The Beatles SGT PEPPER 1971 UK LP Gramophone Co 1st 2 Box EMI PLAYS MINT HEAR
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PLAYS MINT FROM START TO FINISH
1ST TWO BOX EMI - 1971 STEREO PRESSING
SUPERB NEAR MINT SLEEVE - GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE
INCLUDES EIGHT LARGE PHOTOGRAPHS
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- CATALOGUE: PARLOPHONE PCS 7027
- MATRIX:YEX 638-1 / 639-2
- MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 6 MPL/ 3 HP
- THE GRAMOPHONE CO CO RIM WORDING
THE RECORD
THE LABELS
ORIGINAL BLACK AND SILVER LABELS IN INCREDIBLE CONDITION.
THE 'GRAMOPHONE CO' RIM WORDING DEMOTES THIS AS A 1971 PRESSING THE BLACK BASE COLOUR AND SILVER LOGO'S ARE BOTH UNRUBBED .THE COLOURS RUN UNINTERRUPTED INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE, WHICH HAS NO VISIBLE SPIDER LINESTHE VINYL
THE HEAVYWEIGHT DISC HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN. IN DAYLIGHT THERE IS NOT A MARK ON IT,AND IT LOOKS FLAWLESS.
UNDER A MAGNIFYING LED HALO THE RECORD STILL LOOKS MINT
THE TEST PLAY
THIS STEREO ALBUM PLAYS TO ABSOLUTE PERFECTION. THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT THING TO TALK ABOUT IS THE COMPLETE CLARITY OF THE REPRODUCTION. THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION ANYWHERE, AND THE SOUND IS AS CLEAR AND SHARP AS IT POSSIBLE COULD BE.
MANY COPIES WERE PLAYED ON SYSTEMS THAT HAD A STYLUS THAT WAS TOO HEAVY OR WORN AND CAUSED INVISIBLE GROOVE WEAR. THIS WOULD ONLY BE SPOTTED OR SHOULD I SAY HEARD WHEN PLAYING THE ALBUM AND WOULD TAKE THE FORM OF BEHIND THE MUSIC STATIC AND BE CONTINUOUS. THIS VINYL IS FLAWLESS!!!
GENTLY LOWERING THE STYLUS ONTO THE RUN IN GROOVE ALL YOU HEAR IS SILENCE. NO CRACKLES ANYWHERE, AND THIS INCREDIBLE STANDARD IS MAINTAINED ALL THROUGH BOTH SIDES.
THE RUN IN IS SILENT, THE LINKING GROOVES ARE SILENT, AND THE RUN OUT IS SILENT
NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER AT ANY POINT. AND NO VINYL NOISE SILENT LINKING GROOVESNO TICS OR POPS
I JUST HAVE TO GRADE THIS INCREDIBLE AUDIO MINT
THE SLEEVE
THE FRONT SURFACE HAS A GLOSSY LAMINATE THAT GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR. NO PEEL, LIFT OR FLAKE THERE ARE FIVE SMALL PRESSURE LINES BY THE SPINE.ONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, ONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND ONE THUMB LINES BY THE OPENING EDGE AT THE VERY TOP.
THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE AND THE FOUR CORNERS HAVE A TINY SPECK OF RUB TO THE TIPSTHE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE FREE FROM ANY WEAR AND ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS PERFECT ON BOTH SURFACES,. ONLY THE CORNER TIPS ON THE RIGHT HAVE A DOT OF RUB
THE SPINE IS IN NEAR PRISTINE CONDITION. THE BOTTOM END HAS A TINY BIT OF RUB. OTHER THAN THIS NO ISSUES
THE REAR SURFACE ALSO IN THE SAME CLEAN CONDITION AS THE FRONT, AND NO RING WEAR, OR RECORD SHAPE
THE OPENING EDGE HAS A TINY BIT OF FEATHERING
SIX SPINE PRESSURE LINESOPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO MINT INNER PANELS
THE CUT OUT SHEET IS MINT
THE ORIGINAL OWNER HAS INCLUDED EIGHT LARGE PHOTOS OF THE BEATLES IN THIS SET
THEY ARE VIRTUALLY THE SAME SIZE AS THE SLEEVEI AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT
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