Roy Harper & Black Sheep COMMERCIAL BREAKS 1978 UK Unreleased LP W/Label Test NM
  £   399
  $   529

 


£ 399 Sold For
Jun 8, 2022 Sold Date
Jun 1, 2022 Start Date
21   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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ROY HARPER AND BLACK SHEEP - COMMERCIAL BREAKS

SUPERB NEAR MINT PLAYTHROUGH!!!

WHITE LABEL TEST PRESS - NEVER OFFICIALLY RELEASED


FULLY PLAY TESTED PRIOR TO LISTING


THIS IS A VERY SCARCE COLLECTABLE ALBUM. NEVER OFFICIALLY RELEASED DUE TO A DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN ROY HARPER AND THE RECORD COMPANY EMI THE ONLY COPIES IN EXISTANCE ARE THE WHITE LABEL TEST PRESSES  A FEW WERE HOUSED INA  PROOF SLEEVE, SOME IN PLAIN WHITE SLEEVES WITH A PHOTOCOPY OF THE ORIGINAL SLEEVE ARTWORK AND SOME WITHOUT A SLEEVE AT ALL THIS ONE IS HOUSED IN THE WHITE SLEEVE
THIS IS ALSO THE FIRST TIME IN SEVEN YEARS THAT A COPY HAS COME TO MARKET SO IT IS FAIR TO SAY THEY ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN IF YOU NEED A COPY IN YOUR COLLECTION THEN THIS ONE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION, NOT SCRATCHED AND WORN OUT LIKE MOST THAT HAVE SOLD IN FACT THERE ARE ONLY SIX RECORDED SALES, AND NONE AVAILABLE WHATSOEVER ON DISCOGS

CATALOGUE: HARVEST SHVL 4077

  • MATRIX: SHVL A-2U / B-2U
  • MOTHERS / STAMPERS: 1 G / 1 G


  • A1 My Little Girl 2:36 A2 I'm In Love With You 4:07 A3 Ten Years Ago 3:19 A4 Sail Away 4:49 A5 I Wanna Be Part Of The News 3:32 B1 Cora 3:26 B2 Come Up And See Me 4:21 B3 The Flycatcher 3:55 B4 Too Many Movies 4:14 B5 Square Boxes 4:04




    THE RECORD

     

    THE LABELS

    THE  WHITE LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. 

    THE BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. 

    ALL THAT IS WRITTEN ON THE LABELS ARE THE SIDE NUMBERS

    THERE IS ONE SPIDER LINE BY THE SPINFLE HOLE



    THE VINYL

    THE RECORD GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND COULDN'T LOOK ANY BETTER. 

    ALL OF THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE HAS BEEN RETAINED. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE MARKS OR ANY SIGNS OF HANDLING ON THE DISC, AND IN DAYLIGHT THE VINYL  LOOKS FLAWLESS

     UNDER SPOTLIGHTS I SEE  JUST A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES AND ON SIDE TWO A FEW HAIRLINE HANDLING LINES




    PLAYING THE RECORD

    THE RECORD PLAYS SUPERBLY THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAY

    THERE ARE NO BACKGROUND CRACKLES AND NO LOUD CLICKS EITHER

    NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND, MEANING NO GROOVE WEAR

    THE LP PLAYS WITHOUT FLAW AND EVEN THE STATIC IS KEPT TO A BARE MINIMUM, JUST A FEW RANDOM SECONDS OF BARELY AUDIBLE STUFF IN A LINKING GROOVE / SILENT PASSAGE OR TWO

    NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

    THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST SUPERB AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD TO PERFECTION

    I HEARD JUST A REW LITTLE TICS RANDOMLY DURING THE PLAY

    A HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE THAT PLAYS TO A NEAR MINT STANDARD.

     

    THE SLEEVE

     

    PLAIN WHITE TEST PRESS SLEEVE WITH A PHOTOCOPY OF THE PROOF SLEEVE ARTWORK

    LIGHT HANDLING TO THE SURFACE

    A SMALL SPLIT ON THE TOP EDGE

    SOME MILD FOXING EVIDENT




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