Santana & John McLaughlin LOVE DEVOTION SURRENDER UK LP
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SANTANA & JOHN MCLAUGLIN - LOVE DEVOTION SURRENDER
IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION
FIRST PRESS - ORANGE CBS LABELS
- CATALOGUE:CBS 69037
- MATRIX: S69037 A1 B1
- FIRST PRESS
- UNPLAYED UNTIL TODAY
AN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE OFFERING. AN ORIGINAL 1973 FIRST PRESS ALBUM IN WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS MINT CONDITION. I DECIDED TO PLAY THE ALBUM BECAUSE AS I HAVE OFTEN STATED, UNPLAYED DOES NOT MEAN MINT. BUT MY CAREFUL PLAY HAS ONLY ENHANCED THE INCREDULOUS FACT THAT THIS LP IS IN THE BEST POSSIBLE CONDITION
THE RECORDS
THE LABELS
CBS ORANGE LABELS IN PRISTINE CONDITION. NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE. THE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE, WHERE THERE IS EVEN SOME RESIDUE VINYL SHARDS LEFT OVER FROM THE PRESSING OF THE LP, PROVING THAT IT JUST HASN'T BEEN PLAYED. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS TOTALLY UNWORN AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.
THERE ARE NO SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE AT ALL
THE VINYL
THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND LOOKS LIKE IT WAS FRESHLY PRESSED. THERE ARE NO MARKS HANDLING OR OTHERWISE ANYWHERE ON THE SURFACE, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLIUMINATION, THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE NOT EVEN ANY WISPY HAITLINES. IT REALLY HAS JUST SAT INSIDE THE SLEEVE FOR 37 YEARS
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 4 THREE MINUTE SECTIONS FROM THIS ALBUM, INCLUDING THE DEAD WAX RUN IN AND EACH OF THE FIRST TRACKS ON EACH SIDE, FOLLOWED BY ONE RANDOM TRACK FROM EACH SIDE INCLUDING THE LINKING GROOVE.
PLEASE JUST TAKE A LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES AND YOU WILL HEAR FOR YOURSELF JUST HOW SUPERB THIS ALBUM IS. IF YOU ARE INTO SANTANA AND WANT THE BEST COPY OF AN ALBUM THAT MONEY COULD BUY THEN HERE IT IS
I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS VINYL MINT!!!
THE SLEEVE
A METICULOUSLY CARED FOR SLEEVE, WHICH HAS BEEN PROTECTED FROM NEW IN A PLASTIC OUTER ENSURING THIS LOOKS AS GOOD TODAY AS IT DID IN 1973
NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE
THE FRONT SURFACE IS VERY FLAT AND CLEAN. THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE. THERE ARE NO CREASES, CREASE LINES OR BENDS, AND THERE IS JUST THREE SMALL LINES NEAR THE SPINE EDGE. THE COLOUR IS IN PERFECT STATE. FREE OF ANY RUBBING,APART FROM A PIN PRICK IN THE MIDDLE OF JOHN'S HEAD.
THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO SHELF WEAR,
THE SPINE IS JUST INCREDIBLE. NO RUBBING, PERFECTLY SQUARE AND TYPEFACE 100% LEGIBLE
THE OPENING EDGE IS PRISTINE, RAZOR SHARP AND SHOWS WHY THIS LP HAS NEVER BEEN OUT OF THE COVER
THE REAR SURFACE IS PRISTINE JUST THE SAME INCREDIBLE CONDITION AS THE FRONT. OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS THE PERFECT INNER SURFACE.
THE INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO IN THE SAME INCREDIBLE CONDITION AS THE REST OF THE SLEEVE. UNSPLIT, FLAT AND UNCREASED. JUST SUPERB!!!
I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS SLEEVE AN INCREDIBLE MINT MINUS
A TRULY VAULT COPY OF THIS ALBUM AND SLEEVE
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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