The Beatles ABBEY ROAD 1969 UK LP A-2 / B-1 1st Press PLAYS NEAR MINT HEAR
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FULLY TEST PLAYED AND RECORDED BEFORE LISTING, TO ALLOW YOU TO HEAR IT BEFORE BIDDING Powered by eCommercePlayer.com Powered by eCommercePlayer.com
THE BEATLES - ABBEY ROAD
PLAYS NEAR MINT
NEAR MINT SLEEVE!!!
- CATALOGUE: APPLE PCS 7088
- MATRIX:YEX 749-2 / 750-1
- MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 3 PTT / 2 HDL
- AN EMI RECORDING STATEMENT
THE RECORD
THE LABELS
THE ORIGINAL DARK APPLE LABELS ARE IN IMMACULATE CONDITION
RICH AND VIBRANT ON BOTH SIDES WITH THE COLOUR RUNJNING FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE
THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF TINY SPIDER LINES NEAR THE SPINDLE HOLE INDICATING THST THE RECORD HAS BEEN VERY CAREFULLY HANDLED AND BARELY PLAYED
THE VINYL
THE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL SHEEN AND IN DAYLIGHT LOOKS FLAWLESS IN DAYLIGHT
UNDER A MAGNIFYING LED HALO IT STILL LOOKS PRTSINE WITH JUST A COUPLE OF THE TINIEST AND WISPIEST SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL HAIRLINES
THE TEST PLAY
THE FIRST THING TO SAY IS THAT THE VINYL PLAYS THROUGH WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION TO THE SOUND, MEANING THAT THE LITTLE PLAY THIS HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS
THERE IS NO HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS
NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE
THE AUDIO PERFORMANCE IS JUST INCREDIBLE. TOTALLY FIRST PRESS SOUND
SILENT LINKING GROOVES
NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF VERY MINUSCULE POPS OR TICS AND NO MORE THAN A FEW MINUSCULE RANDOM SPECKS OF STATIC
PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE WHOLE LP AND BE THE JUDGE OF IT'S QUALITY
I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS AUDIO PERFORMANCE NEAR MINT
THE SLEEVE
STUNNING FULLY LAMINATED GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE SINGLE SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION
THE FRONT LAMINATED SURFACE STILL GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR
THE FRONT HAS NO HEAVY CREASES OR BENDS WHATSOEVER. THERE IS NO LAMINATE PEEL, LIFT OR FLAKE.
THERE ARE THREE SMALL PRESSURE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE, TWO EQUALLY TINY ONES ALONG THE TOP EDGE, TWO ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.
NO RING WEAR JUST THE BAREST SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE
THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE
THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE JUST IMMACULATE WITH ALL OF THE LAMINATE FULLY RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER, AND UNBLEMISHED CORNER TIP ENDS
THE SPINE IS MINT. FLAT AND 100% UNSQUASHED WITH ALL OF THE LAMINATE PERFECT IN EVER WAY. THE ENDS ARE ALSO UNBLEMISHED AND THE BLACK TYPEFACE PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE
THE OPENING EDGE HAS A TINY BIT OF FEATHERING
THE REAR SURFACE IS AS PRISTINE AS THE FRONT
THE ORIGINAL APPLE INNER SLEEVE IS IN TOTALLY UNSPLIT CONDITION, LIGHTLY AGED WITH A TRACE OF RECORD SHAPE MOTTLING
I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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