ROBIN TROWER Bridge of Sighs RARER ORIG UK 1974 EX 1st PRESS LP, SUPERB SOUND.

	£		21
	$		28

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Artist or Band: ROBIN TROWER

Album Title: Bridge of Sighs

Producer(s): Matthew Fisher

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: Day of the Eagle; Bridge of Sighs; In This Place; The Fool and Me.

Side 2: Too Rolling Stoned; About to Begin; Lady Love; Little Bit of Sympathy.

Label/Format: Chrysalis, a genuine first press format on the green label with no text on the rim areas, these have matt smooth surfaces. Second/later green label issues had red text printed on the rim areas, then repressed again on the blue format labels.

Label Conditions: Both very clean, fresh and attractive with any spindle marks few, fine and faint. This lovely example appears little played reiterated by impressive clean sound. Each label has a tiny neat ‘P’ written by one original owner from new.

Cat Number: CHR 1057

Mode / Speed: Stereo / 33.3 rpm.

Warps: Assume all records I offer have no warping of any significance and all tracking is easy and effortless and should play on all turntables and even ‘budget’ decks.

Weight of Record: 127 grams.

Country of Manufacture: England

Rarity: Moderately scarce as a true first issue, especially in finer condition. This record plays superbly and has a lovely fresh sleeve that was cover-protected by the one owner.

Original Year of Release: 1974

Matrix Nos: CHR 1057 A-2U / CHR 1057 B-2U

Mother & Stamper Codes: 2 GM / 1 GO

Musicians: Robin Trower – Guitar; James Dewar – bass, vocals; Reg Isidore – drums.

Brief Info: Second album under his own name by the former Procol Harum guitarist. A brilliant album with two absolutely outstanding tracks, the classic title song, so often featured on digital radio’s ‘Planet Rock’ and the lengthy ‘Too Rolling Stoned’. Trower is in top form on this set which is brilliantly produced with excellent sound and vocals from Dewar. Any guitar-loving rock fan cannot fail to enjoy this brilliant album and this a very clean record, without any doubt, little played, does it maximum justice as featured on this genuine original green label copy (correctly, without the red rim text).

Cover Grade and Format: EXCELLENT(+): a single unlaminated format with matt smooth surfaces. Printed and made in England by Robor Limited, includes the plain white inner sleeve.

Cover Front: Clean, still fresh with lovely deep colour without fading that many acquire over time. Minimal ageing, creasing, rubbing or marks, cover-protection for decades has ensured this has survived the years well. No sticker issues, a fine mark towards the top left is NOT a mark at all, all covers have this and is simply part of the artwork.

Cover Back: In terms of rubbing, this has barely a trace and I have never seen a better one in this respect. The lack of ugly ring wear on this dark green back is always a massive plus. Any hint of creasing near the right is gentle and faint. A back seldom seen like this.

Top and Bottom Edges: Both straight with minimal trace of wear.

Right Edge(s), and Type: Clean, still very sharp with barely any thickening. Record enters on this edge.

Spine and Text: Solid, straight with minimal compression. A slight hint of discolouration being quite critical, all text present and strong as-seen. The ends have a hint of tapering in manufacture.

Corners: Any tip rubbing or creasing tiny and light. Excellent shape mostly retained with no knocks.

Cover Summary: A very fine example of this quite wear-prone cover, one to please many, and maybe even most collectors.

The Inner Sleeve: NEAR EXCELLENT: a plain white, solid unlined inner has naturally aged with some discolouration of the paper that few avoid totally. Hardly any creasing and all edges naturally intact. This has the ‘PATENT Nos. 1,125,555’ text.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: EXCELLENT: arguably better. A very fine visual copy that is very clean with equally fine shine and solidly pressed. A copy with minimal plays on all the evidence with any surface marks few, mostly very light, wispy and faint as seen critically under bright light. No penetrating stylus scratches, viewed in average room light, hardly anything even registers. Visually a super record that should please many collectors.

Album Played For Grading: Yes. [I play ALL records I offer before submitting to Ebay, also the record is played in its entirety unless clearly stated otherwise. I do NOT play snippets or joining grooves to check for sound quality and quietness – I play from the beginning to end via clinically revealing equipment, all listed further down.]

Sound Quality and Audio Grading: This classic rock album, one of the great ‘guitar’ albums of the era, plays even above it’s high visual grading with hardly anything to fault. Offering strong, distortion-free sound, all frequencies are sharp and clear – sound quality is very high with a wide dynamic range and very detailed sound. Any surface sounds are minimal indeed and this is a very clean pressing with no tracking issues* or inherent pressing noises. Few available copies will outperform this early genuine first format pressing I feel sure. Both channels are clean and sharp, I am certain this record has been played only lightly and has been very well stored and quite carefully handled. Nothing spoilt my pleasure when play-grading this lovely record. It will prove very difficult to find significantly better and can be strongly recommended.

* As played-graded on a high-end Linn LP12 Sondek turntable with Ittok Mk II arm and Ortofon Quintet Black moving coil cartridge tracking at 2 grams. Records are a ‘contact’ format, and few will avoid the odd minor sound blemish.

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