Nazareth PLAY'N' THE GAME UK LP 1976 1st A-1U / B-1U NEAR MINT - LISTEN

	£		74
	$		98

NAZARETH - PLAY'N THE GAME

IN MAGNIFICENT NEAR MINT CONDITION

1 R / 1 R MOTHERS AND STAMPERS!!

NEAR MINT SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:MOUNTAIN TOPS 113
• MATRIX: TOPS 113 A-1U / B-1U
• MOTHERS / STAMPERS: 1 GL / 1 G (INCREDIBLY LOW FIST PRESS)
• HAS 'MASTERDISk' STAMPED INTO THE RUN OUT DEAD WAX ON EITHER SIDE

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE SUPERB MOUNTAIN LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE RICH AND VIBRANT BASE COLOURS FULLY STRETCH INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE, AND ALL OF THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS BOTH UNRUBBED AND CLEAR AND LEGIBLE. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS THAT THERE ARE TWO SPIDER LINES , SHOWING WHY THIS LP HAS JUST NOT BEEN PLAYED. 

THE VINYL

THE MID 70'S SAW VINYL PRESSINGS START TO DETERIORATE DUE TO THE WORLDWIDE OIL CRISIS, AND THOSE GLORIOUS ISSUES OF THE 60'S WERE A THING OF THE PAST. HOWEVER DESPITE THIS MOST OF THE RECORD COMPANIES STILL PRODUCED THE BEST RESULTS POSSIBLE, AND THIS IS NO EXCEPTION. IT GLEAMS LIKE A MIRROR AND LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS IN DAYLIGHT.UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS A LIGHT NON SOUNDING SMUDGE ON THE OUTER RIM OF SIDE TWO

PLAYING THE RECORD

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 LP FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS BECAUSE I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORDS BEFORE LAYING A BID.

THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS.

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC IT SOUNDS.

THERE IS NO BACKGROUND NOISE WHATSOEVER ANYWHERE ON THE ALBUM. ALL THE SILENT BITS ARE SILENT AND THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS PURE FIRST PRESS.

NO CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS

NO VINYL NOISE AND BARELY ANY STATIC AT ALL, PERHAPS A COUPLE OF SPLIT SECONDS IN ONE OR TWO OF THE LINKING GROOVES, AND A LITTLE IN DEAD WAX AT THE END OF SIDE ONE

I DON'T BELIEVE I EVEN HEARD ANY DUST POPS , JUST A FEW RANDOM TINY STATIC TICS

THIS IS A STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM AND I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING IT NEAR MINT !!!!

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN FOR YOURSELF THOUGH AND YOU BE THE JUDGE

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE SINGLE SLEEVE IN NEAR MINT!!! CONDITION

THE FRONT SURFACE WHICH OFTEN HAS SERIOUS COLOUR LOSS,DUE TO THE POWDERY NATURE OF THE FINISH IS  RICH AND VIBRANT AND HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS COLOUR.

NOT ONE JOT OR RINGWEAR , JUST THE BAREST SPECK OF A SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE WHEN ANGLED INTO THE LIGHT, AND AMAZINGLY NOT ONE CREASE LINE ANYWHERE

THERE IS ONE MINUSCULE LINE NEXT TO THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE. THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIP HAS A TINY DING

THE TOP EDGE IS VIRTUALLY PERFECT WITH THE BROWN COLOUR STRETCHING ACROSS THE SURFACE WITH JUST THE RIGHT TIP END SHOWING A PIN PRICK OF WHITE, AND TWO MORE JUST TO THE LEFT OF THE RIGHT CORNER. THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS A LITTLE SHELF RUB WITH A FEW WHITE FLECKS IN THE MIDDLE AND AT THE RIGHT CORNER

THE SPINE IS PRISTINE. TOTALLY FLAT AND UNRUBBED AND EVER LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE TOP TIP HAS A SPECK OF LIGHT RUB

THE OPENING EDGE IS  RAZOR SHARP WITH A COUPLE OF MINUSCULE SPECKS OF BURR, AND ALMOST LOOKS AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PUT TOGETHER. IT IS VERY OBVIOUS THAT THIS ALBUM HAS JUST NOT BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE.

THE REAR SURFACE HAS THREE SMALL LINES AGAINST THE SPINE

THE  CARD INNER SLEEVE WAS ONLY EVER AVAILABLE THE FIRST ISSUES, AND IS MADE OF STRONG CARD. TO FURTHER IDENTIFY IT, THERE IS A THUMB NOTCH ALONG THE TOP EDGE.

THE  INNER SLEEVE IS IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. FLAT CLEAN, AND MOST OF ALL UNSPLIT

I AM PERFECTLY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT MINUS!!!!

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

GARRY