEFACE WHICH IS OFTEN FOUND RUBBED AWAY IS IN PERFECT CONDITION ON BOTH DISCS, WITH EACH LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THIS IS THE EARLIEST PRESS WHICH DOESN'T HAVE THE 'TWO RECORD SET' AND (SET NO. 2657-001) UNDERNEATH THE LARGE CIRCLES  ST33 ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE LABEL. THERE ARE FEW OF THESE RARITIES LEFT THESE DAYS

THERE ARE ABOUT 10-12 SMALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE, SO THE LP HAS HAD SOME PLAY, HOWEVER DESPITE A SLIGHT LACK OF CARE WHEN PLACING THE DISCS ONTO THE TURNTABLE, THE RECORDS HAVE CLEARLY BEEN PLAYED ON A HIGH END UNIT, AS YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TELL FROM THE TEST PLAY, AND ALSO THE CONDITION OF THE VINYLS

THE VINYL

BOTH VINYLS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. THEY GLEAM LIKE THEY WERE JUST PRESSED AND THERE IS NO FOGGING OR ANY MARKS ON EITHER OF THE ALBUMS. EVN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE APART FROM A FEW VERY VERY WISPY LINES THAT ARE OTHERWISE INVISIBLE. TWO MAGNIFICENTLY LOOKING RECORDS

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 EIGHT COMPLETE TRACKS  FROM THIS SET  I HAVE RECORDED THE FIRST TRACK FROM EACH SIDE WHICH INCLUDES THE DEAD WAX RUN IN, IN ADDITION I HAVE RECORDED ONE RANDOM TRACK FROM EACH SIDE, INCLUDING THE LINKING GROOVE AS I WISH TO DEMONSTRATE NOT ONLY THE ABSOLUTE CLARITY OF THE RECORDING, BUT THE SILENCE IN THE BITS THAT SHOULD BE SILENT. PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THIS INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE

I HOPE YOU AGREE THAT THE REPRODUCTION FROM THIS SET IS JUST BRILLIANT. PURE FIRST PRESS AND BOTH DISCS PLAY MAGNIFICENTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH. TRYING TO FIND A GREAT COPY OF THIS ALBUM IS VERY HARD AS IT WAS A VERY POPULAR LP IN IT'S DAY AND MOST COPIES ARE TRASHED WITH SLEEVES TO MATCH. HERE WE HAVE WHAT I CAN ONLY DESCRIBE AS A NEAR FAULTLESS PERFORMANCE.

THE FIRST THING TO NOTE IS THAT THE SOUND IS DISTROTION FREE APART FROM THE GUITAR WORK THAT SHOULD SOUND DISTORTED OF COURSE. THIS SHOWS THAT THE LP'S WERE PLAYED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY TRACKED STYLUS, AND ONE THAT WASN'T DAMAGED EITHER.

SECONDLY THERE IS NO FRYING BACON OR LOUD CLICKS AND JUMPS. I DON'T KNOW WHY HAVE MENTIONED THAT AS I WOULD NEVER LIST ANY ALBUM THAT DID THAT ANYWAY, BUT JUST IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING.

I SAID NEAR FAULTLESS IN MY DESCRIPTION, BUT I AM BEING VERY PICKY HERE. THERE IS THE ODD BIT OF WHAT I CAN ONLY DESCRIBE AS LIGHT STATIC IN SOME OF THE QUIETEST SPOTS ( JUST A FEW EXAMPLES) I HAVE ONLY MENTIONED THIS BECAUSE WHERE I SIT TYPING THIS OUT I AM NO MORE THAN 12 INCHES AWAY FROM MY SPEAKERS, AND AS I MOVE AWAY TO NORMAL LISTENING DISTANCE I CAN'T HEAR ANY OF IT. BUT ANYWAY IT IS BARELY AUDIBLE EVEN AT THE SHORT DISTANCE. I ALSO HEARD ABOUT THREE SMALL DUST POPS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PLAY OF THE FOUR SIDES.

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THYS BEAUTIFUL VINYL SET NEAR MINT!!!

THE SLEEVE

I HAVE HAD MANY COPIES OF THIS ALBUM PASS THROUGH MY HANDS, BUT THIS SLEEVE WITHOUT QUESTION IS THE SECOND BEST COPY I HAVE EVER SEEN OR TOUCHED. (THE WIDESPINE ONE I SOLD LAST WEEK JUST SHADED THIS ONE)

TO FIND A HALF DECENT SLEEVE IS RARE, BUT TO FIND ONE THAT HAS BEEN PRESERVED IN A PLASTIC OUTER FROM NEW IS JUST INCREDIBLE. THE SLEEVE IS A GENUINE E.J DAY FIRST PRESS SLEEVE.

THE SLEEVE USUALLY SUFFERS BADLY FROM CREASING AND RING WEAR, BUT THIS COPY JUST BEGGARS BELIEF

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND JUST GLEAMS LIKE A MIRROR. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES, NO CREASE LINES, NO BENDS, AND ABSOLOUTELY NO RING WEAR OR EVEN MILD RECORD SHAPE. . THE ONLY MINISCULE LAMINATE LINES ARE TWO TINY ONES CLOSE TO THE SPINE AND TWO TINY THUMB NAIL LINES CLOSE TO THE OPENING EDGE.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE TOTALLY FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR WHATSOEVER, AND THIS IS DUE TO THE SLEEVE RESIDING INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER SINCE 1968.

THE SPINE IS JUST ABOUT PERFECT. 99% OF THE LAMINATE IS PERFECTLY INTACT. THERE IS ONE TINY TINY SPLIT WHICH GIVES IT A SLIGHT ROUGH EDGE ON ABOUT A QUARTER OF AN INCH, BUT THATS ALL. EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING SPINE.

THE TWO OPENING EDGES ARE AS SHARP AS THEY POSSIBLE COULD BE,WITH JUST ONE SMALL THUMB NAIL NICK ON ONE EDGE. THE LP'S HAVE VERY CLEARLY BEEN HANDLED WITH EXTREME CARE WHEN REMOVING THEM FROM THE SLEEVE.

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME REMARKABLE CONDITION AS THE FRONT, TEO TINY LAMINATE LINES ON EACH EDGE AND A COUPLE OF WHITE PIN PRICKS ALONG THE TOP LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE EDGE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A FULLY LAMINATED AND GLOSSY PAIR OF PANELS WHICH ARE AS IMMACULATE AS THE REST OF THIS SLEEVE.WITH JUST ONE SMALL LAMINET LINE ON THE LEFT EDGE OF THE TOP PANEL

THE TWO POLYLINED INNER SLEEVES ARE FLAT AND CLEAN AND BARELY HAVE A CREASE LINE ON THEM. THERE IS A SHADE OF BROWNING THROUGH AGE, BUT UNSPLIT AND VIRTUALLY UNTOUCHED IN ALL THIS TIME

THIS SLEEVE EASILY GRADES NEAR MINT MINUS

THIS COPY WILL NEVER NEED UPGRADING AND WOULD GRACE ANY COLLECTION ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD

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

GARRY