Moody Blues IN SEARCH OF THE LOST CHORD UK LP NM-

	£		19
	$		25

MOODY BLUES - IN SEARCH OF THE LOST CHORD

• CAT:DSS SML 707
• MATRIX: ZAL 8270-3W / 8271-2
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 4 D N N / 3 1 I C

MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE OF THIS EARLY MOODY BLUES ALBUM ON THE RED AND WHITE DERAM LABEL

THE RECORD LABELS

RED AND WHITE DERAM LABEL IN NEAR MINT CONDITION. THE WHITE SECTION IS VERY VERY WHITE AND HAS NO STAINS OR MARKS ON IT. THE RED SECTION HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL COLOUR. THE SPINDLE HOLE IS UNWORN AND THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND UNWORN. THERE ARE 5-6 SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING THAT THE LP HAS HAD ONLY THIS AMOUNT OF PLAY IN 41 YEARS

THE VINYL

SUPERB BLACK HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL IS IN FANTASTIC CONDITION. VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE ORIGINAL SHEEN HAS BEEN RETAINED, AND THERE ARE NO OBVIOUS SCRATCHES OR SIGNS OF POOR HANDLING. ONLY WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION AM I ABLE TO MAKE OUT SOME BARELY VISIBLE WISPS

PLAYING THE RECORD

I HAVE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS ME TO RECORD FOR YOU SOME SOUNDBITES. I AM CERTAIN THAT ALL THE WORDS I CHOSE TO TYPE ARE NOTHING COMPARED TO ACTUALLY HEARING WHAT YOU MAY BE CONSIDERING TO BID ON. I HOPE YOU AGREE

I HAVE INCLUDED FOUR, THREE MINUTE SECTIONS FROM THE LP INCLUDING THE OPENING TRACK TO EACH SIDE, AS THIS INCLUDES THE RUN IN WAX, ALLOWING YOU TO IDENTIFY ANY UNWANTED NOISE THAT MIGHT BE PRESENT. I AM CERTAIN THERE IS NONE.I HAVE ALSO RECORDED SECTIONS OF THE LINKING GROOVE THAT PRECEED EACH TRACK, SO THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO GUAGE THE SILENCE BETWEEN THE TRACKS

ONE THING IS FOR CERTAIN AND THAT IS THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO ANY OF THE TRACKS WHICH WOULD BE PRESENT IF THE RECORD HAD BEEN ABUSED WITH A WORN OR TOO HEAVY STYLUS

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, APART FROM THE BAREST TRACE OF STATIC IN SOME OF THE QUIETER SECTIONS, AND THE VERY ODD LIGHT DUST POP HERE AND THERE.I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS DISC NEAR MINT MINUS

THE SLEEVE

THE OVERALL GRADING OF THE SLEEVE IS NEAR MINT

THIS IS THE FIRST PRESS CLARIFOIL / ROBERT STACE SLEEVE

I HAVE TO SAY I HAVE NOT SEEN AS GOOD A SLEEVE AS THIS FOR LOST CHORD. THE FIRST THING THAT JUMPS OUT AT YOU IS THE BEAUTIFUL SHINE OF THE LAMINATED SURFACE. IT JUST LOOKS HIGHLY POLISHED. THE REASON FOR THIS SLEEVE BEING SO MAGNIFICENT IS THAT IT HAS BEEN KEPT IN PLASTIC SINCE NEW. THE FRONT SURFACE APART FROM HAVING A MIRROR FINISH HAS NO CREASES WHATSOEVER. EVEN THE USUAL SMALL LAMINATE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE ARE RESTRICTED TO JUST ONE. I DON'T BELIEVE THIS SLEEVE CAN BE BETTERED. THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE TOTALLY UNWORN, WHILST THE SPINE IS WIDER THAN MOST COPIES OF THIS ALBUM I HAVE EVER HANDLED. THE SPINE IS ALSO IN PRSITINE CONDITION, ALL THE WORDS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND ALL OF THE LAMINATE INTACT. THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND THIS IS CLEARLY BEACUSE THE ALBUM HAS BARELY BEEN OUT OF IT'S COVER. THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS SPECIAL AS THE FRONT, AGAIN VERY SHINY UNDAMAGED LAMINATE.

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE WHITE INNER SURFACE. THIS IS USUALLY FOUND VERY GRUBBY, BUT HERE IS ONE THAT LOOKS FACTORY NEW.

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND IS IN EXCELLENT UNSPLIT CONDITION

ALL IN ALL THIS IS A FANTASTIC EXAMPLE OF THIS FIRST PRESS SLEEVE

THIS IS WITHOUT DOUBT A VERY HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE ALBUM, AND WOULD GRACE ANY COLLECTION

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

GARRY