Roxy Music STRANDED UK LP 1ST PRESS Superb Near Mint

	£		19
	$		25

ROXY MUSIC - STRANDED

GENUINE  FIRST PRESS - IN NEAR MINT CONDITION

• CAT:ISLAND RECORDS ILPS 9252
• MATRIX: ILPS9252 A-1 / B-1
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 AM / 1 MA

ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A MUSEUM QUALITY FIRST PRESS THEN THIS IS IT!!!!!!

THE RECORD LABELS

THE FAMOUS PALM TREE ISLAND LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT MINT CONDITION. THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS ON THEM AT ALL. THE COLOURS ARE VIBRANT AND FULLY EXTEND INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THERE ARE 2-3 VERY LIGHT SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE INDICATING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED

THE VINYL

THE VINYL IS IN SUPERB CNDITION. IT HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL SHEEN FROM 1973 AND LOOKS SUPERB. NOT A VISIBLE MARK ON IT ANYWHERE. EVEN WHEN PRESENTED TO STRONG ILLUMINATION THERE ARE NO MORE THAN A FEW VERY LIGHT WISPY HAIRLINES. IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BEEN HANDLED WITH THE UTMOST CARE DURING ITS 2 OR THREE PLAYS IN THE LAST35 YEARS

 HAVE RECORDED 4 EXAMPLES OF JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS ALBUM  IS. I RECORDED THE RUN IN AND FIRST MINUTE AND A HALF OF EACH OPENING TRACK ON EACH SIDE, AND IN ADDITION ONE OF THE LINKING GROOVES AND A FURTHER SEGMENT FROM ANOTHER TRACK ON EACH SIDE. THEREFORE THE SILENCE THAT YOU HEAR WHEN YOU CLICK THE AUCTION PLAYER IS THE SILENCE THAT THE VINYL PRODUCES IN THE DEAD WAX! PLEASE LISTEN TO THEM ALL AND I AM CERTAIN YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME THAT THIS SET IS JUST MAGNIFICENT

THE RUN IN IS  NEAR SILENT, AND AS THE RECORD STARTS TO PLAY "STREET LIFE" IT IS VERY OBVIOUS THAT YOU ARE LISTENING TO SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL. THE FIRST THING THAT IS CLEAR IS THAT THE SOUND IS DISTORTION FREE. ALMOST POINTLESS STATING THIS IN LIGHT OF HOW LITTLE THE ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED, BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT THE PLAY THAT THE RECORD HAS HAD WAS DONE WITH A GOOD QUALITY STYLUS AND NOT ONE THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE GROOVE SUCH AS A WORN, CHIPPED STYLUS, OR INDEED ONE THAT WAS TRACKING TOO HEAVILY.

EACH TRACK PLAYS THROUGH WITH UTMOST CLARITY. THE PERFORMANCE ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES IS JUST OUTSTANDING. THERE IS NO BACKGROUND NOISE ANYWHERE ON EITHER SIDE. IF I AM TO BE VERY PICKY THEN THERE ARE PERHAPS A FEW VERY LIGHT POPS IN A COUPLE OF ODD PLACES BUT THATS ABOUT IT. I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS DISC NEAR MINT

THE SLEEVE

THE OVERALL GRADING OF THE SLEEVE IS MINT MINUS

SUPERB FULLY LAMINATED ORIGINAL GATEFOLD IN SIMPLY SUPERB CONDITION

THE FRONT SURFACE HAS A BEAUTIFUL MIRROR LIKE FINSIH TO THE LAMINATE AND LOOKS LIKE IT WAS JUST PRESSED. THERE ARE NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES ON THIS SLEEVE WHATSOEVER, AND EVEN THE SMALL LAMINATE LINES THAT COLLECT NEAR THE SPINE ON THIS IMMACULATE SLEEVE ARE LIMITED TO JUST ONE NEAR INVISIBLE ONE. THERE ARE JUST NO BLEMISHES ANYWHERE ON THIS SLEEVE. YOU HAVE TO SEE IT TO TRULY SEE HOW MAGNIFICENT IT IS, BUT I HOPE THE PICTURES I HAVE TAKEN WI9LL DO IT JUSTICE. THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 100% UNWORN AND THE SPINE IS FLAT HAS NO LAMINATE FLAKE, AND IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND HAS NO SIGNS OF THE LP HAVING EVER BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SLEEVE, SUCH IS THE CARE THAT WAS TAKEN REMOVING THE ALBUM. THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS MAGNIFICENT AS THE FRONT.

THIS SLEEVE HAS BEEN HOUSED IN A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE FROM NEW AND WAS REMOVED FOR PROBABLY ONLY THE FIRST TIME WHEN I WANTED TO TAKE THE PICTURE. AS I TRIED TO OPEN THE GATEFOLD IT WAS CLEAR THAT AGE HAD STCUK THE TEO SIDES TOGETHER RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLEEVE. I HAVE SEEN THIS MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS. I DROPPED A FEW DROPS OF LIGHTER FLUID INTO THE GAP AND THE GATEFOLD OPENED PROMPTLY. THE ONLY SIGN THAT THE TWO HALVES WERE STUCK TOGETHER IS RIGHT AT THE VERY VERY BOTTOM ALONG THE EDGE WHERE THERE IS A VERY SMALL LINE WHERE THE PAPER HAS STUCK AND PULLED AWAY. THE PICTURE SHOULD SHOW THIS MINOR BLEMISH. THIS IS THE REASON I AM SAYING THIS SLEEVE IS MINT MINUS AND NOT MINT.

THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION

THE RECORD HAS BEEN PRESERVED IN A NEW POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE. THE LP WILL BE SENT VERY CAREFULLY PACKAGED AND I WILL PLACE THE LP OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE FOR MAXIMUM PROTECTION. YOUR NEW PURCHASE WILL ALSO COME HOUSED IN A NEW STIFF PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE.

SO ONCE AGAIN THIS IS A VERY VERY HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE ALBUM IN THE MOST SUPERB CONDITION IMAGINABLE, SO BID WITH CONFIDENCE, AND GOOD LUCK IF YOU DECIDE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY