Slade SLADEST 1973 UK LP 1ST PRESS PLAYS 100% NEAR MINT

	£		28
	$		37

SLADE - SLADEST

IN MAGNIFICENT 1 PLAY NEAR MINT!!!!!! CONDITION

• CATALOGUE:POLYDOR 2442 119
• MATRIX:2442119 A5  1 1 1 6 / B5  1 2 3 
• FIRST PRESS

1973 ORIGINAL PRESSING WHICH WAS SLADES FIRST GREATEST HITS COMPILATION. A LUXURIOUS ALBUM FEATURING A SPLENDID GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH A BOOKLET AFFIXED INSIDE DETAILING ALL OF THE HITS WITH SOME CRACKING PICS OF THE BAND. TO FIND AN ONE PLAY ALBUM IS JUST AMAZING

THIS FEATURED ALL OF THEIR EARLIEST HITS INCLUDING SOME OF THE RARER STUFF FROM THE AMBROSE SLADE ERA

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE ORANGY RED POLYDOR LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. THERE IS NOT ONE BLEMISH ON THEM AND THE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE SPINDLE HOLE HAS JUST THE ONE SMALL SPIDER LINE CLOSE TO IT. CLEARLY A BARELY PLAYED ALBUM, AND THE TEST PLAY PROVES IT. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND TOTALLY UNRUBBED AND UNWORN,AND THERE ARE STILL SHARDS OF VINYL ATTACHED TO THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE A BRAND NEW DISC. IT HAS NO MARKS OF ANY KIND AT ALL ON ANY PART OF THE SURFACE AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING. MORE THAN A COUPLE OF SPORADIC WISPY LINES

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 LP 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 THERE FOR ALL TO HEAR. A VERY SUPERB STEREO REPRODUCTION IS THE ONLY THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION TO THE STEREO SOUND WHATSOEVER, AND NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AT ALL

NO LOUD CLICKS AND NOT ONE JOT OF VINYL NOISE

THERE IS THE ODD SPLIT SECOND OF STATIC IN A COUPLE OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES, AND I HEARD NO MORE THAN 3-4 TINY LITTLE DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SUPERB DISC NEAR MINT!!!!

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THIS INCREDIBLE AUDIO AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED E.J.DAY GROUP 1ST ISSUE SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT, CLEAN AND FREE FROM ANY HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES. THERE IS THE RESIDUE OF A STICKER IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER. IT WAS ORIGINALLY A SMALL SQUARE THAT HAD THE NUMBER 13 ON IT. THIS WAS COMMON AMONGST COLLECTORS BACK IN THE 70'S AND THE SHEET OF NUMBERS COULD BE OBTAINED FROM ANY RECORD STORE. THIS I HAVE REMOVED, BUT THE TAPE RESIDUE IS STILL EVIDENT. INSIDE THE SLEEVE WAS THE REMAINING NUMBERED SHEET FROM 14-60. I AM INCLUDING THIS WITH THE SALE AS WELL AS THE DISCARDED NUMBER 13

THE COLOURS HAVE REMAINED UNRUBBED WHICH IS VERY UNUSUAL AS THIS SLEEVE HISTORICALLY SUFFERS FROM RING WEAR PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE TOP SECTION. IT HAS BEEN HOUSED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE FROM NEW AND IS THE REASON WHY IT HAS REMAINED UNRUBBED

INCREDIBLY THERE ARE NO SMALL LINES THAT GATHER NEAR THE SPINE. NONE EITHER ALONG THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE, JUST ONE SMALL  WHITE LINE RIGHT ON THE EDGE IN THE LOWER HALF

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE BOTH UNRUBBED WITH COLOURS FULLY RUNNING FROM TIP TO TIP. ANOTHER TESTAMENT TO THE FACT THAT THIS SLEEVE WAS HOUSED INSIDE AN OUTER SLEEVE FROM NEW

THE SPINE IS ALSO UNRUBBED, FLAT AND CLEAN, AND 100% UNSQUASHED, WITH PERFECTLY LEGIBLE TYPEFACE. AGAIN USUALLY FOUND RUBBED, BUT HERE IS ONE AS NEAR PERFECT AS POSSIBLE, JUST A PIN PRICK OF WHITE SHOWING AT EACH TIP

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND DOESN'T EVEN HAVE ONE SINGLE THUMB NAIL NICK

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME MAGNIFICENT CONDITION AS THE FRONT, AND MOST INCREDIBLE OF ALL IS THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE, AND BELIEVE ME THAT IS VERY RARE ON THIS SLEEVE AT THE REAR

NO LINES NEAR THE SPINE OR ANYWHERE ELSE FOR THAT MATTER

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A FRONT PANEL WITH A MINT IMAGE OF NODDY HOLDER. THE REAR PANEL HOWEVER HAS A FEW WHITE SPOTS OF PAPER REMOVAL WHERE AT THE FACTORY WHOEVER WAS GLUING THE BOOK INTO THE SLEEVE ADDED A FEW MORE DROPS THAT STUCK THE BACK PAGE TO THE BACK PANEL, REMOVING THE PAPER CAUSED THESE FEW WHITE SPOTS

THE 8 PAGE 12" BOOKLET IS PERFECTLY AFFIXED IN IT'S ORIGINAL PLACE AND IS ALSO IN UNDAMAGED CONDITION, APART FROM THE AFOREMENTIONED GLUE SPOTS ON THE LAST PAGE

THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS FLAT CLEAN AND UNSPLIT

A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS SLEEVE AND I AM VERY HAPPY TO GRADE IT NEAR MINT !!!

I AM CERTAIN THAT THIS INCREDIBLE VINYL AND SLEEVE WILL NEVER NEED UPGRADING

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

GARRY