McDonald And Giles UK DEBUT LP PINK ISLAND EX+

	£		84
	$		111

McDONALD AND GILES

• CAT:ILPS9126
• MATRIX: ILPS9126 A-2U / B-2U
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 M / 1 H
• THE GENUINE FIRST PRESS INDICATORS

 I HAVE RECENTLY AQUIRED A SELECTION OF RECORDS FROM A COLLECTION OWNED BY THE LATE KEVIN DUBROW WHO WAS THE LEAD SINGER WITH THE USA BAND QUIET RIOT. SADLY KEVIN DIED IN NOVEMBER 2007 AT HIS HOME IN LAS VEGAS AND I FOUND MYSELF IN VEAGS LAST WEEK, WHERE I WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE WHAT AMOUNTS TO A FABULOUS SELECTION OF UK ALBUMS THAT KEVIN OWNED. I GUESS I WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME WHEN THEY WERE BEING SOLD. I HAVE PURCHASED ONLY THOSE ALBUMS THAT WERE OF UK ORIGIN, AND MOST ARE IN AMAZING CONDITION AND RARE. IT HAS BEEN INTERESTING READING A LITTLE ABOUT KEVIN SINCE I RETURNED HOME AND I NOW HAVE A REASONABLE UNDERSTANDING OF WHY THESE WERE IN HIS COLLECTION AS HE LOVED THE BRITISH INVASION MUSIC OF THE 60'S. WILKPEDIA HS A GREAT ARTICLE ON THE LIFE OF KEVIN DUBROW AND WOULD RECOMMEND A READ AS YOU MAY WELL BE THE NEW OWNER OF ONE OR MORE OF HIS SELECT COLLECTION AFTER THIS AUCTION CLOSES.

EACH OF THE INNER SLEEVES OF THIS COLLECTION IS STAMPED TWICE WITH A PERSONALISED PRINT OF KEVINS AUTOGRAPH, SOMETHING HE MUST HAVE DONE TO PERSONALISE EACH OF THE LP'S IN HIS COLLECTION.

AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS RARELY PRESENTS ITSELF, AND EACH OF THE LP'S HAVE BEEN METICULOUSLY PRESERVED AND WILL COME TO YOU IN THE SAME SUPERB CONDITION

I WILL BE LISTING A FEW RECORDS AT A TIME OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR SO FROM THIS SUPERB COLLECTION SO CHECK BACK DAILY

THE RECORD LABELS

THE FIRST PRESS DEEP PINK LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. THE BASE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND FREE FROM AND MARKS OR STAINS. THIS COLOUR FULLY EXTENDS INTO THE SPINDLE HOLE ON BOTH SIDES. . THE ACTUAL SPINDLE HOLE IS TOTALLY UNWORN AND CLEARLY KEVIN WAS SOMEONE THAT HANDLED HIS ALBUMS WITH CARE AND ACCURACY AROUND THE SPINDLE BECAUSE I AM ONLY ABLE TO MAKE OUT A FEW LIGHT SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO HOLE TO INDICATE THE LP HAS HAD ABOUT 10-12 PLAYS LIFETIME

VINYL

VERY CLEAN GLOSSY BLACK HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL. REMOVING IT FROM THE SLEEVE AND GENTLY AND CAREFULLY EXAMINING THE DISC REVEALS A SHINY SURFACE, THAT HAS NO SCRATCHES, ONLY SOME LIGHT HANDLING LINES BARELY VISIBLE ON THE SURFACE.   ETCHED INTO THE RUN OFF WAX ARE THE DIGITS THAT IDENTIFY THIS ALBUM AS A FIRST  PRESS. NAMELY THE CATALOGUE NUMBER ILPS 9126 A-2U / B-2U.

PLAYING THE RECORD

I HAVE INCLUDED 4 SHORT EXAMPLES OF JUST HOW GREAT THIS RECORD SOUNDS. PLEASE CLICK ON THE MEDIA PLAYER BELOW TO HEAR IT. I ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT THE INTRODUCTION (RUN IN GROOVE) IS A REALLY GOOD REFLECTION OF THE OVERALL QUALITY OF THE DISC. SO I HAVE STARTED THE RECORDING FROM THE RUN IN GROOVE, HENCE A FEW SECONDS BEFORE THE MUSIC STARTS. HOWEVER YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CLEARLY HEAR WHAT THAT RUN IN SOUNDS LIKE, WHETHER IT HAS ANY NOISE ETC. IN ADDITION I HAVE RECORDED SIDE 2'S OPENING TRACK, AND ONE OTHER TRACK FROM EACH SIDE INCLUDING THE LINKING GROOVE

THE RUN IN IS SILENT, AND AS THE RECORD STARTS TO PLAY "SUITE IN C" IT IS VERY OBVIOUS THAT YOU ARE LISTENING TO A GREAT LP. THE FIRST THING THAT IS CLEAR IS THAT THE SOUND IS DISTORTION FREE. ALMOST POINTLESS STATING THIS IN LIGHT OF HOW LITTLE THE ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED, BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT THE PLAY THAT THE RECORD HAS HAD WAS DONE WITH A GOOD QUALITY STYLUS AND NOT ONE THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE GROOVE SUCH AS A WORN, CHIPPED STYLUS, OR INDEED ONE THAT WAS TRACKING TOO HEAVILY.

EACH TRACK PLAYS THROUGH WITH UTMOST CLARITY. THE PERFORMANCE ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES IS JUST OUTSTANDING. THERE IS NO BACKGROUND NOISE ANYWHERE ON EITHER SIDE, THE LIGHT HANDLING LINES DO CAUSE SOME BVERY LIGHT POPS IN A FEW PLACES, BUT NOTHING TO DETER FROM THE OVERALL ENJOYMENT OF THE ALBUM. THE LP PLAYS THROUGH VERY CLEANLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS DISC EXCELLENT PLUS

THE SLEEVE

THE OVERALL GRADING OF THE SLEEVE IS EXCELLENT

NON LAMINATED HEAVY CARDED GATEFOLD SLEEVE. THIS USUALLY SUFFERES FROM COLOUR LOSS AND PAPER TEARS BUT IN THIS CASE NOT SO. THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND HAS RETAINED VIRTUALLY ALL OF ITS ORIGIAL COLOUR. THERE IS A SMALL BARELY VISIBLE BIT OF LOSS DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE JACKET BUT THATS ALL, AND NO PAPER TEARS. AND NO CREASES OR BENDS. THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE MINIMAL SHELF WEAR, ITH THE REAR SIDE HAVING A SMALL SEAM SPLIT NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.  THE WIDE SPINE IS ONLY WORN AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES. THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND ONLY HAS A COUPLE OF TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS. THE REAR SURFACE IS JUST AS CLEAN AS THE FRONT AS YOU CAN SEE INH THE PICTURES. OPENÍNG THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A HIGHLY COLOUYRFUL PINK AND ORANGE INNER

THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE BEARING THE STAMPED AUTOGRAPH OF KEVIN DUBROW IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION

THE RECORD HAS BEEN PRESERVED IN A NEW POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE, THE ORIGINAL IS INCLUDED AND LEFT INSIDE THE SLEEVE. THE LP WILL BE SENT VERY CAREFULLY PACKAGED AND I WILL PLACE THE LP OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE FOR MAXIMUM PROTECTION. YOUR NEW PURCHASE WILL ALSO COME HOUSED IN A NEW STIFF PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE.

SO ONCE AGAIN THIS IS A VERY VERY HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE ALBUM IN THE GREAT CONDITION , SO BID WITH CONFIDENCE, AND GOOD LUCK IF YOU DECIDE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY