Sandy Denny SANDY UK LP 1972 1ST PINK RIM 1-2 PLAYS EVER 100% MINT MINUS

	£		63
	$		83

SANDY DENNY - SANDY

IN MAGNIFICENT 1-2 PLAY MINT MINUS!!!! CONDITION

1ST PRESS TEXTURED MACNEILL SLEEVE IN  NEAR MINT MINUS CONDITION

• CATALOGUE:ISLAND ILPS 9207
• MATRIX: ILPS9207 A-2U / B-2U
• MOTHERS / STAMPERS: 1 GA / 1 GR
• ' STERLING 'ETCHED ON BOTH RUN OUT DEAD WAX AREAS
• 27 LH ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX BOTH SIDES

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE ISLAND PALM TREE LABELS ARE IN SUPERB  MINT CONDITION. , THE COLOURS ARE WHITE WHERE THEY NEED TO BE AND RICH AND VIBRANT WHERE THERE IS NO WHITE. THERE ARE JUST ONE OR TWO TINY SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE ON EACH SIDE TO SHOW WHERE THIS LP HAS HAD JUST TWO CAREFUL PLAYS. THERE IS ALSO SOME RESIDUAL SHARDS OF VINYL ATTACHED TO THE SPINDLE HOLE FROM THE FACTORY

THE VINYL

THIS HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR AND IN DAYLIGHT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS. AN IMMACULATE EXAMPLE OF THIS ALBUM, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN

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 AS I DO NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE 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 THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS LP SOUNDS.

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER, AND THIS JUST MEANS THAT WHAT LITTLE PLAY THIS ALBUM HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS ALSO SUBLIME WITH EVERY NOTE BEING HEARD TO THE EXACT STANDARD IT WAS SUPPED TO. CRISP AND CLEAR THE VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER. NOR ARE THERE ANY LOUD CLICKS EITHER

BEARING IN MIND HOW LAMBASTED ISLAND VINYL IS FOR EMBEDDED NOISE, THIS ONE HAS NO  VINYL NOISE AT ANY POINT.

THERE IS THE ODD LITTLE SPECK OF STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND IN ONE OR TWO OF THE LINKING GROOVES AND A COUPLE OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES, AND I HEARD NO  MORE THAN TWO TINY DUST POPS THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH

THIS ALBUM EASILY GRADES MINT MINUS!!!!

BUT DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED TEXTURED MACNEILL GATEFOLD SLEEVE 

THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE TO FIND IN COLLECTIBLE CONDITION. THE TEXTURED SURFACE WEARS AND RUBS VERY EASILY AND MOST COPIES YOU WILL EVER SEE ARE TRASHED

THE FRONT SURFACE IS JUST  PERFECT. ALL OF THE ORIGINAL COLOUR HAS BEEN RETAINED AND THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES ANYWHERE.THE TEXTURED SURFACE IS JUST RICH AND VIBRANT

NO RING WEAR AND NO RECORD SHAPE EITHER, AND NO GRUBBINESS.

THERE ARE JUST THREE  LITTLE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE. NONE AT ALL ALONG THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP EDGE HAS SOME TINY WHITE FLECKS SHOWING THROUGH THE BROWN SURFACE, WHILST THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS JUST A COUPLE OF PIN PRICKS OF WHITE VISIBLE AND A TRACE OF RUBBING  TO THE RIGHT CORNER TIP

THE SPINE IS THE ONLY AREA WHERE THERE IS SOME REAL WEAR. THERE IS ONE WHITE CHIP SHOWING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WORD 'SANDY ', AND A COUPLE MORE ALITTLE FURTHER NEAR THE TOP. THE TOP TIP IS PRISTINE BUT THE BOTTOM ONE HAS A LIGHT SPECK OF RUBBING

THE OPENING EDGE IS LIGHTLY BURRED AND THIS IS ENTIRELY DUE TO THE VERY SOFT CARD USED IN THE MAKING OF THIS COVER.

THE REAR SURFACE IS ALSO IN SUPERB CONDITION, AND LIKE THE FRONT TOTALLY FREE OF ANY WEAR OR RUBBING

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A MINT PAIR OF FLORAL WHITE PANELS

THE PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO IN MINT CONDITION. NO GLUE AGEING AND NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES. NO SPLITS TO ANY OF THE SEAMS

I AM PERFECTLY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT MINUS!!!

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

GARRY