Rolling Stones BEGGARS BANQUET UK LP Boxed Stereo 1PLAY EVER, MINT MINUS AUDIO

	£		51
	$		68

ROLLING STONES - BEGGARS BANQUET

IN MAGNIFICENT ONE PLAY MINT MINUS!!!!  CONDITION

 1ST PRESS ON THE BOXED STEREO DECCA LABEL

3K/3K MATRIX NUMBERS

• CATALOGUE:DECCA SKL4955
• MATRIX:XZAL 8476-4K / 8477-3K
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 3 AC / 5 IK

 TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY

THE RECORD

THE LABELS

THE BLUE AND SILVER LABELS ARE IN JUST MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THE DEEP BLUE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND HAS NO MARKS OR STAINS ON IT ANYWHERE. IT ALSO STRETCHES FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE SILVER TYPEFACE AND LOGO'S ARE ALSO IN PRISTINE UNRUBBED CONDITION, WITH EACH LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

A CLOSE STUDY OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS JUST ONE MICROSCOPIC BARELY VISIBLE SPIDER LINE, SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS INCREDIBLE VINYL HAS BEEN PLAYED

THE VINYL

A GLEAMING DISC THAT HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND SHEEN. THIS IS NATURALLY ALSO A HEAVY WEIGHT  DISC.IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS SUPERB. UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION I HAVE TO SAY IT DOESN'T LOOKS AS PRISTINE AS THERE IS ONE DULL EMBEDDED STREAK ON THE FIRST TRACK OF SIDE ONE (NON SOUNDING) AND A FAIR FEW WISPY HAIRLINES (AGAIN NON SOUNDING) ON THE SURFACE. AS YOU WILL HEAR WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES THE LP PLAYS SUPERBLY HOWEVER

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 AM NOW DOING WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I AM CONVINCED 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 BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THE RICH AND POWERFUL STEREO SOUND IS JUST MAGNIFICENT AND PURE FIRST PRESS. THE REPRODUCTION IS JUST SECOND TO NONE, AND EVERY NOTE IS CLEAR AND CRISP.

THE FIRST THING TO STATE IS THAT IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT SHOWING THAT THE LITTLE PLAY THE RECORD HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS 

NEXT THE RUN IN GROOVES TO BOTH OPENING TRACKS ARE NEAR SILENT, AND THE LINKING GROOVES BETWEEN THE TRACKS ARE THE SAME, AND EVEN THE RUN OUT GROOVE IS CLEAN AND CRACKLE FREE

THE RECORDING IS A VERY LOUD STEREO CUT AND IS REPRODUCED SUPERBLY.

THE VINYL PLAYS VIRTUALLY WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND NO LOUD CLICKS AT ANY POINT.

I HEARD A FEW RANDOM SECONDS OF VERY LIGHT AND BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND IN A FEW OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES, AND NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF MINUSCULE STATIC TICS DURING THE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT MINUS!!! FOR THE PLAYTHROUGH

IT REALLY IS THAT GOOD

BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, JUST HIT THE PLAY BUTTONS AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE AND YOU CAN HEAR THE WHOLE THING AND JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR PERSONAL STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

LAMINATED OFF WHITE GATEFOLD FROM ROBERT STACE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS IN FLAT AND CLEAN CONDITION, AND THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR.

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES ANYWHERE, FIVE LAMINATE PRESSURE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE, NONE ALONG EITHER THE TOP EDGE, AND NONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB. NO THUMB LINES AND NO LINES ACROSS ANY OF THE FOUR CORNERS EITHER.

THERE IS A TINY SPECK OF LAMINATE LIFT IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER, AND A LITTLE BROWNING UNDER THE LAMINATE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER

NO RING WEAR WHATSOEVER, AND NOT EVEN ANY RECORD SHAPE. THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE

THE TOP  EDGES IS FULLY LAMINATED AND UNBLEMISHED . TOTALLY SMOOTH ALL THE WAY ACROSS, AND EVEN THE CORNER TIPS ARE IMMACULATE. THE BOTTOM FRONT EDGE HAS A FEW LIGHT SCUFFS ON THE SURFACE, WITH THE REAR EDGE BEING PERFECT

THE SPINE HAS THREE BROWN LINES IN THE LAMINATE WHERE TWO OF THE LINES FROM THE FRONT HAVE CREPT ROUND. THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP SHOWING JUST WHY THIS LP HAS REMAINED VIRTUALLY UNPLAYED

THE REAR SURFACE IS AGAIN FREE FROM ANY HEAVY CREASING AND BENDS.AND IS IN THE SAME  CONDITION AS THE FRONT. JUST THREE TINY LINES NEAR THE SPINE,AND THAT BROWNING IN THE RIGHT CORNER UNDER THE LAMINATE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS THAT THERE IS SOME PAPER SNAGGING AT THE BOTTOM ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDED WHERE THE TWO SIDES WHERE STUCK TOGETHER AT SOME POINT

THE ORIGINAL BLUE AND WHITE POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE  WITH THE BLUE TEXT IS UN-SPLIT  AND FREE FROM CREASING, JUST A LITTLE EDGE GLUE AGEING

THIS SLEEVE EASILY GRADES EXCELLENT

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

GARRY