Paul McCartney & Wings VENUS AND MARS 1975 UK LP 1st Press COMPLETE & MINT HEAR

	£		58
	$		77

FULLY TEST PLAYED AND RECORDED PRIOR TO LISTING SO YOU CAN HEAR IT BEFORE BIDDING

WINGS - VENUS AND MARS

IN MAGNIFICENT  MINT CONDITION

'A PORKY PRIME CUT'

INCREDIBLE MINT SLEEVE

COMPLETE WITH POSTERS AND STICKERS

FINAL UPGRADE MUSEUM GRADE SET!!!

• CATALOGUE:PCTC 254

• MATRIX: YEX 945-2U / 946-1U

• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:1 RHG / 3 RHH

• 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 2-3 SPIDER LINES ON THE SPINDLE HOLE 

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 INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS STILL NOTHING TO SEE, APART FROM A COUPLE OF NEAR INVISIBLE WISPY HAIRLINES 

THE TEST PLA

PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN TO THE RECORDINGS AND I SURE YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME THAT THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT AN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING COPY.

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 MORE THAN A COUPLE OF MINUSCULE DUST POPS AT ALL THROUGHOUT THE PLAY

THIS IS WITHOUT DOUBT A HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE 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

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.

THIS SLEEVE HAS BEEN KEPT INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER FROM NEW AND HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL COLOUR.THERE IS NOT ONE SPECK OF COLOUR LOSS OR RUB WHATSOEVER.  

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 OPENING EDGE

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

THE BOTTOM EDGES ARETHE SAME IMMACULATE CONDITION

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 BEAUTIFUL AND IMMACULATE INNER PANELS.RICH UNMARKED SURFACE WITH COLOURS THAT ARE BOTH UNWORN AND VIBRANT. INFACT THEY WONT LAY FLAT SO EVIDENCE OF VERY LITTLE HANDLING

THE TWO OPENING EDGES ARE ABSOLUTELY RAZOR SHARP, AND IT'S OBVIOUS FROM EXAMINING THEM THAT THE LP HAS JUST NOT BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE

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, A SLIVER OF RUB ON THE  BOTTOM 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. I HAVEN'T EVEN BOTHERED TO OPEN FULLY THEM AS I CAN CLEARLY SEE THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN HANDLED

THE OFTEN MISSING CIRCULAR STICKER IS ALSO IN PRISTINE CONDITION AND FINALLY THE COMPARATIVE PLANET SIZE STRIP IS  THERE AND ALSO PERFECTLY MINT!!.

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

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

GARRY