Ringo Starr RINGO UK LP 1973 EARLY 1ST PRESS 1973 ONE PLAY EVER 100% MINT

	£		60
	$		80

RINGO STARR - RINGO

IN MAGNIFICENT ONE PLAY MINT!!!! CONDITION

SUPERB NEAR MINT!!!!! SLEEVE

SUPERB QUALITY!!!

• CATALOGUE:APPLE PCTC 252 
• MATRIX: YEX 925-1U / YEX 926-3U
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:2 GA / 2 AG
• TML STAMPED INTO DEAD WAX BOTH SIDES 
• THESE ARE ALL FIRST PRESS INDICATORS

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

BOTH LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE PICTURES AND COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT AND FREE FROM ANY MARKS OR STAINS. THE WHITE STAR IS PURE WHITE ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE ON BOTH SIDES BEING UNRUBBED. THERE IS ONE MINUSCULE SPIDER LINE  NEAR THE HOLE SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THE LP HAS BEEN PLAYED. I.E VIRTUALLY NEVER!! THE LP IS ALSO VERY TIGHT TO PLACE OVER MY SPINDLE, AND I CAN SEE, HEAR AND FEEL LOOSE SHARDS OF RESIDUAL VINYL INSIDE THE SPINDLE HOLE 

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE HANDLING MARKS OR LINES, IT LOOKS AS GOOD TODAY AS IT DID WHEN IT WAS FIRST PRESSED IN 1973

EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION, THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE, APART FROM THE VERY ODD WISP. AN ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS DISC.

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.

TO FIND ANY UNPLAYED LP IS RARE BUT A BEATLES SOLO LP, JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN. I HAD TO PLAY IT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE POTENTIAL BIDDERS THE CHANCE TO HEAR JUST HOW MAGNIFICENT THIS VINYL IS. I HAVE OF COURSE BEEN EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHEN PLACING THE STYLUS ONTO THE SURFACE OF THIS MINT VINYL

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS 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 OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS LP SOUNDS.

THE CLARITY OF THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST PURE FIRST PRESS. IT IS WITHOUT A DOUBT A STUNNING AUDIO PERFORMANCE FROM THE VINYL.

NO DISTORTION AT ANY POINT AND NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER

NO  EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND NO STATIC EITHER , NOT EVEN IN THE LINKING GROOVES

I HEARD NO MORE THAN ONE TINY DUST POP THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT !!!

TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT BY YOUR OWN STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

A VERY DELICATE AND HARD TO FIND PRISTINE SLEEVE, AND THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT IT WAS MADE IN EXACTLY THE SAME MANNER AS THE WHO'S QUADROPHENIA. THAT IS A VERY SOFT DELUXE CARD OUTER SURFACE AND A VERY HEAVY LARGE BOOK STAPLED INTO THE SOFT SPINE.IN FACT IT WAS MADE BY THE SAME DUTCH COMPANY THAT MADE THE SLEEVE FOR THE WHO, (EUROALBUMS OF HOLLAND BV) SO REALLY ITS NO SURPRISE

THIS USUALLY RESULTS IN DAMAGE TO THE SOFT OUTER SKIN OF THE FRONT OR BACK SURFACE, AND A BOOK WHICH DUE TO IT'S OWN WEIGHT AND POORLY FIXED STYLE WHICH HAS MORE OFTEN THAN NOT COMPLETELY COME WAY FROM THE SPINE

THE FRONT SURFACE OF THE SLEEVE IS OUTSTANDING.  NO HEAVY CREASES, NO DEEP CREASE LINES, NO  BENDS AND DEFINITELY NO LOSS TO THE COLOURS APART FROM A TINY SPECK OF RUB TO THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER. NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE, AND INCREDIBLY NOT EVEN ANY OF THE TINY LINES THAT ARE USUALLY FOUND NEAR THE SPINE. THERE ARE ZERO!! ALONG THE TOP EDGE, THREE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP EDGE HAS ALL OF THE COLOUR RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER WITH JUST A PIN PRICK OF WHITE SHOWING ON THE RIGHT TIP END. THE BOTTOM EDGE IS SIMILAR WITH A LITTLE MORE RUB TO THE TWO CORNER TIPS

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. THE TYPEFACE IS ALL PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE COLOUR ON THE SPINE HAS FADED SOMEWHAT LIKE MOST OF THESE SEEM TO. THERE IS TINY SPECK OF RUB TO THE BOTTOM TIP. THE STAPLE IS PERFECTLY AFFIXED AND HASN'T RUSTED EITHER

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP WITH A TINY BIT OF BURRING RIGHT AT THE VERY BOTTOM

THE REAR SURFACE IS VIRTUALLY AS PERFECT AS THE FRONT WITH JUST A COUPLE OF SMALL LINES ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND A TINY SHADOW OF RING WEAR JUST UNDER THE TOP EDGE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS THE PRISTINE INNER PANELS, AND THE LARGE 24 PAGE BOOK (NEARLY THE SAME SIZE AS THE SLEEVE) WHICH IS IN MINT CONDITION

THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE 'APPLE' SLEEVE IS IN  ORIGINAL UNSPLIT CONDITION, JUST LIGHTLY AGED AROUND THE PERIMETER EDGES

HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE  NEAR MINT!!!!

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

GARRY