Starcastle STARCASTLE UK LP 1ST PRESS VERY LIKE YES 1-2 PLAY MINT MINUS

	£		31
	$		41

STARCASTLE - STARCASTLE

IN MAGNIFICENT 1-2 PLAY MINT MINUS AUDIO

OUTSTANDING NEAR MINT !!!!  SLEEVE

SUPERB PROG ALBUM 

IF YOU LIKE EARLY YES THEN YOU WILL LOVE THIS!!!!

• CATALOGUE:EPIC EPC  81347
• MATRIX: EPC81347 A1 / B1

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE YELLOW EPIC LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS AND THE YELLOW BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE AND LOGOS ARE UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE ARE TWO TINY SPIDER LINES NEAR THE SPINDLE HOLE, AND ON SIDE TWO THERE ARE STILL SHARDS OF VINYL ATTACHED TO THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

SUPERB DISC THAT HAS RETAINED THE ORIGINAL SHEEN TO THE SURFACE. IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TOTALLY PRISTINE, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE JUST THE USUAL WISPY SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL LINES  (ALL NON SOUNDING) AND ONE LIGHT SUPERFICIAL NON SOUNDING HANDLING LINE ON EACH SIDE

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 LP FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE 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.

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS PERFECT WITH EVERY NOTE BEING HEARD CLEARLY AND CLEANLY AS WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED

NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE EITHER, NOR ANY LOUD CLICKS

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND ONLY A SPECK OF VERY OCCASIONAL AND BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC A FEW OF THE LINKING GROOVES AND AT THE RUN IN GROOVE

I DIDN'T HEAR ANY MORE THAN TWO TINY DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH APART AND FOR THAT REASON THE GRADE IS ONE NOTCH LOWER THAN MINT

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS PLAYTHROUGH  MINT MINUS !!!     IT IS THAT GOOD

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

THE SLEEVE

A TRULY EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE OF THIS NON LAMINATED FRAGILE 1ST PRESS SHOREWOOD SINGLE SLEEVE 

THE FRONT SURFACE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND CLEAN. THERE IS NO RUBBING TO THE COLOUR AND THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES, OR BENDS . THERE IS NO RING WEAR JUST THE BAREST SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE IF THE SLEEVE IS ANGLED INTO THE LIGHT!

THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE

THERE ARE JUST TWO TINY LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE. AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE

THE TOP  AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE BOTH VIRTUALLY IMMACULATE WITH ALL OF THE EASILY RUBBED BLUE SURFACE 99% INTACT, WITH JUST A COUPLE OF TINY WHITE FLECKS ON THE SURFACE AND A PIN PRICK OF RUB TO THE RIGHT CORNER TIP ENDS.

THE SPINE IS FLAT AND UNSQUASHED, WITH ONE FINGER TO THUMB IMPRESSION JUST BELOW THE TITLE.

NO LOSS OF COLOUR WHATSOEVER, AND THIS EVEN INCLUDED THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS WHICH ARE IMMACULATE. THE WHITE TYPEFACE IS ALL PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE ARE THREE SMALL WHITE LINES ACROSS THE SURFACE AND A SPECK OF RUB TO THE TOP LEADING EDGE

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP WITH A COUPLE OF MINUSCULE THUMB NAIL NICKS VISIBLE

THE REAR SURFACE  IS ALSO IN TOP CONDITION, LIKE THE FRONT THERE IS NO RUBBING AT ALL, AND NO RING WEAR .THERE IS ONE LIGHT CREASE LINE RUBBING ACROSS THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER

THE POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS  IN UNSPLIT CONDITION .  NO STAINS JUST ONE LIGHT CORNER CREASE.

HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE NEAR MINT !!!

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

GARRY