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

	£		41
	$		54

RORY GALLAGHER - RORY GALLAGHER

IN MAGNIFICENT ONE PLAY CONDITION

WITH A SUPERB SLEEVE TO MATCH

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

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.THERE IS EVEN SHARDS OF RESIDUE VINYL AROUND THE HOLE

 INCREDIBLY THERE ARE NO SPIDER LINES AROUND THE HOLE. I HAVE EVEN TRIED FINDING ONE USUING A MAGNIFYING GLASS AND CANNOT SEE ANY AT ALL

IT MAY BE AN UNPLAYED VINYL

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 SIME 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.

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 MINT MINUS

THE SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS SUPERB. FLAT AND CLEAN, AND SURPRISINGLY NONE OF THE POWDERY COLOURED SURFACE HAS BEEN LOST THROUGH RUBBING AND SHELF WEAR.THIS IS VERY UNUSUAL AS MOST COPIES OF THIS SLEEVE I HAVE SEEN ARE HEAVILY CREASED WITH A LARGE WHITE RING WEAR CIRCLE.

THERE ARE JUST 3 SMALL LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE AND THE BAREST SPECK OF STICKER REMOVAL NEAR THE TOP RIGHT CORNER UNDER THE LETTERS 'HER'

NOT ONE JOT OF RINGWEAR WHATSOEVER, AND NO HEAVY CREASES, LIGHT CREASES, BENDS OR FOLDS EITHER

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

THE PICTURES I HAVE TAKEN OF THE SPINE SHOW THAT THE TIPS AT EITHER END ARE RUBBED, BUT THESE PICS ARE TAKEN ON A MACRO SETTING AND TO THE NAKED EYE THEY ARE BARELY RUBBED AND THEN ONLY AT THE VERY TIP. THE 3 LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE HAVE EXTENDED ONTO THE SPINE IN THE FORM OF THREE WHITE DOTS. OTHER THAN THIS THE SPINE IS PRISTINE. NO COLOUR LOSS AND ALL OF THE TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

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

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS CLEAN AND TIDY AS THE FRONT, AGAIN JUST A FEW TINY LINES NEAR THE SPINE AND A COUPLE MORE ALONG THE TOP EDGE

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN A MINT, UNSPLIT CONDITION, BECAUSE THIS ALBUM HASN'T BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SLEEVE IT HASN'T HAD THE CHANCE TO GET CREASED

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE  NEAR MINT

AN OUTSTANDING AND RARE COLLECTIBLE COPY OF THIS ALBUM

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

GARRY