John Lee Hooker THE BIG SOUL OF UK LP 1st Stateside MINT MINUS AUDIO - LISTEN
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THE BIG SOUL OF JOHN LEE HOOKER
ONCE PLAYED AND 100% MINT MINUS AUDIO
MINT MINUS SLEEVE SLEEVE
1G/1G MOTHERS AND STAMPERS VERY FIRST PRESS!!
- CATALOGUE:STATESIDE SL 10053
- MATRIX: SRX 3121-1N / 3122-1H
- MOTHERS/STAMPERS; 1 G / 1 G
THE RECORDS
THE LABELS
THE JET BLACK STATESIDE LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION.
ON SIDE TWO YOU ARE ABLE TO SEE SOME STICKER RESIDUE, HOWEVER THE STICKER RESIDUE HAS POINTED ENDS, AND THEREFORE THE STICKER THAT WAS ON IT ORIGINALLY WAS ONE STATING FACTORY SAMPLE. CLEARLY AT SOME POINT IT HAS EITHER BEEN REMOVED OR FALLEN OFF BUT NEVERTHELESS THIS WAS A FACTORY SAMPLE COPY AND ACTUALLY THE 1G/1G MOTHERS AND STAMPERS THIS WILL ONLY BACK UP THIS FACT.
THE SILVER TYPEFACE IS A, TOTALLY UNRUBBED, AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.
THE SPINDLE HOLES ARE IMMACULATE. NO WEARWHATSOEVER, AND I CANNOT EVEN SEE ANY SPIDER LINES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE HOLE.
THE VINYL
THIS ORIGINAL 1963 HEAVY PRESS VINYL HAS RETAINED ALL OF THE ORIGINAL SHEEN, AND IN DAY LIGHT LOOKS ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION ALL I CAN MAKE OUT ARE A FEW VERY LIGHT CLOUDY PATCHES, AND A COUPLE OF TINY LITTLE WISPY HAIRLINES. CLEARLY A BARELY PLAYED VINYL
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 THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS IN THE FIRM BELIEF THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID.
THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS
THE DEEP RICH LOUD AND POWERFUL MONO SOUND IS PURE FIRST PRESS, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LISTEN TO THE WHOLE LP, AFTER ALL THAT'S WHY I HAVE PLACED THE SOUND BITES ON HERE.
THE RECORD PLAYS WITHOUT ANY CRACKLE ON EITHER SIDE. NO LOUD CLICKS OR POPS EITHER, AND MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND. THIS MEANS THAT WHAT LITTLE PLAY THIS RECORD HAS RECEIVED, IF ANY, WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD AN UNWORN AND PROPERLY BALANCED AND WEIGHTED STYLUS.
THERE IS A TINY SPECK OF NATURAL VINYL NOISE HEARD IN SOME OF THE LINKING GROOVES, BUT THIS IN NO WAY DETERS FROM THE AMAZING SOUND GENERATED BY THIS RECORD.
I HEARD PERHAPS A COUPLE OF TINY LITTLE DUST POPS /STATIC TICS, THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PLAY.
FOR ME THIS ALBUM GRADES MINT MINUS FOR THE AUDIO REPRODUCTION, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS.
THE SLEEVE
THIS GARRARD AND LOFTHOUSE PATENTS PENDING FIRST ISSUE UK SLEEVE IS IN SIMPLY STUNNING ORIGINAL CONDITION.
THE FRONT SURFACE IS PERFECTLY LAMINATED ACROSS THE ENTIRE SURFACE, AND HAS NO PEEL LIFT OR FLAKE ANYWHERE.
THERE IS BUT ONE TINY LAMINATE LINE NEAR THE TOP OF THE SPINE AND TINY SPECK OF RUB TO THE TOP LEFT-HAND CORNER TIP. NO LINES ALONG THE TOP EDGE, JUST ONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND ABSOLUTELY ZERO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.
THE TOP EDGE IS THE ONLY AREA OF THE SLEEVE HAS A LITTLE TINY BIT OF A BLEMISH, IN THE FORM OF A SMALL PAPER SPLIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SURFACE. OTHER THAN THIS THE LAMINATE HAS NO DEFECTS. THE BOTTOM EDGE ONCE AGAIN IS PERFECTLY LAMINATED AND ONLY HAS A PINPRICK OF WHITE SHOWING ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT CORNER TIP ENDS.
THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY LAMINATED, AND TOTALLY FLAT AND UN SQUASHED. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALSO PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.
THE REAR SURFACE IS QUITE STUNNING. MOST OF THESE NON-LAMINATED SLEEVES USUALLY YELLOW QUITE BADLY, AND ALSO HAVE MANY STAINS ON THEM. THIS ONE FIRST OF ALL HAS PERFECTLY ADHERED FLIP BACKS AND THE WHITE POROUS AND UN LAMINATED SURFACE IS AS GOOD AS YOU COULD EVER WANTED TO BE.
THE GREASEPROOF PAPER EMI INNER SLEEVE IS FLAT, UN CREASED, WITH JUST ONE TINY SPLIT ON THE LEFT-HAND SAME.
THIS SLEEVE EASILY GRADES MINT MINUS
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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