Spooky Tooth CEREMONY UK LP 2ND PRESS PINK RIM TOTALLY UNPLAYED AND MINT
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Description
SPOOKY TOOTH - CEREMONY
IN MAGNIFICENT UNPLAYED MINT CONDITION
MINT MINUS SLEEVE
- CATALOGUE:ISLAND ILPS 9107
- MATRIX: ILPS 9098 A-10U / B-11U
- MOTHERS/STAMPERS 1 0 / 1 L
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 ABSOLUTELY ZERO SPIDER LINES AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE AND THE LARGEST PIECE OF RESIDUAL VINYL STUCK TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING WHY THIS HAS REMAINED UNPLAYED. I HEAD TO REALLY FIGHT TO GET THIS TO GO OVER MY SPINDLE IT IS VERY TIGHT
THE VINYL
ORIGINAL ISLAND HEAVYWEIGHT DISC IN ABSOLUTE PRISTINE CONDITION. IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE. A STUNNING MINT VINYL!!
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 TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS
I TOOK THE DECISION TO PLAY THIS PREVIOUSLY UNPLAYED VINYL, JUST BECAUSE AN UNPLAYED DISC DOESN'T GUARANTEE A MINT ONE. I DO GUARANTEE THAT MY ONE CAREFUL TEST PLAY WILL GO UNDETECTED HOWEVER
THE LP'S 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.
THOSE THAT COLLECT ISLAND RECORDS WILL KNOW THAT THE VINYL USED IN THE PRODUCTION WAS NEVER AS GOOD AS THEIR EMI COUNTERPARTS, RESULTING IN A HUGE AMOUNT OF DISCS PRESSED WITH INHERENT VINYL NOISE. SOME VERY MILD AND BARELY AUDIBLE LIKE THIS COPY, AND SOME THAT IS JUST TERRIBLE.
FIRST OF ALL THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND ON THIS UNPLAYED DISC
NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND CERTAINLY NO CLICKS AT ALL
THE ISLAND VINYL NOISE IS NO MORE THAN THE VERY ODD BIT OF STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND, MAINLY IN SOME OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES, AND AT THE START OF EACH SIDE. HOWEVER THIS IS REALLY ONLY PARTIALLY AUDIBLE IF YOU SIT RIGHT ON TOP OF YOUR SPEAKERS AS I DO WHILST TYPING THIS OUT. MOVING TO A NORMAL LISTENING DISTANCE AND EVEN THIS IS ABSENT.
I DID NOT HEAR ANY DUST POPS THROUGHOUT THE PLAYTHROUGH WHATSOEVER
THE UNPLAYED ALBUM CERTAINLY GRADES MINT, BUT NO WORSE THAN MINT MINUS IF YOU INCLUDE THIS TINY BIT OF EMBEDDED STUFF
THE SLEEVE
NON LAMINATED ROBOR GATEFOLD SLEEVE IN NEAR PRISTINE CONDITION.
THIS HAS BEEN KEPT INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE FROM THE DAY IT WAS OWNED, AND IS JUST IMMACULATE.
THE FRONT SURFACE WHICH OFTEN HAS SEVERE COLOUR LOSS, IS JUST SUPERB. RICH AND VIBRANT AND UNRUBBED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A VERY VERY LIGHT SHADOW OF GREYING JUST ABOVE THE BOTTOM EDGE AND THE BAREST OUTLINE OF RECORD SHAPE.
NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES, NOR ANY BENDS OR DINGS, JUST A SPECK OF RUB TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIP
THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY ZERO!! LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.
THE TOP EDGE HAS RETAINED ALL OF THE DELICATE BROWN COLOUR AND RUNS FULLY FROM CORNER TO CORNER WITH ONLY THE RIGHT TIP END LIGHTLY RUBBED. THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS A IN ADDITION A FEW WHITE FLECKS ALONG THE SURFACE BUT NO SERIOUS SHELF WEAR
THE SPINE IS JUST FANTASTIC! IT IS PERFECTLY SQUARE, HAS NO RUBBING OR COLOUR LOSS ON THE MAIN BODY,AND EVERY SINGLE LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.THE TOP TIP END HAS A PIN PRICK OF WHITE VISIBLE
THE OPENING EDGE IS ABSOLUTELY RAZOR SHARP AND IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THE LP HAS NOT BEEN OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE
THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS SPECIAL AS THE FRONT
OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO ABSOLUTELY PERFECT INNER SURFACES
THE PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE IS THE ORIGINAL INNER AND IS IN THE SAME AMAZING CONDITION AS THE REST OF THE SLEEVE. UNCREASED AND UNSPLIT, JUST A SHADOW OF AGEING TO THE EDGES
I AM PERFECTLY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT MINUS
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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