Rory Gallagher 1971 DEBUT LP UK 1ST PRESS NEAR MINT-

	£		63
	$		83

RORY GALLAGHER - RORY GALLAGHER

IN MAGNIFICENT BARELY PLAYED CONDITION

• CATALOGUE:POLYDOR 2383-044
• MATRIX:2383044  A//3 420 113 / /B//1 1 6

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE ORANGY RED POLYDOR LABELS ARE IN ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE CONDITION. THERE IS NOT A MARK OR STAIN ON THEM. THE BASE COLOUR FULLY EXTENDS INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

LOOKING FOR SPIDER LINES THERE IS SOMETHING VERY STRANGE WITH THIS LABEL. ONE SIDE LOOKS LIKE IT HAS BEEN PLAYED 10 OR SO TIMES WHILST I CAN'T SEE ANY SPIDER LINES AT ALL ON THE OTHER. THE VINYL BACKS UP THE ONE TWO PLAY  THEORY, SO THERE MAY BE SOMEHTING WEIRD WITH THE LABEL. IT CANNOT HAVE BEEN PLAYED THAT MUCH, SO MY BEST GUESS IS THE LABEL HAS BEEN BLEMISHED IN SOME SMALL WAY BEFORE PRESSING.

THE VINYL

THE DISC GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR AND HAS CLEARLY LOST NONE OF IT'S ORIGINAL LUSTRE.THERE ARE NO MARKS WHATSOEVER ON THIS VINYL, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE APART FROM A COUPLE OF WISPS

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. SOMETHING I AM NOW DOING WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD WELCOME 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 LP PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY WITH CLEAR AND CRISP STEREO REPRODUCTION.A SUPERB CLARITY AND CRSIPNESS, THAT IS BOTH LOUD AND POWERFUL. GENTLY LOWERING THE STYLUS ONTO THE RECORD THERE IS A NEAR SILENT RUN IN, WITH JUST SOME VERY LIGHT VINYL NOISE. AS SOON AS 'LAUNDROMAT' STARTS IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST MAGNIFICENT. A LOUD, CRISP UNDISTORTED CLARITY THAT IS PURE FIRST PRESS.SIDE TWO HAS A SIMILAR LIGHT STATIC FOR THE FIRST 20 SECONDS OR SO

A TRULY OUTSTANDING VINYL FROM START TO FINISH WITH JUST THE VERY ODD LITTLE DUST POP IN A COUPLE OF PLACES, AND A RANDOM SECOND OF STATIC HERE AND THERE

I AM VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL NEAR MINT MINUS

THE SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS  FLAT AND CLEAN, AND SURPRISINGLY NONE OF THE POWDERY COLOURED SURFACE HAS BEEN LOST THROUGH RUBBING, APART FROM TWO WHITE PIN PRICKS SHOWING THROUGH THERE ARE NONE OF THE SMALL LINES THAT USUALLY FOR NEAR THE SPINE, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE  2-3 BARELY VISIBLE ONES ALONG THE TOP EDGE

THERE IS ONE LIGHT CREASE LINE RUNNING HALFWAY DOWN THE SLEEVE FROM THE BOTTOM UPWARDS JUST ABOUT ONE INCH IN FROM THE OPENING EDGE

NOT ONE JOT OF RINGWEAR WHATSOEVER EITHER

THE TOP EDGE IS 100% PRISTINE, WHILST THE BOTTOM EDGE IS VERY LIGHTLY RUBBED

THE SPINE HAS REMAINED BLACK ALL BAR THE TWO TIPS AT EACH END WHICH HAVE MILD RUBBING. THE WHITE TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP WITH JUST  THREE TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS WHERE THE LP HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE FRAGILE SLEEVE

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS CLEAN AND TIDY AS THE FRONT, AGAIN NO  LINES NEAR THE SPINE JUST ONE SMALL THIN DENT AND THE SHADOW OF A LINE RUNNING DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE SLEEVE ONLY VISIBLE ANGLED INTO THE LIGHT

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN A NMINT, UNSPLIT CONDITION, AND NOT A CREASE LINE ON IT

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE  EXCELLENT

AN OUTSTANDING AND RARE COLLECTIBLE COPY OF THIS ALBUM

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

GARRY