Paul McCartney PIPES OF PEACE UK LP A-1U/B-3U 1ST PRESS PLAYS MNEAR MINT

	£		80
	$		106

PAUL McCARTNEY  - PIPES OF PEACE

IN TWICE PLAYED NEAR MINT!!!!! CONDITION

MINT MINUS SLEEVE!!

A-1U / B-3U   FIRST PRESS!!!!

Outstanding example!!!

• CATALOGUE: PARLOPHONE PCTC 1652301
• MATRIX:PCTC1652301 A-1U-1-1 / B-3U-1-3
• UTOPIA ETCHED IN RUN OFF BOTH SIDES

A FIRST PRESS OF THIS ALBUM MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES

• THERE MUST BE THE WORD 'UTOPIA' ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX
• THE INNER SLEEVE MUST BE MADE OF CARD
• THE INNER SLEEVE MUST HAVE ROUNDED CORNERS AND A LARGE THUMB NOTCH
• C 1983 MPL COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED MUST BE PRINTED IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER
• THE INNER SURFACE OF THE SLEEVE IS MADE FROM WHITE CARD

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE LABELS ARE IN ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE CONDITION. THERE IS NOT A MARK ON EITHER SIDE, AND NO COLOUR LOSS.THE PARLOPHONE SIDE HAS A PERFECT DARK BASE COLOUR THAT FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE, WITH THE GOLD LETTERING BEING PRISTINE, UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.THE WHITE SIDE IS VERY WHITE, AGAIN WITH PERFECT TYPEFACE. THIS ONE IS PERFECTLY SET

THERE ARE JUST TWO SMALL SPIDER LINES AROUND THE HOLE ON EITHER SIDE, SHOWING JUST HOW CAREFULLY THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN HANDLED, BARELY PLAYED

THE VINYL

SUPERBLY GLOSSY AS NEW DISC WHICH HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL LUSTRE, AND LOOK FLAWLESS IN DAYLIGHT, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE JUST A FEW WISPY LINES TO BE SEEN

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 ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I AM NOW DOING WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS.

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH MAGNIFICENTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW CRISP AND CLEAN THE DISC SOUNDS. 

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST MAGNIFICENT WITH EVERY NOTE BEING HEARD HOW IT WAS INTENDED.

THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER.

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLES OR CLICKS, JUST A PURE CLEAN SOUND, AND THE ONLY THING THAT STOPS ME GRADING THIS MINT IS THE BAREST TRACE OF LIGHT STATIC DETECTED IN A COUPLE OF THE VERY QUIETEST PASSAGES I.E THE LINKING GROOVES.

I HEARD NO MORE THAN TWO TINY DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS LP NEAR MINT!!!

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE IN  SUPERB CONDITION.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND PERFECTLY CLEAN. THERE HAS BEEN NO RUBBING TO THE SURFACE WHATSOEVER, AND THUS THERE IS NO COLOUR LOSS. THERE ARE NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES OR BENDS OR RINGWEAR. JUST ONE SMALL LINE CLOSE TO THE TOP OF THE SPINE  . NONE ALONG THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE EITHER. THERE IS A TINY SPECK OF HANDLING TO THE LOWER PART OF THE SURFACE NEXT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SPINE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE TOTALLY UNWORN , ANOTHER SIGN THAT THIS HAS BEEN PROPERLY PROTECTED FROM NEW. SHARP AND SQUARE CORNERS

THE SPINE IS IMMACULATE. FLAT AND UNSQUASHED AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECT.NO COLOUR LOSS AND EVEN THE TIP ENDS ARE UNRUBBED

THE OPENING EDGE ONCE AGAIN IS ' AS NEW' RAZOR SHARP, AND IT'S CLEAR THAT THE LP HAS JUST NOT BEEN REMOVED FROM THIS SLEEVE MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES EVER!!

THE REAR SURFACE IS VIRTUALLY AS PRISTINE AS THE FRONT , ALTHOUGH THERE IS A TINY PAPER SNAG IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER, AND A TINY SPECK OF HANDLING BY THE OPENING EDGE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE PAIR OF INNER PANELS

THE LYRIC CARD INNER SLEEVE WITH THE ROUNDED CORNERS, AND LARGE THUMB NOTCH, IS IN MINT CONDITION. PERFECTLY FLAT, NO CREASES, AND NO SEAM SPLITS. A VERY SLIGHT RECORD IMPRESSION AT THE VERY TOP AND A COUPLE OF TINY MOTTLES

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT!!!!!!

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

GARRY