Neil Young ON THE BEACH 1974 UK LP 1st Press W/Inner NEAR MINT AUDIO

	£		66
	$		87

NEIL YOUNG  - ON THE BEACH

1974 UK 1ST PRESS - SUPERB NEAR MINT AUDIO

 MINT SLEEVE WITH INSERT

• CATALOGUE:REPRISE K 54014
• MATRIX:K54014 A4 / B4
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THE TAN COLOURED FIRST PRESS REPRISE LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE DEEP RICH COLOUR IS  VIBRANT, AND HAS NO STAINS OR MARKSANYWHERE. 

THE COLOUR FULLY EXTENDS INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE TYPEFACE (BLACK) IS ALSO UNWORN AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. 

FINALLY THERE IS JUST ONE SMALL SPIDER LINE VERY CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE, SHOWING THAT THE LP HAS HAD AT MOST A COUPLE OF VERY CAREFUL PLAYS, AND IN ADDITION HAS BEEN HANDLED WITH METICULOUS CARE  

THESE LABELS COULD NOT LOOK ANY BETTER

THE VINYL

ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE GLOSSY BLACK HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL. 

REMOVING IT FROM THE SLEEVE AND GENTLY AND CAREFULLY EXAMINING THE DISC REVEALS A SPOTLESS SURFACE. 

THIS VINYL APPEARS EXACTLY HOW A NEW VINYL WOULD HAVE LOOKED BACK IN 1974 WHEN THIS DISC WAS ORIGINALLY PRESSED. . 

 EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO A SPOTLIGHT THERE ARE JUST A FEW REALLY TINY WISPY HAIRLINES. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES

PLAYING THE RECORD

I HAVE RECORDED THE WHOLE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS. THIS IS TO ALLOW POTENTIAL BIDDERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID

. 

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 HEAVY CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS OR POPS

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE EITHER

ALL I HEARD WAS THE ODD TINY SPECK OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN THE LINKING GROOVES AND ONE OR TWO OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES , AND A FEW TINY DUST POPS

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS DISC NEAR MINT FOR THE AUDIO PERFORMANCE 

DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

THE FIRST ISSUE SLEEVE HAS THE FLORAL PATTERN ON THE INSIDE OF THE SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS IMMACULATE . HAS BEEN KEPT IN A PLASTIC OUTER AND HAS BEEN PROTECTED ALL ITS LIFE

THE CORNERS ARE STILL SHARP AND SQUARE WITH A TINY SPECK OF RUB TO THE TOP LEFT TIP, AND THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE

NO STICKER RESIDUE EITHER

THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY ZERO PRESSURE LINES BY THE SPINE. NONE ON THE TOP EDGE, NONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES BY THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE STILL SMOOTH AND FULLY COLOURED .THE CORNER TIPS HAVE THE TINIEST SPECK OF RUB

THE SPINE IS FLAT WITH ALL OF THE COLOUR AND TYPEFACE IN PERFECT ORDER

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS GOOD AS THE FRONT. JUST AS PRISTINE

THE PICTURE INNER SLEEVE IS MINT. NO CREASES AND NO SEAM SPLITS

THIS HAS TO BE CLOSE TO A MINT SLEEVE

GARRY

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