Jimi Hendrix SMASH HITS UK LP 1ST TRACK STEREO 68 MINT-

	£		157
	$		208

JIMI HENDRIX - SMASH HITS

IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

A STUNNING COLLECTIBLE SET WITH A TOP CONDITION SLEEVE

CATALOGUE: TRACK 613004

MATRIX NUMBERS :613004 A 1 (B CROSSED OUT) 1 1  3 / 613004 B 1  1  1  1

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE SLIGHTLY ROUGH TEXTURED MATT BLACK LABEL IS 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 TWO RIDICULOUSLY SMALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE, SHOWING THAT THIS INCREDIBLE ALBUM HAS HAD JUST THE TWO PLAYS FROM NEW

THE VINYL

THE VINYL IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. IT GLEAMS LIKE IT WAS JUST PRESSED AND THERE IS NO FOGGING OR ANY MARKS  EITHER . EVEN 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 WHILST THIS TAKES ME FAR LONGER I AM CERTAIN THIS IS THE WAY FORWARD FRO EBAY VINYL SALES.

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.

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 OR VINYL NOISE 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 TWO SMALL DUST POPS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PLAY OF THE FOUR SIDES.THERE ARE NO MARKS ON THE VINYL SO ANY AUDIBLE STUFF IS IN THE PRESS, BUT PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THIS SUPERB LP AND BE THE JUDGE

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 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 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 FOUR TINY ONES CLOSE TO THE SPINE .

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. NP PEEL OR FLAKE. EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING SPINE.

THE  OPENING EDGE ARE IS SHARP AS IT POSSIBLY COULD BE,WITH JUST ONE SMALL THUMB NAIL NICK ON ONE EDGE. THE LP HAS VERY CLEARLY BEEN HANDLED WITH EXTREME CARE WHEN REMOVING IT FROM THE SLEEVE.

THE REAR SURFACE USUALLT 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. THERE IS A SHADE OF RECORD SHAPE, BUT TOTALLY UNSPLIT AND STILL WHITE!!

THIS SLEEVE EASILY GRADES  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