Simon & Garfunkel BOOKENDS UK LP 1ST STEREO 1968 3-4 PLAYS MINT MINUS AUDIO

	£		88
	$		117

SIMON AND GARFUNKEL - BOOKENDS

IN MAGNIFICENT 3-4 PLAY MINT MINUS CONDITION

FIRST PRESS  - ULTRA HEAVY VINYL

MINT MINUS LAMINATED SLEEVE

VERY FIRST STEREO PRESS

• CATALOGUE:CBS 63101
• MATRIX: SBPG63101 A-5  B-2
• FIRST PRESS LAMINATED SLEEVE
• 1ST ISSUE 'STEREO' STICKERED REAR SURFACE 

I HAVE ACQUIRED A COLLECTION OF STUNNING VINYLS THAT BELONGED TO A COLLECTOR WHO HANDLED BOTH VINYL AND SLEEVE METICULOUSLY. INCREDIBLE ALBUMS THAT I WILL BE LISTING OVER THE COMING WEEKS. THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO COLLECT VINTAGE VINYL IN THE SORT OF CONDITION THAT YOU COULD ONLY DREAM ABOUT..LISTEN TO THE ENTIRE LP BEFORE LAYING A BID, AS I HAVE RECORDED EVERY SINGLE SECOND

MY LONG STANDING SERIOUS COLLECTOR CUSTOMERS WILL APPRECIATE THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A PRISTINE MUSEUM GRADE  ALBUM. NEW CUSTOMERS AS WELL, IF YOU ARE SERIOUSLY INTO COLLECTING THEN THIS MUST NOT BE PASSED UP

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

CBS ORANGE LABELS IN PRISTINE CONDITION. NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE, JUST ONE PIN PRICK OF WHITE SHOWING ON THE CATALOGUE NUMBER ON SIDE ONE. THE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS TOTALLY UNWORN AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. CLEARLY A WELL CARED FOR 41 YEAR OLD ALBUM

A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS JUST 3-4  SPIDER LINES SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS MARVELLOUS VINYL HAS BEEN PLAYED

THE VINYL

THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW IN DAYLIGHT AND IS MADE OF THE VERY HEAVY VINYL THAT MOST LATE 60'S RECORDINGS WERE PRESSED ON.IT LOOKS ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE  IS NOTHING TO SEE APART FROM A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES

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 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 CLARITY OF THIS FIRST PRESS IS JUST INCREDIBLE. EVERY NOTE IS CRISP AND CLEAN, AND THE WHOLE ALBUM SOUNDS SUPERB ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT TO THIS CRYSTAL CLEAR REPRODUCTION

I AM JUST BLOWN AWAY BY THE INCREDIBLE STEREO SOUND THIS RECORDING PRODUCES AND ALL OF THIS WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE OR LOUD CLICKS

NO VINYL NOISE AND ONLY A COUPLE OF SPLIT SECONDS OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN ONE OR TWO OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES

I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT I HEARD NO MORE THAN 1-2 OF THE MOST INSIGNIFICANT LITTLE STATIC TICS,AND A COUPLE MORE IN THE TRACK WITH THE OLD PEOPLE TALKING (SIDE 2 TRACK 5)

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS OUTSTANDING DISC MINT MINUS

TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

JAMES UPTON LAMINATED FRONT SURFACE, UNLAMINATED REAR SURFACE SINGLE SLEEVE

THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST COPIES I HAVE EVER SEEN OF THIS SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS VERY FLAT AND CLEAN. THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR, AND THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES TO THE LAMINATE OR ANY BENDS. THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE

THERE IS JUST ONE MINUSCULE LAMINATE LINE NEXT TO THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE WHATSOEVER.

THE LAMINATE ITSELF IS FREE FROM AMY PEELING OR FLAKING, JUST A FINGERNAIL TIP SIZED SPECK OF LIFT IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER 

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE ALSO FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR, WITH THE LAMINATE RUNNING FULLY FROM CORNER TIP TO CORNER TIP, WITH PERFECT CORNER TIPS

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT WITH THE FIRST ISSUE TAPERED ENDS. IT IS 100% UNSQUASHED, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. NO LOSS OF COLOUR AND EVEN THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS ARE UNRUBBED. AGAIN PERFECT LAMINATE ALL THE WAY ALONG

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND AS NEW, AND IT'S CLEAR THAT THE LP HAS HARDLY EVER BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SLEEVE AND WHEN IT WAS IT WAS HANDLED WITH EXTREME CARE.

THE REAR SURFACE HAS THE FRAGILE POROUS WHITE CARD SURFACE WHICH USUALLY WEARS BADLY AND STAINS EASILY, BUT HERE WE HAVE ONE THAT HAS RETAINED VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE ORIGINAL WHITE SURFACE WITH JUST AN ALMOST INVISIBLE SPECK OF HANDLING TO THE TOP EDGE

THE VERY FIRST ISSUE OF THESE STEREO VOLUMES WERE SOLD IN MONO SLEEVES WITH A STEREO STICKER PLACED AT THE TOP OF THE REAR SURFACE. THIS ONE IS PERFECTLY ADHERED

THE ORIGINAL DIE CUT CBS ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE IS IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. ADVERTISING LP'S  ON ONE SIDE, AND HOW TO PROTECT YOUR RECORD ON THE OTHER

TOTALLY UNSPLIT AND UNCREASED AND ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS SLEEVE  MINT MINUS

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

GARRY