Paul McCartney & Wings VENUS AND MARS 1975 UK 1st -1U/-1U UNPLAYED BEFORE TODAY

	£		149
	$		197

WINGS - VENUS AND MARS

SUPERB CRYSTAL CLEAR MINT AUDIO
THIS ALBUM HAS REMAINED UNPLAYED UNTIL TODAYS TEST
INCREDIBLY LOW MOTHERS AND STAMPERS

'A PORKY PRIME CUT'

INCREDIBLE MINT MINUS SLEEVE

COMPLETE WITH POSTERS AND STICKERS

FINAL UPGRADE ARCHIVE GRADE

• CATALOGUE:PCTC 254

• MATRIX: YEX 945-2U / 946-1U

• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:1 A / 4 P

• A PORKY PRIME CUT IN SIDE 1 DEAD WAX

• M ROOM ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 2

• WITH THE FIRST ISSUE POSTERS

• WITH THE FIRST ISSUE LYRIC INNER SLEEVE

• WITH THE FIRST ISSUE CIRCULAR STICKER AND PLANET SIZES STRIP

A PORKY PRIME CUT WAS THE MASTER RECORDING DESCRIPTION THAT WAS USED BY GEORGE PECKHAM TO INDICATE A FIRST CUT

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE CAPITOL LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE JET BLACK SURFACE IS RICH AND VIBRANT, AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE

THE SILVER TYPEFACE AND LOGOS ARE UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY CLEAR AND FULLY LEGIBLE.

THERE ARE ZERO SPIDER LINES ON THE SPINDLE HOLE AND NO EVIDENCE OF ANY PLAY WHATSOEVER

THE VINYL

A BEAUTIFUL  VINYL, THAT HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE

IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS FLAWLESS NOT A MARK ON IT, A GLEAMING HEAVYWEIGHT FIRST PRESS THAT IS MARK FREE, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER A MAGNIFYING LED HALO, THE RECORD STILL LOOKS MINT

THE TEST PLAY

THE CLARITY OF THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, QUITE BRILLIANT!

EVERY NOTE BEING HEARD AS IT WAS INTENDED

THE LP PLAYS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES. THERE IS NO DISTORTION WHATSOEVER AT ANY POINT. NOR IS THERE ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND INCREDIBLY NO STATIC 

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

I DIDN'T HEAR ANY DUST POPS AT ALL THROUGHOUT THE PLAY

SILENT LINKING GROOVES

THIS IS WITHOUT DOUBT A HIGH GRADE COLLECAIBLE ALBUM AND I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT 

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED MATTE GATEFOLD SLEEVE

THIS SLEEVE IS A GENUINE FIRST ISSUE SLEEVE WHICH CAN BE IDENTIFIED IN A FEW WAYS. FIRSTLY THE SLEEVE IS MADE OF ONE PIECE OF CARD NOT TWO LIKE LATER ISSUES. THIS CARD IS FOLDED AND STUCK TOGETHER WITH ONE FLIPBACK INSIDE THE TOP EDGE

SECONDLY THE CARD IS WHITE ON THE INSIDE

THIRDLY THE INNER SLEEVE ON THE FIRST PRESS HAS A THUMB NOTCH ALONG THE TOP OF THE OPENING EDGE FOR EASIER REMOVAL OF THE ALBUM. LATER ISSUES DID NOT HAVE THIS

THE FRONT SURFACE IS JUST IMMACULATE. ONE OF THE PLUSSES OF THIS SLEEVE IS THE THICKNESS OF THE CARD USED TO CREATE IT, WHICH RESULTED IN FEW COPIES HAVING RING WEAR. HOWEVER IT'S WEAKNESS IS IN THE POWDERY UNLAMINATED SURFACE WHICH IS PRONE TO RUBBING.

.THERE IS NOT ONE SPECK OF COLOUR LOSS OR RUB WHATSOEVER. JUST A TINY SHADOW OF GREYING UNDER THE TOP EDGE

THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO PRESSURE LINES BY THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, AND NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE. PLUS A COMPLETE LACK OF ANY THUMB LINES BY THE SPINE

THE TOP EDGES ARE MINT. FULLY COLOURED ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE SLEEVE AND NO CORNER RUB EITHER

THE BOTTOM EDGES HAVE A PIN PRICK OF RUB TO THE RIGHT CORNER TIP ENDS

THE SPINE IS ALSO IN MINT CONDITION. TOTALLY FLAT AND 100% UNSQUASHED. THE COLOURED SURFACE IS JUST IMMACULATE. PERFECT COLOURS AND PERFECT TIP ENDS, PLUS THE TYPEFACE IS ALL IMMACULATE

THE REAR SURFACE IS AS PERFECT AS IT POSSIBLY COULD BE. NO RUBBING. NO CREASES. NO SMALL LINES NEAR ANY OF THE EDGES, AND NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE.

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO MINT INTERIOR PANELS

THE TWO OPENING EDGES ARE ABSOLUTELY RAZOR SHARP

THE INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO IN  PERFECT CONDITION .

NO SPLITS TO ANY OF THE SEAMS,(THIS HAS A HISTORY OF HAVING THE BOTTOM SEAM SPLIT),  AND NO WEAR TO THE OPENING EDGE, THE THUMB NOTCH IS ALSO IMMACULATE AND UNDAMAGED

THE TWO POSTERS ARE IN MINT CONDITION, HAVING NEVER LEFT THE SLEEVE. THE FIRST ISSUE POSTERS ARE MADE FROM A HEAVIER PAPER THAN LATER ISSUES AND THE PAPER IS NOT SO GLOSSY ON FIRST ISSUES. 

THE OFTEN MISSING CIRCULAR STICKER IS ALSO PRISTINE , AND FINALLY THE COMPARATIVE PLANET SIZE STRIP IS  THERE AND ONLY HAS A TINY SPECK OF AGEING 

AN INCREDIBLE  EXAMPLE OF THIS SLEEVE AND I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING IT MINT MINUS

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

GARRY