The Dramatics WHATCHA SEE IS WHATCHA GET U.S 1st VOLT PROMO COPY NEAR MINT AUDIO
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THE DRAMATICS - WHATCHA SEE IS WHATCHA GET
VOLT ALBUM - PROMO COPY
U.S 1st press - ONCE PLAYED
NEAR MINT AUDIO
VG+ SLEEVE
- CATALOGUE: VOLT VOS 6018
- MATRIX:VS 0317 / 0318
- ' MASTERCRAFT' ETCHED TO DEAD WAX
I HAVE IN MY POSESSION A COLLECTION OF ALBUMS THAT CAME DIRECT FROM THE USA TO THE UK IN THE EARLY 70'S. THEY WERE AQUIRED BY A GENTLEMAN WHO WAS A DJ ON A RADIO STATION. HE WROTE TO STAX IN MEMPHIS IN THE MID 60'S AND ASKED HOW HE COULD GET HIS HANDS ON SOME SOUL MUSIC AS HE WANTED TO PLAY IT ON HIS RADIO STATION. TO HIS SURPRISE STAX ADDED HIM TO THEIR MAILING LIST AND CONTINUED TO SEND PARCELS OF LP'S AND SINGLES TO HIM WELL INTO THE 70'S. A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF THEM WERE THEREFORE DJ PROMO COPIES. THEY MAILED BOTH ALBUMS AND SINGLES, AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE ALBUMS HAVE REMAINED UNPLAYED.
THIS IS INDEED A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO CLAIM A PIECE OF HISTORY IN PRISTINE CONDITION. I CANNOT IMAGINE JUST HOW FEW UNPLAYED COPIES OF GENUINE STAX AND ASSOCIATED LABELS HAVE REMAINED IN THIS CONDITION.
TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY
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THE RECORDS
THE LABELS
THE ORANGE LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. THE BASE COLOUR HAS REMAINED UNRUBBED, AND THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE. THIS COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLES REVEALS ZERO SPIDER LINES
THE VINYL
THE RECORD GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND COULDN'T LOOK ANY BETTER. ALL OF THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE HAS BEEN RETAINED.AND IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS!!! THERE ARE NO VISIBLE MARKS OR ANY SIGNS OF HANDLING ON THE DISCS, UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION I CAN SEE A COUPLE OF TINY WISPY HAIRLINES,AND A FEW EMBEDDED DULL FLECKS
THE PLAYTHROUGH
THE VINYL PERFORMS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH. FROM THE SECOND THE STYLUS IS PLACED ON THE RECORD THERE IS SILENCE IN THE RUN IN GROOVE. THIS CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE VOLUME.
THE CLARITY OF THE FIRST PRESS IS VERY AUDIBLE AND THE RECORDING IS JUST SUPERB
THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS
NO MORE THAN THE ODD SPECK OF EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE
I HEARD A FEW RANDOM LITTLE DUST POPS
A STUNNING AUDIO PERFORMANCE THAT CAN ONLY GRADE NEAR MINT
BUT BECAUSE YOU ARE ABLE TO LISTEN TO THE WHOLE ALBUM YOU WILL BE ABLE TO JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR PERSONAL STANDARDS
THE SLEEVE
NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH PASTE ON INNER SURFACE
THE FRONT SURFACE DOES SHOW SOME SURFACE RUBBING SHOWING SOME WHITE FLECKIN OF UNDERCARD SORT OF IN THE SHAPE OF THE VINYL
THERE IS ONE PRESSURE LINE AGAINST THE SPINE AT THE TOP. NONE ON THE TOP EDGE. NONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES BY THE OPENING EDGE
THE FOUR CORNERS ARE RUBBED WITH SMALL DINGS
THE TOP EDGES HAVE RUBBING TO THE CORNERS AND A COUPLE OF SMALL SPECKS OF COLOUR LOSS ELSEWHERE
THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS RUBBING TO THE CORNER AREAS AND IS SIMILAR TO THE TOP EDGE
THE SPINE IS ALSO RUBBED AND AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS AND ALSO ALONG THE BOTTOM LEADING EDGE . THE TYPEFACE IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION
THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL SHARP
THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME CONDITION AS THE FRONT
OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO PRISTINE INNER PANELS
THE DIE CUT INNER SLEEVE IS FLAT AND FREE FROM SPLITS. HAS A COUPLE OF LIGHT CORNER CREASE LINES
I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS SLEEVE VG+
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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