Johnnie Taylor WANTED ONE SOUL SINGER U.S 1st Press MONO Stax 715 EX++ AUDIO
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JOHNNIE TAYLOR - WANTED ONE SOUL SINGER
STAX 1ST PRESS IN MONO
U.S 1st press
PLAYS TO AN EX++ GRADE
MINT MINUS SLEEVE
- CATALOGUE: STAX 715
- MATRIX:STX 12497-A / 12498-A
I HAVE IN MY POSESSION A COLLECTION OF ALBUMS THAT CAME DIRECT FROM THE USA TO THE UK IN THE EARLY 70'S. THEY WERE AQUIRED BY A GENTLEMAN WHO WAS A DJ ON A RADIO STATION. HE WROTE TO STAX IN MEMPHIS IN THE MID 60'S AND ASKED HOW HE COULD GET HIS HANDS ON SOME SOUL MUSIC AS HE WANTED TO PLAY IT ON HIS RADIO STATION. TO HIS SURPRISE STAX ADDED HIM TO THEIR MAILING LIST AND CONTINUED TO SEND PARCELS OF LP'S AND SINGLES TO HIM WELL INTO THE 70'S. A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF THEM WERE THEREFORE DJ PROMO COPIES. THEY MAILED BOTH ALBUMS AND SINGLE, AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE ALBUMS HAVE REMAINED UNPLAYED.
THIS IS INDEED A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO CLAIM A PIECE OF HISTORY IN PRISTINE CONDITION. I CANNOT IMAGINE JUST HOW FEW UNPLAYED COPIES OF GENUINE STAX AND ASSOCIATED LABELS HAVE REMAINED IN THIS CONDITION.
TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY
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THE RECORDS
THE LABELS
THE PALE BLUE LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. THE BASE COLOUR HAS REMAINED UNRUBBED, AND THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE. THIS COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLES REVEALS 1-2 BARELY VISIBLE MINUSCULE SPIDER LINES
THE VINYL
THE RECORD GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND IN DAYLIGHT LOOKS PERFECT. WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE EMBEDDED DULL SPECKLES AND DULL PATCHES ON THE SURFACE AND A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES
THE PLAYTHROUGH
THE VINYL PERFORMS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH. FROM THE SECOND THE STYLUS IS PLACED ON THE RECORD THERE IS SILENCE IN THE RUN IN GROOVE. THIS CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE VOLUME.
THE CLARITY OF THE FIRST PRESS IS VERY AUDIBLE AND THE RECORDING IS JUST SUPERB
THERE IS NO HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS
THERE IS A LITTLE VINYL NOISE HEARD IN SOME OF THE LINKING GROOVES AND IN SOME OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES
A LITTLE STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND HERE AND THERE AND SOME RANDOM LITTLE STATIC TICS
RECORDED IN MONO SO THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO LISTEN TO IT AS WAS INTENDED
A STUNNING AUDIO PERFORMANCE THAT CAN ONLY GRADE EX++
BUT BECAUSE YOU ARE ABLE TO LISTEN TO THE WHOLE ALBUM YOU WILL BE ABLE TO JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR PERSONAL STANDARDS
THE SLEEVE
NON LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE WITH PASTE ON REAR SURFACE
THE FRONT SURFACE STILL HAS ALL OF THE RICH COLOURS PERFECTLY FREE FROM ANY RUBBING..NO RING WEAR AND ONLY THE BAREST SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE WHEN ANGLED INTO STRONG LIGHT
THERE ARE ZERO PRESSURE LINES AGAINST THE SPINE. NONE ON THE TOP EDGE. NONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES BY THE OPENING EDGE
THE TOP EDGE IS PRISTINE AND FREE FROM ANY RUBBING, ALL OF THE BLUE SURFACE INTACT AND NO RUBBING TO THE CORNER TIPS.
THE BOTTOM EDGE JUST HAS A LITTLE RUB AT THE CORNERS
THE SPINE IS ALSO FULLY COLOURED, WITH PRISTINE TYPEFACE AND UNBLEMISHED TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS
THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL SHARP WITH JUST ONE TINY LITTLE THUMB NAIL NICK ON THE SURFACE
THE REAR SURFACE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION AS WELL. NO DAMAGE TO THE PASTE ON, AND STILL VERY WHITE WITH JUST THE TINIEST TRACE OF HANDLING
THE PLAIN INNER SLEEVE IS FLAT AND FREE FROM SPLITS OR CREASES,FURTHER PROOF THAT THE LP HAS REMAINED INSIDE THE SLEEVE UNTOUCHED FOR MANY YEARS. THERE IS A LITTLE LIGHT AGEING
I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS SLEEVE MINT MINUS
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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