Roxy Music STRANDED UK LP 1973 1ST PRESS A1/B1 FINAL UPGRADE COPY MINT AUDIO

	£		117
	$		155

ROXY MUSIC - STRANDED

IN ONE PLAY ABSOLUTELY MINT !!!! CONDITION

WITH A MINT  !!!SLEEVE

1973 FIRST  PRESS A1 / B1

MUSEUM QUALITY SET!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• CATALOGUE:ISLAND ILPS 9252
• MATRIX: ILPS9252 A-1 / B-1
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 2 PM/ 2 HO 
• 1st press heavyweight vinyl

I HAVE ACQUIRED A COLLECTION OF STUNNING VINYLS THAT BELONGED TO SOMEONE WHO LOOKED AFTER THEM INCREDIBLY WELL, WHERE THEY WERE PLACED INTO PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVES FROM NEW, AND ONLY PLAYED ON A BANG & OLUFSEN HI FI

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE PALM TREE LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. ALL COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT AND THE WHITE AREAS ARE STILL PURE WHITE. NO MARKS OR STAINS AT ALL ON ANY PART OF THE LABEL.

THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY CLEAR AND LEGIBLE AND UNRUBBED.

THE SPINDLE HOLE IS UNWORN AND THERE IS JUST ONE MINUSCULE SPIDER LINE CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE .

THE VINYL

THE  VINYL IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION. GLEAMING LIKE NEW IT IS ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS IN DAYLIGHT, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS JUST NOTHING TO SEE AT ALL APART FROM A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES AND A COUPLE OF EMBEDDED DULL STREAKS

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. I BELIEVE THAT POTENTIAL BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE CONSIDERING BIDDING ON, AND THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS.

AN ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING AUDIO REPRODUCTION FROM BEGINNING TO END, AND A STEREO RECORDING THAT HAS TO BE HEARD. THERE ARE MANY QUIET PASSAGES OF MUSIC ON THIS ALBUM AND NONE OF THEM ARE DISTURBED BY ANY UNWANTED NOISES. NO DISTORTION AT ANY POINT, MEANING THAT THE COUPLE OF PLAYS THIS ALBUM HAS RECEIVED SINCE 1973 WERE CONDUCTED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAS A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

THE CLARITY OF THE REPRODUCTION IS PERFECT, WITH EVERY NOTE BEING HEARD EXACTLY AS WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED.

THE RUN IN GROOVE IS SILENT AS ARE THE LINKING GROOVES AND THIS DESPITE THE FACT THAT ISLAND PRESSES USUALLY HAVE INHERENT VINYL NOISE. THIS IS AS GOOD AS ANY I HAVE EVER HEARD

THE MUSIC PLAYS WITHOUT ONE IOTA OF BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER. THERE ARE NO CLICKS AND NO STATIC OR EVEN VINYL NOISE.

I CANT SAY THAT I HEARD ANY DUST POPS EITHER

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THIS INCREDIBLE VINYL GRADES MINT !!!!!!

TAKE A LISTEN FOR YOURSELF AND JUDGE IT THAT WAY!

THE SLEEVE

FULLY LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE IN ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE CONDITION

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1ST ISSUE GATEFOLD THAT WAS MADE OUT OF ONE PIECE OF CARD AND HAS ONE FLIPBACK INSIDE THE BOTTOM EDGE WHERE IT IS SEALED. BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE SURFACES ARE LAMINATED

THE FRONT SURFACE IS TOTALLY PRISTINE HAVING, A LAMINATED SURFACE THAT GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR. IT IS IMMACULATE WITHOUT ONE BLEMISH. NO PEEL, FLAKE OR LIFT AT ANY POINT AND INCREDIBLY NO CREASES, CREASE LINES FOLDS OR BENDS AND JUST FOUR SMALL LAMINATE LINES NEAR THE SPINE EITHER. NONE ALONG THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE EITHER, AND TO TOP IT ALL OFF NOT ONE JOT OF RING WEAR OR EVEN ANY EVIDENCE OF RECORD SHAPE. FOUR SQUARE AND SHARP CORNERS

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE AGAIN 100% LAMINATED AND HAVE NO SHELF WEAR WHATSOEVER. IT IS ABSOLUTELY CLEAR THAT THIS SLEEVE HAS BEEN HOUSED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER FROM NEW.THE LAMINATE RUNS FULLY FROM TIP TO TIP

THE SPINE AGAIN IS JUST SUBLIME. NO LAMINATE LOSS AND NO SQUASHING, AND NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES, AND EVEN THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS ARE 100% UNRUBBED. ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS IMMACULATE

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP AND SHOWS CLEARLY THAT THE LP HAS HARDLY EVER BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE.

THE REAR SURFACE IS AS IMMACULATE AS THE FRONT. I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER SEEN A MORE SUBLIME EXAMPLE OF THIS SLEEVE. THE LAMINATE IS AGAIN POLISHED AND LOOKS SUPERB. NO CREASES OR LINES ANYWHERE, AND DEFINITELY NO RECORD SHAPE.NO SMALL LAMINATE LINES EITHER NEAR ANY OF THE EDGES. THE ORIGINAL RECORD SHOP STICKER SITS IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A FULLY LAMINATED INTERIOR PAIR OF SURFACES, WHICH ONCE AGAIN GLEAM LIKE NEW.THERE IS STILL THAT CREAK YOU GET ON SOME FULLY LAMINATED SLEEVES WHERE IT JUST HASN'T BEEN OPENED, AND MY GUESS IS THAT BECAUSE THIS SLEEVE HAS BEEN HOUSED IN A PROTECTIVE OUTER, THAT THE GATEFOLD PROBABLY HASN'T BEEN OPENED MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES.

AGAIN THERE IS NO BLEMISH IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM TO THE INNER SURFACES

THE PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE HAS SOME LIGHT WRINKLING TO ONE SIDE AND THE CATALOGUE NUMBER PENNED IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER

THIS SLEEVE IS JUST IMMACULATE IN EVERY WAY AND EASILY GRADES MINT !!!!!

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

GARRY