Quicksilver Messenger Service UK DEBUT LP 1968 1ST RAINBOW LABEL EXCELLENT PLUS

	£		118
	$		156

QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE - QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE

IN EXCELLENT PLUS PLAYTHROUGH!!!  CONDITION

ORIGINAL 1ST UK  PRESS FROM 1968

• CATALOGUE:CAPITOL T 2904
• MATRIX NUMBERS: T12904-1 / T22904-1
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1M / 11
• VERY EARLY 1ST PRESS

THE RECORD

THE LABELS

THE RAINBOW RIMMED BLACK LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. NOT ONE BLEMISH OR MARK ON THEM. THE BASE COLOUR FULLY RUNS INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE, WHERE THERE ARE JUST 3-4 TINY SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THEM.

THE SILVER TYPEFACE IS ALL PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND UNRUBBED

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT DISC GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR AND LOOKS TO BE TOTALLY FLAWLESS IN DAYLIGHT, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE JUST A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES VISIBLE ON EITHER SIDE, PLUS A COUPLE OF NEAR INVISIBLE TINY HANDLING LINES

THIS VINYL LOOKS LIKE IT SHOULD PLAY NEAR NMINT

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 LP FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID.

THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THE FIRST THING TO NOTE IS THAT THERE IS NOT ONE IOTA OF DISTORTION TO THE SOUND, MEANING THAT THE LITTLE PLAY THE LP HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

THE LP PLAYS WITHOUT ANY HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE OR LOUD CLICKS

NOR IS THERE ANY EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE EITHER.

THERE IS SOME VERY LIGHT STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND HEARD IN THE LINKING GROOVES PLUS SOME OF THE MORE SILENT PASSAGES

RIGHT IN THE RUN IN MATRIX AT THE START OF SIDE ONE THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SMALL TICS, AND SOME MORE RANDOMLY SPREAD THROUGH THE PLAYTHROUGH, AND IT'S FOR THIS REASON THAT I GRADE THE PLAYTHROUGH AS EXCELLENT PLUS!!!

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

LAMINATED FRONT SURFACE AND NON LAMINATED REAR SURFACE WITH FLIPBACKS ON THIS GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE SINGLE SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE STILL HAS A SUPERB GLOSSY SHEEN TO THE LAMINATE, AND THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASE LINES OF BENDS TO IT.

THERE ARE FIVE SMALL LAMINATE LINES NEAR THE SPINE. A SIMILAR AMOUNT ALONG THE TOP EDGE, AND A COUPLE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE. NO THUMB LINES THOUGH NEAR THE OPENING EDGE. THERE IS ALSO A SMALL SCUFF ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE WHICH IS SLIGHTLY VISIBLE FROM THE FRONT

THERE IS A SMALL CHIP TO THE LAMINATE TOWARDS THE RIGHT CORNER ALONG THE TOP EDGE, AND THAT SCUFF ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE WHICH ALSO HAS A TINY HOLE THROUGH THE SURFACE IN THE MIDDLE.

THE SPINE IS STILL VERY FLAT WITH A LITTLE FINGER TO THUMB SQUASHING TO SMALL AREAS. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALL STILL PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND ONLY THE VERY BOTTOM TIP ENDS SHOWS A SPECK OF RUBBING

THE OPENING EDGE HAS SOME LIGHT BURRING ALONG PARTS OF IT

THE REAR SURFACE  HAS TWO FOT HE THREE FLIPBACKS PERFECTLY ADHERED, WHILST THE BOTTOM ONE HAS A SMALL SPLIT ACROSS IT WHICH CO-INCIDES WITH THE SCUFF ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE.

THE BLACK DUSTY NON LAMINATED SURFACE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION WITH JUST SOME LIGHT GREY SHADOWING NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE EMI ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE IS IN TOP CONDITION. NO SPLITS TO THE SEAMS AND STILL VERY FLAT WITH JUST A LIGHT RECORD IMPRESSION AND SOME AGEING TO THE SEAMS.

THE SLEEVE GRADES EXCELLENT PLUS 

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

GARRY