Joe Walsh THE SMOKER YOU DRINK UK LP UNPLAYED MINT
  £   28
  $   37

 


£ 28 Sold For
Jun 24, 2010 Sold Date
Jun 17, 2010 Start Date
£   19 Start price
3   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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joJOE WALSH - THE SMOKER YOU DRINK, THE PLAYER YOU GET

IN MAGNIFICENT UNPLAYED CONDITION

 

  • CATALOGUE:ABC ABCL 5033
  • MATRIX: ABCL5033 A3 / B2
  • EARLY PRESS

 

THE ULTIMATE SWEET ALBUM. RECORDED IN 1974 AT THE HEIGHT OF THE GLAM ROCK ERA. THIS ALBUM HAS NO SINGLES ON IT WHATSOEVER. IT WAS AN ALBUM THAT SWEET WANTED TO MAKE TO SHOW THAT THEY WERE SERIOUS ROCK STARS AND NOT POP STARS.

IT IS RARE TO FIND ANY QUALITY ALBUM THESE DAYS IN AN UNPLAYED CONDITION, BUT THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE WITH THIS INCREDIBLE DISC

 

THE RECORDS

 

THE LABELS

THE JET BLACK LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT MINT CONDITION. COLOUR THAT FULLY STRECTHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE AND NO SPIDER LINES ANYWHERE TO BE SEEN. ALL OF THE TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE VINYL

THE RECORD GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND COULN'T LOOK ANY BETTER. ALL OF THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE HAS BEEN RETAINED. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE MARKS OR ANY SIGNS OF HANDLING ON THE DISCS, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE

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 THREE MINUTE EXCERPTS  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 GROOVES TO THE START OF THE OTHER TRACKS THAT ON OFFER. THE REPORDUCTION IS PURE FIRST PRESS

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS ALBUM SOUNDS. THE SILENT BITS ARE SILENT, AND THE MUSIC COMES THROUGH CRISPLY AND CLEARLY.

I THOUGHT ABOUT NO PLAYING THE LP AND LEAVING IT IN IT'S UNPLAYED STATE, BUT AS I HAVE SAID MANY TIMES, UNPLAYED DOES NOT MEAN MINT, AND I THINK BIDDERS WOULD RATHER HEAR WHAT THIS LP SOUNDS LIKE THAN NOT. TO BE VERY PICKY I HEARD A COUPLE OF TINY DUST POPS THROUGHT THE ENTIRE PLAY, BUT NOTHING ESLE

IT IS RARE TO FIND SUCH AN INCREDIBLE ALBUM CONDITION WISE, AND I CAN ONLY SAY AGAIN THAT IT IS MINT!!! AND CANNOT BE BETTERED

 

 

THE SLEEVE

 

NON LAMINATED GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE GATEFOLD SLEEVE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS SLEEVE HAS BEEN PROTECTED FROM DAY ONE INSIDE A PLASTIC SLEEVE AND IS JUST AS NEW!!.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS VERY FLAT AND HAS NO CREASES WHATSOEVER. THERE ARE NO CREASE LINES NOR BENDS, AND EVEN THE SMALL LINES THAT FORM NEAR THE SPINE ARE RESTRICTED TO JUST TWO.

THERE IS NO LOSS OF COLOUR, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE SLEEVE HAS BEEN PROTECTED

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR AT ALL.AGAIN THIS IS BECAUSE THE ALBUM HAS BEEN PROTECTED FROM NEW

THE SPINE IS ALSO PERFECT. FLAT, CLEAN, UNSCUFFED, UNMARKED, FREE FROM ANY COLOUR LOSS AND HAS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE TYPEFACE.

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP, AND DOESN'T EVEN HAVE ANY THUMB NAIL NICKS

THE REAR SURFACE IS JUST AS CLEAN AND MARK FREE AS THE FRONT.THERE IS NO TRACE OF RECORD SHAPE AT ALL ANYWHERE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO PERFECT INNER PANELS

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS MAGNIFICENT SLEEVE MINT MINUS

 

 

 

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

GARRY

 

 





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