Ravi Shankar Ali Akbar Khan IN CONCERT 1972 UK LP 1ST APPLE UNPLAYED NMINT/MINT
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RAVI SHANKAR & ALI AKBAR KHAN - IN CONCERT 1972
UNPLAYED AND NEAR MINT / MINT!!!
MAGNIFICENT NEAR MINT MINUS SLEEVE
- CATALOGUE: APPLE SAPDO 1002
- MATRIX:SAP 103 A-1U / B-1U / 104 A-1U / B-1U
- MOTHERS/STAMPERS:1 R / 1 R / 1 A / 1 M (INCREDIBLY EARLY FIRST PRESS)
I HAVE GRADED THIS ALBUM NEAR MINT / MINT. IT HAS UNTIL TODAY REMAINED UNPLAYED, HOWEVER IT WOULD APPEAR THAT DISC ONE WAS REMOVED FROM THE SLEEVE AND HAS A COUPLE OF FINE HANDLING LINES ON IT AND A COUPLE OF TINY MARKS WHICH CAUSE A FEW LITTLE POPS HERE AND THERE, WHILST THE SECOND DISC WAS NEVER REMOVED FROM THE SLEEVE
THERE ARE NO SPIDER LINES AROUND ANY OF THE LABELS AND EVEN USING A MAGNIFYING GLASS I CANNOT SEE ANY
THE RECORDS
THE LABELS
THE APPLE LABELS ARE IN TOP CONDITION. THE DARK GREEN SIDES ARE VERY RICH AND VIBRANT, AND HAVE LOST NONE OF THE COLOUR AT ALL. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS BOLD AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE WHITE SIDE IS VERY WHITE AND HAS NO MARKS OR STAINS AT ALL ON EITHER SIDE. THE SPINDLE HOLE IS UNWORN,AND EVEN HAS SHARDS OF VINYL STUCK TO THE LABEL FROM THE FACTORY PRESS.
AS MENTIONED ABOVE, NEITHER DISC HAS ANY SPIDER LINES AROUND THE HOLES
THE VINYL
THE VINYLS HAVE RETAINED THEIR ORIGINAL SHEEN AND ARE BOTH REALLY CLEAN. IN DAYLIGHT THE DISCS LOOKS FLAWLESS. UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING WHATSOEVER TO SEE ON DISC TWO, WHILST DISC ONE HAS A FEW FINE HANDLING LINES, AND A COUPLE OF DULL SPOTS TO THE VINYL
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 DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS AS I KNOW 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 BEAUTIFULLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES, WITHOUT ANY TRACE OF DISTORTION CAUSED THROUGH GROOVE WEAR. A STUNNING STEREO REPRODUCTION WITH NOTES BEING HEARD CRISPLY AND CLEANLY.
THERE IS NO HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLING AND NO LOUD CLICKS AT ANY POINT.
disc one
JUST A TINY BIT OF STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND IN A SOME OF THE QUIETER SPOTS, BUT WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE ENTIRE ALBUM IS FILLED WITH NEAR SILENT PASSAGES OF MUSIC THIS IS VERY MINOR. THERE ARE SOME RANDOM LITTLE TICS AND POPS HERE AND THERE. SIDE 2 HAS A SMALL PATCH OF ROTATIONAL POPS EARLY ON AND THEN A COUPLE MORE TOWARDS THE MIDDLE.
disc 2
THIS IS TOTALLY FLAWLESS AND PLAYS WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND NOISE OF ANY DESCRIPTION. I HEARD 2 OF THE TINIEST DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHOUGH
I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THE PLAYTHROUGH OF THIS VINYL NEAR MINT FOR DISC ONE, AND 100% MINT FOR DISC TWO
PLEASE DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF
THE SLEEVE
UNLAMINATED GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE GATEFOLD SLEEVE
THE FRONT SURFACE OF THIS EASILY RUBBED SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. IN FACT THE ONLY SPECK OF WHITE SHOWING THROUGH IS ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE WHERE THERE IS JUST A SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE AND A TINY NICK TO THE VERY BOTTOM EDGE. OTHER THAN THIS ALL OF THE COLOUR IS SUPERBLY RETAINED
THERE IS ONE REALLY TINY LINE CLOSE TO THE TOP CORNER OF THE SPINE, BUT NONE ALONG EITHER THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE EITHER
THERE IS THE RESIDUE OF A SMALL ROUND STICKER IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER AND IF YOU ANGLE THE SLEEVE INTO THE LIGHT YOU CAN SPOT A TRACE OF RECORD SHAPE, BUT CERTAINLY NOT RING WEAR!.
THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE VIRTUALLY PRISTINE WITH JUST A COUPLE OF TINY WHITE FLECKS SHOWING THROUGH ON THE TOP EDGE, AND A SOME LIGHT RUB TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIP
THE SPINE IS NEAR MINT. TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED, WITH ALL OF THE COLOURS INTACT APART FROM AN ABSOLUTE PIN PRICK AT THE VERY TOP, AND BOTTOM ENDS. ALL OF THE WHITE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND UNRUBBED
THE TWO OPENING EDGES ARE RAZOR SHARP WITH JUST ONE TINY THUMB NAIL NICK ON THE REAR ONE
THE THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS SUPERB AS THE FRONT, AGAIN ALL OF THE COLOUR IS INTACT AND THERE IS JUST THAT TRACE OF RECORD SHAPE, RESULTING IN A LIGHT GREY SHADOW ALONG THE TOP , AND A COUPLE OF SMALL PRESSURE LINES WHEN THE SLEEVE IS ANGLED INTO THE LIGHT. SO SMALL LINES AROUND ANY OF THE EDGES
OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO MINT CONDITION INNER PANELS
THE ORIGINAL APPLE INNER SLEEVES ARE INCLUDED AND ARE BOTH IN UNSPLIT, AND UNWRINKLED CONDITION. JUST SOME AGEING TO THE PERIMETER EDGES
I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT MINUS. IT IS THAT GOOD!!!!
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
