Robert Calvert CAPTAIN LOCKHEED & THE STARFIGHTERS MINT

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	$		62

ROBERT CALVERT - CAPTAIN LOCKHEED AND THE STARFIGHTERS

SERIOUSLY RARE UNPLAYED ALBUM

THIS IN REALITY IS A HAWKWIND ALBUM AS IT FEATURES

• SIMON KING
• DAVE BROCK
• LEMMY
• PAUL RUDOLPH
• DEL DETMAR
• NIK TURNER
• PLUS ARTHUR BROWN

• CAT:UNITED ARTISTS UAG 29507
• MATRIX: UAG29507 A-1U / B-1U
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 GP / 1 GM
• THIS IS THE FIRST PRESS EMBOSSED SLEEVE

•  THE SECRET FANTASY OF EVER RECORD COLLECTOR IS TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL BACK IN TIME TO THE DAY THAT RARE RECORDS WERE RELEASED AND THEN BUY THEM AND KEEP THEM IN PRISTINE CONDITION UNLIKE WHAT THEY DID WITH THE COPIES THEY ORIGINALLY BOUGHT AND PLAYED TO DEATH. SOUND FAMILIAR?
• IF ONLY!
• WELL I HAVE HERE A SMALL BATCH OF RECORDS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESERVED IN ABSOLUTELY MINT CONDITION, FROM THE SLEEVES THROUGH TO THE VINYL,
• THIS ONE BEING UNPLAYED IS JUST AN AMZING FIND

THE RECORD LABELS

I AM AMAZED THAT THIS ALBUM HAS GONE UNPLAYED FOR 36 YEARS, RELEASED IN 1974 THE LABELS TELL THE TALE. NO MARKS AND STILL RESIDUE VINYL INSIDE THE SPINDLE HOLE, ALSO NO SIGNS OF ANY SPIDER LINES

THE LABELS ARE PICTURE LABELS DESIGNED TO COMPLIMENT THE THEME OF THE ALBUM WHICH IS ALL ABOUT THE AMERICANS SELLING THE LOCKHEED STARFIGHTER TO THE GERMANS, AND MAKING IT TOTALLY UNSTABLE BY ADDING ALL THE ARMORY THAT TRANSFORMED IT FROM A RECONNAISANCE PLANE INTO A FIGHTER BOMBER. IT KILLED HUNDREDS OF PILOTS

THE LABELS ARE PRISTINE AND ARE UNWORN

THE VINYL

BOTH VINYLS ARE MINT. 100% UNMARKED PRISTINE BEAUTIFULLY GLOSSY ORIGINAL 1974 ALBUM. I CAN SAY NO MORE THAN IT IS MAGNIFICENT

PLAYING THE RECORD

I CAN INCLUDE AS MANY WORDS AS I WANT BUT ONLY WHEN YOU HEAR THE RECORD WILL YOU TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS INDEED IN MINT CONDITION.

I WAS IN TWO MINDS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT TO PLAY THIS ALBUM, BUT IN THE END CURIOUSITY GOT THE BETTER OF ME, BUT I HAVE ONLY LISTENED TO THE FIRST 90 SECONDS OF EACH  SIDE, BECAUSE I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO MAR A 100% UNPLAYED 36 YEAR OLD SET, BUT I FIGURED THAT AS A POTENTIAL BIDDER YOU MIGHT WANT TO HEAR THE QUALITY

THEREFORE I HAVE INCLUDED 4 SHORT EXAMPLES OF JUST HOW GREAT THIS RECORD SOUNDS. PLEASE CLICK ON THE MEDIA PLAYER AT THE TOP OF THE LISTING TO HEAR IT. I ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT THE INTRODUCTION (RUN IN GROOVE) IS A REALLY GOOD REFLECTION OF THE OVERALL QUALITY OF THE DISC. , AND SO I HAVE GIVEN YOU THE RUN INS TO ALL FOUR SIDES AND THE FIRST 90 SECONDS OF EACH INITIAL TRACK/

I PLACED EACH RECORD ON THE RUNTABLE WITH EXTREME CARE AND VERY SLOWLY POSITIONED THE SPINDLE HOLE SO THAT THE RESIDUE VINYL WOULD NOT BECOME DETATCHED

THE ONLY OTHER THING WORTH STATING ABOUT THE VINYL AND YOU WILL HEAR THE TRUTH ANYWAY, IS THAT THE ONE PLAY WAS CONDUCTED ON A DECENT SYSTEM THAT WAS A UNWORN STYLUS, THIS ENSURES THAT THE SOUND IS AS CLEAR TODAY AS THE DAY IT WAS PRESSED AND NOT AFFECTED IN ANY WAY BY AN OLD OR HEAVY STYLUS WHICH WOULD HAVE CAUSED GROOVE WEAR EVEN ON A ONCE PLAYED ALBUM

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS DISC MINT UNPLAYED

THE SLEEVE

THE OVERALL GRADING OF THE SLEEVE IS NEAR MINT

THIS IS A NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD WITH THE EMBOSSED AIURPLANES ON BOTH FRONT AND BACK COVER THE ONLY FLAW IS ONE MINISCULE DING TO THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER.

THE COLOUR HAS BEEN 100% RETAINED, AND THIS DELICATE SLEEVE IS IN IMMACULATE CONDITION. NO CREASES, NO CREASE LINES AND NOT EVEN ANY TINY LINES NEAR THE SPINE. THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE UNWORN AND THE SPINE IS MINT WITH THE TWO STAPLES FIRMLY IN PLACE. THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS GOOD WITH JUST THE BAREST TRACE OF RECORD SHAPE ALONG THE TOP SECTION

OPENING THE SLEEVE REVEALS A PERFECTLY FIXED INNER BOOKLET, HELD PROPERLY AND FIRMLY BY THE STAPLES. NOTHING IS LOOSE HERE

THE ORIGINAL SILVER AND BLUE INNER SLEEVE IS IN MINT UNSPLIT CONDITION WHICH IS ARARITY AS IT IS A VERY DELICATE ITEM AND USUALLY FOUND SPLIT ALONG THE BOTTOM

YOU WILL NEVER FIND A BETTER EXAMPLE OF THIS SET ANYWHERE

SO ONCE AGAIN THIS IS A VERY VERY HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE ALBUM IN THE MOST SUPERB CONDITION IMAGINABLE, SO BID WITH CONFIDENCE, AND GOOD LUCK IF YOU DECIDE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY