Robert Plant ( Led Zeppelin ) PICTURES AT ELEVEN UK LP 1ST PRESS FINAL UPGRADE

	£		141
	$		187

ROBERT PLANT - PICTURES AT ELEVEN

IN MAGNIFICENT 1-2 PLAY MINT  CONDITION

OUTSTANDING MINT MINUS  SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:SWAN SONG SSK 59418
• MFCT IN UK
• MATRIX: SSK59418 A-1 / B-1
• ' STERLING ' STAMPED INTO THE DEAD WAX

I HAVE COME ACROSS A LARGE COLLECTION OF VINYL ALBUMS THAT BELONGED TO A COLLECTOR WHO TOOK CARE OF HIS ALBUMS IN A MOST MAGNIFICENT WAY. VIRTUALLY EVERY ALBUM IN THIS COLLECTION WAS REMOVED FROM THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE AND PLACED INTO A HIGH GRADE ANTI-STATIC INNER. THIS HAS MEANT THAT THE ALBUMS HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPLIT THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE FOR ONE, AND SECONDLY HAVE REMAINED IN THE MOST PRISTINE CONDITION. THE COLLECTOR ALSO TOLD ME THAT HE NEVER PLACED A FINGER ON THE VINYL AND ALWAYS HELD THEM BY THE EDGES. THEY WERE ALL PLAYED ON A LINN TURNTABLE

HERE THEN IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GRAB A 30 YEARS OLD PLUS ALBUM IN 'AS NEW' CONDITION. EVERY RECORD THAT I LIST FROM THIS LOT WILL BE RECORDED ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES AND AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO HEAR FROM THE LINK AT THE TOP OF THE AUCTION PAGE.

PLEASE NOTE I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO HEAR THE SOUNDS ON A SMARTPHONE OR TABLET, SO PLEASE USE A PC TO HEAR THE AUDIO!

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE SWAN SONG LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT AND REMAIN UNRUBBED. THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND THE SPINDLE HOLE UNWORN. IN FACT THERE ARE STILL STRANDS OF RESIDUAL VINYL SHARDS INSIDE THE SPINDLE HOLE FROM THE PRESS. THERE ARE JUST 1-2 MINUSCULE SPIDER LINES NEAR THE HOLE SHOWING JUST WHY THIS LOP HAS BEEN BARELY PLAYED

THE VINYL

MAGNIFICENT ULTRA GLOSSY VINYL IN VIRTUALLY THE SAME CONDITION AS THE DAY IT WAS PRESSED BACK IN 1982. . THE DISC LOOKS FLAWLESS IN DAYLIGHT. WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE THREE SMALL MARKS ON TRACK ONE SIDE TWO VISIBLE. THESE ARE TOTALLY NON SOUNDING AS YOU WILL HEAR FROM THE RECORDED SOUNDBITES

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 BELIEVE THAT IT'S WHAT POTENTIAL BIDDERS WOULD WANT. THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BIDDING ON IS IN MY OPINION, THE WAY FORWARD FOR EBAY VINYL SALES

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS PRICELESS, AND THERE IS NOTHING TO MAR THIS BEAUTIFUL COPY

THERE IS NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS ANYWHERE

YOU WILL HEAR NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF SECONDS OF LIGHT STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND IN ONE OR TWO LINKING GROOVES

NO TICS AND NO POPS

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS  MINT

DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, HAVE A FULL LISTEN TO THE WHOLE LP AND JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

ORIGINAL FIRST PRES SEMI LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE

 THE FRONT IS FLAT AND CLEAN WITH ABSOLUTELY NO MARKS TO IT WHATSOEVER. THE 4 CORNERS ARE SHARP TIPPED AND PERFECTLY SQUARE. THERE ARE NO CREASES, CREASE LINES, DENTS, FOLDS OR BENDS

THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY ZERO LINES BY THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

NO RING WEAR AND NO RECORD SHAPE

TOP EDGE IS NEAR IMMACULATE WITH ALL OF THE COLOURED SURFACE INTACT INCLUDING THE CORNER TIPS. THERE IS A SMALL WHITE SCUFF JUST NEAR THE LEFT CORNER. THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS A FEW TINY WHITE FLECKS AND A LITTLE RUB ON THE RIGHT CORNER

THE SPINE IS JUST PRISTINE. FULL UNBLEMISHED COLOUR AND PERFECT TYPEFACE AND NO RUBBING TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS.

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP 

THE REAR SURFACE IS  AS PERFECT AS THE FRONT.

THE GLOSSY CARD INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO IN UNBELIEVABLE CONDITION. NO CREASES OR LINES WHATSOEVER

THE VRP ANTI STATIC INNER SLEEVE PROVIDED BY THE ORIGINAL OWNER IS IN UNSPLIT CONDITION

I HAVE NO HESITATION AT ALL IN GRADING THIS INCREDIBLE SLEEVE, MINT MINUS!!!

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

GARRY