Paul McCartney Beatles - RAM UK LP 1ST 1-2 PLAY MINT-

	£		82
	$		109

PAUL MCCARTNEY - RAM

IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

• CATALOGUE: APPLE PAS 1003
• MATRIX:YEX 837-1 / 838-1
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 GH / 5 OD

ABSOLUTELY STUNNING FIRST PRESS OF THIS CLASSIC MCCARTNEY ALBUM. FAULTLESS PERFORMANCE AND SLEEVE, PLAYED NO MORE THAN TWICE SINCE 1971

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE APPLE LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE VERY DARK GREEN A SIDE HAS A RICH DEEP COLOUR THAT FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE.THERE IS NO RUBBING OR ANY STAINING OR PEN MARKS ANYWHERE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALSO IN TOP CONDITION, BEING PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE WHITE HALF APPLE SIDE IS ALSO AS YOU WOULD WANT IT, WITH THE VULNERABLE WHITE AREAS STILL PERFECTLY WHITE, AGAIN THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECT. I CAN SEE ONLY 1 SMALL SPIDER LINE CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING THAT THE LP HAS JUST NOT BEEN PLAYED.

THE VINYL

THE RECORD IS MADE OF A VERY VERY HEAVY VINYL IT IS ROCK SOLID AND HARDLY FLEXES AT ALL, PROVING THAT THIS IS A FIRST PRESS (AS WELL AS THE MATRIX AND MOTHER NUMBERS). IT HAS RETAINED VIRTUALLY ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND I CANNOT SEE ANY MARKS AT ALL ON THE SURFACE. EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE APART FROM A COUPLE OF WISPS

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 SIX THREE MINUTE EXCERPTS  FROM THIS  ALBUM,  I HAVE RECORDED THE FIRST TRACK FROM EACH SIDE WHICH INCLUDES THE DEAD WAX RUN IN, I HAVE ALSO RECORDED THE LINKING GROOVES TO THE START OF THE OTHER TRACKS THAT ON OFFER. THE REPORDUCTION IS PURE FIRST PRESS

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 THESE DISCS SOUNDS. THE SILENT BITS ARE SILENT, AND THE MUSIC COMES THROUGH CRISPLY AND CLEARLY. THE CLARITY IS JUST FANTASTIC, EVERY NOTE CAN BE HEARD PIN SHARP, AND THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AT ALL.ALL I HEARD WERE A COUPLE OF VERY RANDOM AND BARELY AUDIBLE DUST POPS, AND PERHAPS THE ODD SECOND OF STATIC ONCE OR TWICE, BUT SERIOUSLY THIS PLAYS TO PERFECTION

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS LP MINT MINUS

THE SLEEVE

FULLY LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE.THE SLEEVE HAS AN INHERRANT PROBLEM WHICH I AM GLAD TO SAY THAT THIS ONE HAS ESCAPED. THE PROBLEM LIES INSIDE THE GATEFOLD. MOST COPIES I HAVE SEEN HAVE STUCK TOGETHER DUE TO SOME GLUE RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RIGHT HAND SIDE EDGE HAVING OVERLAPPED THE SEAM DURING THE PROCESS, THUS ONCE THE GETFOLD WAS OPENED SMALL BITS OF THE LEFT HAND BOTTOM EDGE WOULD STILL BE ATTCHED TO THE RIGHT SIDE, AND CUASE SMALL RIPS TO THE TOP SURFACE. THIS COPY HAS ESACPED THAT FATE AND IS PERFECT

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND UNMARKED  THE LAMINATE STILL GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND THERE IS NO FLAKE OR PEEL TO THE SURFACE. THERE ARE ALSO NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES ANYWHERE. NO DENTS OR BENDS, AND AMAZINGLY NO SMALL LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE OR OTHER PERIMETER EDGES.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 100% FREE FROM AMY SHELF WEAR, AND THE SPINE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND STILL PROPERLY PROTECTED BY THE LAMINATE.  THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

THE OPENING EDGE IS JUST MAGNIFICENT, RAZOR SHARP AND NO THUMB NAIL NICKS EITHER

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE INNER LAMINATED SURFACE, WITH A PERFECT INNER SPINE.

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS MAGNIFICENT SLEEVE MINT MINUS

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

GARRY