Rory Gallagher BLUEPRINT UK LP 1ST A1/B1 100% MINT

	£		46
	$		61

RORY GALLAGHER - BLUEPRINT

IN MAGNIFICENT UNPLAYED!!!!!! CONDITION

FIRST PRESS A1/B1

• CATALOGUE:POLYDOR 2383-189
• MATRIX:2389189 A-1 / B-1

I AM JUST FLABBERGHASTED THAT THIS ALBUM COULD BE FOUND IN THIS INCREDIBLE CONDITON. AMAZED BECAUSE NOT ONLY HAS THE VINYL NEVER BEEN ON ATURNTABLE UNTIL TODAY, BUT THE SLEEVE IS JUST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN THIS CONDITION. I ALMOST DECIDED NOT TO PLAY THE LP, BUT IN THE END I AM CERTAIN BIDDERS WILL WANT TO HEAR JUST HOW MAGNIFICENT THIS ACTUALLY IS. THERE IS NO BETTER COPY ON THE PLANET OF THAT I AM CONVINCED

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 ARE NO SPIDER LINES ROUND THE HOLE, . THERE ARE STILL SHARDS OF RESIDUE VINYL INSIDE THE SPINDLE HOLE FROM THE FACTORY PRESSING PLANT

THE VINYL

THE VINYL IS JUST PRISTINE. THERE IS NOT ONE MARK ON IT ,EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE, BARELY A WISPY HAIRLINE AT ALL. IT JUST HAS NOT BEEN ON A TURNTABLE. IT GLEAMS LIKE A BRAND NEW ALBUM

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 WAS IN TWO MINDS WHETEHR OR NOT TO PLAY THIS, BUT AS I HAVE SAID MANY TIMES UNPLAYED DOES NOT MEAN MINT!!, AND SO I HAVE GIVEN THIS INCREDIBLE DISC ONE VERY CAREFUL PLAY WITH THE LIGHTEST TRACKING ON THE STYLUS POSSIBLE.

I HAVE RECENTLY DECIDED TO RECORD ALL OF THE ALBUMS THAT I LIST FROM START TO FINISH, AS I AM OF THE BELIEF THAT POTENTIAL BIDDERS WILL WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY HEAR WHAT THEY ARE CONSIDERING BIDDING ON, AND WHILST THIS TAKES ME FAR LONGER TO COMPLETE, THE EFFORT I BELIEVE IS WELL WORTH IT, AND THE WAY FORWARD FOR EBAY VINYL SALES.

THE LP PLAYS INCREDIBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES, WITHOUT ANY INTERFERENCE WHATSOEVER.NO DISTORTION TO THE THE SOUND, NO CRACKLES, POPS OR CLICKS,AND NOT EVEN ANY STATIC, A SUBLIME RECORDING. JUST A PERFECT FIRST PRESS STEREO REPRODUCTION. HOW CAN THIS ALBUM BE FOUND IN THIS INCREDIBLE CONDITION JUST ESCAPES ME?

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT

THE SLEEVE

SOMETIMES I WONDER WHAT GOES THROUGH MANUFACTURERS MINDS WHEN THEY PRODUCE AN ALBUM SLEEVE. THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE FLIMSIEST SLEEVES I HAVE EVER SEEN. IT IS MADE FROM THE THINNEST CARD THAT IT COULD BE. IT HASN'T BEEN LAMINATED TO STRENGTHEN IT, AND TO FINALLY ENSURE THAT NOT MANY SURVIVED IN GOOD CONDITION, THEY DECIDED TO TEXTURE IT. THIS HAS RESULTED IN VIRTUALLY EVERY COPY THAT YOU WILL FIND HAVING A NUMBER OF SERIOUS FLAWS, NAMELY SEVERE SHELF WEAR AND TOTALCOLOUR LOSS THE THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES. A SPINE THAT THE TYPEFACE IS UNREADABLE, AND FRAYED.

INCREDIBLY THIS SLEEVE HAS REMAINED IN MINT CONDITION FROM NEW, THANKS TO THE ORIGINAL OWNER'S DECISION TO PLACE IT  IN A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE, AND TO PLACE THE LP BEHIND THE SLEEVE INSIDE THE PLASTIC COVER TO PROTECT IT FROM RING WEAR AND BOY HAS IT MADE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE TO THE QUALITY OD THIS COVER.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND HAS NO MARKS, OR CREASES OF ANY DESCRIPTION. THERE IS NO COLOUR LOSS OR RUBBING AT ALL, AND NO RINGWEAR.THERE IS NOT ONE BLEMISH ON ANY PART OF THIS SLEEVE, APART FROM ONE MINISCULE RUB TO THE VERY TIP OF THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE NO  SHELF WEAR WHATSOEVER, AND AGAIN THIS IS WHOLLY DUE TO THE PROTECTION OF THE PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE.

THE SPINE HAS EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF SHELF WEAR.

THE OPENING EDGE IS ALSO IN PRISTINE RAZOR SHARP CONDITION

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS CLEAN AND PRISTINE AS THE FRONT, MAKING THIS A MARVELLOUS EXAMPLE OF THIS SLEEVE.

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION, AND THE FACT THAT IT IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNCREASED JUST SHOWS WHY THIS LP IS IN MINT CONDITION. IT JUST HASN'T BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE. IT HAS SUFFERED THE USUAL BROWNING WHERE THE GLUE WAS USED TO ADHERE THE POLY INNER TO THE PAPER OUTER

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE MINT MINUS

IF THERE IS A BETTER COPY OF THIS ICONIC ALBUM OUT THERE I'D LIKE TO SEE IT. THIS WILL NEVER NEED UPGRADING

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

GARRY