John Lennon WALLS AND BRIDGES 1974 UK LP 1st Press Z5/Z6 PLAYS MINT MINUS HEAR

	£		51
	$		68

JOHN LENNON - WALLS AND BRIDGES

PLAYS TO A MINT MINUS STANDARD

EX++ GIMMIX SLEEVE

1ST PRESS -  APPLE WITH THE Z5/6 MATRIX NUMBERS

COMPLETE WITH THE LYRIC BOOKLET

• CATALOGUE:APPLE PCTC 253 
• MATRIX:YEX 937-Z5 / 938-Z6 
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:2 HD / 1 AM
• A STUNNING COPY OF THIS 1974  ALBUM FROM JOHN

THE RECORD 

THE LABELS

THE APPLE LABELS ARE JUST MAGNIFICENT, NO HANDLING MARKS OR STAINS. BOTH SIDES ARE IMMACULATE WITH THE WHITE SIDE IN PARTICULAR SHOWING NO FINGERMARKS. THE SPINDLE HOLES ARE TOTALLY UNWORN. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

EVEN USING A MAGNIFYING GLASS THERE ARE NO SPIDER LINES  AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

THIS  VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF IT'S  ORIGINAL LUSTRE.

IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS, AND EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP UNDER A MAGNIFYING LED HALO, THE RECORD STILL LOOKS AS GOOD AS NEW

THE TEST PLAY

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY , AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW IT DOES SOUND.

THE CLARITY OF THE STEREO RECORDING IS PURE FIRST PRESS, AND EVERY NOTE CAN BE HEARD CRISPLY AND CLEANLY WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION.MEANING THAT THE VERY LIMITED PLAY THE ALBUM HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS 

THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS AT ANY POINT

NO VINYL NOISE AND JUST THE ODD SECOND OR TWO OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND IN A COUPLE OF THE QUIETEST MOMENTS. 

NO TICS OR POPS

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT MINUS!!!

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

SUPERB MATTE SINGLE GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE SLEEVE WITH 2 FRONT FLAPS

USUALLY FOUND IN POOR CONDITION, THIS SLEEVE IS HARD TO COLLECT IN TOP CONDITION DUE TO THE FRONT FLAPS OFTEN TEARING OR LOOKING VERY SHABBY AND WEAKLY ATTACHED TO THE SPINE

HERE HOWEVER WE HAVE ONE THAT IS IN VERY STRONG CONDITION

THE FIRST THING TO STATE IS THAT THE TWO EXPOSED THIN FRONT FLAPS ARE IN TOP CONDITION. BOTH ARE PROPERLY AFFIXED TO THE SPINE ARE RESITANT TO FOLDING RIGHT ROUND THE BACK, INDICATING THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES.

. OPENING THE FLAPS EXPOSES THE WHOLE OF THE FRONT SURFACE WHICH IS IN DEEP RICH CONDITION. NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES ANYWHERE, AND NO LOSS OF COLOUR OR RUBBING AT ANY POINT.
THERE THERE ARE NO PRESSURE LINES AGAINST ANY OF THE EDGES, AND JUST A LITTLE SPECK OF RUB ON THE CORNER TIPS

THE OPENING EDGE ITSELF IS ALSO IMMACULATE AND RAZOR SHARP

THE TOP EDGE HAS A LITTLE SHELF WEAR, WHILST THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS JUST THE BAREST SPECK OF RUBBING TO EITHER CORNER TIP AND A FEW FLECKS ALONG THE MAIN SURFACE

THE SPINES ARE WAFER THIN ON BOTH SIDES AND AS SUCH CANT BE SQUASHED. NEARLY ALL OF THE TYPEFACE ON THE FLAP SIDE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, WITH A MINUSCULE SPECK OF RUB ON THE TOP LEADING EDGE, AND ON THE BOTTOM END

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME SUPERB  STATE AS THE FRONT. AGAIN NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES, JUST THREE TINY PRESSURE LINES ON THE TOP EDGE AND A SIMILAR AMOUNT ON THE BOTTOM EDGE

THE CARD PICTURE INNER SLEEVE IS IN MINT CONDITION. HAVING THE CORRECT SNIPPED TOP CORNERS AND THE LARGE THUMB NOTCH ALONG THE TOP EDGE. THERE ARE NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES ANYWHERE ALONG THE SURFACE WHATSOEVER, AND NOT ONE JOT OF COLOUR LOSS

THE 8 PAGE FULL SIZED BOOKLET IS ALSO IN UNTORN CONDITION. NOT ONE CREASE LINE ANYWHERE ON ANY SURFACE. THERE IS SOME LIGHT FOXING TO THE PAGES

THIS SLEEVE EASILY GRADES EX++

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

GARRY