Jimi Hendrix SMASH HITS UK LP 1ST TRACK MONO 68 NMINT
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Description
JIMI HENDRIX - SMASH HITS
IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION
A STUNNING COLLECTIBLE SET WITH A TOP CONDITION SLEEVE
COMPLETED BY A RARE FACTORY CATALOGUE FLYER INSERT FROM POLYDOR
RARE MONO ISSUE
CATALOGUE: TRACK 612004
MATRIX NUMBERS :612004 A 1 1 1 / 612004 B 1 1 1 3
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 AND TYPEFACE WHICH IS OFTEN FOUND RUBBED AWAY IS IN PERFECT CONDITION , WITH EACH LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE
AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THIS IS THE EARLIEST PRESS , LATER REISSUED ON THE POLYDOR LABEL AFTER HENDRIX BECAME COLLECTIBLE FOLLOWING THE ELECTRIC LADYLAND ALBUM RELEASED LATER IN 1968.
THERE ARE JUST THREE RIDICULOUSLY SMALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE, SHOWING THAT THIS INCREDIBLE ALBUM HAS HAD JUST A FEW PLAYS FROM NEW
THERE IS STILL SHARDS OF VINYL INSIDE THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING JUST WHY THIS LP HAS REMAINED VIRTUALLY UNPLAYED
THE VINYL
THE VINYL IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. IT GLEAMS LIKE IT WAS JUST PRESSED AND THERE IS NO FOGGING OR ANY MARKS EITHER . IT IS A ROCK SOLID HEAVYWEIGHT DISC WITH VIRTUALLY NO FLEXEVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE APART FROM A FEW VERY VERY WISPY LINES THAT ARE OTHERWISE INVISIBLE. A SUPREME FIRST PRESS
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 RECENTLY DECIDED TO RECORD ALL OF THE LP'S THAT I LIST FROM START TO FINISH. I AM CONVINCED THAT POTENTIAL BIDDERS WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR ALL OF THE ANY LP THAT THEY ARE CONSIDERING BIDDING ON, AND THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS
I HOPE YOU AGREE THAT THE REPRODUCTION FROM THIS ALBUM IS JUST BRILLIANT. PURE FIRST PRESS AND THE DISC PLAYS MAGNIFICENTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH. TRYING TO FIND A GREAT COPY OF THIS ALBUM IS VERY HARD 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 DISTORTION FREE APART FROM THE GUITAR WORK THAT SHOULD SOUND DISTORTED OF COURSE. THIS SHOWS THAT THE LP WAS PLAYED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY TRACKED STYLUS, AND ONE THAT WASN'T DAMAGED EITHER.
THERE IS NO SERIOUS BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO CLICKS
THE VINYL IS UNMARKED BUT DOES HAVE SOME VERY LIGHT INHERRANT VINYL NOISE INSIDE THE PRESS. THIS CAN ONLY BE HEARD DURING THE QUIETEST MOMENTS AND THE LINKING GROOVES
THE CLARITY OF THE MONO SOUND IS IMMENCE AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD AS WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED. A REAL LOUD CUT TO THE PRODUCTION ON THIS RECORDING. I HEAR THIS AS I SIT NO MORE THAN 18 INCHES FROM THE SPEAKERS AS I TYPE THIS OUT. MOVING TO NORMAL LISTENING DISTANCE AND THE VINYL NOISE IS VIRTUALLY INADIBLE
PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THIS SUPERB ALBUM AND JUDGE THE QUALITY FOR YOURSELF. THE VINYL NOISE CANNOT BE HELPED AND IS NOT MAN MADE
I HEARD ABOUT 2-3 SMALL DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAY
I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS BEAUTIFUL VINYL MINT MINUS
THE SLEEVE
I HAVE HAD MANY COPIES OF THIS ALBUM PASS THROUGH MY HANDS, BUT THIS SLEEVE WITHOUT QUESTION IS OF THE BEST COPY I HAVE EVER SEEN OR TOUCHED.
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 MCNEILL FIRST PRESS SLEEVE.
THE SLEEVE USUALLY SUFFERS BADLY FROM CREASING AND RING WEAR, BUT THIS COPY IS IN NEAR PRISTINE CONDITION
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 FOUR TINY ONES CLOSE TO THE SPINE .ONE THUMB LINE CLOSE TO THE OPENING EDGE, AND A THIN LINE ACROSS THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER
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 PERFECT. 100% OF THE LAMINATE IS PERFECTLY INTACT. NO PEEL OR FLAKE. EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING SPINE.IT IS A FIRST ISSUE SLEEVE WITH THE TAPERED ENDS AND ONLY THE ABSOLUTE TIP ENDS ARE LIGHTLY RUBBED (SEE PICS)
THE OPENING EDGE IS SHARP ,WITH JUST A COUPLE OF SMALL THUMB NAIL NICKS ON ONE EDGE. THE LP HAS VERY CLEARLY BEEN HANDLED WITH EXTREME CARE WHEN REMOVING IT FROM THE SLEEVE.
THE REAR SURFACE USUALLY SUFFERS FROM SERIOUS GRUBBINESS TO THE WHITE SURFACE , BUT AGAIN DUE TO THE PROTECTION AFFORDED IT, THIS SURFACE IS JUST MAGNIFICENT. THE BLACK AREA ALSO USUALLY SUFFERS FROM RUBBING AND RING WEAR, BUT AGAIN THIS ONE IS PERFECT.
THE POLYLINED INNER SLEEVE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND BARELY HAVE A CREASE LINE ON IT. VERY WHITE AND UNSPLIT
THE SET IS COMPLETED BY A RARE INSERT DIRECT FROM POLYDOR RECORDS. THIS INSERT IS IN MINT CONDITION
THIS SLEEVE EASILY GRADES NEAR MINT
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
