The Alan Parsons Project I Robot LP Japan 25RS-70 Audiophile

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                                                                       I Robot
                                                            The Alan Parsons Project
                                           Gatefold LP 1979 Japanese  Pressing On Virgin Vinyl

                                                                   Item Details
                                       Manufactured in: Tokyo, Japan by Nippon Phonogram
                                                                  Recorded:: 1977
                                                                    Issued: 1979
                                                              Label: Arista 25RS-70
                                                    Runout Deadwax Matrix Numbers:
                                  Side 1: (all stamped:) G ? ? AL 7002S A1 111 ? ? L
                                  Side 2: (all stamped:) G AL 7002S B1 112 ?

Was bought new by this seller many years ago and now offered from his private collection (you 
have absolutely known provenance). Has had limited plays only on an expertly setup high-end
audiophile turntable, arm, and cartridge. Has never been exposed to heat or tobacco smoke
and always stored vertically in a specially designed record cabinet (Rackit) to prevent warpage.

Was cleaned on a VPI HW 16 with Audio Intelligent solutions and ultra-pure water rinse 
(50X purer than distilled water) before my pre-sale sound check.

Very sensitive play testing was performed straight off my Ayre P-5xe fully balanced phono preamp 
over Sennheiser HD 600 headphones thru a Schiit Audio Valhalla 2 tube headphone amp fitted with 
Voskhod Soviet matched tubes (see last photo).

Track list

1: I Robot, I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You, Some Other Time, Breakdown, Don't Let It Show.

2: The Voice, Nucleus, Day After Day, Total Eclipse (The Show Must Go On), Genesis CH.1.1 V.32.

I never take "distant" photos nor the so-prevalent type with the LP sticking halfway out of the jacket.
I take close-ups under photo lamps so you can see nearly everything I describe in the jacket grading.

Grading 
Note: record grading by text characters is subjective and does not fully describe quality 
levels. Please see photos and my detailed descriptions below.

Outer Jacket: NM (Near Mint) Tiniest amour of rubbing wear on upper left and right corners. Edges
and spine are beautiful. No creases. The jacket faces look NM with like-new smooth unblemished
finishes.

Vinyl: NM- (Near Mint Minus) Surface visuals were first inspected under high intensity halogen light.
The minus is for the LAST vinyl preservative stickers. I always applied LAST before the initial play.
Both sides are visually perfect with no traces of jacket insert/removal rubbing wear. Spindle holes
have no wear as seen in the photos. There are a few "scribble marks" around the spindle hole from
light hunting movement to find the turntable spindle post when loading the record for play. These
are very hard to see except under intense spot light which is why they don't show up in my photos.
All tracks were spot checked or played fully though when I was digitizing my favorites into 192k/24-bit.
WAV files. The total listening quality has all the hallmarks of Japanese pressings: dead quiet, high
dynamic range, and transparent audiophile-quality detail.

Packaging
Record will be placed outside the jacket to protect against seam splitting.
Original inner sleeve is included separately.
Record has been placed into a new "rice paper" sleeve, as the original, even if plastic lined,
may be holding onto some dust. This will keep vinyl surface clean during shipping and ultimate
buyer usage.
Outer jacket is contained in a new clear polyethylene protective sleeve.
Sent in good quality record mailer with cardboard stiffeners.

Shipping
Shipping will be via USPS Media Mail for a flat charge of $3.98 per single album sale.
A combined shipping discount is available on multiple sales completed within 5 business days
($3.98 plus $0.50 for each additional LP). If you intend to buy more than one LP do not pay immediately
but wait for my all-combined invoice. A discount for the combined items will show on that invoice.
Then, once payment is received, the items will ship.